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  1. UMFan83
    Guess I'm wrong. Enjoyable game. I bet the Saints score before the end of regulation
  2. UMFan83
    Damn it looks like he might have gotten it, but I can't see them overturning it as it's not at all conclusive.
  3. UMFan83
    Oh man I forgot Packers fans always come and flood this thread when we play them. Should be a fun week and don't mind me if I bitch at your presence in this thread during the game on Monday.
  4. UMFan83
    This season has been wacky so far... -Vikings and Cowboys start out 0-2 -Bears, Buccaneers, Chiefs and Dolphins start out 2-0 -Seahawks dominate the 49ers and then get destroyed by the Broncos next week. -Broncos lose to the Jaguars in week 1, then destroy the Seahawks. Meanwhile the Jaguars get dominated by San Diego the next week -49ers get killed by Seattle and look like pretenders, then play the Saints tough, leading halfway into the 3rd quarter. -Jets have an anemic offensive performance against Baltimore, then score 28 points on the Patriots and win by 2 touchdowns. The Patriots blow out the Bengals, scoring 38 points and looking really really good, and then lose to those Jets
  5. UMFan83
    That's really sad. Why does this always happen to Denver? RIP
  6. UMFan83
    You are reliving my 2006-2007. In 2006, Michigan and the Bears started the season a combined 18-0 (7-0 for the Bears, 11-0 for Michigan). Michigan ended up losing their last 2 games but went to the Rose Bowl, the Bears went 6-3 the rest of the way and of course went to the Super Bowl. Then starting next season, the Bears started out the season 2-4 and Michigan started their season out 0-2 with losses to FBS Appalacian State and a 38-0 home loss to Oregon.
  7. UMFan83
    It went on for longer than those 2 games though. The next week he had a mediocre but not bad game against Minnesota, and then after that another couple of great performances against the defending NFC champs (Seattle) and another cakewalk team. And then the Bears went to Arizona, and everyone's perceptions of Rex changed forever.
  8. UMFan83
    I do enjoy these surprise winning underdog stories the NFL seems to come up with every year. Sometimes they even sweep right through to Super Bowl championships. Actually I love it in every sport. Even though I've got no particular love for Tampa, I'll naturally root for them most weeks just to see how beside themselves everyone will become if they really do start to look like a contender (myself included). The Bears could be that kind of team this year too, although not to the same degree I think. We'll see about Tampa. They looked good yesterday, but neither the Browns or the Panthers look to be very good, and they barely beat the Browns. I guess we'll know after their next 3 games (Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New Orleans).
  9. UMFan83
    We lost a close one against the Packers last year, but I don't know how you guys felt but I remember having the feeling that the game wasn't really as close as the score indicated. Maybe it was just because we were in the middle of an awful stretch so I didn't think we'd win no matter what. The year before, we took on a 6-9 Packers team rifled with injures, played a horrible 1st half, trailed almost the entire game before tying it late, and then having to block a ~35 yard kick that would have won the game for the Packers before winning in OT. In 07 we demolished the crap out of the Packers winning 35-7, aided by a defensive score, a special teams score, and at least 1 of Favre's 2 INTs directly lead to a Bears score. In 06 we lost the last game of the season when Rex Grossman publically admitted he was thinking about his New Years party more than the game. In 05 we won a mostly defensive game. I seem to remember the Bears up by a couple of points, Favre driving and then throwing a pick to Manning Jr. or maybe Azumah that he took back into FG range for the Bears. So mixed bag of results, but nothing that would indicate there is a stigma of the Packers playing great at Soldier Field.
  10. UMFan83
    I read MMQB this morning wondering what King would say about the game. He bumped the Bears up high in his rankings, but his only talk of the game was Dallas struggling and the Bears offensive line being worse than he thought. He talked about 3 QBs who won their games, and not one of them was Cutler. Don Banks who had the Bears in the bottom 5 or so to start the season said he's not sure how the Bears have won and assumes they probably won't keep winning. I sent Peter an email this morning on his lack of coverage of that game. He'll have plenty of comments about the Bears when we lose a game and he drops us 10 slots. King must've had someone from Chicago kill his dog once, or something. Wait the same Peter King who before last season predicted we'd reach the Super Bowl?
  11. UMFan83
    Also, one expected but annoying thing about the coverage of this game is that all the analysis about this game online has not been about how suprising it is that the Bears are 2-0, its all about how the Cowboys are 0-2. Again like I said I'm not at all surprised, so I'm not upset about it, I just wish there was more viewpoints to read about regarding the Bears outside of our local sites. Anyone come across any Bear-friendly articles in the national media and the big 4 (ESPN, SI.com, CBSSports, FoxSports) this morning?
  12. UMFan83
    Of course it is. The 68-81 Cubs just finished the best 9+ game road trip in team history. Where was this back in June?
  13. UMFan83
    It's been going on for awhile now. Nobody was talking about it last year because they were winning, but he had a really mediocre year (which I'm sure you knew already). I feel bad for Bengals fans for what happened in that playoff game 5 years ago. I don't think he's been the same since.
  14. UMFan83
    I dunno, where's Vance when you need him?
  15. UMFan83
    Man...I read this last night, and can't get it out of my head. I know that Haynesworth is a headcase, but I really like this idea. Worst case scenario, he gets disgruntled here and has a bunch of his phantom injuries and doesnt play much for us. In that scenario we have to be comfortable starting Idonije (which I am) in his absence. The thing about Haynesworth is that we have to find something to motivate him besides money. He seems like he doesn't care if he's playing because either way he gets his guaranteed money. If we cannot maximize his talent there's seemingly a sharp dropoff in impact between "Determined Albert" and "Less than determined Albert" All that said, I'm still all for it.
  16. UMFan83
    Also, I must have missed something...what happened to Aromashodu? Apparently he got relegated to special teams only today, and Bennett took his spot in 3 WR sets. Rotoworld speculates that its because of his drops in week 1.
  17. UMFan83
    in the martz offense, the screen is part of the run game. and the offensive line is holding it together ok. martz just puts more of a focus on pass-blocking, which was good enough to get the job done today. I agree, both weeks the O-line has been solid blocking for screens. Which is bizarre because they are awful in almost every other situation
  18. UMFan83
    I'm assuming you mean Tommie. I'd consider it. Tommie is just never going to be the elite player he was supposed to be, but it's possible his supposed potential combined with his character issues would convince the Skins that they can maximize Tommie's potential.
  19. UMFan83
    So trying not to get too high after this one and not too low after last week, what have we learned so far... Offense: -The Martz offense can move via quick drops, not just 5 and 7 step drops -We're not gonna have much of a run game this year -The offensive line is probably worse than last year. -Cutler seems to be more comfortable this year and more confident in this offense and with these weapons -The dual threats of Forte and Taylor can give defenses some reason to stuff the box via screens and dump offs. Defense: -LBs make this entire D work. -The D-line needs someone to step up since teams are going to consistently double up on Peppers until someone proves they shouldn't -Secondary is ok, but I think they are only going to be effective when the D is getting consistent rush. -I feel like the Bears are in a better position on 3rd and 5 than 3rd and 10, mostly because it gives the LBs a better chance of being involved in making a play. On 3rd and 10, especially when the Bears blitz with their LBs, which they do often, when the D doesnt get pressure right away it gives a good QB time to find one of the receivers or TE open because the secondary can't shut down good WRs by themselves most plays. The D only gave up 13 points today and 14 in week 1. I'll take that, especially because they are 2 decent to good offensive teams.
  20. UMFan83
    I will applaud them a bit, but I expected adjustments on offense. I like Lovie gives Martz a lot of leeway with regards to offensive adjustments. If the defense was getting destroyed we would still be seeing a healthy dose of Cover 2 with tons of blitzing on 3rd and longs.
  21. UMFan83
    He was beyond fantastic today. He made some fantastic perfect throws and made good reads when the pass rush broke down. I don't remember any passes that were not placed well. Considering the fact that we have had no running game (although there were plays like screens and stuff coming from out of the backfield) what he did was very impressive. These are the kinds of games I was looking forward to when we got Cutler. Not to say we didnt have them last year, but it's good to see regardless.
  22. UMFan83
    We gotta do something about these late game "prevent" possessions.
  23. UMFan83
    WOOO!!!! I CALLED IT YOU ALL THOUGHT THE BEARS SUCKED BUT I TOLD EVERYONE THEY WERE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL
  24. UMFan83
    No he looks like he's 3 yards and 6 minutes from being fired.
  25. UMFan83
    Please no goalline stands
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