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ChronicKerr wrote:Must win game.. 3-1 going into the bye week with the schedule we had would be a clear success despite the fact that we haven't played our best ball as of yet. We have to keep up with Minn and GB in this tight division race I foresee this year. I hope we don't take this team lightly like it appeared we did against SEA. The win last week for Detroit hopefully will put that to bed for our team. With K. Smith hurt I I'm hoping we can stop Calvin this week as I could see him going off.
ReddWing wrote:Being a fan of this team is tantamount to being in hell...There is no Christ that is coming to save us. Even if there was, we'd trade him for a 28 year old wing.
SpinninHouse wrote:once again this will be a nail-bitter. i envision stafford and calvin johnson having a big game. as usual, Forte must get involved. we wont win a 3rd straight game with no running game. i'd really like to see one of those drives were Forte gets 7 or 8 carries and tallies 50 or 60 yards.
SpinninHouse wrote:once again this will be a nail-bitter. i envision stafford and calvin johnson having a big game. as usual, Forte must get involved. we wont win a 3rd straight game with no running game. i'd really like to see one of those drives were Forte gets 7 or 8 carries and tallies 50 or 60 yards.
Bears 20, Lions 17. Stafford 24-33 for 270 yards and 2 TD's. Forte 24 carries for 87 yards. Earl Bennet 6 catches for 82 yards. Cutler 18-25 for 204 yards and a TD.
We put up 25 points in Qwest Field and we couldn't hear anything.
NZB2323 wrote:We put up 25 points in Qwest Field and we couldn't hear anything.
The Seahawks had 8 starters out with injuries in that game, and they're the Seahawks, and on the game-scoring TD two defenders ran into each other and then they did it again on the 2 point conversion.
Jamar Williams could have pouted on the sidelines, as other overlooked players have done. Instead the linebacker raised his voice just enough to be heard.
Days after the Bears lost middle linebacker Brian Urlacher to a season-ending wrist injury and saw starting strong-side linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa go down with a knee sprain, Williams approached head coach Lovie Smith and defensive coordinator Bob Babich about his role. Williams watched Hunter Hillenmeyer step in for Urlacher and saw Nick Roach supplant Tinoisamoa.
"I think any guy in this locker room would be frustrated -- especially when a spot comes open -- if you want a job and you don't get it," Williams said. "But at the same time you have to respect that the coaches are going to put the best guys out there. If you just keep doing your job, playing hard and making plays, your opportunity will come."
Williams' moment has arrived. He is slated for his second career start Sunday against the Lions with Hillenmeyer out with a rib injury and Tinoisamoa still recovering from the knee sprain. Williams will start at strong-side linebacker with Roach in the middle. Weak-side linebacker Lance Briggs is expected to start despite battling soreness in his left foot
CjayC wrote:SpinninHouse wrote:once again this will be a nail-bitter. i envision stafford and calvin johnson having a big game. as usual, Forte must get involved. we wont win a 3rd straight game with no running game. i'd really like to see one of those drives were Forte gets 7 or 8 carries and tallies 50 or 60 yards.
Bears 20, Lions 17. Stafford 24-33 for 270 yards and 2 TD's. Forte 24 carries for 87 yards. Earl Bennet 6 catches for 82 yards. Cutler 18-25 for 204 yards and a TD.
We put up 25 points in Qwest Field and we couldn't hear anything. We can only barely eek out a win in Soldier Field?
Stafford out gunning Cutler in Soldier Field, when he has poor accuracy down field? Cutler barely scratching 200 yards against one of the worst secondaries in the league? Against a team that has given up an average of 279 passing yards per game. Granted that's only out of a 3 game sample but a bottom dwelling pass defense isn't going to suddenly turn a new tide overnight.
Got lit up by Jason Campbell who has one of the slowest deliveries in the league, and is not good at adjusting to new reads because of it. Campbell might I add even with his mighty 73% or so accuracy was still missing wide open WR's in that game.
I don't see us only winning by 3 points. Maybe if this was in Ford Field. Not in Soldier Field. 8-10 points margin of victory seem more likely IMO.
CjayC wrote:We haven't blown anybody out yet because we haven't played any really "bad" teams yet. Greenbay looks at least as good us(If not better), and the Steelers lost two games where they didn't have Polamalu. They were still leading in both games with the Bears and Bengals and could have easily won both.
Qwest Field is not an easy place to play.
I don't want to call the Lions patsies, but they don't have the quality of either Greenbay or a Polamaluless Steelers team. And they don't have the benefit of playing in the loudest stadium in the NFL.
What do they have? A green rookie that's still learning when to gun passes and when not to, Megatron, a decent RB, and a bad defense.
These aren't your past Detroit Lions for sure, but they still have a ways to go.
ReddWing wrote:Being a fan of this team is tantamount to being in hell...There is no Christ that is coming to save us. Even if there was, we'd trade him for a 28 year old wing.
WEFFPIM wrote:CjayC wrote:We haven't blown anybody out yet because we haven't played any really "bad" teams yet. Greenbay looks at least as good us(If not better), and the Steelers lost two games where they didn't have Polamalu. They were still leading in both games with the Bears and Bengals and could have easily won both.
Qwest Field is not an easy place to play.
I don't want to call the Lions patsies, but they don't have the quality of either Greenbay or a Polamaluless Steelers team. And they don't have the benefit of playing in the loudest stadium in the NFL.
What do they have? A green rookie that's still learning when to gun passes and when not to, Megatron, a decent RB, and a bad defense.
These aren't your past Detroit Lions for sure, but they still have a ways to go.
Qwest Field being a tough place to play doesn't change the fact that without half their starting roster, the Seahawks are very, very bad
