VIKINGS Beat BEARS 34-31

by Adam T on Oct 14, 2007 3:26 PM CDT

OUCH!

That really is all I am feeling right now. Adrian Peterson literally ran all over the Bears. But despite his 224 yards and 3 TDs, the Bears were in this game that is until of course Peterson did it to us again just on a kick off return that put Minnesota in range for a game winning field goal.

The offense saw there best game output wise. Griese has 381 and 3TDs to go along with 2 INTs.

Hester accounted for 2 of the Bears TDs. One on a 89 yard punt return, the other on an 81 yard reception.

Benson started off well, but finished with only 67 yards.

We have talked a lot about what the Bears issues were including tackling, but today it was horrible. We knew the only person on this team who could beat us was Peterson and we let him beat us. Badly.

We will look at more numbers later, right now I am in an ugly mood.

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griese

is useless. what good does checking down on every pass do. ive never seen a qb play so bad and have his stats look so good...

by Jbasic89 on Oct 14, 2007 3:34 PM CDT reply actions

agreed

The first half was check down after check down.

by cltcprd on Oct 14, 2007 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed.

I'd much rather have a QB look really good, but have really bad stats. It's much more satisfying. Or something. Hah!

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions

gajajspatmas

I hope you are joking.

Go Colts!

by KingRichard @ Windy City Gridiron on Oct 15, 2007 1:10 AM CDT up reply actions

why in god's name

do you kick it to peterson at the end??? huge screw-up. and while the defense is surely short-handed, you cannot miss that many tackles. we had no business even being in this game given the way our defense played.

by guy incognito on Oct 14, 2007 3:51 PM CDT reply actions

patheitc

great work defense.

maybe griese is checking down becasue nothing is there, you'd have to see some film to know but both quarterbacks have done it a lot. our receiver aren't exactly world beaters either.

by mike b on Oct 14, 2007 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

theres no way they didnt get open

the entire first half. u have to throw downfield and give your receivers a chance. i really wonder what grossman could have done with olsen in the game. i cant stand watching griese any more he can barely get the ball to a receiver on a 10 yard route. ive never seen sucha weak arm on an nfl quarterback.

by Jbasic89 on Oct 14, 2007 4:13 PM CDT reply actions

yeah

griese's arm was pretty weak on that pass to berrian when he got clobbered and on that bomb to hester.

by lopey986 on Oct 14, 2007 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Good call

by South Side Irish on Oct 15, 2007 8:25 AM CDT up reply actions

ya im pretty sure

i could hit recievers without people guarding them. if his wrs arent wide open they cant get the ball cuz he cant get it to them without lofting the ball because he cant throw the ball on a line to anyone over 10 yards away...

by Jbasic89 on Oct 15, 2007 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I would be very

impressed if you could throw a ball 55 yards in the air hitting Hester in perfect stride on his way to the end zone. Come on, that was a perfect damn throw, regardless of the step he had on the defender. Are you really going to claim the shit ass teams we played at the beginning of last season were playing tight coverage when Grossman was player of the month? Please.

Defenses have taken away our wideouts, that's why everything is check down or to the TE. If it wasn't wet early in the game yesterday, I think the game would have been completely different. Our O-line sucks and didn't take advantage of it as much as they should have. The rain helps a running offense and hurts a passing offense. Which is why throwing the ball twice as often (again!) as you run it was a stupid idea, especially after we went down 21-14 and they threw it 5 straight times.

And there was a pass to Moose early(ish) in the game where Moose still should have caught the ball. Griese was obviously expecting Moose to be on the inside, even though the announcer said "you need to put more air under that ball". No, bullshit, the receiver should be able to adjust to the ball, that's his job. If it is throw on the inside he should position his body on the inside. That way, if he catches the ball, the corner is off-balance towards the outside and he has a chance to take it the distance, especially since it was single coverage. I really think Moose has sucked this whole season. His TD catch was great and all, but that was an EASY play, the throw down the middle is always the most impressive thing since it has to be perfect or else the receiver's momentum is wasted and he doesn't make it to the end zone. That's honestly the first time I remember them even running that route with a receiver and not a TE. The TE ends up in a different spot in their zone (and slower) so if you throw the ball, it has a chance of getting picked off.

by mikebdot on Oct 16, 2007 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Our cracker-jack run D

lost us the game, but our offense was crap. 10 points before garbage time, and 7 on a CB falling down.

And right before Mushin's TD, Griese had another pick right into a Vikings DB's hand.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 14, 2007 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

Right

Because there is such a thing as garbage time in a game that is won on a last-second field goal.

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions

My bad

prevent D time if it makes you feel better.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 14, 2007 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions

A little bit.

But they weren't in a prevent; they were still rushing 4 d-lineman and had two LB's in. That's called a nickel, combined with a REALLY SHITTY PASS DEFENSE, not a prevent.

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow

you really owned me on that one. Griese and the Bears offense were awesome today. Thanks for enligthening me.....

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by thecubreporter on Oct 14, 2007 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions

How did I enlighten you?

No one said the offense was awesome today. But it was more than adequate. They had 86 yards rushing against a team that was only giving up 62 rush yds/gm. Griese had 381 yards passing, that's pretty spiffy, too. The offense scored 24 points against a a team that only gives up 14.8 (of which is included any points given up by the return teams or turnovers from offense). That's swell.

The four turnovers sucked, that's for sure (although one was meaningless). But this game was lost mostly by the defense. The offense wasn't as good as Dallas or New England, but 31 points should be more than enough to win a game.

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Was that ownage enough?

Sometimes it helps to know what you're talking about. Sometimes not, but usually it does.

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Ew...

Internet burn, I'm reeling.

3 minutes of luck does not make a "swell" offensive performance.

Benson did run a little better today.

He also can't catch a pass.

The Vikings coaches are morons, otherwise Griese throws for about 250 yards with a TD and 2 INT. He made bad decisions and bad throws pretty much all day. It was nice they took advantage at the end, it made the game interesting but it's apparently confusing you into thinking that it was good offensive effort.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 14, 2007 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions

You didn't...

It's called sarcasm. I thought that was obvious.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 14, 2007 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Now that's clever.

by tyger1147 on Oct 16, 2007 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions

And also...

I'm fairly certain that other QB's don't get lucky breaks like a CB falling down or dropping INT's. Especially against the 2nd worst pass D in the entire NFL. Those things just don't happen.

by tyger1147 on Oct 14, 2007 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

griese can't throw the deep ball

but he's the only one on the team with a deep td pass. (you know, Rex's strength)

ONE guy had over 200 yards rushing today. this defense sucks.

by mike b on Oct 14, 2007 5:07 PM CDT reply actions

arrived home from the game...

a few minutes ago, and i hope it was not as ugly on t.v. as it was at soldier field.

the entire defense laid a big fat turd on the turf today. a couple of players made a couple of plays, but that just won't get a club to the playoffs/division title. no way on god's green earth this club is a wild card.
adrian peterson is going to be a pain in the bears' assses twice a year for a long time. he is what cedric should be. in only his 6th friggin game as a pro. given a choice between peterson and hester, i probably take peterson because he can be on the field more, with more touches. given a third choice, i would take them both. too bad for me; that ain't gonna happen.
would you use your left shoe to kick ron turner in the ass and your right shoe to kick babich in the ass? or vice versa? with perhaps 5 exceptions, today's offensive play calling was not up to par. and it took an entire half to pull archuleta, and replace him with mc bride. i think the most infuriating play was the 1st half touchdown pass; 2 safeties to cover a wideout?
i cannot recall a single blitz. and nearly zero pressure on what is virtually a rookie quarterback. pathetic. looks like this season will be finished before the bye week (if it is not already).

by dc60123 @ Windy City Gridiron on Oct 14, 2007 6:22 PM CDT reply actions

it is

by mike b on Oct 14, 2007 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Why in the hell did it take

to the end of Game 6 to try throwing a deep pass to Hester? It's not freaking complicated! "Hey Devin, outrun that guy and I'll throw you the ball." Seems like a pretty damn good idea, huh? Turner sucks.

We are the Bears, the Shuffling Crew...

by maw150 on Oct 14, 2007 9:27 PM CDT reply actions

what happened

at the end of the first half?

two timeouts, all the time in the world, do nothing.

hit him in his earhole

by draftday on Oct 14, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions

why risk an int

when u can dump the ball off to a rb?
smart football...

by Jbasic89 on Oct 14, 2007 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

When I saw McKie get laid out

I was yelling at the TV. If you are just going to run out the clock, why not take a knee and be down with it? Why did they run up the middle, possibly causing serious injury to one of our rushers?

I was furious.

--Torch

by torch on Oct 15, 2007 6:09 AM CDT up reply actions

that was on McKie...

for trying to pussyfoot his way up the middle, he didn't even bother to make an effort. you are going to get creamed running like that up the middle no matter what time it is in the game.

by lopey986 on Oct 15, 2007 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Initially I thought it was

Cedric Benson that had the ball and thought "shit, he fumbled again". When I realized it was McKie I was actually relieved. How sad is that?

In McKie's defense, that was his first carry of the season! Why is that? Probably because Ron Turner is the most predictable play caller in the league. Last season McKie had 3 rushes in game one of the season. Then 1 carry in 5 other games. That's 8 carries for the season. That's fucking bullshit. How do you expect to run the ball effectively when you don't ever switch things up? You should have at least 30-35 carries by your FB in a season. Probably more if you consider yourself a running team.

And once again, 45 pass attempts vs. 21 runs this game. Flippin' stupid. When we went down 21-14 there was no reason to throw 5 straight passes. Unless they were going to go deep.

by mikebdot on Oct 15, 2007 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Brad Childress

Is an idiot. Late in the game he kept throwing. The bears showed no ability to stop the run yet they threw the ball and stopped the clock. It's pretty funny how they kept trying to let the Bears win.

And how do you let Hester get behind you there? I don't care if he runs a triple move, you stand 40 yards off the ball.

We should have lost 50 - 10.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Oct 15, 2007 2:06 AM CDT reply actions

Don't let the score fool you

our boys shouldn't have been in this game. The Vikings came in to Soldier Field and absolutely destroyed us with the run. I have never seen a team run the ball so effectively on us. That was a very frustrating game to watch.

all the way to Arizona

by mike @ Windy City Gridiron on Oct 15, 2007 8:05 AM CDT reply actions