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Thoughts From NFL Week 3: Chicago Bears and beyond

Week three in an NFL season is still too early to panic if your favorite team is struggling, and it's too early to start making Super Bowl plans if your fav team is taking it to their opponents.  But with that being said, there are some interesting story lines that are starting to come into focus, starting with...

1)  Who would have guessed that there would be one undefeated team in the AFC after 3 weeks, and that team would be the Buffalo Bills?

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2)  Tom Brady throws 4 picks in that game and his QB rating is still 113.8 on the season.  Video Game numbers indeed.

3)  If the Raiders o-line and running back Darren McFadden can keep up their good play, the Raiders will have a chance to win a lot of games.  Good to see that running the ball can still still lead to wins in the NFL.

4)  Big game by former Bears tight end Greg Olsen for Carolina.  He hauled in 7 catches for 57 yards, and caught the go ahead TD and added in the 2 point conversion.

5)  I don't think anyone expected an actual game last night between the Steelers and Colts.  Indy just needs to live and die with young Curtis Painter at QB.

6)  I was wondering how the Vikings were gonna blow that game in the second half...  Kudos to the Lions for taking advantage of their opportunities, but Minnesota laid an egg.

7)  Who's seat is hotter, Minnesota head coach Leslie Frazier or Miami head coach Tony Sparano?

8)  The Dream Team's season is turning into a nightmare.  Although I do tend to agree with Michael Vick, some of those non calls are questionable.

9)  Another reason for Bears fans to despise the Packers, two drafts ago they traded up in front of the Bears to pluck safety Morgan Burnett.

10)  In terms of sheer innovation, that Devin Hester deke return play was brilliant.  It's stuff like that that leads me to believe that Bears special teams coach Dave Toub should be a head coach some day.

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113.8 and 4 picks

makes you start wondering if ESPN system needs another look.

Cacti are prickly.

by crackedcactus on Sep 26, 2011 3:10 PM CDT reply actions  

5 picks

but i see your point.
he does have 12 TDs, though.

by BOBdaBEAR on Sep 26, 2011 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Lions exposed that in the preseason, I know,…, but still Brady laid an egg in the second half.

by transylvanian bear on Sep 26, 2011 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah

It’s nice knowing that the Pats are not undefeatable and that Tom Brady isn’t some stepford ball-throwing robot.

May the Oline hold, May Cutler not get sacked into oblivion, may Urlacher break some legs, and may they come to their senses and pay Forte. AMEN.

by Jessica312 on Sep 26, 2011 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

They look very good last season at Soldier Field..

.. just saying.

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by Claudio Oliveira on Sep 27, 2011 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

That Punt Return Was BRILLIANT

Hats off to Toub, too bad the penalty killed us because otherwise that play would’ve gone down in the books as one of the best punt returns. Beautifully executed (penalty aside).

May the Oline hold, May Cutler not get sacked into oblivion, may Urlacher break some legs, and may they come to their senses and pay Forte. AMEN.

by Jessica312 on Sep 26, 2011 3:32 PM CDT reply actions  

Simmons made a good point on the BS Report today

Why waste that awesome play on a game that you’ll probably lose anyhow? That TD counts, we have to recover the onside kick. Why no save it for a game when you’re down by one score. Will that ever work again?

Lisa needs braces ... DENTAL PLAN

by gafferland on Sep 26, 2011 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was wondering that at the time, too, but on reflection it’ll be something else for opposing teams to have to worry about and spend time working on. Next time, Knox might be the dummy and Hester returns it for real.

When I assume, I'm not "making an ass out of u and me"... I'm actually putting u between me and an ass.

by Spongie on Sep 26, 2011 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here's one reason...

Now teams will have to keep their punt coverage team more spread out in anticipation of that play again. That will, in theory, give Hester more lanes to run through.

Whenever Mike Ditka boards an aircraft, it changes its call sign to Bear Force One.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Sep 27, 2011 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions  

I couldn't find the penalty on the replay

did anyone see what happened? I saw Graham but when I saw the flag he was like 10 yards away from his man and I didn’t see anything…

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted...

by no.fair.weather.fan.here on Sep 26, 2011 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's pretty widely considered

a phantom call, in everything I’ve read about it. I can’t say for sure, since I turned off the tv at that point…

by Virto on Sep 26, 2011 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

i didnt see it either

But from what others have said, the flag came late, the hold happened before Knox caught the ball, and I believe graham himself owned up to it. Unfortunate, but it sounds like the refs may have made the right call. Just sucks that it cancelled a brilliant play.

May the Oline hold, May Cutler not get sacked into oblivion, may Urlacher break some legs, and may they come to their senses and pay Forte. AMEN.

by Jessica312 on Sep 26, 2011 6:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions  

when i say i didnt see it

I mean I didnt bother watching it back again because I was too ticked off at that point lol.

May the Oline hold, May Cutler not get sacked into oblivion, may Urlacher break some legs, and may they come to their senses and pay Forte. AMEN.

by Jessica312 on Sep 26, 2011 6:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions  

and when i say before knox caught the ball

I mean right after the snap

May the Oline hold, May Cutler not get sacked into oblivion, may Urlacher break some legs, and may they come to their senses and pay Forte. AMEN.

by Jessica312 on Sep 26, 2011 6:57 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions  

Well if Graham owned up to it

thats a shame cause that was possibly the best ST play on a punt I have ever seen in my life…seriously

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted...

by no.fair.weather.fan.here on Sep 27, 2011 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the follow up

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted...

by no.fair.weather.fan.here on Sep 27, 2011 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hmmm

1 – I thought the bills would be good and get a wild card cause they were not all that bad last season IMO

2 – Must play madden

3 – Dont tell mike martz that bada ching

4 – Pretty physical game from the little bit I saw carolina does not want newton to fail and went out to get him the weapons he needs to succeed. Insert Jerry Angelo comment here

5 – With manning headed to IR they can very well land Luck which just be ugh to me. Looks like the steelers are slipping if they are having a hard time with the manningless colts but that just IMO

6 – Dunno why the vikes went AWAY FROM peterson in the second half and why it took awhile for the lions to play jump ball with stafford to johnson

7 – With this being frazier first full year as HC IMO he is safe. There was talk of mia replacing sparano last off season IMO barring playoffs he is gone

8 – CBS guys were talking about how the philly secondary has allowed like 7 TDs in 5 qtrs or something like that. All that money in the secondary with that production but eh ESPN still probably has them going to the NFCCG

9 – Yep IIRC listening to the post draft stuff the Bears would have taken burnett with that pick but packers knew the Bears wanted a safety so jumped ahead of them

10 – I agree with this if harbaugh can get a HC gig Toub should get some looks

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Watch most of the bronco titans game chris johnson is horrible right now cant even take a simple swing pass with out dropping it…..watching the broncos offense is like watching the Bears 2005 offense but they have 2 WRs that can make some plays from time to time in lloyd and decker….Was really hoping the Bears would get a shot at Decker but doubt Angelo would have drafted him anyways….

When choosing between offensive plays, I always pick the pass play....

- mike martz on his play calling

by CloudyFuture on Sep 26, 2011 3:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Good to see that running the ball can still still lead to wins in the NFL.

Unfortunately, Martz thinks that Cutler scrambling for his life = a running play.

by oripunk3485 on Sep 26, 2011 3:52 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

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Titans HC Mike Munchak made it official: WR Kenny Britt has torn ACL and MCL and is done for the year.

When choosing between offensive plays, I always pick the pass play....

- mike martz on his play calling

by CloudyFuture on Sep 26, 2011 3:53 PM CDT reply actions  

UGH!

Lost Charles and Britt!

WILDCARD BITCHES!!! YEEEEHHHAAAAA!!!!!

by Acreman20 on Sep 26, 2011 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hmmm beginning to think

that you might be bad luck…..

jk…….

When choosing between offensive plays, I always pick the pass play....

- mike martz on his play calling

by CloudyFuture on Sep 26, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

And my thoughts...

1) Nobody. Not a damn person. Not since 1993.

2) There’s never been anybody quite like Tom Brady. And there never will be again.

3) ATTENTION MIKE MARTZ!!!!!

4) ATTENTION MIKE MARTZ!!!!!

5) Agreed. What were they THINKING using Bears castoffs? No, I’m not talking about Collins. Turner.

6) I’m just waiting to see what the NFL Power Rankings will look like after that one. The Queens are neither as good as 10-0, 17-0, and 20-0 show, nor are they as bad as 0-3 shows. The NFC North is the strongest division in the NFC, if not the NFL.

7) I’d go with Kansas City at the moment. Or Oakland, where that seat is perpetually volcanic.

8) Plork em all. I hope they crash and burn WORSE than that “other” superteam down in Florida.

9) The proverbial cherry on top of the massive turdcicle that is the Green Bay Slackers.

10) This day. I’m amazed that he’s never been given the opportunity. He’s got a brilliant football mind, has spun more gold from straw than anybody I’ve ever seen, and then produces that amazing display of Special Teams genius. If he’s not a Head Coach in 3 years or less, the entire NFL has failed miserably. Heck, I’d easily take him over the Mad Scientist as our OC, and I’d like to see the race between him and Lovie Dovie for HC.

by Doshi on Sep 26, 2011 4:02 PM CDT reply actions  

I picked the Bills to win.

Just sayin’

Above all; keep 'em guessing, never let them lose their sense of confusion.

by Just Dave on Sep 26, 2011 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes but

did you have them being the only undefeated team left in the AFC? …..

When choosing between offensive plays, I always pick the pass play....

- mike martz on his play calling

by CloudyFuture on Sep 26, 2011 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why yes, yes..

I didn’t.

Above all; keep 'em guessing, never let them lose their sense of confusion.

by Just Dave on Sep 26, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Then you would be wrong...

Whenever Mike Ditka boards an aircraft, it changes its call sign to Bear Force One.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Sep 26, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

truth

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted...

by no.fair.weather.fan.here on Sep 26, 2011 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dave Toub should be a head coach next year

for the Chicago Bears

@Sletizia7.... follow me. no really do it.

by dabears85 on Sep 26, 2011 5:13 PM CDT reply actions  

JA still the GM...

Steven Hawking was paralysed after Mr. T pitied him so hard he was hurled through the air and crashed into an orphanage, killing 50.

by Ditkavsworld on Sep 26, 2011 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

How many ST Pro-Bowlers has Toub had?

Hester (at least x2), Brendan (at least x2), Knox. Did Graham make a ProBowl yet?

This guy weaves more gold out of straw than anybody I’ve seen this side of The Hoodie.

by Doshi on Sep 26, 2011 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

That didn't answer my question

cause basically none of it matters if JA is still the GM. I don’t think Ruskell will be any better he’s just JA lite.

Steven Hawking was paralysed after Mr. T pitied him so hard he was hurled through the air and crashed into an orphanage, killing 50.

by Ditkavsworld on Sep 27, 2011 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions  

Na

Tim Ruskell…..

When choosing between offensive plays, I always pick the pass play....

- mike martz on his play calling

by CloudyFuture on Sep 26, 2011 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ruskell..

Oh boy.. I read once that he draft the players by his “less chance to go wrong” instead of “most chance to go great”.. how can this philosophy not produce mediocre teams?

And this is our Personell director.. oh boy..

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by Claudio Oliveira on Sep 27, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions  

1) They could easily be 1-2, but they’ve managed to close those games in style. Good to see them back on winning form. Jets be screwed.

2) I once had a created Bear QB in ESPN 2K5, finished the season with around 125. Good days, good days. Should return to the game one of these days. Won’t say the name as it might be somewhat sacrilegious (in my defense, he was one of the three, and the first to accept the contract. It’s not like I didn’t try to sign David W. Gibson or Jason Street first).

3) The Chargers started strong…. ish, but I can see Oakland running (literally) for the top.

4) I thought it was the right decision to trade him… if we had addressed other needs in offense. Spaeth played quite well against Atlanta, but I have my doubts if he actually played in the two losses.

5) Steelers looked a bit dead, except Polamalu, that maybe made his best game in quite some time. I still think the Colts will end up with 3/4 wins tops. They won’t be facing the fat dude in a giving mood every week.

6) At least we can think “we might be a bit iffy at times, but at least we’re not the vikes”

7) By the time Frazier got the job, I think everyone knew he had a bad hand, while Sparano has been going down fast since his first season.

8) Apparently his hand was not broken (I know how messed up a blow to the hand can be – a couple of years ago I was running, hit a sharp something on the side with the back of my hand in full swing, and before I knew I was passed out from pain), but if his name was “Jay Cutler”, the press would be ganging up on him for quitting his team. As he’s the comeback kid, the golden story Mike, nobody questions him.

9) Well, JA is crap at drafting, so no surprises. I don’t hate the Packers for our own incompetence.

10) It’s unquestionably brilliant, got everyone (even the zebras, who were probably throwing flags after seeing so many Packers dumbfounded), but the No Fun League will probably change the rules to cover that. You never know, those might cause a ruptured pride or dilated shame.

by lmfsilva on Sep 26, 2011 5:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Won’t say the name as it might be somewhat sacrilegious (in my defense, he was one of the three

It was Ditka, wasn’t it? Or one of the others from da holy trinity, Butkus or Sweetness…

When I assume, I'm not "making an ass out of u and me"... I'm actually putting u between me and an ass.

by Spongie on Sep 26, 2011 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

No no no no

I actually meant blasphemous. You mean, name-spoofing a certain QB and then play him on the Bears…

by lmfsilva on Sep 26, 2011 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Brett Wienertexter?

BLASPHEMY!

When I assume, I'm not "making an ass out of u and me"... I'm actually putting u between me and an ass.

by Spongie on Sep 26, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Brent Fahrb

:|

Heh, I should write down all the spoofs I’ve made and amazing computer generated names collected along the years. I remember drafting in Madden 08 a OT named Rock Hill. Turned 99 on the second season, used to pancake the DE and the OLB and go after the MLB or Safety, and Sexy Rexy had some 20 sneaking TDs thanks to him. I always imagined “If you don’t go to the mountain, the Hill will come back at you” in Madden’s voice after a big run where he kept pushing guys out of the way upfield. Oh well.

by lmfsilva on Sep 26, 2011 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

I’m still kicking about on Madden 07. I could instigate a no-signing-offensive-players-with-overall-ratings-above-75 rule and draft the way Jerry does (defense-heavy, trade down, one OL in the 6th or 7th round), to simulate how we’ve gone since the Superbowl year…

When I assume, I'm not "making an ass out of u and me"... I'm actually putting u between me and an ass.

by Spongie on Sep 26, 2011 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't hate the Packers cause of JA

That woulda meant I might not have hated them before JA.

Packers still suck.

Cacti are prickly.

by crackedcactus on Sep 26, 2011 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

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