Biggs: Bears searching for consistency

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Jay Cutler isn't expecting any tinkering with the sputtering Bears offense, just a commitment to becoming more consistent.

In fact, offensive coordinator Mike Martz doesn't believe his unit is far off from high-level production.

"The wide receivers were playing much faster, good routes, their game has really been elevated," Martz said. "There were some really good things in that game. I like the direction we're going. I understand the issues. We do. We have a great group."

Cutler also talked about the upside in the 27-17 loss to the Packers that put the Bears (1-2) two games back in the NFC North.

"It's across the NFL whenever you are losing games there is a little sense of panic and doom," Cutler said. "We just have to get over that. There are a lot of positives on the flip side.

"It doesn't really matter what defense we're going against, who it is, it's about us and us going out there and executing."

Cutler dismissed the idea the Bears could make changes to the system and, of course, Martz would scoff at those suggestions.

"We're more than a year into this offense and this is what we do and you know we're not going to change it," Cutler said. "You can't halfway just decide to overhaul the offense. It's not possible. It's not realistic. We're just going to have to get better at the offense we're running right now and execute it on a consistent basis."

Thing is, the familiar refrain that it was one mistake here and another mistake there that short-circuited drives isn't going to be viable a month from now if the same inconsistencies are plaguing the attack, or Sunday against the Panthers at Soldier Field.

The Bears are seemingly without a consistent receiving threat and now Martz has adjusted his 70 to 80 reception prediction for Roy Williams to 80 to 90 catches for Williams and Knox. It's a lot of projecting.