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yea, I dont know. I hate to be overconfident from a nice win @ Indy, but I think its entirely possible the Bears could win this one as well.

Considering the leading tackler last week for Carolina was Chris Harris, it appears that its possible to get into their backfield. when safeties lead in tckling #'s, typically your DL and LB's are getting hammered. But judging from one game would be a mistake. Its really hard to tell how good they are, except last year they were ok, ranking around 16

color me skeptical. jesus christ...fred miller, seriously? At least he'll be a backup, not a starter. But he'll probably get rotated in there on occasion. why dont they just put a jersey on a tackling dummy. same thing really.

color me skeptical.

Actually, it's more wildly inaccurate to base it completely on results so far. Statistical projections also aren't perfect, but it's better than the idea that the Falcons are the second best team in the league simply because they looked good against the Lions. true, but I guess I thought there might be some way to extrapolate from last year. preseason is a horrible barometer

Merriman out: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8543520/Merriman-will-have-season-ending-surgery?MSNHPHMA smart move. I was stunned when he was going to try and play all season on it

DVOA statistics from Football Outsiders. Certainly little meaning after one week (Atlanta is #2), but surprisingly the weakest aspect of the Bears statistically right now is the defense. Adjusted for early variation (DAVE), the Bears are ranked 18th. how the hell do you read that? Simplified: Based on raw data from one week, overall (VOA - positive is above average, negative is below average): 1 PHI 110.10% 2 ATL 81.50% 3 DEN 81.00% 4 DAL 72.80% 5 BUF 71.00% 6 BAL 69.60% 7 PIT 59.00% 8 NE 40.80% 9 NYG 32.30% 10 ARI 31.00% 11 GB 29.10% 12 CHI 16.40% 13 SD 13.00% 14 NYJ 12.20% 15 TEN 10.30% 16 NO 8.40% 17 CAR -0.10% 18 TB -8.20% 19 IND -15.30% 20 JAC -22.30% 21 SF -24.40% 22 MIN -29.70% 23 MIA -32.80% 24 WAS -33.20% 25 KC -37.20% 26 HOU -59.60% 27 CIN -71.00% 28 CLE -73.80% 29 SEA -74.80% 30 OAK -76.70% 31 DET -78.40% 32 STL -101.70% Factoring in statistical projections from the preseason (DAVE - still positive above average, negative below average): 1 PHI 41.00% 2 GB 35.80% 3 NE 25.90% 4 SD 25.10% 5 MIN 18.20% 6 DAL 17.70% 7 TB 17.10% 8 IND 15.90% 9 PIT 11.80% 10 DEN 10.80% 11 BAL 9.80% 12 NYG 8.80% 13 JAC 7.10% 14 SEA 6.50% 15 CAR 3.90% 16 ARI 2.00% 17 NO 1.60% 18 CHI -0.30% 19 TEN -1.30% 20 NYJ -3.30% 21 BUF -6.10% 22 HOU -8.50% 23 CIN -8.90% 24 WAS -11.70% 25 KC -18.80% 26 CLE -19.30% 27 MIA -22.40% 28 DET -27.40% 29 SF -27.50% 30 ATL -28.40% 31 OAK -29.00% 32 STL -34.80% wouldnt it be wildly inaccurate to base it on preseason?

DVOA statistics from Football Outsiders. Certainly little meaning after one week (Atlanta is #2), but surprisingly the weakest aspect of the Bears statistically right now is the defense. Adjusted for early variation (DAVE), the Bears are ranked 18th. how the hell do you read that?

Not to mention that that drive was on a really short field thanks to Hester's endzone shenanigans. Hester can drive me nuts when he does that crap. but then, boom, 82 yrds and a TD and all is forgiven.

As do I. Defensive injuries and a collapse by the offensive line are probably the two easiest ways for this team to stumble. I'm also a little concerned with their boisterous response to proving skeptics wrong. If they need that attitude to play with an edge, fine, but I think their cockiness played a role in the team suffering last year. Hopefully they stay a little bitter for the rest of the year. I dont worry about the line, it will likely only get better with Bruenning (sp?) and possibly Williams, as well as with more playing time barring injuries. but the backlash at the reporters is kind of weird. could be they are just trying to use any little mit of motivation they can find, but how long can it possibly last? I know Buenning is a decent OG, but is he really that much better than Beekman? Beekman has been impressive at times in the preseason and Sunday night. He's younger and could use the experience. Beekman's biggest problem seems to be reading the D and picking up blitzers, which Buenning wouldn't be much better at because he's further behind on the blocking schemes than Beekman due to not being in Chicago that long. I think if Williams cracks the lineup at all this year, it will be because of disaster. Either JSC will suck or somebody will be hurt worse than he is. In which case, the Bears probably aren't any good by the time Williams is ready anyway. Buenning + Williams add good depth, and I am not at all sold on JSC. he might do ok, but he is far from a good LT, let alone league average

As do I. Defensive injuries and a collapse by the offensive line are probably the two easiest ways for this team to stumble. I'm also a little concerned with their boisterous response to proving skeptics wrong. If they need that attitude to play with an edge, fine, but I think their cockiness played a role in the team suffering last year. Hopefully they stay a little bitter for the rest of the year. I dont worry about the line, it will likely only get better with Bruenning (sp?) and possibly Williams, as well as with more playing time barring injuries. but the backlash at the reporters is kind of weird. could be they are just trying to use any little mit of motivation they can find, but how long can it possibly last?

Did you see the weird story about Fisher calling the cops after fearing for Vince Young's emotional well being? http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8540384/Titans-asked-for-police-help-to-find-QB-Young

Tavaras might need to retire after this game

aaron rogers soesnt have a shot in hell of replacing favre. they will alwyas compare the two

lol Andrea Mitchell: This is an upset.... Urlacher: (massive look of disdain) We expected to win.

do doo doooo do do I was singing that too. lol

BEARS WIN

yes. lets hurt Peyton.

OMG Mike Brown lol

Timeouts, drops, mass confusion. It's not the Colts team I've seen for the last few years. But the Bears team that was rumored to come out wouldn't have been able to take advantage of those mistakes. This Bears team is a lot better than advertised. And that's pretty cool. I wish their coming out party didn't come at the expense of the Colts, but that's how it goes at times. It's much better on here when the Bears are good though, so I'm glad that it looks like they'll be very competitive this year. The stadium looks nice at least its neo-classic sh!t....I DISPISE it.

your horny? And uncir.... nevermind... I'm sure this is most other Bears fans http://www.dnagardens.com/images/Berry-Smart-happy.jpg Speaking of...err...happy fruits, is it just me or is this picture disturbing?: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3811091/2/istockphoto_3811091_happy_fruit.jpg uhhh.....yikes

your horny?

WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO more Forte plz

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