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Green Bay Packers VS. Chicago Bears - Preview

The last time the Bears and Packers met the stars were aligned for the Bears.  The Packers were coming off of two straight losese (Tennessee, Minnesota), they were a mess, they couldn't stop the run if you spotted them the R and U and their run game was anemic.  The Packers proceded to run all over us, stuff our run at every turn and dominate the game in every aspect. The Pack unleased a 37-3 win full of fury and all around ass kickery.

This time things once again line up for the Bears.  The Packers are a steaming pile of mess right now.  After being in the race for the division the Packers lost their last 4 (New Orleans, Carolina, Houston and Jacksonville), they again cannot stop anybody and are back to not running the ball.

This game is riddled with importance and side stories that make it a must win for the Bears.  The most pressing item is that if Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Dallas don't go out and win their games, we are still in the race for the playoffs, but it is more than that. This game is about pride.  Coach Lovie Smith has owned the Packers since coming to Chicago and this previous lose must have hurt on levels too deep to convey even it Smith said anything meaningful.  The Bears need to puff up their chests, man up and take care of business.  

This game is also about jobs. The Bears have a lot of players and positions that they will have to make decisions on this off season.  They have two games left to make an impression.  Could you imagine if they come out and lay an egg in a game like this?  The whole lot of them should be fired.  And what better stage to have it on.

The Windy City VS. the Frozen Tundra in Soldier Field with articesque conditions going head to head on Monday Night.

The Packers are 21st in the league in rushing with 109.2 per game.  The Bears are 7th in the league allowing only 93.1 per game.

The Bears are a tenth of a yard better than the Pack rushing for 109.3 yards per game, but the Pack give up 138.2. 

In a game that should be decided on the ground, the Bears should have a decided advantage.  Of course, I have been silly enough to think something like that before.

Devin Hester is not likely to get the calls he got against the Saints, since the Packers secondary is well....good.  To win this game the Bears need to force a heavy dose of Forte,  Clark and Olsen at the Packers.  If they can get these guys the ball, it will force mismatches and the Bears can then try to get Hester down the field.

Overall, the Bears have no reason to not win this game. If they can't it shows a lack of determination, focus, coaching and heart.  None of which bodes well for the Bears moving forward.

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Hester will get down the field

The only question is whether Orton can actually hit him with a pass.

Tonight, I root against Dallas (as I do every night). Tomorrow I root for Carolina and Atlanta, and Monday I root for the Bears.

Lots of rootin’ to do this time of year.

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus

by iowaBear on Dec 20, 2008 5:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

We got Bal to deliver for us

Let’s go Atlanta!

--Torch

by torch on Dec 21, 2008 8:11 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm hoping not just for an Atlanta win

but a win that happens like this: Minnesota is up 20-19 after a last-minute drive where Jackson hits Berrian for a TD with 0:11 left on the clock. Minnesota is celebrating, they’ve got it won, then they decide to squib a kick which Atlanta returns to its own 44 yd line. Then the Falcons complete a pass downfield with 1 second left, and Jason Elam kicks through a 48-yd fg to win, 22-20, with no time left.

That would be awesome! It’d never happen, though, because an ending like that to a game is just impossible.

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus

by iowaBear on Dec 21, 2008 10:04 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well it was close.

At least it was a disappointing loss. They looked like twice the team, but fumbled 100 times. They were shooting themselves in the foot more than a Burress night out on the town.

Kick it to me... I'm open!

by #23 on Dec 21, 2008 7:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Go Bears!

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Dec 20, 2008 10:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

GO F'ING BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus

by iowaBear on Dec 20, 2008 11:54 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, take a few less of those pills and then get back to us.

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Dec 21, 2008 10:20 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

hester will return a touchdown

if they play “soulja boy.” they never play it anymore.

by rahulsriram on Dec 21, 2008 8:32 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

No, he needs JAWS theme music. And to get the return job back.

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Dec 21, 2008 10:20 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I meant before it could happen.

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Dec 21, 2008 9:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Because that song got worn out

Hester would dance if they played it again, I’d be strangling someone.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Dec 21, 2008 12:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

SOME GOOD NEWS

tampa is in the process of losing rite now against san diego

da bears

by dawindycitybears23 on Dec 21, 2008 1:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Its the Packers!!

No matter whether or not we can make the playoffs, we are playing are arch rival. We better beat those Pathetic Packers.

When you say Wisconsin, you've said it all.

by Looney_Bucky on Dec 21, 2008 10:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I wanna see Forte run for 200 yards and 4 TDs

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Dec 21, 2008 10:53 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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