Bears game 16: January 2 @ GB, 3:15 on Fox

[Butterscup1679666578]

have fun losing to the eagles next week

[Fred Hornkohl]

                 1  2  3  4      T
BEARS            0  3  0  0      3
Green Bay        0  0  3  7     10

 

Final

 

                 BEARS   Green Bay
First downs         13          14
Total Yards        227         284
Passing            117         224
Rushing            110          60
Penalties / yds   6/46        4/30
Turnovers            1           2
Punts / avg       8/37        8/37
Time of Poss.    30:30       29:30

 

BEARS          Comp/Att Yds   TD  Int  Rating
J Cutler         21/39  168   00   02   43.54 

Green Bay   
A Rodgers        19/28  229   01   01   89.73

 

BEARS           Car  Yds   Avg   TD   Lg
M Forte          15   91   6.1    0   25
C Taylor          3   11   3.7    0    5
J Cutler          2    8   4.0    0    7

Green Bay   
A Rodgers         6   22   3.7    0    7 
J Starks          5   20   4.0    0    6 
B Jackson         7   19   2.7    0    8 
J Kuhn            4    0   0.0    0    1

 

BEARS           Rec  Yds   Avg   TD   Lg
R Davis           7   63   9.0    0   21 
M Forte           8   59   7.4    0   27 
G Olsen           5   29   5.8    0    7 
D Hester          1   16  16.0    0   16 

Green Bay   
G Jennings        4   97  24.3    0   46 
D Driver          5   41   8.2    0   21 
J Nelson          2   39  19.5    0   25 
B Jackson         2   16   8.0    0   10 
J Starks          2   15   7.5    0   12 
J Jones           1    8   8.0    0    8 
J Kuhn            1    7   7.0    0    7 
A Quarless        1    5   5.0    0    5 
D Lee             1    1   1.0    1    1

[minnesotacubsfan]

Good sportsmanship? Screw that. I hope the Packers die in a plane crash.

 

they wont. they are blessed.

[Sammy Sofa]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

[Soul]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

That's why we keep you around.

[Outshined_One]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

Michael Vick's going to put his rape stand to good use next week in Philly.

[minnesotacubsfan]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

because they are our leaders. we work in their salt minds.

[bukie]

Would've been fun to score and go for 2 there, but oh well. Cutler is alive, D played well, Hester and Knox played not to get hurt, and the game was still close.

[UMFan83]

I'm gonna completely overlook Cutler's performance today but give tons of credit to the defense today.

[SpongeWorthy]

p sure johnny knox was drunk for the entire game

[Sammy Sofa]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

Michael Vick's going to put his rape stand to good use next week in Philly.

 

Yessssss. That's the stuff.

[Sammy Sofa]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

That's why we keep you around.

 

Don't cower before them. STAND TALL.

[Soul]

WHY ARE BEARS FANS BEING NICE TO THE PACKERS FANS?!?!

 

Talk some [expletive], dammit.

 

That's why we keep you around.

 

Don't cower before them. STAND TALL.

 

If only I'm nice maybe they won't whip me again.

[Outshined_One]

Meanwhile, the Colts make the playoffs. This sports weekend has sucked.

 

I hope Aaron Rodgers breaks his throwing arm after falling from a balcony at a Linkin Park concert.

[SpongeWorthy]

Lady Antebellum

 

ARod is a big fan

[UMFan83]

I'm usually among the biggest Packer loathers on this board, and I am too apathetic to be mean.

[UMFan83]

The more I think about it....Guys, this wasn't the Bears offense today. They may have "tried" by keeping their starters in all game, but that play calling was not what we'll see in 2 weeks. This really did look like the offense of the first part of the season. Cutler took a ton of deep dropbacks, was looking to push the ball down field, was using checkdowns when nothing was happening down the field. And furthermore, for the first time in a long time the running/passing play calls were really uneven in favor of passing. I think someone pointed out that since the bye, the Bears have run the most running plays in the league I think. Today they maybe ran 20 times to 39 passes. I think it's pretty obvious that the Bears decided to try, but tried to win using a style of offense that isn't suited for them to score a lot of points, and they didn't. Give credit to the Packers defense of course, but I would think we'd have more points scored had we been doing the things that got us to 11-4.

[Soul]

We'll see how they fare next week.

 

I think it will be a good game. But the Eagles take it.

[UMFan83]

Lovie says the injuries are: Nick Roach (shoulder), Chris Harris (stinger), Major Wright (some kind of leg injury). Doesn't believe any of them are serious and all should play in 2 weeks.

[minnesotacubsfan]

that seals it. Lovie has lost this team.

[bukie]

The more I think about it....Guys, this wasn't the Bears offense today. They may have "tried" by keeping their starters in all game, but that play calling was not what we'll see in 2 weeks. This really did look like the offense of the first part of the season. Cutler took a ton of deep dropbacks, was looking to push the ball down field, was using checkdowns when nothing was happening down the field. And furthermore, for the first time in a long time the running/passing play calls were really uneven in favor of passing. I think someone pointed out that since the bye, the Bears have run the most running plays in the league I think. Today they maybe ran 20 times to 39 passes. I think it's pretty obvious that the Bears decided to try, but tried to win using a style of offense that isn't suited for them to score a lot of points, and they didn't. Give credit to the Packers defense of course, but I would think we'd have more points scored had we been doing the things that got us to 11-4.

They took the game as an opportunity to try some things that they could afford to fail. Just to see how some options developed during the year.

[JonJayCutler]

Forte finishes the season with 1069 yards rushing and a 4.5 ypc. The ypc is the highest by a Bears starting RB since Neal Anderson in 1989. He also added 547 yards receiving. Considering the line he ran behind, that is nothing short of a great season.

[SpongeWorthy]

The more I think about it....Guys, this wasn't the Bears offense today. They may have "tried" by keeping their starters in all game, but that play calling was not what we'll see in 2 weeks. This really did look like the offense of the first part of the season. Cutler took a ton of deep dropbacks, was looking to push the ball down field, was using checkdowns when nothing was happening down the field. And furthermore, for the first time in a long time the running/passing play calls were really uneven in favor of passing. I think someone pointed out that since the bye, the Bears have run the most running plays in the league I think. Today they maybe ran 20 times to 39 passes. I think it's pretty obvious that the Bears decided to try, but tried to win using a style of offense that isn't suited for them to score a lot of points, and they didn't. Give credit to the Packers defense of course, but I would think we'd have more points scored had we been doing the things that got us to 11-4.

 

I hope that was the real defense at least.

[UMFan83]

The more I think about it....Guys, this wasn't the Bears offense today. They may have "tried" by keeping their starters in all game, but that play calling was not what we'll see in 2 weeks. This really did look like the offense of the first part of the season. Cutler took a ton of deep dropbacks, was looking to push the ball down field, was using checkdowns when nothing was happening down the field. And furthermore, for the first time in a long time the running/passing play calls were really uneven in favor of passing. I think someone pointed out that since the bye, the Bears have run the most running plays in the league I think. Today they maybe ran 20 times to 39 passes. I think it's pretty obvious that the Bears decided to try, but tried to win using a style of offense that isn't suited for them to score a lot of points, and they didn't. Give credit to the Packers defense of course, but I would think we'd have more points scored had we been doing the things that got us to 11-4.

They took the game as an opportunity to try some things that they could afford to fail. Just to see how some options developed during the year.

 

Exactly. And I don't mind that at all. I would have loved to have seen those things work and lead to a victory, but I will not at all be terribly concerned about the outcome. It was the ideal way to play to preserve confidence. If we would have gotten blown out it would be excused as us not taking the game seriously. If we had struggled to 3 points and a close loss while the playcalling resembled the post-bye Bears, it would be pretty deflating for the offense.

[bukie]

The more I think about it....Guys, this wasn't the Bears offense today. They may have "tried" by keeping their starters in all game, but that play calling was not what we'll see in 2 weeks. This really did look like the offense of the first part of the season. Cutler took a ton of deep dropbacks, was looking to push the ball down field, was using checkdowns when nothing was happening down the field. And furthermore, for the first time in a long time the running/passing play calls were really uneven in favor of passing. I think someone pointed out that since the bye, the Bears have run the most running plays in the league I think. Today they maybe ran 20 times to 39 passes. I think it's pretty obvious that the Bears decided to try, but tried to win using a style of offense that isn't suited for them to score a lot of points, and they didn't. Give credit to the Packers defense of course, but I would think we'd have more points scored had we been doing the things that got us to 11-4.

 

I hope that was the real defense at least.

The defense is the defense. They played well and got beat, what, twice the whole game? Can't complain much about the game, really.