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The Quotable Bears (Week Four)

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 I felt like throwing this picture up here, mostly because Briggs was flying around like a possessed man last night.

Roll call: Halfblindcubbiegirl takes the title (128), with lopey986 in second (113), ChiFan13 (86), tempchad (72), 815Sox (46) and mike b/thecubreporter (44) rounding out the top spots.

Anyways, now onto the good stuff:

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Lovie on the game:

"Defensively, I really felt the guys stepped up. After we turned the ball over a few times, the defense met the challenge each time."

Boy Genius on Orton:

"Tonight was huge for him. We had some opportunities to make some plays and he made them. We just went with what we felt gave us the best chance."

Orton on the offense:

"I thought we played extremely well in the first half. We made plays, executed and had them back on their heels. But then in the third quarter we just went out and laid an egg. We had to have this win and now we're in good shape. We've played good football for the most part in all four games. The defense did a great job of finishing this game for us and now hopefully we'll get on a roll."

Orton on the no-huddle:

"Usually when you go with the no-huddle it's tougher for the coordinator to get in their personnel that they want. It's a good plan. Plus, you can get up to the line of scrimmage and really have a lot of time to see what's happening and try to get to the right play. It was a good idea by coach [Ron] Turner to come out in a no-huddle and see if we could get them into some base looks, and that's what happened. It was a good game-plan."

Hester on being back:

"I'm just glad to be back. That's the most important thing. Last week sitting on the sideline and seeing my teammates, knowing I could have been out there helping out, it was a hurt feeling. I'm just blessed to be back and thank God. I felt great. The adrenaline kept the pain away and motivated me to go out and play ball. I just went out and put in my mind that if I'm out here, I'm not hurt, otherwise I wouldn't be out here. That's the mentality I went in with."

Hester on the pass that hit him in his hands:

"I most definitely would have scored on that one. I kind of took my eye off the ball before it went in my hands."

Forte on the offense:

"It's a team effort. We needed our defense to step up and they did, and I needed to get that first down on third down and it was a big run."

Forte on his performance:

"It's tough running out there when they are keying on the run. But I just kept plugging away. You know, you can't give up. That's why the passing game opened up a lot. We can't run the ball every pop; we have to be effective in the passing game."

Urlacher on the D (winner of The Greatest Understatement award):

"We're supposed to close out games when we get a lead. Tonight we took care of business when we had to."

Briggs on the team:

"We should be 4-0 right now."

Alex Brown on the goal-line stand:

"What was going through my mind? Everything that was going through everybody else's mind-make a play. You've got to make plays within a scheme of the defense. I was fortunate to have my name called on that one, fortunate to make a play. But we had some guys that came up and hit him from out of the end zone. So it wasn't just me, it was the whole defense. We made a play."

Vasher on the goal-line stand:

"This goes to show how close we can be to being a dominating team. We need to continue to be consistent and finish."

Dvoracek on the goal-line stand:

"The whole time we were thinking that we were going to make the stop and win the game. You can't think, ‘Here we go again.' You have a positive mindset. You've got to know there's no way they're getting in that damn end zone, and they didn't."

Mike Brown on the goal-line stand:

"That was huge for us, especially the way that we finished off games the last couple weeks. I think that goal-line stand's going to be a big boost for us throughout the rest of the season. It was the fourth quarter again, and down to the nitty gritty. We needed that."

Quotables from the WCG Game Thread:

"Should the Bears come out and take care of business tonight, it will be a fantastic week what with the Pack, Vikes and likely the Cowboys going down" - WCG

"Holy s***....someone told Bob Babich what a blitz is!" - lopey986

"What team is this?" - Arbusto

"I think they should let Joniak and Thayer call the game" - SamuraiMike50

"Dammit Des! Don't quit on your block!" - tempchad

"Wow. That Lloyd going down thing was soccer-esque" - tempchad

"Wait a minute, Michaels. Injury to insult? Not the correct statement" - ChiFan13
"Cracking on Michaels is not a legit comment....too easy" - Ditka vs. God

"Here we go again, 2nd half curse" - 815Sox

"Forte should teach the linebackers how to tackle" - halfblindcubbiegirl

"CHICAGO TOUGH" - Illini0509

 

Poll
Who's your MVP for the Eagles game?
Bears D. The stop on the one-foot line was impressive.
227 votes
Kyle Orton. While he had two INT's, he looked great in the first half.
29 votes
Ron Turner. He changed up the usual Bears gameplan and it worked.
33 votes
Someone else
8 votes

297 votes | Poll has closed

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Ron Turner?

ok, who voted for Turner? ’fess up now and your beating will be less severe

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hahaha

At the same time, his 1st half gameplan was terrific. It was a hell of a lot better than usual. 2nd half he was back to his usual self.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 29, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1st half was great...

but obviously Ron Turner should not have even been in the running for MVP of anything to do with football.

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait a second...

Turner just jumped up for more votes…what’s the deal, does he have that many log-ins?

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seven people feel otherwise.

I voted for the D, personally, but obviously people feel as though he did a good job.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 29, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think....

it stems from the fact that the offense, y’know, did some stuff. I think, too, if Jones didn’t fumble that weird fake reverse thing, he probably would’ve had 5-8 yards. These are plays we just don’t see the Bears making, and I just wish we’d do it more often in a game.

And I really like Forte.

by KDoggers on Sep 29, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the kj fumble

he was gonna be stuffed for a loss of 4 if he doesn’t fumble.

by lopey986 on Sep 29, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very true.

Yeah, the idea to come out swinging on the first drive obviously confused the Eagles, as they came to the game expecting a high school quarterback. Which, I mean, yeah, eventually they got one, but not until after he’d put up 3 trips. Sure, his deep ball is still lacking, but If he can put together the mid drives like the one on the first drive of the game, or even the other touchdown plays, I’ll be happy.

That D last night was intense. I was certain Briggs wanted to end the Buckhalter (sp?) era quickly.

by KDoggers on Sep 29, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I voted for Turner and I usually hate the man

Note my sig, but I do think he deserves a bit of credit. He did some unorthodox things this week that I think worked out great, sure he didn’t do much in the second half, and he once again abandoned the no-huddle after it worked perfectly. Anyway, he nicely called some different things; end arounds, some nice pitches, short dropbacks and short passes when they blitzed, throwing on first down when that has been the Eagles’ weakness.

Fire Ron Turner!!!
Fire Angelo!!

by GallopingGhost on Sep 29, 2008 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whats up with the hate THIS WEEK on Ron Turner

I hate his gameplans, I hate his play calling on third downs, I hate the obscure offensive approach of playing not to lose on offense and playing to win on D, BUT last night Turner stepped up his game… I voted for the D, but Turner deserves some votes as well. He came out swinging with that quick drive and Orton played it well. His play calling was efficient. He knew that the Eagles have a high powered offense and we were going to need to score quick and often… and we did. Chicago doesnt give anybody credit once they are on the shit list, like Grossman… if he plays a great game everyone would say he sucked because 1 int or 3 incompletions… Chicago fans are way tooo stingy on the way they handle who they like and dont… dont get me wrong, Im a Chicago fan, but I am so sick of hating on Orton or Grossman when they have a good or great game just because of their expectations or previous performances… and the same goes for Turner. Maybe its because I am involved in Journalism and I like to judge things how they are being presented to me at that very moment, but all this hate on Turner for THIS WEEK only is just an overflow from his past!

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 29, 2008 12:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just like one poor showing shouldn't turn us against a player...

one good half shouldn’t make us all give Turner a hug and pronounce him to new golden child. Yes, his game plan was sound and worked great in the first half, but the MVP of the game? Come now…

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MVP for the game.......possibly

Hes not a good coach.. period. But you can say the same for Orton… MVP of the game… come on now. Legitimatley you can make the argument on 1 given game that the offense actually did something right.. yes Orton and Turner. I dont like Turner, I barely like Orton, BUT THEY DID HAVE A GOOD GAME! The defense in my opinion was more significant of an “MVP” of the game or should I say “MVT” for most valuable team, butI could understand a vote going in Turner or Ortons way

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 29, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MVP of the 1st half...

that’s as far as I am willing to bend. To be an MVP of the game, a whole lot more would have had to have gone right in the second half.

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and that does

apply to both Turner and Orton as you pointed out. I do like Orton though and like him am still a little bitter that he didn’t get to play in the playoffs the last time he helped get the team there.

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Briggs MVP, Turner MVC

He was definitely flying all over the field and deserves to be in the conversation. I don’t think a coach can be a MVP of a game because he doesn’t play. Ultimately, the players on the field have to make plays when they matter the most. People on here claiming he’s a terrible coach need to look at themselves in the mirror. Without the dropped TD passes, and bad fumbles the Bears offense would have great results. Again, all a coach can do is make solid play calls during the course of the game and hope his players execute. In the NFL, it usually comes down to the personnel on the field making plays, not coaches making bad calls. They always look horrible to fans when they don’t work out.

"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 propheteer on Sep 30, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No huddle

This is at least the second time (and probably more than that) that we’ve gone with no huddle and had it worked, only to go away from it. Either because we didn’t have enough plays or they figured it out or something.

But seeing as how it’s been good for us more than once, shouldn’t it be a bigger part of the offense?

by tacologic on Sep 29, 2008 1:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

For the life of me, I don't understand why they stopped doing it.

A no-huddle isn’t something that a defense figures out. It’s something that a defense has to keep pace with, and it’s a difficult task. That’s why you often see teams move the ball with ease in a hurry up offense before the half to get that FG before they head into the locker room.

And as for running out of play to call, I hope that’s not their excuse. Orton’s been on this team with Turner for several years now to have trust in the playbook. Plus, they have radio communication going into his helmet.

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 Sep 29, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Offensive conditioning..

is probably why we can’t stick with it for too much of the game. Not that we’re terribly out of shape or anything, just that it takes some damn good conditioning to keep up that pace for very long, on both sides of the ball…

by lindemrm on Sep 29, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even if there was a limited number of plays

In a no-huddle package, it could still be effective because you could say install 10 plays into a no-huddle plan and then just mix and match them over the course of a few drives. Even if the D picked up on the plays, if they don’t know what’s coming next in a certain down and distance with the right mix and match. Plus if those 10 plays only line-up between 2 or 3 formations it’d be even harder for the D to pick up on them.

Fire Ron Turner!!!
Fire Angelo!!

by GallopingGhost on Sep 29, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Buffalo Bills

Went to 4 Super Bowls in the 90’s, by running the no-huddle offense.

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 Sep 30, 2008 7:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and the offense is never on the field that often

So its probably a difficult task to run a no huddle the entire game, although I do fully approve of doing that considering its effectiveness so far

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 29, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It can also run down a defense by the time the 4th qt. comes along

Thus maybe limiting come from behind wins, which seems to be a problem this year.

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 29, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

O MAN

im loving that lance briggs contract. he really was playing like a possessed man. kind of like what derrick brooks did to the packers yesterday

by Jbasic89 on Sep 29, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think the next question is now that we are not facing the Eagles

next week do we go back to the old Turner or does he keep going? They admitted they made these changes to try and negate the Eagles pass rush, but Detroit isn’t bringing a pass rush like that. Do we go back to simple and predictable Turner?

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Sep 29, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We should never be simple and predictable against any opponent.

Hopefully, Turner figures that out. And ditto for Babich.

The strategy and X’s and O’s of this sport are far more powerful than the players on the field executing them. The main goal heading into each game, besides the obvious of winning, should be to confuse your opponent and dictate the tempo of play.

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 Sep 29, 2008 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

God I hope not.

The first three Lions games at the half have been 21-0, 21-0 and 21-3. If we jump in without the usual gameplan and go no-huddle and be aggressive then we can maybe jump in and hopefully run up the score.

Fire Ron Turner!!!
Fire Angelo!!

by GallopingGhost on Sep 29, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not the time to take anyone lightly

If we can come out pissed off and ready to clobber the Lions, good things will happen. If Turner is predictable as always, then we’ll have problems.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 29, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Especially considering the mindset the Lions are likely to be in coming into this game

After Millen’s firing, there were plenty of sound bytes about coming out with a positive first note against the Bears.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
Ronald Reagan

by snley on Sep 29, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well... the good news is:

It’s still the same team Millen assembled!

Plus, we have our own motivation… they beat us twice last year, including one of the biggest meltdowns in Chicago Bears history: giving up 34 points in the 4th QTR to lose 37-27.

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 Sep 29, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I saw that

But Millen never played for the Lions, so they’re just floatin on a wish and a prayer. They need all the positive thoughts they can muster.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 29, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love that picture

Briggs looks like a complete badass.

There's magic in the ivy...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 29, 2008 4:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah he does.

That whole picture is really cool. I like how you can only partially see Eagles helmets behind 5 bears

"Looks like Milwaukee got their No Hitter" -ak123

by NittanyCub on Sep 29, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We should use that pic for a caption this contest

Either Briggs made a great play or the Bears are about to do a number from West Side Story.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Sep 30, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sooooo glad

we gave the money to Briggs. He went fricken crazy last night. Get well Peanut and B. Lloyd.

by Twins Territory on Sep 29, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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