It's F-ing Bears Week!

[skinsfaninok]

imo we shouldn't be favored they are 4-2 and we are 3-3. On the road at that

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

imo we shouldn't be favored they are 4-2 and we are 3-3. On the road at that

So the team with the better record ALWAYS is favored. When you look at two teams you look at the individual matchups and general schemes. I would say TW has earned a favorable matchup against Peppers - not saying he will win every battle but he will hold his own I think. Urlacher did not practice today so I don't know their LB status, and their corners are average. That means our offense ought to have some success attacking the middle and deep parts (which Mcnabb and KS love to do). As for their offense, obviously Orakpo gives us an advantage in pass rush and if AH plays (well) he gets a push too(unless E Williams knows a secret to stopping him). The biggest threat they have is forte and he scares me a lot. If Addai can run like that up our center Forte may break rushing records.
If you look at the teams we have faced: houston, philly, indy,packers are no slouches and we have matched up well there.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

So the team with the better record ALWAYS is favored. When you look at two teams you look at the individual matchups and general schemes. I would say TW has earned a favorable matchup against Peppers - not saying he will win every battle but he will hold his own I think. Urlacher did not practice today so I don't know their LB status, and their corners are average. That means our offense ought to have some success attacking the middle and deep parts (which Mcnabb and KS love to do). As for their offense, obviously Orakpo gives us an advantage in pass rush and if AH plays (well) he gets a push too(unless E Williams knows a secret to stopping him). The biggest threat they have is forte and he scares me a lot. If Addai can run like that up our center Forte may break rushing records.
If you look at the teams we have faced: houston, philly, indy,packers are no slouches and we have matched up well there.

No but they are home and usually when 2 teams are about equal, they have a 2 or 3 point line. I really think this will be another nail biter. The Bears Defense is solid, they dont give up alot on the ground and thats going to be a KEY factor with us Sunday. McNabb has had 1 great game and the others have been AVG to Good. I think we will win this game but I don't have a problem being the underdog.

16 PPG and only 94 yards per game on the ground for the bears D.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by warpaint

I wont lie I haven't seen them at all. Don't get me wrong I want the sacks but I don't see it happing but I do see a good D-fense outing.

WE WIN.

I've caught some streams. They're arguably worse than we were last year. Sometimes they go max protect, and Cutler still finds himself on the ground.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

No but they are home and usually when 2 teams are about equal, they have a 2 or 3 point line. I really think this will be another nail biter. The Bears Defense is solid, they dont give up alot on the ground and thats going to be a KEY factor with us Sunday. McNabb has had 1 great game and the others have been AVG to Good. I think we will win this game but I don't have a problem being the underdog.

16 PPG and only 94 yards per game on the ground for the bears D.

Yeah their D will certainly be a challenge, but I still think they are susceptible to medium and long passes, which is what we kind of excel at. I doubt we will do much running at all. I also wonder if Shanahan knows how to get into Cutler's head.

I can see being the underdog, we certainly haven't blown anyone out (yet) but if there were a case where the records don't reflect the performances I would think this would be one of those type matchups.

[LavaRnChad]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

You obviously haven't seen the Bears O-line.

No, he didn't see the Bears O-line. He was too busy listening to Larry Michael's greatest spins CD.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

No but they are home and usually when 2 teams are about equal, they have a 2 or 3 point line. I really think this will be another nail biter. The Bears Defense is solid, they dont give up alot on the ground and thats going to be a KEY factor with us Sunday. McNabb has had 1 great game and the others have been AVG to Good. I think we will win this game but I don't have a problem being the underdog.

16 PPG and only 94 yards per game on the ground for the bears D.

Honestly, the way we had been running before the Colts game, I'll GLADLY take 94 yards...

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Yeah their D will certainly be a challenge, but I still think they are susceptible to medium and long passes, which is what we kind of excel at. I doubt we will do much running at all. I also wonder if Shanahan knows how to get into Cutler's head.
I can see being the underdog, we certainly haven't blown anyone out (yet) but if there were a case where the records don't reflect the performances I would think this would be one of those type matchups.

I almost forgot about the Cutler/Shanahan dynamic. Shanny was a Cutler fan wasn't he?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I almost forgot about the Cutler/Shanahan dynamic. Shanny was a Cutler fan wasn't he?

He drafted him, so I guess yeah

[freddyg12]

The more I read about the Bears, I think this will be a close, low-scoring, even ugly game. Special teams might be the difference, so don't kick to Hester!

This is an intriguing matchup for the NFC. I think both teams are middle of the pack, but a convincing victory would elevate the winner above mediocrity, for now at least. The Bears are in their position because the NFC North has been a big disappointment so far.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

The more I read about the Bears, I think this will be a close, low-scoring, even ugly game. Special teams might be the difference, so don't kick to Hester!

This is an intriguing matchup for the NFC. I think both teams are middle of the pack, but a convincing victory would elevate the winner above mediocrity, for now at least. The Bears are in their position because the NFC North has been a big disappointment so far.

This probably will be a close game, and we are both middle of the pack teams with issues on both sides of the ball. Chicago Defense is absolutely no joke...but they can be inconsistent. Yeah they have a bad Oline, ours isnt so great itself. But their front 7 can be very aggressive and usually play solid. I think the difference will be which offense can play the best and turnovers are probably be the difference in the game.

[mooby]

One thing that worries me is how we play with a lead. When we went up 27-10 on Houston I figured it was business as usual, all we had to do from there was play smart football, don't turn the ball over, and run out the clock and we'd have an easy win. So if we do go up by a decent margin Sunday I'll be holding my breath to see if we can sustain that lead.

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Martz and Cutler is a match made in near heaven.

And by heaven you mean the opposite right? That's why Martz keeps calling 4 and 5 WR spread looks with an empty back field when the O line can't stop my great grandmother from blowing up the back field. Let's hope that continues this week.

And FYI, I saw someone say earlier they predicted Torain to go for 125 and a TD and that our running game was going to propel us. Don't count on that. After doing some fact checking...

Bears 2010 Defense
Rushing - Rank: 3rd Yards/G: 90.8
Passing - Rank: 18th Yards/G: 220.8

If anything its going to be our passing game that does it. I hope Cooley is back...

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by diehard

Let's rack up some more wins in the conference. Grossman surely wants to play too.

Speaking of racking up points, let's go with oRAKpo doubling his sack total for the season this week. How's that for a prediction? If we don't get atleast 11 sacks in the first half I won't be satisfied. I don't want the Giants holding that record.

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by Buster

Skins 34
Da Bears 16

Speaking of Da Bears.... Always a classic.

DA BEARS: SNL