""THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE""..o

[denverYooper]

It's not going to be a bye this week. The Lions have been within five points of every team in the fourth quarter of every loss. They play hard and have a good defensive line. They can hang with teams but haven't yet been able to finish anything off very well.

I'm a little nervous. And I'll be at the game, behind the visitor's bench! Go me!

I expect it will be close for 2-3 quarters, but Green Bay has closed games out better since the Miami game and I feel they'll do the same this week. They've outscored opponents but IMO they've also looked stronger in the 2nd half over the last 8.

2nd half scoring:
v MIA - 10 -10
v MIN - 14 - 7
v NYJ - 6 - 0
v DAL - 17 - 0
v MIN - 14 - 0
v ATL - 14 - 10
v SFO - 20 -3

Rk    Tm Year       Date  Opp  W  G Day  Result OT   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4  OQ1  OQ2  OQ3  OQ4
1    GNB 2010 2010-12-05  SFO 13 12 Sun W 34-16       0   14   14    6    3   10    3    0
2    GNB 2010 2010-11-28  ATL 12 11 Sun L 17-20       3    0    7    7    3    7    0   10
3    GNB 2010 2010-11-21  MIN 11 10 Sun  W 31-3       0   17    7    7    3    0    0    0
4    GNB 2010 2010-11-07  DAL  9  9 Sun  W 45-7       0   28    7   10    0    7    0    0
5    GNB 2010 2010-10-31  NYJ  8  8 Sun   W 9-0       3    0    0    6    0    0    0    0
6    GNB 2010 2010-10-24  MIN  7  7 Sun W 28-24       7    7   14    0    7   10    7    0
7    GNB 2010 2010-10-17  MIA  6  6 Sun L 20-23 OT   10    0    0   10    7    3    3    7
8    GNB 2010 2010-10-10  WAS  5  5 Sun L 13-16 OT    7    3    3    0    0    3    0   10
9    GNB 2010 2010-10-03  DET  4  4 Sun W 28-26       7   14    7    0    0   14    6    6
10   GNB 2010 2010-09-27  CHI  3  3 Mon L 17-20       7    3    0    7    0    7    0   13
11   GNB 2010 2010-09-19  BUF  2  2 Sun  W 34-7      13    0   14    7    0    7    0    0
12   GNB 2010 2010-09-12  PHI  1  1 Sun W 27-20       0   13   14    0    3    0    7   10

[Bretsky]

DAMMIT
I still think NE wins, but terrible snowstorm........rain

HUGE benefit to da Bears vs New England today; good weather Brady lights their asses up.

Bad weather benefits the less talented team

[Joemailman]

Just looked at the forecast...At game time it should be 28F with snow and 30 MPH winds. The one advantage Patriots have is that Brady has had plenty of success in winter weather. Not sure about Cutler. Teams will probably want to throw with the wind, and run against the wind to keep the ball away from the other team.

[Bretsky]

This will keep the scoring down.......playing into the Bears plans. Brady would light these guys up in good weather. They have a decent chance now

[mmmdk]

DAMMIT
I still think NE wins, but terrible snowstorm........rain

HUGE benefit to da Bears vs New England today; good weather Brady lights their asses up.

Bad weather benefits the less talented team

Strike 1

[mmmdk]

This will keep the scoring down.......playing into the Bears plans. Brady would light these guys up in good weather. They have a decent chance now

Strike 2

[mmmdk]

You can still hit a homer, B !

[Joemailman]

It's not going to be a bye this week. The Lions have been within five points of every team in the fourth quarter of every loss. They play hard and have a good defensive line. They can hang with teams but haven't yet been able to finish anything off very well.

I'm a little nervous. And I'll be at the game, behind the visitor's bench! Go me!

Okay Fritz. No more games for you!

[Bretsky]

Okay Fritz. No more games for you!

Fritz and Ziggy; the curses keeping the Pack from the playoffs ))))))

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I went to my first game ever on October 24 against the Vikings. I had a lot of fun!

[Bretsky]

JIM MILLER, I LIKE, because I find him to be entertaing and offer some radical viewpoints at times. Some in here have lit him up at times.

BUT GIVE HIM KUDOS

He's been picking the Bears to win this division all year long.

Consider the reasons Miller lists for reasons the Bears will beat the Packers in this division.

1. Defense that will keep them in most games (agreed and GB has that)
2. Am improved Cutler and Superior Offensive Game Planning with flexibility due to Martz (most did not see this coming)
3. Superior special teams coaching and play (this is what often wins them the close games)
4. Discipline in regards to playing smart, within themselves, and not too many penalties
5. One of the best, if not the best, assistant coaching staffs in the NFL

COMPARING THE TOP 5 POINTS TO GREEN BAY
1. I think Green Bay has that
2. I'm in the middle on that. We have a ridiculously low scoring in qtr one but we're stellar after that. I'm OK with our game plans I think
3. We can't hold the Bears Jock strap on special teams
4. Would have to compare the penalites between each team
5. Head coach aside, I'm not sure we have a top of the line staff. Capers/Clements...dam good. I like Greene. But we certainly have some holes. How many of the guys on this staff will be head coaches ? Not sure


After this weekend we may have to give it up for JIM MILLER.............Dam ex Bear