HarveyWallbangers
10-09-2007, 04:20 PM
Once again, he's effusive with his praise for Favre. Asshat!
The Packers game was another story entirely. This was another one that flew out the window after they had it nailed. The Pack came out running effectively against the Bears defense. Surprise! And the shock of that plus Brett Favre's accuracy gave them 341 yards at halftime and a 10-point lead.
During the intermission you're supposed to make adjustments. OK, they're gonna stop the run now, so here's what we'll do. What the Packers did in the second half was run the ball into the heart of the defense, like mindless idiots, and then throw the short checkdown on third down. They got one first down on their first possession, on a screen pass. And between that time and their last possession, with 1:58 left in the game, after the Bears had fought back and taken the lead, they didn't have any. Five straight series of three and out. Five series of garbage plays, highlighted by that lunatic pass Favre threw into Brian Urlacher's arms that came back for six.
Their last series, that ended with the Hail Mary that was intercepted, was something that had even the Favre apologists, and they're in full voice this year, rubbing their eyes. An entire drive of nothing but in-routes or crossing patterns underneath -- the kind of thing you give a rookie QB as a confidence builder, easy passes, clock killers. It's as if they hadn't worked on the two-minute offense during the week.
The Bears were the hungry team, at least in the second half. The unbeaten Packers were supposedly ready to move to a higher level this season. Uh uh. Sorry, not ready yet. Not tough enough. The Bears out-toughed them.
Supposedly ready, huh? That's why Dr. Z and damn near every other national expert (except Vinnie Iyer) picked Green Bay to be 8-8 or worse. Now, they lose their first game and he acts like people were all over their bandwagon. I have to take the SI ticker off my RSS feeds.
The Packers game was another story entirely. This was another one that flew out the window after they had it nailed. The Pack came out running effectively against the Bears defense. Surprise! And the shock of that plus Brett Favre's accuracy gave them 341 yards at halftime and a 10-point lead.
During the intermission you're supposed to make adjustments. OK, they're gonna stop the run now, so here's what we'll do. What the Packers did in the second half was run the ball into the heart of the defense, like mindless idiots, and then throw the short checkdown on third down. They got one first down on their first possession, on a screen pass. And between that time and their last possession, with 1:58 left in the game, after the Bears had fought back and taken the lead, they didn't have any. Five straight series of three and out. Five series of garbage plays, highlighted by that lunatic pass Favre threw into Brian Urlacher's arms that came back for six.
Their last series, that ended with the Hail Mary that was intercepted, was something that had even the Favre apologists, and they're in full voice this year, rubbing their eyes. An entire drive of nothing but in-routes or crossing patterns underneath -- the kind of thing you give a rookie QB as a confidence builder, easy passes, clock killers. It's as if they hadn't worked on the two-minute offense during the week.
The Bears were the hungry team, at least in the second half. The unbeaten Packers were supposedly ready to move to a higher level this season. Uh uh. Sorry, not ready yet. Not tough enough. The Bears out-toughed them.
Supposedly ready, huh? That's why Dr. Z and damn near every other national expert (except Vinnie Iyer) picked Green Bay to be 8-8 or worse. Now, they lose their first game and he acts like people were all over their bandwagon. I have to take the SI ticker off my RSS feeds.