Bears vs. Seahawks, Sunday Jan 16 at noon

[rawaction]

The Bears only had 5 3rd down attempts with more than 5 yards to go. One was after a 3nd and 21 after the Hester illegal block which took away the first down. One was after a 2 yard loss on a throw to Hester and incomplete pass on 2nd and 12. And one was 3rd and 6 from the 9 (Cutler ran in the TD).

 

So, while the boxscore shows 45 rushes for 176 yards, which is only a 3.9 average. That includes 3 Cutler kneel downs, which if you take that out the average goes to 4.3. And the above shows the Bears were clearly able to run the ball whenever they had to.

[Keener98]

oh well.... At least they scored...

 

This game would have been much closer had the Seahawks not dropped the fricking ball and if the Ref's actually called a holding penalty on at least one of the countless number of plays that Jennings and Tillman committed. I will give you that Tillman took Williams out of the game for the most part but there was a lot of grabbing and holding all game. Even the most bias Bears fan would have to admit that. Although the PI call at the end was not even remotely close to how egregious it was in the 1st Quarter.

 

The Bears played well. The Seahawks defense wasn't too bad overall. Too many big plays at the beginning but they kept it close by not allowing much in the 2nd half (yards and TOP sure but no points).

 

The Seahawks were clearly the inferior team but they aren't as bad as people here seem to make it out to be. They have a good foundation on defense with a need of a better strong safety (Milloy is done and Chancellor is a beast but more of a hybrid LB than a safety - not fast enough) and better DB than Thurmond/Jennings. Offensive line needs major help but Okung is a stud and Locklear is OK at the tackles. Obviously they need a big play threat with speed but I think Golden Tate can be that player eventually. Well Coached team and not afraid to make some big personel changes. Depsite Harbaugh and Bradford, the Seahawks still have a bright future.

 

Good Luck next week

 

Id really like to know how you say Seattle is a well coached team after that game yesterday. That gameplan vs the Bears was one of the worst Ive ever seen in professional sports. Seriously, did they not watch any kind of film? They didnt blitz Cutler at all the entire 1st half, that is pure idiocy.

[bukie]

The Seahawks game yesterday was probably the easiest game the Bears have played all year. They were never in the game, and the offense and defense were able to do pretty much whatever they wanted to the whole time. They were better than Carolina, but aside from that I think every other Bears opponent was a higher quality team.

[Sosa21MVP]

oh well.... At least they scored...

 

This game would have been much closer had the Seahawks not dropped the fricking ball and if the Ref's actually called a holding penalty on at least one of the countless number of plays that Jennings and Tillman committed. I will give you that Tillman took Williams out of the game for the most part but there was a lot of grabbing and holding all game. Even the most bias Bears fan would have to admit that. Although the PI call at the end was not even remotely close to how egregious it was in the 1st Quarter.

 

The Bears played well. The Seahawks defense wasn't too bad overall. Too many big plays at the beginning but they kept it close by not allowing much in the 2nd half (yards and TOP sure but no points).

 

The Seahawks were clearly the inferior team but they aren't as bad as people here seem to make it out to be. They have a good foundation on defense with a need of a better strong safety (Milloy is done and Chancellor is a beast but more of a hybrid LB than a safety - not fast enough) and better DB than Thurmond/Jennings. Offensive line needs major help but Okung is a stud and Locklear is OK at the tackles. Obviously they need a big play threat with speed but I think Golden Tate can be that player eventually. Well Coached team and not afraid to make some big personel changes. Depsite Harbaugh and Bradford, the Seahawks still have a bright future.

 

Good Luck next week

 

Id really like to know how you say Seattle is a well coached team after that game yesterday. That gameplan vs the Bears was one of the worst Ive ever seen in professional sports. Seriously, did they not watch any kind of film? They didnt blitz Cutler at all the entire 1st half, that is pure idiocy.

 

I thought the exact same thing myself.

[Careless]

Mike Martz called a terrific game yesterday. The man deserves another chance at a head coaching gig.

You must have missed the Wildcat plays

 

You're right. He should definitely be caned.

 

Why is it either he gets a headcoach job or he gets fired?

Canned=being fired. Caned=being spanked with waterlogged bamboo.

dude looks constipated

i'll surely defer to your expertise on the subject

=D>

[cubweiser03]

Bears kicked their ass yesterday despite the final score. Ive heard a couple guys on tv say that hawks blew ops by dropping passes (well you can say that about ANY game). I thought the Bears coverage was pretty solid and very aggressive. A couple of those drops was because they had CB's draped all over them.

 

The oline played pretty good and Forte had another fantastic game. Hell even Chester had his best game of the year. The Bears short yardage plays were the best they've had all year. I liked the sneak to unbalanced side, the qb draw and the jay rollout for a rush td.

 

Oh, and thanks for the QB Denver you dumbasses. This wont be the last time we take your qb to the playoffs and this weekend is the start of Rodgers V Cutler playoffs matchup. Suck it. I love Jay Cutler.

[Guest]

Forget Cutler for President. Cutler for Commander of the entire universe!

 

The Wildcat plays were a bit weird, but I like that they got Chester Taylor into the action. I kind of mentioned before the playoffs that he might be a key guy going forward. Being such an non factor all season long might have teams looking past him entirely. It's almost as if Martz sets up game plans to the extreme opposite of what he did the previous week just to throw everyone off. Using Olsen as his deep threat is probably not something Seattle remotely considered. Martz did his homework and noticed that mismatch and exploited it.

 

I have to agree that Seattle's game plan wasn't very good. Where were the blitzes they brought against Cutler the first time around. Cutler had all day to throw, which is not a group of words I have formed in a sentence all year long prior to yesterday's game. Given the weakness of our offensive line, it is up to the opposing team to exploit a weakness, and Seattle did nothing of the sort.

 

If the line gives Cutler time to throw, I wouldn't want to be the defensive back trying to cover his receivers, and Cutler has arguably one of the worst receiver corps in the entire league. The Bears scored 35 points while basically playing as conservative as possible for 30 minutes of that game. If we wanted to continue cutting up the Seattle secondary, I am thoroughly convinced he could have continued doing so with no real effort. That's how good the line protected him yesterday, and how horrible the Seattle pass rush was.

 

If people really watched that game and want to say the game was as close as the final score dictated, all I can say is that I want nothing to do with whatever they are smoking.

 

What I have also been impressed with this Bears team, is their ability to stick to football. There is very little showboating, cheap shot hits or running up the score. The Bears had that game well at hand before the first half ended, and they played the rest of the game with the intent of just running out the clock and mixing up their plays to give lots of extra game film razzle dazzle to confuse the Packers for next week.

[ConstableRabbit]

Oh, and thanks for the QB Denver you dumbasses. This wont be the last time we take your qb to the playoffs and this weekend is the start of Rodgers V Cutler playoffs matchup. Suck it. I love Jay Cutler.

This.

[mhuber92211]

Seattle couldn't blitz Cutler because they were running the ball effectively and more often than passing it. Carroll's gameplan was fine, just executed horribly. He wanted the WR to try and beat them which is probably a pretty good decision considering the level of talent there.

 

Unfortuantely, the blitzing options just weren't there after Olsen had his 1st half they had to keep LB in coverage. Typically the front 4 is able to get more pressure than they did (they were able to 1st time around).

 

Seattle did what was expected of them, but they didnt play as poorly as is made out here to believe. They got beat. They are not as good of a team. But they didnt play the worst game in the world. Had they played better on the 1st 2 drives, it might have been a different story (both ended on drops with a short 3rd down coversion opportunity).

[UMFan83]

I think the Bears were daring the Seahawks to blitz them with their playcalling. Cutler has been awesome for the most part against the blitz in the 2nd half of the season. Reason of course being that the O-line has done better at holding them off long enough to find the open man. Also, the plays called are allowing Cutler a safety valve when the o-line doesn't hold.

[SpongeWorthy]

Forte and Olsen are gonna have to be huge again. I just don't see Knox and Hester getting open all that much against those DBs. At least we'll have Bennett this time.

[UMFan83]

Forte and Olsen are gonna have to be huge again. I just don't see Knox and Hester getting open all that much against those DBs. At least we'll have Bennett this time.

 

I was reading an article that was saying until this season, the Packers would put Woodson exclusively on Olsen, and he was really effective at preventing Olsen from getting anything. This year they mixed him on the WRs, and as we remember, he stopped Knox completely in the 2nd game. It'll be tough but its not like we only have one pass catcher that we trust and that's it. I look for Earl Bennett to step up and have a good game.

[bukie]

I think the Bears were daring the Seahawks to blitz them with their playcalling. Cutler has been awesome for the most part against the blitz in the 2nd half of the season. Reason of course being that the O-line has done better at holding them off long enough to find the open man. Also, the plays called are allowing Cutler a safety valve when the o-line doesn't hold.

It's weird, Cutler has great numbers against 3-4 man rushes, and great numbers against 6+ man rushes. Terrible against 5-man rushes, though.

[minnesotacubsfan]

delete your post immediately bukie

[ConstableRabbit]

I think the Bears were daring the Seahawks to blitz them with their playcalling. Cutler has been awesome for the most part against the blitz in the 2nd half of the season. Reason of course being that the O-line has done better at holding them off long enough to find the open man. Also, the plays called are allowing Cutler a safety valve when the o-line doesn't hold.

It's weird, Cutler has great numbers against 3-4 man rushes, and great numbers against 6+ man rushes. Terrible against 5-man rushes, though.

With decent sample size?

[bukie]

I think the Bears were daring the Seahawks to blitz them with their playcalling. Cutler has been awesome for the most part against the blitz in the 2nd half of the season. Reason of course being that the O-line has done better at holding them off long enough to find the open man. Also, the plays called are allowing Cutler a safety valve when the o-line doesn't hold.

It's weird, Cutler has great numbers against 3-4 man rushes, and great numbers against 6+ man rushes. Terrible against 5-man rushes, though.

With decent sample size?

Should the Seahawks blitz Cutler? The numbers suggest that five could be the magic number. While Cutler's yards per attempt and Success Rate are just about league-average against three- and four-man rushes, his yards per attempt dip down to 5.3 against a five-man rush (league average: 5.9). We only have 22 six-man rushes charted against the Bears, but Cutler's tore them up for 7.5 yards per attempt with a 45 percent Success Rate (against league averages of 5.7 YPA and 40 percent). Of Seattle's six sacks on Cutler during the first matchup, four of them came on a five-man blitz, and another came on a six-man blitz. They do need to make sure they contain Cutler, though, as he is devastating when he scrambles. Chicago averages 7.9 yards per attempt and has a 62 percent Success Rate when Cutler is forced to scramble; that yards per attempt rate is behind just Green Bay and Indianapolis, and only Aaron Rodgers can match Cutler's Success Rate on the run. Must come with practice.

[ConstableRabbit]

Weird.