Bear Fan says dont sleep on Bear offense. (3 Viewers)

[Spec]

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[Spec]

On second thought, the Saints defense better stay awake on Sunday...........they're likely to have more passes thrown to them than are thrown to the Bears wide receivers.........i LOVE Bad Rex.

 

[mmule]

I've heard this ... #1 scoring offense quite a bit...The Bears do score a lot. 26.7 ppg.

Hester has 5 TD's. Ricky Manning has 1 on D on a pick-6 (nice play).

6points X 6 is 30 points from non-offensive sources. You need to subtract 1.9 points from your scoring 'offense'. You're down to 24.8 ppg.

Don't flatter yourself, it wasn't that great.

Mikeeee

 

[Do it for Ditka]

I've heard this ... #1 scoring offense quite a bit...The Bears do score a lot. 26.7 ppg.

Hester has 5 TD's. Ricky Manning has 1 on D on a pick-6 (nice play).

6points X 6 is 30 points from non-offensive sources. You need to subtract 1.9 points from your scoring 'offense'. You're down to 24.8 ppg.

Don't flatter yourself, it wasn't that great.

Mikeeee

I know it's irrelevant, really, but, I thought this was interesting.

Team 1 (first column is overall rank):
Offense:
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">15</td><td align="left">
</td><td>5199</td><td class="sortcell">324.9</td><td>1918</td><td>119.9</td><td>3281</td><td>205.1</td><td>427</td><td>26.7</td></tr></tbody></table> Defense:
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">
</td><td>4706</td><td class="sortcell">294.1</td><td>1590</td><td>99.4</td><td>3116</td><td>194.8</td><td>255</td><td>15.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
Team 2:
Offense:
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">15</td><td align="left">
</td><td>5149</td><td class="sortcell">321.8</td><td>2223</td><td>138.9</td><td>2926</td><td>182.9</td><td>389</td><td>24.3</td></tr></tbody></table> Defense:
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">
</td><td>4536</td><td class="sortcell">283.5</td><td>1368</td><td>85.5</td><td>3168</td><td>198.0</td><td>258</td><td>16.1</td></tr></tbody></table>


Who are these teams? Team 1 is the 2006 Chicago Bears, Team 2 is the 2005 World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers went through the #2 and #3 offenses in the league. My point? There's a lot more to this game than regular season stats...maybe the Saints are the better team, but anything can happen in the postseason (we've already seen it in a couple of games this year), and I like the Bears' chances. We have the most underrated coach in the league, as well as the most underrated offense in the league (although he makes mistakes, Grossman is underrated, as well as both of our HB's)...they're going to surprise some people.

 

[St. Reginald]

I know it really doesn't mean anything, but I found this quite interesting.

"I know it's irrelevant, really, but, I thought this was interesting."
"Gee, you're right."

What are these quotes? The first is from a post that was just written. The second is from me. I think these won't surprise some people.

 

[DrummerRick]

wrong....primus sucks

You know it! Obviously he had never been to one of their concerts. I was lucky enough to get to see them after Seas of Cheese came out. Great show!

Primus Sucks!


:drummer:
DrummerRick

 

[Father Markus]

IThere's a lot more to this game than regular season stats...maybe the Saints are the better team, but anything can happen in the postseason (we've already seen it in a couple of games this year), and I like the Bears' chances..

DifD.. thi is one thing we can agree on, however, when you compare two teams during any given year (again, I don't like doing the comparsons between different years, because you never know what does/doesn't change... note the Steelers defense didnt' lose a LOT during this season, but their numbers dropped)., you really have nothing other than the last "x" number of games to compare.

I've always liked the 'last 6 of the regular season + whatever playoff games your team has played"... because by this time, you should have everything in place (minus injuries and/or suspensions).

 

[bears2007]

Looks to be a good game with the bears winning by a small margin who lead in most all catagories.
From the Bears homepage-
Rex Grossman’s 282 yards passing were the most among the eight NFL quarterbacks who started last weekend’s divisional playoff games. New England’s Tom Brady was second with 280, followed by New Orleans’ Drew Brees (243) and Philadelphia’s Jeff Garcia (240). Grossman’s 76.9 passer rating ranked third, trailing only Brees (96.2) and Garcia (88.2).

Bears have been scoring more points and allowing less points, I hope the media wakes up and starts reporting the real news and not the destiny dream season stuff because last I checked Destiny was a porn star.

 

[mhlandry]

Sometimes I wonder about you guys.

I've no idea how anybody is able to predict a blow out or a close game, a win or a loss. Do you pay attention to the games as they happen, or do you just listen to the hype afterwards? Most of these games are determined by a handful of plays, and yet we have no problem throwing out superlatives like best, worst, dominated, miserable, and most physical.

Look at the game against the Eagles. IMO, we were the better and more consistent team and we still almost lost. If we don't give up two 50+ yard plays... If we make those interceptions at the beginning of the game that bounced off of Bullocks' hands... If we don't make key stops on 2nd and 3rd and 1 inside our 5... If Colston holds on to the hail mary for another two seconds... If their guard doesn't flinch half a second before the snap goes off on 4th and 10...

We could go on and on... If we don't throw two picks in the end zone against Cincy... If we don't have fumble at the end against Pittsburgh... If we don't do that onsides kick against Dallas.

If Troy Brown doesn't cause that fumble on 4th down for the Pats, everyone is talking about Tom Brady's terrible game. Nobody is wondering about Schottenheimer's playoff coaching abilities. Chargers are likely the clear favorites to win the SuperBowl.

The point is this: these teams are too close to be making conclusions about this game until it's over. Right now it's all mindless speculation. If you turn out to be right, you're more likely to be lucky than good, as this game too will turn on a handful of plays.

 

[mhlandry]

I keep seeing all this talk about field position...

We were dominated in field position against Dallas. So much so that Peyton kicked an onsides kick and chalked it up to the fact that we'd only lose 15 yards to field position if we didn't recover it. Seemed like Dallas was always starting at the 40 and we were always starting inside the 20. I think we all remember how that one turned out.

Not to mention, and I saw someone post this a week or two ago but forget who it was: when our offense is clicking, you won't stop us no matter how many yards we have to go. I think you'll find we're one of the better teams at sustaining drives and going 80+ yards.

 

[diehard]

Looks to be a good game with the bears winning by a small margin who lead in most all catagories.
From the Bears homepage-
Rex Grossman’s 282 yards passing were the most among the eight NFL quarterbacks who started last weekend’s divisional playoff games. New England’s Tom Brady was second with 280, followed by New Orleans’ Drew Brees (243) and Philadelphia’s Jeff Garcia (240). Grossman’s 76.9 passer rating ranked third, trailing only Brees (96.2) and Garcia (88.2).

Ah, statistics.
Interestingly enough, Grossman and Brady were both a horrible 3-14 on 3rd down despite their high yardage totals and, in my opinion, equally fortunate to win. Rex was 3-14 with 2 sacks, an interception, and a fumble so if that's your definition of superior QB play then I hope you get a repeat performance.

 

[champ76]

Sometimes I wonder about you guys.

I've no idea how anybody is able to predict a blow out or a close game, a win or a loss. Do you pay attention to the games as they happen, or do you just listen to the hype afterwards? Most of these games are determined by a handful of plays, and yet we have no problem throwing out superlatives like best, worst, dominated, miserable, and most physical.

Look at the game against the Eagles. IMO, we were the better and more consistent team and we still almost lost. If we don't give up two 50+ yard plays... If we make those interceptions at the beginning of the game that bounced off of Bullocks' hands... If we don't make key stops on 2nd and 3rd and 1 inside our 5... If Colston holds on to the hail mary for another two seconds... If their guard doesn't flinch half a second before the snap goes off on 4th and 10...

We could go on and on... If we don't throw two picks in the end zone against Cincy... If we don't have fumble at the end against Pittsburgh... If we don't do that onsides kick against Dallas.

If Troy Brown doesn't cause that fumble on 4th down for the Pats, everyone is talking about Tom Brady's terrible game. Nobody is wondering about Schottenheimer's playoff coaching abilities. Chargers are likely the clear favorites to win the SuperBowl.

The point is this: these teams are too close to be making conclusions about this game until it's over. Right now it's all mindless speculation. If you turn out to be right, you're more likely to be lucky than good, as this game too will turn on a handful of plays.

You're right, of course, that it is all mindless speculation at this point, but it's fun for everyone(well, almost everyone, I guess). You are also right that the game comes down to a few crucial plays but the old cliche is true; the team that executes the best, wins. You have to believe both teams will be focused and ready and no one will come into the game flat. So coaching and discipline take over. I think both coaches are very good but I have more confidence in Sean coming up with a gameplan that will work against Lovie's defensive gameplan. The Saints offense was a little rusty last week against a good defense and still dominated the time of possession. The Saints defense was good against the number two offense in the NFL; although the Bears have weapons, they are not Philly. Bottom line, Saints by 10.

 

[iron error]

Sometimes I wonder about you guys.

I've no idea how anybody is able to predict a blow out or a close game, a win or a loss. Do you pay attention to the games as they happen, or do you just listen to the hype afterwards? Most of these games are determined by a handful of plays, and yet we have no problem throwing out superlatives like best, worst, dominated, miserable, and most physical.

Look at the game against the Eagles. IMO, we were the better and more consistent team and we still almost lost. If we don't give up two 50+ yard plays... If we make those interceptions at the beginning of the game that bounced off of Bullocks' hands... If we don't make key stops on 2nd and 3rd and 1 inside our 5... If Colston holds on to the hail mary for another two seconds... If their guard doesn't flinch half a second before the snap goes off on 4th and 10...

We could go on and on... If we don't throw two picks in the end zone against Cincy... If we don't have fumble at the end against Pittsburgh... If we don't do that onsides kick against Dallas.

If Troy Brown doesn't cause that fumble on 4th down for the Pats, everyone is talking about Tom Brady's terrible game. Nobody is wondering about Schottenheimer's playoff coaching abilities. Chargers are likely the clear favorites to win the SuperBowl.

The point is this: these teams are too close to be making conclusions about this game until it's over. Right now it's all mindless speculation. If you turn out to be right, you're more likely to be lucky than good, as this game too will turn on a handful of plays.

I agree, but just because the games have all been nail biters to this point, does not mean that we won't have one this weekend. Did not check, but I recall there being a lot of point spread in the final scores of past conference championship games. Since 2000, the average margin of victory in the AFC championship is 13 and the average for the NFC is 16.8

Like I said earlier I just believe based on watching the bears play and who they play against that we will win a 42-17 variety game. It may be 34-21 perhaps, but it will not be a nailbiter. Yes, we have laids eggs before, but we have beaten good teams big. Chicago presents that opportunity because they have not seen an offense like ours and the Rex factor. Hester is the wildcard of course.

In view of last week only, and not to oversimplify, but you have to ask yourself who is the better offense, Seattle or Saints, who has a better defense Seattle or Saints. It is a no brainer Saints for offense and I think we are better on defense also. So do you think it will be a close score like the bears game last week. Further, Philly has a better offense and defense than the bears if you look at the last 6 weeks.

 

[mhlandry]

I agree, but just because the games have all been nail biters to this point, does not mean that we won't have one this weekend. Did not check, but I recall there being a lot of point spread in the final scores of past conference championship games. Since 2000, the average margin of victory in the AFC championship is 13 and the average for the NFC is 16.8

Like I said earlier I just believe based on watching the bears play and who they play against that we will win a 42-17 variety game. It may be 34-21 perhaps, but it will not be a nailbiter. Yes, we have laids eggs before, but we have beaten good teams big. Chicago presents that opportunity because they have not seen an offense like ours and the Rex factor. Hester is the wildcard of course.

In view of last week only, and not to oversimplify, but you have to ask yourself who is the better offense, Seattle or Saints, who has a better defense Seattle or Saints. It is a no brainer Saints for offense and I think we are better on defense also. So do you think it will be a close score like the bears game last week. Further, Philly has a better offense and defense than the bears if you look at the last 6 weeks.

And home teams were something like 52-13 in the Divisional round of the playoffs, but went 2-2 this season.

This game isn't going to be won by historical stats. It's going to be one by the bounce of the ball and whoever can take advantage is the 3-5 game-changing oppurtunities. Even in a blowout there will only be a few plays that make it such.

 

[David Robbins]

you've convinced me.

so the consensus is, Saints not scared of Bears offense?

No. I'm scared of your defense. Urlacher is the best MLB out there today. He is the key to this game. He lines up your defense and is a very instinctive player. He is also great in coverage.