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I'm fairly sure that the guest speaker is Nate Burleson (Lions). He stays very wary of saying anything too complimentary, but you can see the verbal evasion/caution in his analysis. This kind of respect from divisional opponents is a sure sign that the upcoming season is going to be interesting.
I've been waiting for them to bring in the Bears. Thanks for posting X!
Talks a lot about that Bears D getting older as JABF99 talks about(not as much of a concern for me).
Talks a lot about Forte and Bush. Best way to put it, Bush is good, but you don't have to game plan for him; you game plan for Forte. There is the biggest Difference.
It was Nate Bureleson, and he said they thought they could be the Bears but Forte ripped a long run on em and they knew it would be a dog fight from that point forward.
Basically Nate said Any of the big three of the Div could get to the SB, stated he'd be more direct about the Bears if they weren't in the same Div. Dukes said 8-8 is 8-8 and per usual disregarded the depth that was built up to prevent that from happening again.
Time will tell. But I think if GB/Det/Chi don't beat the tar out of eachother in the process you well could see one of them Rep'ing the NFC in the SB. And why not Chicago w/an O everybit as talented as the D now?
Yeah, thanks for posting. I'm kind of glad they dissed us for the Super Bowl, and talked about our old guys on defense etc because the players seem to thrive on being the underdog.
Either Dukes got a lot taller and a lot younger, or that was Warren Sapp.. Sapp usually is a bit tougher on the bears than Dukes. (imo)
my screen was fuzzy so I didn't get a good view of them. Normally it's Dukes on those shows so I was just assuming. Either way it was a good report.
I'd honestly be able to listen to Burleson talk about us rather then Sapp. He says 8-8 so we're junk. If any team loses their QB and he's a franchise QB I think you can understand struggles. 7-3 before it happened but then we went 8-8 so you completely discount everything? even though we now have a great back up. even though we have a top 5 receiver and another big target. even though Jay can now audible and can throw to TE's? even though now instead of just Forte we have a two headed monster with starter quality RB Bush? even though we inject youth into the defense and with a better offense they should be rested? even though we still have one of the greatest special teams around? Oh.. okay. See you in playoffs Sapp I look forward to you eating those words.
Chi I agree. Yes last year we fell apart(and losing your qb/rb is not a sole reason see Houston) But this year we corrected the primary issues so there is no reason to think that will happen again.
Sapp is an idiot .
That game plan comment was great. And accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riczaj01
Bush is a solid RB. Teams play him like any RB. He's a tier below Forte. Teams fear Forte and have to game plan around him. Think about the value this is to our passing game. They have to respect the "possibility" of the run on every down - or Forte will rip them open with big plays. This will help Cutler's passing game.
The more elite weapons you have on offense the better.