Dennis

Just for that, da Bears D will punch the Bills in their stupid faces! BEAR DOWN!

Except da Bears have been averaging 29 points per game...

Something to consider when speaking of JP "loosening up a defense" or pressuring Grossman: JP Losman has been sacked 11 times so far this season. Rex Grossman has been sacked 3 times so far this season. The Buffalo Bills have recorded 11 sacks so far this season. Da Bears have recorded 15 sacks so far this season, 11 of them have been at Soldier Field. 14 of them have been made by the D's front four. I know, I know... Da Bears are playing against such weak opponents in the wimpy NFC while the Bills have been facing much stronger opponents in the oh-so-much-tougher AFC... We'll see this Sunday at Soldier Field. BEAR DOWN!!!

Run up a score like that with DICK JAURON as Head Coach?!? We had him in Chicago for about 5 years. If he get's up by a FG, he'll try to just sit on that lead and burn the clock, hoping that his Defense will keep the other team from scoring at all...

I'm willing to bet that I know at least as much as the Bills fans here who now think that da Bears are looking past the Bills this week. To what? The CARDINALS? Or maybe they're busy making vacation plans for the bye week after that... Have you looked at the NFC North at all this season? Out of four teams, THREE have new Head Coaches (therefore new gameplans), as well as wholesale turnovers on players. Given the way we dominated Green Bay and Detroit, who wouldn't expect the same against Minnesota? Detroit installed a Cover-2 Defense and we tore right thru it. It would have been reasonable to assume that we could have done the same to Minnesota's newly installed Cover-2 Defense as well. It generally takes time to learn how to execute a Cover-2 properly, as well as the right players to execute it. But you're right of course. Da Bears coaches would NEVER be stupid enough to look past the rebuilding Vikings to the next game against the current NFC Champs. But they would be stupid enough to overlook the Bills almost immediately after being shown by the Vikings that it's a mistake to look past your current opponent...

Yeah, that...

No, but Carolina won by only 8 points (21-29), not 26. We should have stopped at least 1 more TD with him in. But we made other mistakes too. Like resting all of our starters in the final regular season game. Lovie wanted to protect our starters from unnecessary risk of injury. Unfortuately, when combined with the first round bye, the starters didn't play a single down for over two weeks. They were "cold" and took too long in the playoff game to warm back up and get into their rhythmn. Also we let our Defensive Coordinator Ron Rivera to go out on Head Coach interviews instead of concentrating on getting ready for the playoff game. Finally I think that we assumed that because we beat Carolina 13-3 in the regular season with Orton, that we could easily repeat that feat with Grossman in at QB and no other changes...

Maybe, but you'll find da Bears O-line a lot tougher to get thru than that Miami excuse for one. And Grossman doesn't stand there like a flat-footed bonehead (Culpepper)...

The "Official" Bears Board? It's here. It's full of homers and trolls. And the mods tend to delete threads that question Bears management decisions. It's so frustrating that I started my own little board last month. The link is in my sig below... And I've seen the Vikings boards. The official Bears board is worse...

Sorry guys, but this weekend isn't the "let-down" or "look-past" or "sure-win" game for Chicago this season. That already happened. Week 3 against the Vikings. We were so sure that a Minnesota team with a new HC and scheme, and an aging QB, that had gotten a couple of lucky wins against shaky opponents was a slam-dunk. Don't worry, it's in the bag. We just got a couple of HUGE wins against Division rivals, surely the Vikes would be the same. Besides, the BIG GAME, the one we really have to worry about is against Seattle the following week... So da Bears already got spanked for being arrogant/complacent and were lucky enough to salvage a win out of it. Sorry but Minnesota beat you to our wake-up call. We'll be ready to play the Bills this Sunday... BEAR DOWN!!!

I understand the thinking and it is valid, so you gotta try it. I'm just saying that you shouldn't expect good results (like the Bengals got against Orton last year).

That should be: MINI-Ditka 63 Bills 3 If it were regular Ditka: Ditka 112 Bills 3 Remember he had a heart attack or else he'd really run up the score...

ESPN NFL First Quarter Poll Not just the usual Bears homers think that this year's team is good...

BTW, if the AFC is the superior Conference , then why are AFC teams 5-6 against the NFC so far this season? That means that NFC teams are 6-5 against AFC teams...

Well, this is Tony Dungy's SIXTH year as HC of the Colts, not his THIRD. And in Dungy's first year the Colts (2001) went 6-10. The first season a coach runs a team is spent changing personnel around and installing a playbook, you can't expect to win a lot of games. If you want to include Lovie's entire career as Head Coach, then include Dungy's as well. It's 106-58 (64.6%). So Lovie's close to Dungy again... The original point was about a STREAK - how a team plays over time. Da Bears current streak (all the 2005 regular season and the first four games of this season) is 19-5. Which is how da Bears are playing NOW.