UMFan83

Protect him from what? He needs to earn his paycheck, and next years.

All of this is assuming the Vikings beat Detroit. If they lose to Detroit then its open again. What's the 4th tie breaker? They'll have equal head to head, division, and conference records. Unless I'm adding wrong. 1. H2H - Assuming we lost this weekend, 1-1 2. Divison record - Currently: CHI 3-1, MIN 2-2. Assuming CHI loses to MIN and MIN beats DET and CHI beats GB, its CHI - 4-2, MIN - 4-2 3. Common teams W-L: Again record amongst non common teams. 2-0 for Chicago, 0-0 for Min (they play NYG and ARI). If the Bears or Vikings are to tie, the Vikings would need to win both those non-common games to advance to a tie. But also, you would have to assume they beat CHI this week as part of the original scenario, meaning the Vikings would have at a minimum 9 wins. But also, part of the scenario is they beat Detroit, that makes it 10 wins. If the Vikings finish with 10 wins, in beating the Bears along the way, the Bears would have to win out on all the rest of their games to tie the Vikings. So if that scenario occurs, the Bears are still alive. (still following me?) 4. Conference record - Currently: CHI 5-4, MIN 4-3. Again, to get to this point we have to make the following assumptions: MIN over CHI, NYG, ARI, DET, ATL over MIN, CHI over everyone but MIN. If those assumptions don't occur, the Bears are already eliminated, OR the original scenario proposed above doesn't apply. So that would put the Vikings conference record at 8-4, and the Bears conference record at 7-5. Bears eliminated, Vikings win division. Well Detroit's a given. But if they lose to Arizona and Atlanta and the Bears... ah... who am I kidding. Basically the Bears would have to go 3-1 and the Vikings 1-3 or something, with that 1 win coming against the Lions.

Orton is 0-3 with 2 INTs in the 4th quarter, and the Bears have run only 5 offensive plays in the 4th quarter for 3 total yards, with 3 of them turning the ball over (2 INTs, 1 punt)

All of this is assuming the Vikings beat Detroit. If they lose to Detroit then its open again. What's the 4th tie breaker? They'll have equal head to head, division, and conference records. Unless I'm adding wrong. 1. H2H - Assuming we lost this weekend, 1-1 2. Divison record - Currently: CHI 3-1, MIN 2-2. Assuming CHI loses to MIN and MIN beats DET and CHI beats GB, its CHI - 4-2, MIN - 4-2 3. Common teams W-L: Again record amongst non common teams. 2-0 for Chicago, 0-0 for Min (they play NYG and ARI). If the Bears or Vikings are to tie, the Vikings would need to win both those non-common games to advance to a tie. But also, you would have to assume they beat CHI this week as part of the original scenario, meaning the Vikings would have at a minimum 9 wins. But also, part of the scenario is they beat Detroit, that makes it 10 wins. If the Vikings finish with 10 wins, in beating the Bears along the way, the Bears would have to win out on all the rest of their games to tie the Vikings. So if that scenario occurs, the Bears are still alive. (still following me?) 4. Conference record - Currently: CHI 5-4, MIN 4-3. Again, to get to this point we have to make the following assumptions: MIN over CHI, NYG, ARI, DET, ATL over MIN, CHI over everyone but MIN. If those assumptions don't occur, the Bears are already eliminated, OR the original scenario proposed above doesn't apply. So that would put the Vikings conference record at 8-4, and the Bears conference record at 7-5. Bears eliminated, Vikings win division.

So the Bears are essentially 2 games behind Minnesota with 4 to play.

you mean running the ball three times from the one yard line, and expecting to get it in... what was Turner thinking? Well I don't know. There's running the ball and theres handing it to the FB for his first NFL carry on a play that has worked 0 out of the 10 times we've used it this year. There's a HB draw on 3rd and 2, and theres a HB draw on 4th and 1 inch.

I wonder if they coach tackling Adrian Peterson by keeping him stopped upright until more defenders can converge and help tackle him.

Orton 10-27 141 Yards 2 TD 2 INT

6) QB

I honestly think he's scared to get hit.

More sideways running for Hester when he could have gotten 5-10 yards just by running straight.

Yeah we should bring Hunter back in.

The Bears offense is hilarious.

1) OL 2) WR 1) Defensive Coordinator

I think I've determined that he's afraid of contact. Won't block, wants to run to the sidelines when he does field something.

See? Another reason why Hester should be pulled off punt returns. The man would rather field a kick inside the 5 than have to make contact by blocking someone.

Orton 9-24 passing today.

Glad we could schedule all of our Lions and Rams games early enough in the season so we could get a great sense of false hope only to be crushed.

Another great special teams play.

I had a strong feeling the Bears would lose this, but it doesn't make it any less painful. What a way to end a long weekend. Sweet, 5 day work week coming up!

Bears are being outgained 332-186. Vikings have 142 rushing yards.

Game

Why were the corners playing so far back there, especially on a blitz??

It was a horrible pass, but lets stop with the Rex crap, he just broke a Bears record for most throws without an INT!

And the record breaking INT streak is over.