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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet · 1h

A pair of NFC North WRs — #Bears Brandon Marshall and #Lions Calvin Johnson — are both expected to play today. Ankle injuries for both.

 

Great news.

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[expletive] small towns (and by small i mean not big) that are closed by 10 o clock on friday nights and [expletive]

 

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In the NFL, the desperate team often wins. The Bears are facing a Packers team that is trying to avoid going 1-3, with 2 division losses and 3 Ls in the NFC. A loss today and the Packers may have to hang their hopes on another Cutler injury and another Lions collapse.

 

But also, most times in the NFL, the better team wins. The question here is are the Bears "clearly" a better team. For all the talk of the Bears struggles running the ball, the Packers have BEARLY been better. Eddie Lacy looks a little fat and slow, to be honest. Even the Packers passing offense hasn't been stellar. Rodgers looks like he is really missing his extra options in James Jones and Jermichael Finley, who have had a lot of success against the Bears D. I'd love to see Fuller on Nelson all day (with safety help at times). I actually think Fuller can handle him decently. But I'd also like to see Jennings in the slot, where Cobb is exclusively. In the nickel (which the Bears will play most of the day), that would put Frey on the outside against Devante Adams or Jarrett Boykin. I'd take my chances on Rodgers trying to throw to his 3rd (at best) option even if it is against a weak CB.

 

On offense, I expect the Bears to get the running game going. I expect 18+ carries to Forte and a couple big plays in the run game. Watch for them to exploit Peppers' ability to keep contain by running that toss to the outside quite a bit. In the air, I don't think the Bears have to change much of what they have been doing all year and what they did to the Packers last year, because they've had some success. If Marshall can't go or is visibly hampered, I look for the Packers to single cover him and maybe use the bracket coverage that Marshall struggled with against Jeffery. That would force Cutler to throw to an injured Marshall, a 3rd WR or Bennett almost exclusively. Forte has also had some big games in the pass game against them, so he becomes a huge option too.

 

This is Bears/Packers, but this is going to come down to basic football. The team that can get their running game going the most and rush the passer the best will win. I think the Bears OL is better and I'll take the Bears group of pass rushers over the Packers group, though Clay is obviously the best on either team. The biggest thing the Packers have going for them is history. Cutler has been terrible against them other than Week 17 last year. I think he can continue that. I think the Bears win this in a close game, similar score to week 17.

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In the NFL, the desperate team often wins. The Bears are facing a Packers team that is trying to avoid going 1-3, with 2 division losses and 3 Ls in the NFC. A loss today and the Packers may have to hang their hopes on another Cutler injury and another Lions collapse.

 

But also, most times in the NFL, the better team wins. The question here is are the Bears "clearly" a better team. For all the talk of the Bears struggles running the ball, the Packers have BEARLY been better. Eddie Lacy looks a little fat and slow, to be honest. Even the Packers passing offense hasn't been stellar. Rodgers looks like he is really missing his extra options in James Jones and Jermichael Finley, who have had a lot of success against the Bears D. I'd love to see Fuller on Nelson all day (with safety help at times). I actually think Fuller can handle him decently. But I'd also like to see Jennings in the slot, where Cobb is exclusively. In the nickel (which the Bears will play most of the day), that would put Frey on the outside against Devante Adams or Jarrett Boykin. I'd take my chances on Rodgers trying to throw to his 3rd (at best) option even if it is against a weak CB.

 

On offense, I expect the Bears to get the running game going. I expect 18+ carries to Forte and a couple big plays in the run game. Watch for them to exploit Peppers' ability to keep contain by running that toss to the outside quite a bit. In the air, I don't think the Bears have to change much of what they have been doing all year and what they did to the Packers last year, because they've had some success. If Marshall can't go or is visibly hampered, I look for the Packers to single cover him and maybe use the bracket coverage that Marshall struggled with against Jeffery. That would force Cutler to throw to an injured Marshall, a 3rd WR or Bennett almost exclusively. Forte has also had some big games in the pass game against them, so he becomes a huge option too.

 

This is Bears/Packers, but this is going to come down to basic football. The team that can get their running game going the most and rush the passer the best will win. I think the Bears OL is better and I'll take the Bears group of pass rushers over the Packers group, though Clay is obviously the best on either team. The biggest thing the Packers have going for them is history. Cutler has been terrible against them other than Week 17 last year. I think he can continue that. I think the Bears win this in a close game, similar score to week 17.

 

Raw I miss your blog updates but I'm glad you replicate some of it here.

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http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=11605592

 

A quarter of the way through the season, the Detroit Lions are preparing to lose free-agent-to-be Ndamukong Suh and he is preparing to move on as well, according to league sources.

 

Ndamukong Suh is unlikely to re-sign with the Lions after this season, according to sources.

And with Suh in New York on Sunday to play against the Jets, it could be a prelude of what's to come.

 

Suh has told people in the past that he would love to play in New York, and the idea of it has huge appeal to him, league sources said.

 

If he were to take his talents to New York, either to the Jets or Giants, Suh knows how much it would mean for his brand and his profile, and it is something that if he hits the free-agent market this winter, when his contract is up, he will explore.

 

The Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys also would have some level of interest in signing Suh.

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"@kfishbain: Brandon Marshall is ACTIVE. Bears inactives: McManis, McClellin, Garza, Slauson, Allen, Leno, Ratliff."

 

Gotta love not choosing your inactives. 5 starters. best special teamer.

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"@bears_insider: RT @JayGlazer Jared Allen is out today bc pneumonia. Weight dropped all the way to 237. Had another chest xray this AM. Still wanted to play"

 

He's listed at 270. Said he's lost 18 pounds in the last week.

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He's listed at 270. Said he's lost 18 pounds in the last week.

 

Whoa that's nasty.

 

The football gods are killing us

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"@bears_insider: RT @JayGlazer Jared Allen is out today bc pneumonia. Weight dropped all the way to 237. Had another chest xray this AM. Still wanted to play"

 

He's listed at 270. Said he's lost 18 pounds in the last week.

 

 

Sure he's listed at 270, but he hasn't been at that weight for a long time IMO. They said he's down 237 now after the 18 lbs so he was playing at 255 this season. He's probably been around 250-260 the past few years. Probably why it's getting easier for OLs to contain him. That's pretty light as a 4-3 DE.

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