Chicago Bears Game Ball of the Week: Soldier Field 4th Phase

the game ball goes to either the refs, or the field

HERE – POP IT!

670 already tried making the UC on Jay into a huge deal this morning.

gives the game ball to defense…….

BUT Jay Cutler disgusts him as he did not run his route in the wildcat play….That angered him so much he thought he should have been pulled……Biggest bad attitude guy in football……He would take matt cassel over Jay Cutler because Cutler will poison the team…..

Bears also get extremely lucky because they had no injuries all season….Sooner or later that luck will run out…..

I don’t remember hearing this much whining from a fan base after a loss in all my life. What a bunch of whiny *itches.

The Field? You’re complaining about this field? Since when has Soldier Field been known for it’s thick, rich, turf? It was as bad yesterday as it usually is in late November- deal with it. They make these things called cleats… looks like the Bears did OK on the same field. Fire your equipment manager. Follow the weather reports prior to game day. Whatever… but using the field conditions as an excuse amuses me, greatly.

I responded to some pregame banter with some guy from Philly in a fanshot. I predicted that the 4" of rain that we got over Thanksgiving would affect the turf, and I said it would slow down his playmakers.

Here’s what he said: “The Eagles can pound the ball, don’t worry about the rain. The Eagles have Jason Peters, the best run blocking LT in football along with the dirtiest interior line in the NFL. Behind the line is one of the nastiest, best blocking full backs in the NFL in Owen Schmitt and running behind all of that is LeSean McCoy and Jerome Harrison who for the Eagles this season are averaging a combined 5.3 yards per carry. Don’t worry the Eagles can mash if they need to, just ask the Giants.”

hahaha.

Also, Dent is the man.

What a great teammate. Every time a Philly player gave one of the Bears any crap he was right there backing them up.
What an improvement for the o-line – the last 3-4 weeks seem like night and day to the beginning of the season – Particularly the Giants game.

Best game of his short career so far!

-Let’s see some more love for Earl Bennett, it seems like he never gets enough respect but he might have had the best game of our receivers yesterday,
-Also Matt Forte, another great game. I feel like he’s a player that we shouldn’t expect to get 100 yards rushing every week, but as long as he gets 100 total yards combined, the team is going to do OK.
-The offense played it’s best game yesterday. All anyone talked about was Philly’s big play potential but then the Bears had 4 or 5 plays of 15 or more yards.
-The defense played like we all thought. We knew that they could shutdown Vick and they did. He had over 300 yards passing but we kept the team from scoring TDs.
-This was the complete game I have been waiting for from this team! I see no reason we can’t get to 10 or 11 wins.
-This o-line combo is playing great and even though this was their worst game in the last few, they made the necessary adjustments and I think we’re a pretty scary team heading into December.

Likes:

- Cutler. Even see him throw balls away to ensure they at least got 3

- Redzone offense (NOTE: Bears redzone O coming off the bye is 10 / 15 = 67 TD%, also goal to goal offense is 7 / 11 = 64 TD % )

- Play calling in general was good for the 1st 3 qtrs

- D was huge for most part especially D Line

- 3rd qtr offense and that 17 play 10 min drive

- Fortes 60 yard run

- Bennett and Olsen seem to be the ""go to guys"

- Cutler’s “attitude” (Think the score put it best. If you or your team plays against Cutler hes a jerk and bad guy. If Cutler is on your team then you love him and like it)

- Peppers and Izzy

- Tommie Harris tip to Chris Harris INT

Dislikes:
- 4th qtr D. Looked like they played cover 2 prevent type D which arrrgh me

- 4th qtr offense have to get more successful running plays in that situation

- Chester Taylor had a bad game in terms of running the ball

- First half O Line was horrible (or the back to back drives where they gave up the sacks like candy)

All I can think of right now

it was good to see him that engaged and that upset about a very bad call that stopped a drive. I especially liked the way he went back after the ref to make sure everyone noticed how bad a call it was. It, IMO, shows he’s taking the success of the offense personally; which may have been true all along, but now everyone knows it. It was not a “bad” penalty and it probably did more good for the team than harm. The refs had been inconsistent all game and someone had to point out their mistake.

that pats @ Bears game has been moved from noon to 315……

Bah hate 315 games……

Some of the most whiny, idiotic comments I have ever read. Guys called Cutler ’classless", while their D tried their best to maul Cutler as he attempted to take a knee every time. They even have a fanpost saying that “Knox fumbled the ball,” when replay clearly shows that he was slapped on the knee by an Eagle. How the poor field really hurt their speed with Jackson, Maclin and Vick, yet they forget that Hester and Knox (who are just as fast) seemed fine.

Although I shouldn’t be suprised. These are the fans of the same team who still thinks they are superior to the Bears and everyone knows it. Read the Mullen article, its pretty funny.

The older I get, the more I see that Philly really is the Kanye West of sports; they may be talented and every once-in-a-while do something great, but they will always make a$$es of themselves in the end.

Think that didn’t effect the players and coaches as well?

They’re notorious for being very quiet when things don’t go that well. Easy to cheer when you’re up on the Eagles by two scores. A great crowd is just as vocal when you’re behind, and that’s not the prawn sandwich brigade at Bears’ games.

Peppers, Cutler, or Bennett. A ball each.