Interesting game factoid (1 Viewer)

[jasonsw]

Bears finished with almost as many punts as 1st downs. Chicago had 11 first downs and punted the ball 7 times. Im sure until the final Chicago drive had as many punts as first downs.

Thats a testament to N.Os defensive dominance

 

[SaintsIn2009]

Bears finished with almost as many punts as 1st downs. Chicago had 11 first downs and punted the ball 7 times. Im sure until the final Chicago drive had as many punts as first downs.

Thats a testament to N.Os defensive dominance

Going off of memory, I want to say the Saints had the best defensive performance of all playoff games this weekend.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Bears finished with almost as many punts as 1st downs. Chicago had 11 first downs and punted the ball 7 times. Im sure until the final Chicago drive had as many punts as first downs.

Thats a testament to N.Os defensive dominance

I just wish we would have made that final 3rd down stop early in that last Chicago drive. It was their one and only 3rd down conversion of the entire game. Just irks me when the game ends ugly. Should have been 28-3.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Going off of memory, I want to say the Saints had the best defensive performance of all playoff games this weekend.

Absolutely no doubt about that.

Chicago had 138 yards of offense before that last meaningless drive and were 0-9 on 3rd down conversions at that point.

That's dominance. We would have been pitching a shutout if not for the Taysom fumble. Imagine the final score really should have been 31-0.

 

[nolaswede]

Bears finished with almost as many punts as 1st downs. Chicago had 11 first downs and punted the ball 7 times. Im sure until the final Chicago drive had as many punts as first downs.

Thats a testament to N.Os defensive dominance

Agree, and the offense did a great job with a couple of 7+ minute drives. Allowed the defense to stay fresh, and tough for the Bears offense to get into a rhythm!

 

[Poison]

Absolutely no doubt about that.

Chicago had 138 yards of offense before that last meaningless drive and were 0-9 on 3rd down conversions at that point.

That's dominance. We would have been pitching a shutout if not for the Taysom fumble. Imagine the final score really should have been 31-0.

To be fair we were pretty fortunate that Wims can’t catch.

 

[Saint Kamara]

To be fair we were pretty fortunate that Wims can’t catch.

Yes, with that haunting image of a flailing Williams holding on to his shirt in desperation. That dude still worries me. Might be better off not facing Seattle as they excel in the long pass plays.