Finally, the end - Bears at Lions, Sunday at noon

[Butterscup1679666578]

SUCK IT DETROIT YEAHHHHHHHHHHH GREAT WIN

[Careless]

what an incredibly halfhearted fight

[Fred Hornkohl]

                 1  2  3  4      T
BEARS            3 10  7 17     37
Detroit          3  7  3 10     23

 

Final

 

                 BEARS     Detroit
First downs         22          18
Total Yards        418         349
Passing            268         249
Rushing            150         100
Penalties / yds   5/35        6/35
Turnovers            0           2
Punts / avg       5/33        3/40
Time of Poss.    29:13       30:47

 

BEARS          Comp/Att Yds   TD  Int  Rating
J Cutler         22/36  276   04   00  121.99 

Detroit     
D Culpepper      23/34  262   02   01   97.92

 

BEARS           Car  Yds   Avg   TD   Lg
M Forte          16  101   6.3    0   53 
K Bell           11   44   4.0    0   11 
J Cutler          1    5   5.0    0    5 

Detroit     
M Morris         16   65   4.1    0   16 
A Brown           3   21   7.0    0   13 
D Culpepper       4    9   2.3    0    5 
C Johnson         1    4   4.0    0    4 
K Pearson         1    1   1.0    0    1

 

BEARS           Rec  Yds   Avg   TD   Lg
G Olson           5   94  18.8    1   34 
D Hester          4   75  18.8    0   48 
D Aromashodu      5   46   9.2    2   12 
E Bennet          3   27   9.0    0   17 
M Forte           3   23   7.7    0   12 
D Clark           2    7   3.5    1    6 
J McKie           1    4   4.0    0    4 

Detroit     
C Johnson         6   86  14.3    1   23 
B Johnson         4   42  10.5    1   12 
M Morris          4   41  10.3    0   11 
J Felton          2   37  18.5    0   24 
W Heller          2   30  15.0    0   17 
A Brown           3   19   6.3    0   17 
D Northcutt       1    7   7.0    0    7

[sneakypower]

glad we secured #2 and a choice of probably Suh/Okung/Berry

[Soul]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

[SpongeWorthy]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

Shut it.

[Butterscup1679666578]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

[SpongeWorthy]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

 

Which just goes to show what a mess the coaching situation is is that you have to assume mediocrity via continuity. Cleaning house is still in order.

[David]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

 

 

They've done it before. (Shoop, Shea, Turner)

Edited January 3, 2010 by David

[David]

And I fully expect Turner to be gone.

 

and I fully expect Lovie to stay. I'm guessing they'll hire a DC, though.

[Butterscup1679666578]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

 

 

They've done it before. (Shoop, Shea, Turner)

 

Man, what a miserable trio.

[Butterscup1679666578]

no one uses more words to say less than lovie smith

[JonJayCutler]

27 TDs in a season is a career high for Cutler. Defense wasn't good today, but the offense was great again, even though it was the Lions. The only bad thing about the emergence of Aromashodu is that it probably makes the Bears less likely to sign a free agent WR.

[Outshined_One]

And I fully expect Turner to be gone.

 

and I fully expect Lovie to stay. I'm guessing they'll hire a DC, though.

 

Yep. I can see Jerry Angelo hiring a new OC and bringing in a DC to do the play calling in an attempt to get Lovie frustrated and have him quit.

[David]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

 

 

They've done it before. (Shoop, Shea, Turner)

 

Man, what a miserable trio.

 

 

Who knows if Shea really was miserable... I thought it was strange that they fired a first year OC when what he had to work with all year was Quinn, Krenzel, and Hutchinson... the first few games with Grossman weren't horrible.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Based on today's results, the Bears will travel to Carolina next season.

[UMFan83]

Based on today's results, the Bears will travel to Carolina next season.

 

And host Seattle, but we already knew that before today.

 

Home:

Vikings

Packers

Lions

Seahawks

Redskins

Eagles (yes 3rd year in a row at home)

Patriots

Jets

 

Away:

Vikings

Packers

Lions

Panthers

Cowboys (new stadium)

Giants (new stadium)

Bills

Dolphins

[Soul]

They'll bring Turner back now. I can feel it.

 

I felt that if they didn't fire Lovie then they'd bring Turner back anyways. I can't see them bringing in a new OC for 2010, then if they underachieve again, having them fire Lovie and hiring someone new, who will then bring in ANOTHER new OC for 2011. I just have a hard time seeing them having three offenses in three years.

 

 

They've done it before. (Shoop, Shea, Turner)

And it was a miserable failure.

 

I don't know what will happen, but there is a possibility everyone will be back to avoid taking Cutler through too many transitions.

[kujay]

Got some reason for hope the last few weeks from the offense, if not from the defense. And since we don't have any draft picks anyway, I'm glad they won.

[USSoccer]

Trade Hester for a 3rd.

[UMFan83]

The Lions run D sucks.

 

Matt Forte had only 2 100 yard rushing games this season - both were against Detroit.

Matt Forte had only 3 runs of more than 16 yards all season - all were against Detroit

Matt Forte only had 3 games where his YPC was over 4.3 - 2 of them were against Detroit (the other was a 5 carry 33 yard performance against Arizona).

[NCCubFan]

Based on today's results, the Bears will travel to Carolina next season.

\:D/

[SpongeWorthy]

The Lions run D sucks.

 

Matt Forte had only 2 100 yard rushing games this season - both were against Detroit.

Matt Forte had only 3 runs of more than 16 yards all season - all were against Detroit

Matt Forte only had 3 games where his YPC was over 4.3 - 2 of them were against Detroit (the other was a 5 carry 33 yard performance against Arizona).

 

Yikes.

[jersey cubs fan]

Who knows if Shea really was miserable... I thought it was strange that they fired a first year OC when what he had to work with all year was Quinn, Krenzel, and Hutchinson... the first few games with Grossman weren't horrible.

 

Shea was a joke.