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QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 05:58 PM)
Are we gonna have to admit that Rowand was right? Ugh

You're my good luck charm. The two times you've called me out on a prediction(this one and Florida-OSU football NC game a few years back) I've had the correct results.

 

That being said, I was completely wrong on the Falcons this week. Solid week for me in my playoff pool though, 3-1, keeps me in 2nd place overall and only one point behind the leader.

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QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 08:17 PM)
wonder what kind of game Rodgers will have against our pass defense next week

A good one. Seriously, I've underrated the Bears all season but Aaron Rodgers is just a f***in stud, I can't see even a defense as good as the Bears slowing him down right now.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 08:21 PM)
Ha absolutely not. And I've obviously been wrong a lot but I see Rodgers having a great game next weekend.

I've just seen a lot of people say this the last few hours. Rodgers's domination of Atlanta is skewing a lot of people's perception of Green Bay. The Bears aren't the Falcons' s***ty overrated D.

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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 07:25 PM)
I've just seen a lot of people say this the last few hours. Rodgers's domination of Atlanta is skewing a lot of people's perception of Green Bay. The Bears aren't the Falcons' s***ty overrated D.

 

 

but you also have to know that the bears are a great overall defense because of their rush defense (2nd ranked in the league) and their ability to force turnovers. the pass defense has been below average (20th in the league), and even Hasselback had a good game today. Lovie's defense is geared towards making solid tackles, not allowing big plays, blitzing, and forcing turnovers, they do not play to shut down the opposing receivers, and do not have the personnel to do so. IIRC opposing QBs are completing pass in a pretty high rate against the Bears pass defense.

 

with the way Rodgers is playing right now, you gotta hope that Bears can somehow slow him down, and Cutler shows up to play next week.

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QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 07:43 PM)
but you also have to know that the bears are a great overall defense because of their rush defense (2nd ranked in the league) and their ability to force turnovers. the pass defense has been below average (20th in the league), and even Hasselback had a good game today. Lovie's defense is geared towards making solid tackles, not allowing big plays, blitzing, and forcing turnovers, they do not play to shut down the opposing receivers, and do not have the personnel to do so. IIRC opposing QBs are completing pass in a pretty high rate against the Bears pass defense.

 

with the way Rodgers is playing right now, you gotta hope that Bears can somehow slow him down, and Cutler shows up to play next week.

I think that total passing defense (passing yards per game) is a terrible way to measure defensive effectiveness. After all, teams that build early leads will get passed on more. If I'm reading the stats right, the Bears are number three in opponents' passer rating. Number one? Green Bay.

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Lovie has been able to beat the Packers. Two weeks ago the Pack needed to win and Bears really gave them fits.

 

This game could be the biggest sporting event in Chicago sports history. This is bigger than any game a baseball team, hockey team or basketball team plays. This game will dominate national and local news for the week and will go down in lore.

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Lovie has been able to beat the Packers. Two weeks ago the Pack needed to win and Bears really gave them fits.

 

This game could be the biggest sporting event in Chicago sports history. This is bigger than any game a baseball team, hockey team or basketball team plays. This game will dominate national and local news for the week and will go down in lore.

I wasn't alive for some of the big ones from the mid-80's and prior, but yeah... this is definitely the most hype I've ever seen for any Chicago sporting event.

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QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 07:43 PM)
but you also have to know that the bears are a great overall defense because of their rush defense (2nd ranked in the league) and their ability to force turnovers. the pass defense has been below average (20th in the league), and even Hasselback had a good game today. Lovie's defense is geared towards making solid tackles, not allowing big plays, blitzing, and forcing turnovers, they do not play to shut down the opposing receivers, and do not have the personnel to do so. IIRC opposing QBs are completing pass in a pretty high rate against the Bears pass defense.

 

with the way Rodgers is playing right now, you gotta hope that Bears can somehow slow him down, and Cutler shows up to play next week.

they were down 21 pretty quickly, they weren't exactly going to run the ball to get back into the game.

 

I'll give a slight edge to the Packers going into next week, but anyone who thinks the Bears have zero chance are off base IMO. To me you can't underestimate the effort the Bears D put up in week 17 against a Packers team who had to win to get in, of course there were drops and such, but that happens in football games. Both teams will have to play in some elements next week on a horrible field, the Pack's offense won't be indoors on an immaculate playing surface against an overrated D.

 

Really looking forward to it, should be a great build up and a lot of fun.

 

 

And yes, screw the Pats and ESPN, I'm not the biggest Jets fan in the world, but that was awesome. They got on a great streak and rolled with momentum for the last bunch of weeks of the regular season, but they had obvious defensive flaws that were flat out ignored in the dick sucking that goes on over the Pats, I thought next week Pitt would be the one to expose them, but they were so bad Sanchez was able to do it.

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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 08:39 PM)
Lovie has been able to beat the Packers. Two weeks ago the Pack needed to win and Bears really gave them fits.

This game could be the biggest sporting event in Chicago sports history. This is bigger than any game a baseball team, hockey team or basketball team plays. This game will dominate national and local news for the week and will go down in lore.

 

Wha? I take it you don't remember Super Bowl XX

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Yeah, don't think I could have been more wrong had I tried.

 

Not that he was any good for the Vikings or the Titans, but the Patriots really missed having a legitimate deep threat in this game. The only time I think I saw Brady try something really deep was to Brandon Tate. They simply weren't able to stretch the Jets' coverage, and that stopped the Patriots running and short passing game.

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