OFFICIAL NFC CHAMPIONSHIP PACKERS vs. BACKDOOR BEARS GAME DAY THREAD
If you are anythink like me, you've been counting down the week. The Green Bay Packers looked lights out amazing against the #1 seed last week on the road, and in their classic fashion the Backdoor Bears made the NFC championship game witout beating a team over .500 in the playoffs.
Homerism has been at an all time high this week. A large percentage of the NFL Pundits have been predicting the Green Bay Packers to make the Super Bowl. That's why they play the game.
One game...........one game...........makes or breaks this season.
Screw the Super Bowl
THIS GAME IS OUR SUPER BOWL; LOSING CANNOT BE AN OPTION FOR THE 2010 SEASON TO BE A SUCCESS !!!!!!
An examination of how the Bears got here might make you sick.
But I'm hear to tell you that this game should absolutely terrify you.
Cause these teams are more evenly matched than you think.
After examining each part of the roster, I've come to this conclusion.
The Packers have an advantage at QB, Receivers, OL, and the Secondary
The Bears have an advantage at Running Backs, DL, and Special Teams
LB's, overall, are pretty even.
And the game is on the road
Besides being a tough divisional rival, ALL of this adds up to a very close and stressful game.
On Offense, expect the Green Bay Packers to struggle this week way more than we are use to. The Bears have one of the top five rusing defenses in the NFL and they will once again stuff our rushing attack. Starks was stuffed for 66 yards and a horrid yards per carry last week. This week it will be worse.
So the ball is in Aaron Rodgers court. Who is the team in the NFL that seems to have contained AROD like no other ? Throw the playoff stats in the dumpster for this one and consider this.
The Chicago Bears have held Aaron Rodgers to a porous 4 touchdown passes and three interceptions over his past for games against the Backdoor Bears. In those four game's he's been sacked nine times. The Bears are able to do this by rushing four and getting to the QB while dropping all of its defenders back into coverage. Expect to see a lot of this Sunday, and expect the best ...........shhhhhhhh.......FREE AGENT signing in 2010....aka....Dr Pepper... to put a lot of hits on Aaron Rodgers. He'll be on the run and he'll be feeling the heat early and often.
The Chicago Bears Offense is greatly improved from mid season. The Packers should expect to see a healthy dose of Matt Forte, who averaged 6.1 yards per carry against us week 16 and 4.7 yards per game on the season. After the bye week when Lovie, Tice, and Martz met and modified their offensive plan, the Bears have been a balanced offensive team (averaging 30 rushes per game)and this is going to lead to some great challenges on defense. Martz will do his best to protect Cutler from the free throwing INT's many have become accustomed to seeing
All together, this road game will undoubtedly be a very close and stressful one and this iron clad prediction is a tough one.
Expect Aaron Rodgers to be frustrated once again and often running for his life without a rushing attack; Julius Peppers will make our OL his biatch. The Bears will put pressure on GB with four and this will make long extended drives very tough as the Bears will focus on eliminating the big play. Expect James butter fingers vs the Bears Jones to cough the ball up against da Bears. Expect to see some WR slips on a sad excuse for a field, and we're going to see some drops. The frusrations will lead some to again criticize MM for his playcalling, but without a run game he will be handicapped.
The Bears are balanced enough to move the ball on Green Bay and we're going to see a lot of Matt Forte and Greg Olson, who Martz will find way to utilize in the passing game. By using Forte, Cutler will not be exposed to a ton of third and longs and that will make DOM's job hard on Sunday. As I noted, Jay Cutler showed in the second half of the season, as well as last week, that he was well worth the draft picks and he will play will again Sunday.
This will be a close game on the road in bad weather conditions and on a shitty surface.
This game will be decided by the trenches, penalties/turnovers, and special teams
The Bears will take advantage of their huge advantage at specials teams via field postion and one big return.
Gould is automatic and Crosby will mis a field goal.
Cutler will be efficient and Forte will drive us crazy while we struggle on offense
Neither team will break 20 points, and in the end the ........shhhhh.......FREE agent signing of Dr. Julius Peppers and the Bears Defense will prove to be the difference in the NFC Championship Game.
Been a fun season Rats.............and in this instance, our season ends in failure and the nightmare will live with us forever
Flush your dam Homer Hats down the toilet.
Dump the Kool Aide down the drain.
Get your Flu Medicine out.
And be sure to take your high blood pressure meds.
The Time has come once again; let's all sing it together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T6bXYp-R9Q
Bears 19
Packers 17
WHAMMY LIVE ON
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Originally Posted by Fosco33
