Nightlink: More Bears - Packers Hype!
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Sep 12, 2009 8:21 PM CDT
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PrintThis Sunday Nights game is getting it's proper due on a national scale. Personally I can't remember another Bears season opener getting this much national publicity. I guess when you have two young quarterbacks, one of which is a year removed from replacing a legend in Green Bay and the other has the potential to become the QB legend in Chicago, you'll get some respect. Dennis Dillon of the Sporting News is calling this, Two big guns are ready to go off.
Dillon says it best;
When it comes to NFL rivalries, Packers vs. Bears is the Big Kahuna.
I wonder if Kyle Orton was still taking snaps in Chicago, would the hype be this magnified?
Cutler fever. You have to go back as far as Jim McMahon -- or, possibly, Sid Luckman -- to find a quarterback who has lit such a fire under Bears fans.
Cutler fever... catch it!
The other young gun. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn't been too shabby himself.
The other young gun? I wonder how many Packer fans consider Cutler the "other" one?
Dillon does raise a good point about Special Teams play;
Special teams. One of the reasons the Bears have won seven of the last 10 meetings is because their special teams have outplayed the Packers' unit. The Bears' special teams have excelled under coordinator Dave Toub, finishing No. 1 in the league in 2006 and 2007. New Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum, promoted from assistant special teams coach, needs to match Toub in their game within the game.
On a side note how long til Toub gets a head coaching gig in the NFL?
Here's a link to their game preview, right here!
I can't wait for tomorrow night!
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Special teams.
I keep thinking this will again be a key for the Bears.
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
Yeah, but their return coverage
didn’t look as sharp as usual. In the two games I got to really watch close, they gave up more yardage than I like to see. Hopefully Toub will have that cleaned up for the regular season. I think we’ve got to give them as long of a field to work from as possible if we want a shot at winning it.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
I've already lost sleep over this game
but I truly believe that as long as 1 of our corners show up then we’ll be fine on defense.
Special teams we are set.
And for those of you worried about the 3-4, no worries friend, TE’s and good RB’s eat the 3-4 for breakfast.
Oh and Jay Cutler dissects 3-4 because he has faced it many times before, with better defenses than GB.
If you want to crown em...
agree to a point
my only concern for tomorrow is that the o line plays at least decently against their 3-4. cutler may have seen it a bunch back in the afc but most of the o line may not have so much.
this time tomorrow we will be discussing the many ways the bears beat down the pack GO BEARS!!!
by reefermadness3 on Sep 12, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Ahhhh
I feel like a kid on Christmas eve wanting to go to bed early so Christmas arrives earlier. Except this time my present is crushing the Packers.
Football’s equivalent of jazz music
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If Orton was still taking snaps for the Bears there wouldn’t even be any national talk about the Bears being SB possibilities.
"Chance favors the prepared mind." - Pasteur
I can't wait for this game
seems like the week is still in slow motion. On a side note I added to my Bears stuff today. My father in law found the super bowl shuffle on LP and it is now proudly displayed in my man cave. It has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever owned. And I was surprised as to how great of condition it’s in. BEAR DOWN!!!!!!!!
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
that is indeed awesome
the only copy i have is a little square record thingy that came out of a book. still plays though!
by reefermadness3 on Sep 13, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
funny thing
I don’t own a record player. But I have the song and video on my computer so i got that going for me.
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 13, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't wait for tonight.
I get to watch my Cardinals unveil their NFC Championship banner in 5 hours, and after they beat the 49ers then I get to watch the Bears pound on the Packers in what should be two of the best opening games of the season.
After all of the time we have had to wait, it is finally here.
Keys to the game
1. Bears D-line vs. Packs O-line (they have 3 new starters? I believe)
2. Bears TEs vs. Pack defenders (Bigby, Poppinga, & others)
3. Bears STS superiority must continue
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
I am in awe of the Packer love this year
Maybe they are good and maybe I’m just a Bears fan but give me a break. No one is picking the Bears in this one. The Packers were what 6-10 last year? They’ve changed defenses and added Raji. The Bears were 9-7 and added Cutler and Pace. Am I missing something? If I am, somebody please explain it to me.
While I agree with you I think people are looking at hyped up preseason numbers
by Rogers and the fact that we got taken to the woodshed last year at Lambeau .
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
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