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Vikings lose what will the Bears do?
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | Chicago Bears, NFL | No Comments
It will be a warm -15 below with the windchill on Monday night in Chicago and the Bears are taking on the Packers. Back in Nov the Packers rolled over the Bears with a 37-3 win but a lot has changed since then. Fast forward to Dec 22 and the Bears are now 8-6 and the Packers are a sad 5-9. It looks like this game is only important to the Bears right now since they need to win the next two to make it into the playoffs. Also, the Bears expected Matt Forte to be in the lineup on Monday after dealing with injured right toe. Forte is 8th in the NFL with 1,115 yards and seven touchdowns, the Bears defiantly need all there best players on the field for the last two games.
If the Bears do lose tonight they still have a shot for a wild-card spot. The Bears need to win the next two and Philadelphia needs to beat Dallas at home. On top of this Oakland needs to defeat Tampa Bay on the road. All of these are very reasonable situations, but with the Bears who knows what team will come out to play. Lovie Smith is only focusing on Monday nights game and not worrying about the Playoffs right now. The Bears need everything to go perfect the next week for them to make it in the Playoffs and lets see if the Packers of Nov take the field. I’m going to make a crazy prediction and say the Bears are going to win this game tonight.
Bears Embarrassed at Lambeau, Lose 37-3 to Packers
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, NFL, Sports | No Comments
Ouch…
The Chicago Bears were tied atop the NFC North Division with the Minnesota Vikings, who had just beaten the Green Bay Packers. The Bears were getting their starting quarterback back after Kyle Orton had missed the Tennessee Titans loss the week before due to a sprained right ankle injury suffered the week before against the Detroit Lions. The Bears had something to prove against the Brett Favre-less Packers, who trailed the Bears by 1 game and were looking to make a statement of their own. It seemed the Bears had things going in the right direction, and then BAM!!! They actually had to play the game on Sunday.
Bears 3, Packers 37. Not good. The Bears managed only a 35-yard Robbie Gould field goal in the 2nd quarter. The Bears’ offense sputtered along for most of the game. Orton completed only 50% of his passes for 133 yards, with no touchdowns or interceptions. The Bears managed only 9 first downs and only 234 total net yards. The lone bright spot was Matt Forte who compiled over 100 total yards from scrimmage – 64 rushing yards on 16 carries and 40 receiving yards on 6 receptions. After Forte, the Bears’ next best receiver was Greg Olsen who caught 4 passes for 45 yards. The offense may have been out of sync with Orton getting back up to speed after the week off, but the Bears have a lot to be concerned with as they come down the home stretch.
The Bears’ defense was ineffective once again. Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 23 of 30 passes for 227 yards. Rodgers threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, good for a 105.8 passer rating. Packers Running Back Ryan Grant rushed for 145 yards on 25 carries and scored on a 4-yard rushing touchdown to give the Packers a 14-3 in the 2nd quarter. Packers Kicker Mason Crosby also kicked 3 field goals, including a 53-yarder at the end of the 2nd quarter to give the Packers a 17-3 halftime lead. The Packers gained 24 first downs, controlled the clock for over 37 minutes and amassed a total of 427 net yards.
The Packers defense is good, but the Bears offense should have been to produce a better offensive attack to take less pressure off the Bears defense. Orton probably wasn’t fully up-to-speed after dealing with his right ankle injury, but the team will need to execute better if it still hopes to make the playoffs at the end of the season. The defense was atrocious. The Bears did not have 1 touch on Rodgers all game long. The front line is not getting any consistent pressure on the quarterback, as Tommie Harris, Mark Anderson, Adewale Ogunleye and Alex Brown have not lived up to the expectations going into the season. That factor is allowing opposing teams’ offenses to execute their designed game plan at will. Lovie Smith and Defensive Coordinator Bob Babich are not making any adjustments during the course of the game, and that is compounding the problem. Immediate changes are necessary if the Bears defense expects to stop anyone during the last 6 games of the season.
There is some good news. The Bears schedule is beatable down the stretch. They have road games at the St. Louis Rams (2-8) and Minnesota Vikings (5-5) the next 2 weeks. Then the Bears have 3 consecutive home games at Soldier Field – the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-6) on Sunday 12/7; the New Orleans Saints (5-5) on Thursday 12/11; and the Greeen Bay Packers (5-5) on Monday Night Football on 12/22. The Bears finish on the road at the 3-6 Houston Texans. So the Bears do not have to face a team that has a winning record currently. The Bears have already beaten the Vikings and are capable of beating both the Vikings and Packers – both wins would make it very likely that the Bears would win the NFC North and make the playoffs. The Jaguars and Saints are both having down years, and as long as neither team finds the right “answer” when they play the Bears, the Bears have a good shot at winning both of those games. The Rams and Texans are both bad football teams, so a loss to either of those teams would be devastating to their playoff chances. So even though the Bears have a lot of holes, and my rating of the Bears’ defense and Head Coach Lovie Smith’s schemes is poor at best, they still have a very good chance to return to the playoffs in 2008-9. Once in, anything can happen – just ask the 2007-8 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants.
Bears Lose to Falcons 22-20 on Last Second Field Goal
Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Sports | No Comments
The Atlanta Falcons defeated the Chicago Bears 22-20 on a game-ending 48-yard field goal by long-time great NFL kicker Jason Elam. With the Falcons leading 19-10 midway through the 4th quarter, the Bears drove down the field with ease, only to be stopped on a heroic goalline stand by the Falcons on several plays from the 1 yard line. The Bears didn’t despair however, as the team cut the lead to 6 with a 32-yard field goal by Robbie Goul with 4 minutes remaining in the game. When Elam missed a 33-yard field goal with less than 3 minutes to play which could have preserved the win for the Falcons, the Bears had a new lease on life. Bears Quarterback Kyle Orton calmly directed a 77-yard drive which ended with a 17-yard touchdown strike to Rashied Davis to tie the game at 19 all. Gould’s extra point gave the Bears the 20-19 lead with only 11 seconds left to play. The Bears elected to squib the kickoff, and the Falcons were able to return the ball 10 yards to their own 44 yard line. The Falcons had time for 1 quick pass and Rookie Quarterback executed a perfect 26-yard sideline pass to Michael Jenkins – shockingly putting the Falcons and Elam in range for a makeable 48-yard field goal attempt. Elam made up for this earlier “chip shot” and connected on the field goal – his 5th of the day – to give the Falcons the unexpected 22-20 win. With the win, the Falcons jumped to 4-2 – tied for 1st place in the NFC South with the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With the loss, the Bears fell to 3-3 – tied for 1st place in the NFC North with the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Kyle Orton had one of his best days as a pro – completing 60% of his passes for 286 yards and 1 touchdown. He had a passer rating of 87.9. Matt Ryan completed over 73% of his passes for 301 yards and 1 touchdown, good for a 116.1 passer rating. Neither quarterback threw an interception.
Disgruntled Brett Favre traded from Packers to Jets
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | Sports | No Comments
Late Monday night, the Green Bay Packers traded fan-favorite Quarterback Brett Favre to the New York Jets, ending the soap-opera-like saga in which the “retired” quarterback recently informed the Green Bay Packers that he still wanted to play. After negotiations to ink Favre to a $20 million “marketing deal” failed, the Green Bay Packers were forced to deal Favre since they had already committed the starting Quarterback position to a 4th-year Quarterback who has never started an NFL game in his career – Aaaron Rodgers. Brett Favre, on the other hand, holds the NFL records for most wins (160), most yards passing (61,655), most touchdown passes (442), most pass completions (5,377), most pass attempts (8,758) and most interceptions thrown (288). Favre led the Green Bay Packers to an NFL World Championship win in Super Bowl XXI in January 1997, he is a 3-time NFL MVP and he has started 275 consecutive NFL football games including playoff games. Why the Green Bay Packers did not welcome the Hall of Famer back to the field is a mystery to all. But the Brett Favre Packer career is now officially over and Favre will look to wreak havoc on AFC defenses for the upcoming 2008-9 NFL season. The Jets only had to give up a 4th round draft in the 2009 NFL Drafft to land the future Hall of Famer (the pick could advance to a 1st round pick if the Jets reach the Super Bowl) and gives the Jets a legitimate shot to return to post-season play for the 1st time in 2 years. GO J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
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