Thread: what we learned

I learned the following:

1) Our offense, through both long drive and short field situations as a result of takeaway recoveries, scored 37 points against the Titans defense, which coming into this week was ranked 31st in the league. Between the three running backs and Cutler, the offense rushed for 160 yards. Cutler passed for 229 yards on 19 of 26 completions with 3 TD passes and once again had an extremely high QBR (138.1). I dare say that those numbers would have been a hell of a lot better had we kept our first team offense in the game.

2) The defense got jobbed in the first half, because both the safety and the field goal were squarely on the offensive line for committing a stupid penalty (Webb's illegal hands to the face) and giving up a sack that caused Cutler to fumble the ball away which created the first 5 points of the game. In reality, the first team offense only gave up 7 points on the bomb from Hasselbeck to Kendall Wright in the end zone. That touchdown run by Chris Johnson came in garbage time when we had our scrubs in the game. Other than that, this defense in reality gave up under 300 yards of total offense, and even though the first teamers didn't play past early in the fourth quarter, the combined pass defense effort in terms of passing yards allow was only 174 yards on the game! I don't fault the 80 yard touchdown run, though, since the main defensive players were out of the game on that play.

3) The Bears also have the best special teams unit in the NFL and have had that distinction for the entire time Lovie Smith has been head coach. Blocking a punt and returning it for a touchdown, no matter how poor the blocking was on the part of the Titans, was pretty awesome, and even Devin Hester had a nice punt return today that almost yielded a touchdown, which would have tied him with the great Deion Sanders for most returns for touchdowns.

4) Matt Forte is still the heart and soul of this offense. Without him, this offense simply doesn't exist. Michael Bush struggled today to get anything going as the Titans clogged up the middle to prevent him from laying the hammer down on their defensive front four, so it was nice to see Forte not only rush for 103 yards on only 12 carries, but also have a big day receiving and even bulldozing his way in from about ten yards out for a touchdown after the Devin Hester punt return.

5) If Hester ever decides to quit "freelancing" as Thom Brennamen and Brian Billick were speaking about, he'll return more kick returns for big yards. As I've said a couple of times in recent weeks, Hester is not the runner he used to be from 2006-2011. He's getting older, and he plays a lot on offense. He's going to have to start hitting his holes better and not trying to make something out of nothing all the time.

6) This offensive line sucks. We gave up another 3 sacks today against one of the worst defenses in the league, and that's unacceptable. I looked up Jay Cutler's statistics just a few minutes ago from the 2008 season in Denver, and he only was sacked 11 times all year! We nearly have triple that total now! We have got to address the weaknesses this offensive line has during the offseason through free agency and the draft. We need a LT and another OG. Luckily, there are three Pro Bowlers on the market at the end of this year and there are any number of good offensive linemen available in the first round of the draft if we choose to draft one. Tice is going to have to eat a bag of dicks I'm afraid and swallow his pride because his "coaching 'em up" simply hasn't worked.

7) Brandon Marshall may be an All Pro this year, no joke! He should be leading the league in touchdowns by a wide receiver, or if he doesn't, he is really close. He is on pace to have the greatest season by a Bears wide out in the history of the franchise.

8) For those of you who are unhappy with a 51-20 win, I don't know what can possibly make you happy. Sure, there are things this team can still work on and get better even from looking at the box score of this game, but all in all, this was the most points scored by a Bears team since the 1980 Bears put up like 61 points on the Packers.

**I will go on record and say that if the offense can score 17-24 points next week against the Texans, we will win. Houston struggled to scored points against the Bills today, and Matt Schaub still hasn't had a 300+ yard passing game yet this season. We can match up wits with any running game in my mind, and I will bet you that the Texans won't put up more than 10-17 points next week. My prediction for a final score: Bears 27, Texans 17.

8) For those of you who are unhappy with a 51-20 win, I don't know what can possibly make you happy. Sure, there are things this team can still work on and get better even from looking at the box score of this game, but all in all, this was the most points scored by a Bears team since the 1980 Bears put up like 61 points on the Packers.

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Thanks for writing what really happen. I was getting tried of reading all the nay sayers

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I learned the following:

1) Our offense, through both long drive and short field situations as a result of takeaway recoveries, scored 37 points against the Titans defense, which coming into this week was ranked 31st in the league. Between the three running backs and Cutler, the offense rushed for 160 yards. Cutler passed for 229 yards on 19 of 26 completions with 3 TD passes and once again had an extremely high QBR (138.1). I dare say that those numbers would have been a hell of a lot better had we kept our first team offense in the game.

2) The defense got jobbed in the first half, because both the safety and the field goal were squarely on the offensive line for committing a stupid penalty (Webb's illegal hands to the face) and giving up a sack that caused Cutler to fumble the ball away which created the first 5 points of the game. In reality, the first team offense only gave up 7 points on the bomb from Hasselbeck to Kendall Wright in the end zone. That touchdown run by Chris Johnson came in garbage time when we had our scrubs in the game. Other than that, this defense in reality gave up under 300 yards of total offense, and even though the first teamers didn't play past early in the fourth quarter, the combined pass defense effort in terms of passing yards allow was only 174 yards on the game! I don't fault the 80 yard touchdown run, though, since the main defensive players were out of the game on that play.

3) The Bears also have the best special teams unit in the NFL and have had that distinction for the entire time Lovie Smith has been head coach. Blocking a punt and returning it for a touchdown, no matter how poor the blocking was on the part of the Titans, was pretty awesome, and even Devin Hester had a nice punt return today that almost yielded a touchdown, which would have tied him with the great Deion Sanders for most returns for touchdowns.

4) Matt Forte is still the heart and soul of this offense. Without him, this offense simply doesn't exist. Michael Bush struggled today to get anything going as the Titans clogged up the middle to prevent him from laying the hammer down on their defensive front four, so it was nice to see Forte not only rush for 103 yards on only 12 carries, but also have a big day receiving and even bulldozing his way in from about ten yards out for a touchdown after the Devin Hester punt return.

5) If Hester ever decides to quit "freelancing" as Thom Brennamen and Brian Billick were speaking about, he'll return more kick returns for big yards. As I've said a couple of times in recent weeks, Hester is not the runner he used to be from 2006-2011. He's getting older, and he plays a lot on offense. He's going to have to start hitting his holes better and not trying to make something out of nothing all the time.

6) This offensive line sucks. We gave up another 3 sacks today against one of the worst defenses in the league, and that's unacceptable. I looked up Jay Cutler's statistics just a few minutes ago from the 2008 season in Denver, and he only was sacked 11 times all year! We nearly have triple that total now! We have got to address the weaknesses this offensive line has during the offseason through free agency and the draft. We need a LT and another OG. Luckily, there are three Pro Bowlers on the market at the end of this year and there are any number of good offensive linemen available in the first round of the draft if we choose to draft one. Tice is going to have to eat a bag of dicks I'm afraid and swallow his pride because his "coaching 'em up" simply hasn't worked.

7) Brandon Marshall may be an All Pro this year, no joke! He should be leading the league in touchdowns by a wide receiver, or if he doesn't, he is really close. He is on pace to have the greatest season by a Bears wide out in the history of the franchise.

8) For those of you who are unhappy with a 51-20 win, I don't know what can possibly make you happy. Sure, there are things this team can still work on and get better even from looking at the box score of this game, but all in all, this was the most points scored by a Bears team since the 1980 Bears put up like 61 points on the Packers.

**I will go on record and say that if the offense can score 17-24 points next week against the Texans, we will win. Houston struggled to scored points against the Bills today, and Matt Schaub still hasn't had a 300+ yard passing game yet this season. We can match up wits with any running game in my mind, and I will bet you that the Texans won't put up more than 10-17 points next week. My prediction for a final score: Bears 27, Texans 17.

We won by 31 pts in a game that never was close and read more complaints than anything else... something is wrong here guys.

The Offense scored 4 TDs and 3 FGs... That's 37 Points coming from the Offense. Can we now stop with the offense sucks, Cutler sucks, Playcalling was bad and so on?
Other teams aren't better...