I Hate Being Right
In case you missed it yesterday, here's a snippet from an article I wrote at NBC yesterday about what you could expect from the Bears on Sunday against the Titans.
The Bears limited the Titans to 20 yards rushing, and Kerry Collins had 289 yards and two touchdowns, far surpassing any other performance Collins had all season.Now I hear that the Bears defense will be the reason that the Bears win this game, but I find that logic seriously flawed. Why does everyone still think that the Bears have a strong defense? Am I the only one that saw the team give up 64 points at home to Gus Frerotte and Dan Orlovsky in their last two games?
Sure, Kerry Collins hasn't been tearing it up as quarterback for the Titans, but it's not like mediocre quarterbacks having huge days against the Bears is a rarity. Frerotte threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns, Orlovsky threw for 292 and two scores, and Brian Griese lit the Bears up for 407 yards and two touchdowns back in week 3.
So even if the Bears run defense is somehow magically able to stop the Titans ground game, they'll probably just get picked apart via the air.
How bout that Bears defense? Maybe one of these weeks they'll practice both run and pass defense.
3 comments:
Once again, you make a prediction that hits the bulls' eye. Yes, you seem eerily prescient but let's cut to chase: what are the Mega Lotto numbers for next week?
Well, before we ordain you as a psychic, let's look at a few key pieces of information that you're ignoring.
Our "Wrex Gross, Man!" led offense did little if anything other than 2 random drives throughout the game. This led to the Titans owning a 33:16 - 26:44 time advantage that always makes it tough on a defense, even one as good as the Bears. We also held the Titans to something like -5 yards rushing in the first half, and a grand total of 20 yards for the entire game.
Unfortunately, the defense wasn't able to play at 100% for the entire time they were out there. However, holding the only undefeated team in the NFL to only 21 points is a moral victory for the defense if you ask me. The real tragedy is that we could have definitely won the game if Kyle Orton wasn't injured.
Grossman couldn't even manage a deep pass to Hester...he's simply pathetic, and he's showing why he'll become a free agent who is picked up for the league minimum, at-best, next year...or just fade out into the land of over-rated 1st round QB's that just didn't pan out.
So I guess what I'm saying is that your prediction is pretty obvious for any team. If any defense holds a team to only 20 yards rushing, they're going to tend to allow a few more yards passing. Not to mention Tennessee is actually a really good team to boot.
"This led to the Titans owning a 33:16 - 26:44 time advantage that always makes it tough on a defense, even one as good as the Bears."
Jay, you're argument loses all it's credibility right there. As good as the Bears defense?
You mean the defense that finished 28th in the NFL with 354.7 yards against per game last season or the one that's ranked 17th this season with a 326.7 yards against average?
You know, the one that's ranked 30th in the NFL with 251.8 yards allowed through the air each game?
The one that's only managed 17 sacks this season?
The Bears defense was good in 2006. It hasn't been good since.
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