Week 2 Recap: Bears Beat Cowboys, Vikings Drop to 0-2

Monday Night for control of the NFC Norris Division.

Kinda wish Madden was back for a game this epic

Any..given..Sunday, you can win or lose.

seen some of the dallas beat themselves talk with the turn overs and the flags…..but eh…

Nice to see the Bears 2 – 0 especially when most everyone gave them no shot today……

…………… how bout them Cowboys !!!!

DJMoore i like the guy but who was mvp for the bears Cutler . BUT WE DO NEED A RUNNING GAME .BEAR DOWN .

great play all around.

Extra props for DJ Moore, he has stepped up and become relevant!\

T Harris still sucks ass. In a game where everyone played well, T Harris and Manu stood out as just useless!

C Williams may just be the weak link on that o-line! Frankie O may not be the best solution, but the Bears played better without Williams!

Overall, great win and fantastic effort all around.

Bears looked real good tonight. On both sides of the ball. Maybe everybody at work will quit talkin shhh about my bears optimism tomorrow

Was Martz. What a great adjustment of the gameplan when he went to the quick passing game. Their pass rush was never the same for the rest of the game.

Great game and a great win! It was especially nice to see Tice and Martz make adjustments to the offense and the line to avoid Cutler leaving the field on a stretcher.

If the team can play at this level the rest of the season, watch out!

that play was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

or still making excuses on how it isn’t their fault that they lost. Again.

I figured we were in for a long day after the first quarter…but low and behold there were IN-GAME adjustments made on the offensive side of the ball…I’ve never seen that as long as I’ve been alive…(which is only 20 years but still)

And to make it even sweeter my girlfriend has totally switched from a Packers fan to a Bears fan…WIN!!!

What happened? no where to be found. Did i miss something? injury? doghouse?

it makes this victory ever so sweet. I was raised by Major Dad on the Redskins, so hating Dallas was a corollary.

After becoming a Bears fan, I understand that the Packers Rivalry is number one, but honestly, the C’boys hate overrides it. I would root for GB over Dallas. And besides, the Dallas Cowboys are just a frikkin expansion team.

not dominant, but opportunistic. Tommie Harris is a bum and I suggest we trade him before his stock goes down.

Martz and Cutler looks like a good fit. Its amazing what actually having a real Offensive Coordinator can do for a QB…

It is always nice to see the Cowboys lose too.

After all of the hype they have been getting, and that smug ******* Jerry Jones thinking the Cowboys would play in the Super Bowl this year in that oversized billion dollar stadium that looks like a giant toilet, it has been nice to see them fall flat on their face during the last two weeks.

tommie harris is so slow you can time him with a calender, we need a prop to go with peppers

I’m sorry Frank. For everything I said about you. I hope Chris Williams gets demoted.

Cutlers last 4 games:

86/135; 64% Comp %; 1,198 yards 13 TDs – 2 INTs

Bears: Win.
Cowboys: Loss.

Life: Pretty damn good.

Lovie at least knows enough to leave him alone. Martz develops a game plan, sees what works and doesn’t, then adjusts. He’s not so hard headed as to not admit the first idea wasn’t so great. It would apear they just might have the right mix of guys whose NFL careers are on the line, and they’ve learned to subjugate the egos in order to get the job done. Bring on the Packers.

3% of of NFL Teams that started 0-2 have won the Super Bowl.

Sorry, but Big D doesn’t look like a 3% exception to me.

Does that have predictive value?

Tom Waddle ripping into favre and berrian on NFLN…..

Miami Heat star dwayne wade continues to pledge his allegiance to Chicago — at least the Bears.

A native of south suburban Robbins, wade tweeted the following message before Sunday’s Bears-Cowboys game at Cowboys Stadium: “We here. Rep our team. Bears.”

wade, who spurned free-agent overtures from the Bulls this summer, tweeted a picture of himself standing on the Bears sideline before the start of the game. He also posed for a shot with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.

After the Bears’ 27-20 victory, wade tweeted: “@JayCutler6 you R a man of your word..”Imma put on a show 4 you 2day" his words 2 me B4 game."

Cutler responded with this post on his Twitter account: “Big win today. Soldier Field better get loud next Monday vs the Packers. Thanks to @dwadeofficial for the support today.”

Speaking of Twitter posts, Cutler’s friend Kristin Cavallari had this to say on her account after the Bears’ victory: “Woohoo!!!!”

Link……

Showdown to say the least.

Studs of the game- Urlacher, Briggs, DJ Moore, Peanut, Sizzle, and Hester.

Game ball- Martz, for switching up his gameplan early in the game. It turned out to be the difference in the result of the game..

Duds of the game- Manu, Aroma (where was he?), and Chris Harris for continuing to suck in coverage.

WHOOO- HOOOOOOOOO!!!

will contact san diego today or tonight to try work out trade for vincent jackson per mortensen…..

Chris Harris on Roy WIlliams!

POW! Then laid on top of him in the MMA mount position! haha!

But I’m not ready to jump on the bandwagon just yet. He had two picks, but they were both off tipped balls that just happened to fall to him. Nothing really “wow, he made a great play” about them. Now, standing up Williams (I think) so Peanut could come in for the strip… that was nice.

Saying it again this week, Urlacher being out/injured the past couple of years hurt our team. He and Briggs together are beautiful to watch.

Remember when we used win the toss and elect to kickoff… it’s really nice to have an offense. And we do, one with a lot of weapons.

Logan Mankins

Was Mark Anderson in on that TD pass to Forte? I swear I saw him run on to replace Clark.

The deep pass to Knox on 3rd & 15. Just deflated that defense & they never recovered.

While watching Fox Pregame(Best Pregame source other than WCG) they were doing there picks and all the analsysts picked dallas and the host Curt Menefee said “well that means chicagos going to win” too many people doubt this team and i wouldnt have it any other way.

Didn’t we talk about the danger of having him on SP/Ts last week.

When he got injured I screamed, “Got dammit, LOVIE!!!???”

Guys I was actually at the game and it looked way better in person. It was amazing and the stadium itself is a beast. There were tons of Bear fans some acting like douches but most amazing. Bears fans were loud and made themselves known. At the end of the game as me and my friends were leaving about a hundred Bear fans were singing Bear Down on the Mezzanine level. It was amazing. Most Cowboy fans were gracious in defeat but a lot weren’t. They kept making excuses and even their radio station was trying to make excuses. They found it impossible to believe the Cowboys could lose to the Bears. All in all amazing.

On a personal note…. this game made me a believer. Our boys went down to a hostile arena and lit up a great D. Our Defense looked pretty good against a good Offense. They could stand to shore some stuff up. I’m still irritated about how easily the OLine was being manhandled. They got better in the second half but still no where near acceptable. A let me say this, those big Bears hits sound so much better in person. Bear Down mates!

…… this is to our resident Pro Chris Harris , Thank you for being the Hitman and layin the wood to those fools !

yeah tony the bears had nothing to do with it.

And he has around 10 yards per attempt right now.

Martz and Cutler are fitting together pretty well.

And no one will read that but whatever.
1) It’s nice to have competent playcalling and adjustments. Seriously. I am now convinced that Ron Turner’s system actually makes QBs crappy by default.
2) During the 1st quarter I was freaking out a little. I was thinking “This is what I was afraid would happen” I even texted my friend and said “Is it too early to pull Jay for his own safety”
3) Hats off to Lovie and the coaching staff as a whole. They coached a much better game than last week and just out-coached Dallas full on.
4) Still didn’t like Lovie’s challenge though
5) I still don’t know if we’ll be able to hang with the Packers, but I said the same thing about the Cowboys. I will still feel more comfortable being hesitant to buy in fully to the Bears.
6) The o-line is coming together, slowly but surely. I don’t think I’m ready to give Williams the hook yet but he has to play better.
7) Speaking of o-line we still need to find a run game.
8) Who would have thought that after 2 games Forte would be leading the team in TD receptions?
9) I seriously lol’d when I saw the Vikings dropped to 0-2.
10) Despite all my concerns, being tied for 1st with a showdown for sole possession of 1st in the division is a great place to be and not somewhere I thought we’d be after two weeks.

I’ll admit to some serious reservations in the first quarter. After the beating Jay took on the first series, Williams going out, and the Dallas punt return TD I had to take a Monty Python break and ponder benching Cutler to spare his life ala preseason San Diego. Came back after missing the Olsen TD. Have to agree that it was refreshing to see actual adjustments in game no less.

The D is laying down the hits again, also good.

Moore finally played with a nose for the ball the way he had been advertised. Still too early to anoint him though.

Funny thing, watched a FF advice bit before the game and someone advised taking Aromashodu saying that Cutler would be looking to him as the safety net when Dallas blitzed. I hate FF but I’m sad that didn’t work out because I was happy at the time to see someone actual recommend a Bears receiver. Of course a rundown of FF QBs had Romo as a top 10 and Cutler not even on the list, very glad that advice didn’t pan out.

Overall good day to be a Bears fan. Bears win, Cowgirls and Vikings both 0-2. Happy day.

Also Hester needs to be taken off punt returns. Not sure what exactly he’s lost but he’s lost it. He’s getting better as a receiver though.

I listened to the game on my drive to visit family. I am actually lucky that the game was televised locally so I set my dvr to record and I’ll be able to watch the game tomorrow. Passing commuters must have wondered what was up with me as I clapped and pumped my fist in excitement (but I dont care). Actually I started listening on the Cowboys broadcast for whatever reason the Bears broadcast didnt start on time. It was horrible listening to the Dallas broadcasters hyping up thier team, was grateful when the Bears broadcasting finally came on. (I have Sirius satalite radio). Looking forward to next weeks game against the Pack. This will be a good, tough game but I am hopeful that the Bears can come away with a win.

but I suspect most analysis of the game will begin with “So Commentator X, what’s wrong with those Cowboys.”

Skip Bayless may give us some credit, he seems to like Cutler and not like Romo.

1. Cutler is again a BEAST
2. Tice is a smart coach
3. Ware was awesome
4. Omi pass protection was great
5. Is it too soon to call C Dub a Bust?
6. Hester did his thing
7. Forte maybe the best recieving RB in the NFL
8. Martz is a smart coach too
9. Dj and the D made their plays
10. Once again the Boys are OVERRATED!!!

He’s paid to stand in the pocket, release the ball, and get knocked around. It doesn’t give the team the best chance to win when he’s on the bench.

After the esteemed panel of Fox Experts dismissed the Bears as nothing but cannon fodder for the Cowboys — all 5 forecast an easy ’Boys victory..

Studio host Curt Menefee ended the pregame show with the line – “… since you’ve ALL picked the Cowboys, the Bears, obviously — are going to win.” The ‘experts’ chuckled.

Love to see if these losers will do a mea culpa next week.