UMFan83

Dunno...Tom Brady threw 40 times last week in a route and I'm sure the Vikings will try to follow the Patriots pattern of short passing the Bears to death. Besides, Brett Favre is a hero and is putting the game in his hands, no one is going to tell him what to do in this game.

Unfortunately that line looks good enough to win, especially if Peterson has a decent day. Maybe maybe not. 19 incompletions will lead to a good amount of punting for the Vikings. Then you add the 2 INTs and I think the Bears have a good shot of winning with that stat line. I think if he plays he will look really inaccurate to start the game, short arming throws, while others sail over the heads. The Bears will stop them the first 2-3 possessions, while making 2 FG drives to take the lead. Then Favre will make a heroic throw downfield to Harvin that the safety is too late getting over to cover, the Vikings will score a TD and there will be more semen then snow in the stadium and the announcers will comment on how heroic that pass was with his shoulder in such bad shape, and how he's leaving it all out on the field today, and doesn't care if his shoulder gets worse or feels more pain because this might be it for him so all he wants is to go out a winner. Or something. Oh and this goes without saying but he will dance around like a idiot and piss me off. Then while sulley is awarding the 2010-2027 NFC North titles to GB, except for 2014 when the St. Louis baseball Cardinals will somehow win it, the Bears will start to take over and people will slowly realize that Favre doesn't have enough left in the tank to lead this team on many extended drives. Bears win 23-13. Or at least that's how I see it going in my head.

Why does everyone sense a Brett Favre miracle in the works? Sure early in his career he led a lot of comebacks and had memorable moments but he's been pretty awful with everything on the line lately (not that this game is like an NFC Championship game or anything, but you can sense this game is important for him, and a lot of the Vikings). I'm gonna predict that if he plays he has a line like: 17-36, 212 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT. That's assuming he makes it through the game.

Leslie Frazier is coaching for his job. If they don't stay with Frazier people think there's a good chance they bring in a new President/G.M. so the front office wants as many wins as possible. Brett gives them a better chance of winning. Ahh good point, I forgot about the Frazier/front office angle. That's certainly a higher priority than seeing if your 6th round converted WR rookie can be the QB of the future.

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I honestly can't tell if you are a Bears or vikings fan the way you are simultaneously defending minneapolis and speaking from the mind of a Vikings fan, and rooting for the Bears. Look at the guy missing the Bears game to go watch Les Miserables questioning the loyalty of someone else. like you've never been whiped by a girl before. If you saw me throw on my ipod and blast music in my ears during intermission so that I wouldnt overhear others talking about the game, or watched me drive a route home that I knew didn't pass by any bars where I might oversee or hear reaction from the game, all so I could stay up until 1AM and get 5 hours of sleep in order to watch the game in its entirety, you wouldnt question my fandom!

I honestly can't tell if you are a Bears or vikings fan the way you are simultaneously defending minneapolis and speaking from the mind of a Vikings fan, and rooting for the Bears.

ahhhh i can't stand how you keep mispelling "lose". Sorry. Period goes inside the quotations. i think that's a very gray rule I misread that post at first.

Who freaking cares what Packers fans are thinking? It's a Vikings game in Minnesota, the storybook atmosphere just isn't there. what? a crappy year for a team with high hopes being led by a broken QB who happens to be a legend, returning to their roots of out-door football, in an extreme local climate, to beat out the recent division favorites? might not be storybook to Bear fans, but just about everyone in MPLS is up for this one. thats why I want to see it, and then beat them and crush their souls If Favre comes back to play tonight it is helpful to no one except the Packers. The only thing the Vikings are playing for at this point, is a draft pick. The Vikes know Favre isn't the future, and most of the fans were looking forward to seeing Webb in action. If the Vikings are playing for a draft pick, then maybe it is a helpful for them to start an old beatup geezer in single digit windchills on a field of concrete.

I didn't think about common opponents. I guess that's where the Titans would have the advantage? Because we'd be tied in division record and would have the worst conference record of the three. Common opponents between division teams is easy to figure out since only 2 games differ in everyone's schedule. You figure out the record each team has vs. those uncommon opponents, and the one with the worst record against them wins the tiebreaker. The Titans are 0-2 vs. uncommon opponents (Pit, Mia), which is worse/better than Indy (1-1 vs. Cin and NE) and Jacksonville (2-0 vs. Cle and Buf).

And if true, that's the biggest joke of all. Everything is forgiven after a win that doesn't even guarantee the Packers the division? Give me a [expletive] break. HURRAH FAVRE! Thank you for keeping us alive for the division for 6 more days until we lose to the Giants!

ahhhh i can't stand how you keep mispelling "lose". Sorry.

That game will mean something even if Chicago wins. GB would conceivably still be fighting for a WC spot and Chicago should be fighting for a first round bye. And it could be a precursor to a first round rematch with the Packers. I'd be willing to bet that if we win tonight and loose to the Jets (likely), Lovie limps into GB resting a good portion of this team If that's the case then it will probably make the week after that game the meaningful Bears/Packers game, but this time in Chicago.

Get your popcorn ready. I predict sulleys post count is going up by 100 tonight. I'm praying to God for his kids' sake that the Bears win tonight. See I don't think it really affects him as much as he makes it seem. I think the pre-emptive ''woe-is-me" attitude has strangely worked as a terrific coping mechanism for him.

I'd rather listen to broadcasts with Joe Buck and Hawk Harrelson all year than listen to Judd Sirott in the booth with anyone, including one of my favorite broadcasters all year.

Get your popcorn ready. I predict sulleys post count is going up by 100 tonight.

Either way, how does it help the Vikings to pander to Favre and let him start when there's no future as him as QB, when it helps the team more to see what they have in Webb? As anti-Favre as I am I guess I can understand a QB of his magnitude on the league to be given one last chance to start a game on his terms. Why not do it the last game of the season when he would have 2 more weeks of healing on his shoulder so he can go out with his best possible performance? So he can play in front of his home fans who hated him for 16 years and now sort of like him but will slowly detest him again once the memory of his Vikings tenure is a mere footnote in his career?

BTW, I'm not really buying this whole "Brett Favre upgraded to questionable" thing at all. Reminds me of last week's "good thing the game got moved to Monday, it will give me 24 more hours to hopefully heal so I can play" media reports.

Tennessee is still alive? That's awesome. I'll be rooting for that scenario just for kicks. If either the Colts or Jags win another game, we're out. Even then, I'm not 100% certain that we'd win the tiebreakers over the Colts and Jags if they both lose out. The scenario where the Titans win out and the Colts and Jags lose out has all three teams at 8-8. Actually, on second thought, I think we'd lose the tiebreaker even in that scenario. I believe the Titans/Jags/Colts would all be 8-8 overall and 3-3 in the division and would each have split head-to-head matchups. However, the Jags would be 7-5 in the AFC, Indy would be 6-6 and Tennessee would be 5-7. So I think the Titans are eliminated no matter what we do. I just ran it on the playoff machine thingie and if the Titans won out and the Colts and Jags lost out, the Titans would in fact be division champs. It goes division record, common opponents, and then conference record I believe when determining divisional ties.

I'm not gonna lie, I'd be willing to try, just to see how much more worked up you can get. I honestly envision you repeatedly pounding your fist on your desk as you post these comments. coincidentally, i honestly envision you repeatedly pounding your underbite teeth against a can of chili as you try to open it As long as it's Cincinnati chili and I'm clothed, I'm ok with your day dream.

Oooo, that's a good one. Longwell hits a game-winner as the clock runs out. No, check that. Gould misses a 26 yarder late because he slips as a result of the field. And then concusses himself, but the Bears are too cheap to replace him so they have noodle legged Maynard kick for the rest of the season. Bears trail GB 17-16 with 2 seconds left as Maynard attempts a 25 yard FG to make the playoffs and it falls short and the Bears go home crying. /sulley

That's a toughie. How many Bears players get concussed in the process?

Sure you can reverse it. Official inactive lists aren't due until a few hours before game time, so I would think until then its all tentative.

That's kind of silly if that were the case. Most of the Bears defense has faced Favre numerous times in the past, and while they might not be as fresh in preparations as if they had prepared for him all week but everyone at this point knows the basic gameplan to face Brett Favre, and the Bears have had a ton of success stopping him over the last 6 years (7-2, with one of the losses coming on the same night as Rex's NYE party, since 2005)