Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears 9/28/08 7:15 NBC

[Posey H8er]

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Fun Facts:
The Bears are 1-0 this season when playing on NBC Sunday Night Football.
The Bears are 0-2 this season when not playing on NBC Sunday Night Football.


Just win Bears.

[NLK]

Right now, I'm calling out our Defense. Plain and simple they look like a bunch of punks and if they get any desire they better man up and just shut down Philadelphia. If they can play the way they did in Week 1, vs. the Eagles team, there should be no excuse that they can't keep this game within striking distance.

ALSO, here's our Good Luck Charm:

The BEARS defense has to put pressure on McNabb, all night long. He's not going to scramble too much if we keep hitting him with the blitz. We have to clog the middle and corners. Force him to remain in the pocket, and make him pass it from there (still a weakness of his). I doubt the Eagles force Westbrook to play, because its only the 4th week of the season, and if the Eagles consider themselves an elite NFC team, they ought to be smart and worry about his long term abilities than one game. If the Eagles follow the approach of not playing B-West, the BEARS have a good shot at not only shutting down their Running Game, but also containing their passing game. The coaching staff cannot go with Cover 2 as much with this team, McNabb loves to hit his back coming out of the back in the flats, the TE's going 4 to 7 yards from scrimmage & pass distribution. Its going to take a good deal of collective efforts and level headed play by our D. I think its a game that can be won, but I'm not so sure, since I thought the last two games were sure fire Victories.

Also, let's show McNabb that his hometown is where he's going to get that elusive Super Bowl Ring!!

[Chewie]

We may need an extra special JLH good luck charm this week sooooo......



If THAT doesn't work, Megan Fox gets a tryout for the next game.

After seeing what the Eagles did to Big Ben last week, I'm thinking we may have our first Rexy sighting of the year while Kyle looks for his teeth.

On a brighter note - don't feel like creating a whole thread for this - I saw Chris Williams practiced in full pads with the team for the first time since his surgery. Hey - it's something.

[Posey H8er]

The Bears need to be very physical on the defensive side of the ball. They need to do this the entire game and learn how to put teams out if they are on top at the end. Rex or Orton, our offense sucks and we live and die by our defense and special teams.

And I have no problem with JLH being the Bears good luck charm. At the Cubs board Marissa Miller has done a fabulous job as a good luck charm.

[Chewie]

I do believe both McNabb and Westbrook are a go for this game.

And Lloyd didn't practice for the Bears today per Biggs' blog. Beware.

[CBS7]

Westbrook and McNabb didn't practice but both said they'll play. McNabb probably will, as he came back in the Steelers game, but I'm not sure about Westbrook.

I don't know anything about Lloyd's status. Hopefully he'll play, we need him.

[batman_crip14]

3 things i see happening.. Defense is on fire and scores, Orton remains QB for the game
.................................... Defense is not on fire and and Orton can't perform in the first half/ Switch is made at QB.

[CBS7]

You can hope all you want. I don't see Grossman coming in unless Orton does terrible for multiple straight games.

[Howling Mad]

He has no chance to play Sunday, unless Orton is injured. Period.

The key points in the game plan for this week...

Offense

1) Be patient with short gains in the running game. Philly rushes the passer and loads up the box. They prey on poor offensive lines, ours is terrible, worse than the Steelers. Play the field position game.

2) Don't drop passes.

3) Look out for the right side of their D line. (blocked by our left side - St. Clair and Beekman have to step it up.)
-Broderick Bunkley and Trent Cole. The right side of their D line is their thunder and lightning. Cole is nifty with his explosive moves and Bunkley is a powerful DT. DT MIke Patterson was highly regarded out of USC, but has been mediocre. He's coming off his best game as a pro, but I don't expect much from him.

4) We can't expect much from our WRs, no seriously, even less than before.
They have a pretty solid core of CBs. Lito Sheppard, Sheldon Brown, Asante Samuel.
Philly thrives off of coverage sacks. Their line was able to sack Big Ben because their CBs covered well and their safeties did a hell of a job of shadowing. Q. Mikell is becoming a really good safety learning from one of the best, Dawkins.

5) Attack the left side of our O line. So go right at Cole and Bunkley. These guys love to pass rush, if Forte can get past zone 1 in Philly's D, I'll laugh all the way to the end zone. Their line backing core is pretty average, and I'm pretty confident we can take advantage of that if we can get past zone 1.


Defense

1) Rush rush rush the passer. Collapse the pocket and force McNabb to make quick decisions without any room to run. McNabb usually has Westbrook to dump it to, but I'm praying Westbrook decides to rest that injury.

2) Desean Jackson is a legit rookie. We can't underestimate this guy. Usually on rookies our guys are told to be really aggressive. We can't over look him, he's big play potential.

3) Make tackles!!! Philly averages tons of yards after the catch. Look out for short dinkers and sideline blocking schemes. This isn't a huge concern because our linebackers play with their heads and usually make good reads to avoid blocking schemes.

4) Take away the tight end. Much like our offense, Philly's offense lives off their RB and TE. They work the sidelines with Westbrook, and when they get the outside linebackers and safeties cheating they go to the TE. Hopefully Westbrook doesn't play and they never get a chnace to set up their TE.

5) Pray to your lord that Brian Westbrook doesn't play.


Bear down!

[SLCceltic]

We may need an extra special JLH good luck charm this week sooooo......



If THAT doesn't work, Megan Fox gets a tryout for the next game.

After seeing what the Eagles did to Big Ben last week, I'm thinking we may have our first Rexy sighting of the year while Kyle looks for his teeth.

On a brighter note - don't feel like creating a whole thread for this - I saw Chris Williams practiced in full pads with the team for the first time since his surgery. Hey - it's something.

We needed to see that lucky charm again

I dont get all the talk in this thread so far~~~~Philly doesnt scare me; Dallas scares me and that is about it~~~~~~and i dont really trust those guys in the playoffs
No way in hell Orton is sacked 8 times like Roethlesburger
Philly is off to great start and so are we

McNabb has never lost at Soldier field (4-0):evil: Its time for some payback

Turner's getting a little more creative and less predictable , Fortissimo and KJones are pounding the football and controlling the clock, the D is healthy and hungry, our special teams will impact the field position all night~~~and the good possibility of a spteams homerun from 23

What ever the spread is i'll take it~~~~~Im sure we are heavy underdogs; and Im strongly expecting a Win for us tomorrow night
Its Orton facing all that pressure and he'll be able to spread the ball around---Forte is catching the ball all over the place, the TE, FB, Wolfe (check down) maybe, and the other receicers running short routes and makin plays after the catch are Orton specialties

[NLK]

BULL even PAX, dude, YOU GET THE "BEST POST IN A THREAD" AWARD! You basically pointed out a lot of Strengths & Weaknesses .

SLC, I fear the Eagles more than I do the Cowboys. To me, the Cowboys D can be scored on due to their secondary and linebackers as the season goes on. Of course their front four are scary, but after that, IMO, they're average. Offensively, duh, they've got weapons, and for that I can see why they're scary. But I think as the season marches on and when they're matched up against a great Defense, it'll be tough for them. Not saying our BEARS have that great Defense (yet), but I think the Cowboys have yet to see one far or at least one that's consistent. To me the Eagles remind me a bit of the Colts with more RBs and better TEs, minus the good WRs (sans Kevin Curtis). On D, they've got some small guys with speed and damn good Defensive Backs. McNabb is healthy so that's obviously a plus, and he's even more dangerous moving out of the pocket, opting to either pass or run. Like BEP and myself have said, keep in the pocket, and limit his options.

[NZB2323]

Does anyone know if the following players will play?

Tommie Harris
Devin Hester
Brandon Lloyd
Donovan McNabb
Brian Westbrook
Shawn Andrews
L.J. Smith

Who is healthy and who isn't could determine the outcome of this game.

[SportsWorld]

From the Yahoo chat:

Do you think Brian Westbrook is starting today or not

Andy Behrens: I'd guess no. I'd look elsewhere...but that's just a guess. If you have Buckhalter, you can wait.

[chitownsports4ever]

Look for Kyle Orton to introduce himself to the world tonight..........in a good way

bears defense has been insulted and as we know the only time they can put together 4 quarters these days is when theyve felt slighted

gut wrenching stat of the day : Defense has blown second half leads in 5 of the previous 6 bears losses .

Hester should be playing unless he wusses out at the last minute

20 years since the fogbowl ahhhh good times! good time !

[NLK]

Okie Lovie whatever you got up your sleeve, its time to use and end the "1st Quarter" of the season with a WIN!

[SportsWorld]

So is Westbrook playing?

[CBS7]

Hester in, Harris out. Westbrook, Shaun Andrews, and LJ Smith out for the Eagles.

Heard nothing about Lloyd so I'm assuming he's playing.

McNabb is playing.

[ChronicKerr]

The yahoo player note said Westbrook is being held out.

[chitownsports4ever]

Hey has anyone checked this out

http://static.nfl.com/static/snf/WOW.ht ... i_Phi_Live

get to choose camera angles and even ask a question.

[NLK]

Danieal Manning with the sack!