The Bears are back

[Carolina_Packer]

Our defense isn't all that great and we lost to a shitty team and almost lost to a less shitty team the week before. Our defense has the potential to be great and is underachieving.

I knew when the the first loss happened that all of those 3T supporters would chalk it up to youth and anyone who disagreed would be chicken little.

Unfortunately for you, this is nothing different then a lot of us have been saying long before the season started. In fact, the past 3 years. I wish I could show my true misunderstanding of the game by using a #1 draft picks name as my own. Even though he has done zero to help the team win. In fact, the one game he played in, we lost. Go figure.

I disagree about our defense. They are not elite, but they are good. I think you have to look at the drives and what was given up.

http://www.packers.com/images/gamebo...07gamebook.pdf (go to page 4)

The Bears had 15 possessions, the Pack 13

They had a few decent drives, but not that many. If you dig deeper into the touchdowns, 2 of them were gifts. One from the ref when they thought Corey Williams was lined up wrong, otherwise that is a field goal attempt. The other gift was courtesy of Favre's boneheaded throw, they scored on the next play to Greg Olsen. The one TD you can truly hang on the D is the last TD. The posession started on their own 21, they went 8 plays, 79 yards for the final score. They sure picked a good time to be able to drive the ball down, but again, this was our only big drive that we gave up. Granted, it came at a critical time, but it's not like the D is a sieve.

The D was also put at some disadvantage by the turnovers, penalties and short field give-ups by MM on the kick-offs. I'd definitely say they were not the problem. You eliminate half our mistakes, including the dumb interception, and also, if the Packers don't go into a shell offensively in the second half, what would the the team then have? A victory.