Posts Tagged ‘Offensive line’

Week One: Bears vs Lions

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

The Bears will be starting off the year with a Lions team that is in the middle of rebuilding their franchise. They drafted a monster in defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh this year. He is someone the Bears really need to watch out for. If Suh get’s a hold of Cutler tomorrow he will destroy him. I saw what he did to Jake Delhomme during a preseason in Cleveland this year. He mauled him like legendary Dick Butkus mauled everything that stepped in his line of sight. So what I’m trying to get at is, they need to block Suh if their life depended on it.

If the Bears offensive line stops Suh, the offense will have a field day against the Lions. Jay Cutler will rip the Lions for a few touchdowns and hopefully no interceptions. Matt Forte and Chester Taylor will also have a good game as well. That all hinges on the offensive line though. If they are able to protect Jay and create holes for Matt and Chester, it will be a great day for the offense.

The defense should be able to pick apart Stafford in his second year debut. There is no reason why the Bears defensive line should be stopped. They need to be in Stafford’s face every play. If they create pressure that will cause Stafford to make stupid decisions and throw that ball right into Chris Harris’ hands. That’s all if they create pressure

So after much thought over the past 24 hours, I believe the Bears will win…

Bears 35
Lions 14

That’s if the Bears defense shows up. If they don’t come to the game, it will resemble something like this..

Bears 35
Lions 31

The Bears still win, but it will be an ugly one.

GammaBears

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Chris Williams Speculation

Monday, August 11th, 2008

There are so many rumors circulating that the Bears somehow knew that Williams had a back injury and drafted him anyway. Then, they tried to put him in during training camp, and he either aggravated his injury or the injury caused him to compensate in other areas of his body, therefore herniating a disc in his back. The rumor further insinuates that the Bears didn’t care that Williams had back trouble and that he would be okay.

During Senior Bowl week an article was posted on Scout.com regarding “who’s hot” and “who’s not” among collect football’s top prospects. Chris Williams was listed as a player who was “hot” at the moment, and would be a good draft pick. Rumors later surfaced from other teams regarding William’s back. These rumors, however, according to reliable sources such as Jeff Dickerson, reporter for ESPN 1000 in Chicago, were supposed to cause his draft stock to drop so that teams could possibly pick him up later in the draft, and get a steal.

This along with the fact that in his college career at Vanderbilt University, Williams never missed a game or a practice due to injury. He remained at a high level, and played well in the Senior Bowl, with no noticeable discomfort.

It is a stretch to think or insinuate that the Bears knew that Williams had back problems and drafted him anyway. They take great caution and immense evaluation when drafting a player, and there were other highly touted Offensive linemen they could have drafted at the same place. Consequently a lot of them are injured now as well. Brandon Albert, Jeff Otah to name a couple. Keep in mind that the injuries happen, and it is very common for teams to try to circulate rumors about players before the draft to try get their draft stock to drop to where that team is drafting.

Williams will be ok eventually, and it won’t be the end of the world for the Bears.

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