Kyle Orton went what, 10-3 in a mediocre offense as a rookie?

Dude, stop it, the offense was mediocre because of him. Granted he was a rookie but still, he only gets credit when graded on a huge curve. He had a 59.7 QB rating, a completion barely over 50%, and the only reason he didn't have more than 13 interceptions is because his passes were so poorly thrown even the DBs couldn't get to them. His stats looked very much like Brady Quinn's in 2009... in fact Quinn's were probably better. Tebow's for about 2 1/2 (completely meaningless) games definitely were.

 

Orton is a decent QB, yes, but if people are going to bury Quinn because of his rookie season they should take a look at Orton's stats in 2005. They were terrible.

Edited September 18, 201114 yr by lostfan

Pretty f'ing excited for this Bears game tomorrow. Not sure how the defense will play considering the circumstances, but if we can get a performance out of our offense similar to last week, which shouldn't be difficult, considering the Saints won't be able to get a ton of pressure on Jay without Will Smith (yes, I know they will bring the blitzes), we should be in the driver's seat for this one.

 

Love the moneyline value at +260

Bears are dogs for some reason and they're a great bet to take this week.

 

As far as defense goes, people bring up the Saints hanging up a lot on the Packers but the Bears and Packers play a totally different style of D. Packers have a very aggressive blitzing defense that's vulnerable to risk-taking. Bears play a simple, conservative defense, and keep everything in front of them and don't blitz much. Saints have issues on their O-line, too, so the Bears probably won't.

 

Gregg Williams is also really aggressive but so is Martz and that actually plays to the Bears' strengths IMO. If you see the Saints go from man to zone at any point in the game, the Bears probably have the game sewn up.

Class move. J Peppers rents a private jet for Bears D to attend funeral.

Hard to imagine he had character concerns coming into Chicago. What a nice thing to do.

there's a nice pick up

Cam Newton just dismantled the Packers defense on the opening drive. Gained probably 110 yards and threw for 2 TD's on the drive; had a couple of formation penalties that nullified plays.

And Randall Cobb of the Packers fumble the responding kickoff. Packers are on the ropes early

Bears love taking time outs early in a half.

GRINNNNNNNNDER TOUCHDOWN! I hope Earl Bennett is alright. He took a helmet to the chest.

stop whining, that wasn't a late hit.

Bears got lucky on the penalty on hitting the qb, but good to see them take advantage.

Major Wrong.

Terrible coverage by the safety there.

Major Wrong.

 

Major Suckage

The more Wright plays the worse I like him, now I want Chris Harris resigned more than ever before. Oh well, Bears need to respond.

Cutler looks banged up. He seems a step slow today.

Cutler looks banged up. He seems a step slow today.

 

He just had his head driven into the ground. I don't blame him. It was just one throw. The WR aren't getting any separation at all today. He has nowhere to go with the ball.

Big 3rd down here have to get pressure.

ugh

defense looks like garbage right now

 

edit woo huge stop right there

Edited September 18, 201114 yr by StrangeSox

defense looks like garbage right now

 

edit woo huge stop right there

 

Fantastic stop by Jennings!

 

Saints can run up middle easy seemingly, is the nose tackle not doing his job or the linebackers?

Saints can run up middle easy seemingly, is the nose tackle not doing his job or the linebackers?

 

I can't recall hearing Briggs name all game

ugh don't trust hester on 3rd and short

It would be nice to see bears spread the field on passing downs, everything seems so bunched up. Bears trying to lose it looks like.

3 straight 3 and outs? Unacceptable against a team like the Saints.