OFFICIAL Game Day Thread: Bears @ Packers

[Packers4Glory]

UGH I Hate those damn squib kicks!

You would've rathered Hester touch the ball?

I'll take the squib, thank you very much.

They took Hester out. Mason had been kicking into the endzone all game. bears were getting out to the 22-30 yardline. I have more faith in the ST than too give the bears a short field to work with..but it worked out in the end.

Hester was in for the last kickoff.

well IDK they showed manning and commented that they took Hester out after the replay.

[MJZiggy]

My boys are undefeated.

[pbmax]

UGH I Hate those damn squib kicks!

You would've rathered Hester touch the ball?

I'll take the squib, thank you very much.

They took Hester out. Mason had been kicking into the endzone all game. bears were getting out to the 22-30 yardline. I have more faith in the ST than too give the bears a short field to work with..but it worked out in the end.

Hester was in for the last kickoff.

well IDK they showed manning and commented that they took Hester out after the replay.

They showed him on the tube at deep safety, he was there.

[Guiness]

Well, Rodgers finally got his fourth quarter come back.

Holy crap, that was closer than it needed to be. Thank you Jay Cutler, the 4 INTs really helped.

The swing of emotion from "bears knocking on the doorstep with ~3 minutes to go" to "the Jennings TD" to "Cutler's last hurrah" was just amazing. I'm seriously hyper right now.

Watch the DVR or Tivo, you will see that the WR's quit on routes or just plain out ran the wrong routes. Learning curve with our young WR's, but I think they will get it together.

On 2 of those. One of his INTs was to no one - and the Al play was just a good defensive jump.

And it wasn't 5 only because Bigby and Williams (I think?) ran into each other on that other play when he made that throw that had 4 G&G jerseys in on the play by the time the ball got there.

[Fosco33]

Gotta love turnover margin.

Almost everything else was in Bears favor (predictive stats).
Watching the game, it didn't feel like the Bears were as crappy as us on 3rd downs (at least we had a reason - with 7 3rd & 10+).

Pack vs. Bears
1st downs (12 to 18)
3rd down % (29 to 27)
Yards/Play (4.2 to 5.1)
Time of Possession (27 to 33)

Many things to improve on - and the Pack can't rest on the paper preseason aura.

[boiga]

Anyone get a 2007 vibe tonight? Not the final record or playoff run, but good to great defense for most of the game and then the offense pulling its head out of its butt at the end? Just like the first 8 games in 07?

Nope, into the 4th quarter I was feeling all 2008, expecting the D to collapse from exhaustion and watching Oline penalties keep killing drives. I figured we'd lose by two points once more and the curse would not be lifted.


It's nice to have reality trump expectation every once in a while.

[pbmax]

Anyone get a 2007 vibe tonight? Not the final record or playoff run, but good to great defense for most of the game and then the offense pulling its head out of its butt at the end? Just like the first 8 games in 07?

Nope, into the 4th quarter I was feeling all 2008, expecting the D to collapse from exhaustion and watching Oline penalties keep killing drives. I figured we'd lose by two points once more and the curse would not be lifted.


It's nice to have reality trump expectation every once in a while.

But we won TOP most of last year. The defense had no exhaustion excuse in most games last year.

[Fosco33]

Anyone get a 2007 vibe tonight? Not the final record or playoff run, but good to great defense for most of the game and then the offense pulling its head out of its butt at the end? Just like the first 8 games in 07?

Nope, into the 4th quarter I was feeling all 2008, expecting the D to collapse from exhaustion and watching Oline penalties keep killing drives. I figured we'd lose by two points once more and the curse would not be lifted.


It's nice to have reality trump expectation every once in a while.

But we won TOP most of last year. The defense had no exhaustion excuse in most games last year.

Surprisingly - it was only 33/27 today - felt like a lot more due to the 3rd Q.

[Guiness]

UGH I Hate those damn squib kicks!

You would've rathered Hester touch the ball?

I'll take the squib, thank you very much.

They took Hester out. Mason had been kicking into the endzone all game. bears were getting out to the 22-30 yardline. I have more faith in the ST than too give the bears a short field to work with..but it worked out in the end.

Hester wasn't in, eh? Didn't notice that. Still, the Bears need a TD, not an FG. Wacky things can happen on kickoffs, and negating a return in exchange for giving up the yards seems like an ok decision to me. Especially with no time outs left for the Bears.

edit:

Hester was in for the last kickoff.

Nope. If Hester is in, I'd onside before I gave him the ball.

[Partial]

Anyone get a 2007 vibe tonight? Not the final record or playoff run, but good to great defense for most of the game and then the offense pulling its head out of its butt at the end? Just like the first 8 games in 07?

Yep, no facet of the game was excellent but they did enough to get it done. Sum of parts.

[red]

WOW

yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pretty damn good defensive game by both teams. i saw one major erroe on both d's, collins not coming over on hesters td, and jennings TD at the end

good game, but it never should have been that close. we have to take advantage of our turnovers. where the hell was the offense we saw in the preseason?

it looks like the d is ready to play this year, lets hope the other side of the ball responds

oh yeah, cut barbre. tomorrow

[denverYooper]

Denver local news anchors bagged on Cutler's 4 Ints at the start of the newscast after the game.

[Scott Campbell]

Denver local news anchors bagged on Cutler's 4 Ints at the start of the newscast after the game.

I bet Pat Bowlen is smiling on all fronts tonight.

[retailguy]

Denver local news anchors bagged on Cutler's 4 Ints at the start of the newscast after the game.

I bet Pat Bowlen is smiling on all fronts tonight.

And Josh McDaniels is breathing a huge sigh of relief, even if just for a week.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Nope, into the 4th quarter I was feeling all 2008, expecting the D to collapse from exhaustion and watching Oline penalties keep killing drives. I figured we'd lose by two points once more and the curse would not be lifted.

I have to admit, I was with you. I was ready to leave the bar in the 4th quarter.