Posts Tagged ‘Defense’

Bears beat Panthers & Hester destroys another record

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Going to make this short and sweet review.

Martz finally found the missing section of his playbook that was labelled “GIVE THE BALL TO MATT FORTE!”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Bears run the ball that much since the day’s of Walter Payton. Jay Cutler only passed for 102 yards and one interception. Very unlike Mike Martz really. I was completely shocked with the way they ran the ball over and over again.

So basically is was the Matt Forte show on the offense. He ran the ball 25 times for a career high 205 yards and one touchdown. Marion Barber also had a touchdown, his first as a Bear.

Devin Hester was on fire in special teams yesterday. He almost ran back kick off but someone wasn’t fast enough to block in front of Devin. He did run back a punt for a touchdown though. It was beautiful and it pretty much saved the Bears behind. He broke the NFL record for most punt return touchdowns with 11. What’s amazing is that he did it so quickly.

The Bears defense made some good plays yesterday and extremely bad ones. They gave up waaay to many yards through the air and on the ground. Cam Newton looked like a veteran out there against the Bears defense. I was completely wrong when I said he wouldn’t translate into the NFL. Good for Cam. I don’t think teams will ever underestimate him again. I was very impressed with the way the Bears did force that turnover for a touchdown. It was a thing of beauty. I don’t think the Bears defense was even able to sack Cam. Don’t think the Bears blitzed often, which could of been one of the reasons why he wasn’t taken down. Another reason is that he’s very mobile and can elude defenders like a running back.

If the Bears defense rebounds then they have a chance to stop Stafford and Calvin Johnson from taking control of the game.

The Bears offensive line better be aware of Suh and the rest of the Lions defense that just destroyed the Cowboys offense as well. It could be a very rough Monday night for the Bears…

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Bears need to watch out for Clay Matthews

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

I don’t like to compliment many Packers on my blog but… Clay Matthews is a wrecking ball. So far he has compiled six sacks in two games, along with a forced fumble. The Bears need to find an answer to stop him from clobbering Jay Cutler. With a thin and a bit of a weak offensive line that was exposed for most of the game against the Cowboys, it’s going to be a challenge.

Frank Omiyale/Kevin Shaffer or pretty much whoever is lined up at Right Tackle needs to block Matthews like their life depends on it. If the Bears want to continue this winning streak they need to block for Jay Cutler and prevent him from going down for the rest of the season. The only way the Bears will get into the playoffs this year is if Jay Cutler is the QB, not a back up because the line failed to protect Jay.

Also be prepared to see a very violent game in Chicago this Monday. The Bears defense was lighting folks up on the Cowboys, and they aren’t even a division rival. Imagine what Lance Briggs, Urlacher, Chris Harris, and Tillman might do to the Packers. I’m hoping for a very physical game from the defense. The Packers need to understand there are eleven hungry Bears coming after Aaron Rodgers every down of the game.

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Keys to Beating The Packers

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Normally I would have a list of keys to beating the Packers. Not this time. This time there is only 1 key. Thats right, just 1.

Adjust.

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Chicago Bears fantasy football in week 4

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Well, I couldn’t think of a better title for this installment, but it was pretty much real life fantasy in week 4 for the Chicago Bears. Nearly everything that they needed to happen for the ideal scenario to set up the rest of the season did. Green Bay lost, Minnesota lost, and Chicago got a HUGE win against Philly to vault the Bears back into contention for first place in the division. It was a return to the W column the Bears desperately needed, and one that puts them back on track to making all the “experts” out there that gave the Bears no chance to win the NFC North. I’ve never understood why the media hates the city of Chicago in general by the way(as far as sports are concerned).

There is much reason for excitement and anticipation as well. The defense didn’t get much pressure on McNabb, but did hold the vaunted Eagles offense in check nearly the entire game. How much more can you say about the D’s performance on Sunday?

The offense, well, much more can be said about them. The Bears still desperately need some consistency on the offensive side of the ball. However, this unit is starting to come into its own. Greg Olsen went a long way to redeeming himself with a really solid TD catch early in the game. The receivers all got into the act. No one receiver flashed too much brilliance, but they collectively played well, with TD catches by Hester, Booker, and of course Olsen. Hopefully the injury to Brandon Lloyd isn’t too big of a deal. Matt Forte was…well, once again Matt Forte. And let’s hand it to Ron Turner, he adjusted the gameplan when things weren’t working, dialed up reverses, and even a pass play for Marty Booker(although he ended up not throwing it). I was pleased with how Turner called this game.

If this team plays a game, an entire game that is, with the offense, defense, and coaching staff playing near the top of their potential, this Bears team can beat anyone. Yes, I said it, they have all the potential to take on any other team in the NFL. We just have to see it done, and as of yet we haven’t. That doesn’t mean I don’t think we could eventually get there though this season.

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Surprises Abound!

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Well, surprises truly abounded in the Indy game on Sunday night. Was I shocked that our D played as well as they did, yes…and no. The surprises began with the Bears D. Never, in my dreams, did I envision the ingenuity and creativity in the defensive gameplan employed by the defense on sunday. The linebackers NEVER revealed what scheme they were using until it was too late for Manning to check out of it.

The surprises didn’t end there.

The offensive line was not the unit that I saw play in the preseason. Running lanes were consistently opened, the entire game. The offense battered away at the weary Colts defense all game, and used timely passing as well. Yes, I indeed said timely passing. Ron Turner dialed up two key passes to Des. Clark, and Greg Olsen that were key to pivotal points in the game.

Some surprises probably shouldn’t have been surprises to me. I just can’t help but be surprised every time I see a kickoff. One, not kicked to Hester ended up at the 46 yard line! Again, not like I should be surprised, but I just can’t help but be awed by the fact that teams will take that rather than kick to Hester. The other, a play that he was about a shoestring and a finger away from breaking big ala the Giants game in the Meadowlands two years ago.

Surprise came in the form of awful non-fumble and ticky-tack pass interference calls, and then again in the fact that the Bears never let that force the momentum permanently to Indy.

A couple of rookies really stood out. Matt Forte had his primetime coming out party, but Marcus Harrison also impressed the heck out of me to get a sack that set up the first safety against the Colts since 2000. Dusty got some good upfield push on quite a few of his rushes as well.

Did I mention that we are about the only team I can think of that didn’t suffer quite the attrition in the form of key starters going on the IR from Sunday?

Anyway, heres to hoping for many more pleasant surprises in the weeks to come!

- Bearsaddict

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Chicago Bears Training Camp – Day 7

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I keep hearing negative things about this Bears team from talking heads around Chicago. It they took the time to pay attention they would notice that we could have one of the best Bears defenses we’ve had in a long time. That of course is based on the idea that everyone stays healthy. We are really only deep on the D-line, so the linebackers and secondary HAS to stay healthy for us to have a strong defense.

Offense is another thing. If our offense can keep our D off the field, and move the ball with moderate consistency it will go a long way in keeping our D healthy. Hester (assuming he retains his role as a return man) will give us continual field position advantages, and our offense just has to get some points out of it. If we can get 17 – 20 points out of our offense, and the defense remains healthy, we will have a good year.

All in all, I am sick and tired of all the negativity that I hear spewed out of the mouths of talking heads, mostly coming FROM Chicago. I don’t know how you can be a fan of the Bears and say some of the things those morons say.

Enough talk, enjoy some highlights from Roy at Bears training camp.

Had to remove. Sorry.

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Seriously, I Wasn’t Disappointed

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Why do I say that, well because I wasn’t expecting much. Sure, I listened to the hype and the talk about Kyle Orton being a more mature, quicker decision making quarterback. But I knew. I knew he was just the same old Neckbeard. He will be this Sunday as well. Against the Packers he will probably go another 34-124 for 22 yards, 1 INT and no TDs. Adrian peterson will have 31 of the 34 catches for a total of 18 yards. That is the way the offense works with Neckbeard in there and Ron Turner calling the plays.

Ron Turner said before the game against the Vikings that the playbook would be wide open for Neckbeard. Yeah right. The “Coaching Youth Football” playbook. Seriously, who was he fooling. The only time we went deep was in desperation time (have we seen that before… last Vikings game, Eagles, Dallas, San Diego, well every game except KC where we packed it up and went home at half time). This is not the real story though. I knew that was coming.

The defense played like they have not played all year. They did collapse in the end when Danielle Manning decided to play his patented patty cake tackle game and let Sidney Rice get the biggest gain of the game when our D was previously stifling the Vikings. Manning had to screw it up again. In practice yesterday Manning actually got knocked down repeatedly by the tacking dummy. To his credit that thing is pretty tough. It is stuffed with foam and sand. Other than that play, I was happy with how our defense played. It really shows how much we need Nate Vasher in the secondary. In his first game back in 10 weeks he had a pass break up that resulted in an INT, and an INT himself. Brian Urlacher also played his best game all year, getting the INT Vasher batted to him, 2 sacks, and a fumble recovery. It really did look like we were swarming the ball more, and we got the usual consistent play out of Charles Tillman. One thing that we need to watch in the next couple of games is a guy named Matt Toeaina. He had a couple of big plays while only being in the game on a handful of snaps. If he can come through as a reliable tackle that would be a huge encouragement going into the long offseason, and something for fans to be excited about.

Overall I wasn’t disappointed because I thought we would get run all over, and Neckbeard would struggle. However we didn’t get run all over (we held the best running back in the NFL right now to 78 yards), but Neckbeard did struggle. Even though we lost, which I never enjoy, I was encouraged, and you should be too, by the way our defense played.

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