Comcast Red Zone: Keys to Victory

by Dane Noble on Oct 30, 2009 11:34 AM CDT in Notes

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It will be broken down in greater detail this afternoon in the Game Preview, but this week's keys to a Bears victory will fall directly on the ability to:

- Run the football against the Browns porous rushing defense, and

- Put pressure on Cleveland QB Derek Anderson.

Matt Forte and the Bears offensive line have struggled to put together any sort of running game this year, despite the deceptive yards per carry average that mirrors last year's efforts. Anyone who has been watching the Bears over the last two seasons know that if you take away 2 carries from Forte's 2009 season thus far, his performance has been significantly lower than 2008.

The Browns have a terrible rushing defense, giving up over 170 yards per game on the ground. Expect to see Matt Forte early and often against the Browns.

Over the last 2 games, the Bears have registered 0 sacks. With a pass rush that started out strong in 2009, Rod Marinelli will have to do something differently this week if the Bears are going to see success in shutting down Anderson and rookie WR Mohamed Massoquoi.

If the Bears are not able to disrupt Anderson, we can expect the soft Tampa-2 defense of Chicago to get picked apart.

Stay tuned for the official Windy City Gridiron Game Preview coming this afternoon.

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If Derek Anderson picks us apart....

by Poloplaya14 on Oct 30, 2009 12:47 PM CDT reply actions

I'm with you brother.

But, we all know it could happen. I like to think of this game like a game versus the Lions. Look at recent history against Lions QBs:

2009: Stafford/ Culpepper, 350 yds, 1 TD
2008: Orlovski, 292 yds, 2 TDs
2007: Kitna, 247 yds, 2 TDs
2006: Kitna, 283 yds, 3 TDs

We didn’t lose all of these games, but can you imagine if we have to get into a shoot-out with 2009 Browns and Derek Anderson? Oy vey…

You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.

by Dane Noble on Oct 30, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions

If Anderson picks us apart, we can pretty much pack it in for the year

Dude’s got a QB rating somewhere in the 50’s, just ahead of Jamarcus Russell.

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon

by JimmyMack on Oct 30, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions

If we loose to these guys i swear just give up.

by bears rock on Oct 30, 2009 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

Anyone else..

get scared when the key to the game is us running against a “porous rushing defense”? Every time we’re supposed to do that we seem to shore up their numbers.

But hope springs eternal. :)

Course the flip side of that is that hope has to spring eternal due to it usually dying a quick death. :/

I’ve depressed myself.

by SaintCee on Oct 30, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions

Have i got a picture for you...

There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

by LostInSTL on Oct 30, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions

My keys to victory...

1. Try not playing like crap!

2. Repeat step one for all four quarters.

3. Score more than the Browns.

Remember a good offense is the best offense; same goes for the defense.

There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

by LostInSTL on Oct 30, 2009 6:46 PM CDT reply actions

If our offensive line is so bad

why don’t we plug Kevin Shaffer in alongside Josh Beekman to see what would happen? I don’t think OP has earned the right to be an unquestioned starter based on his performance thus far. Has Kevin Shaffer even played a down yet this season???

by prbart140 on Oct 30, 2009 11:44 PM CDT reply actions

No, I don't think Shaffer has not played a down yet this year.

He may not be a very significant upgrade from Pace. He’s supposed to be a descent run blocker, though. Bottom line is that we don’t have any really good O-lineman, either in the starting line-up or on the bench. We basically replaced marginal talent with more marginal talent after last season (swapping St. Claire for Shaffer was one example). Replacing Tate with Pace was another.

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon