REEM10 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I got this from the Bears board! As stated in the topic title my take on the key to our Bears making the playoffs is IMO how well the oline will run block. Early signs point to a very positive result but of course with our Bears things can have a tendency to be thrown out of whack. The reason I am emphasizing the run blocking should be pretty obvious. Early in the season the rook Kyle needs not to be a focal point of the offense and that can only happen the run is established early and often. Obvioulsy the opposing defenses will do their best to get Kyle into 3rd and longs and will also look to stop the run as their number one priority thus setting up their number one desire to clobber Kyle on 3rd and long. Therefore the pressure will be on Turner a genuine NFL OC along with his oline and backs to find the formula to successfully duke it out at the line of scrimmage with the opposing defense. If the Bears oline controls the LOS it will be fun times for us Bear fans if not ..... I fully expect the oline to be up to the challenge and also to be do pretty well at pass blocking as well. The reason being finally we have an NFL quality LT the first time since poor Brockermeyer manned the post which seems like a lifetime ago. I am not suggesting that the Bears offense will be a boring 3 yards and a clould of dust the whole game cause once the run game is established here comes play action to make it interesting. As Ditka pointed out often during the preseason games no QB is going to do well when faced with a steady diet of 3rd and longs to work with. Kyle will make mistakes but as long as his mistakes are equal to or less than his quality plays the offense will do well much like the TD to INT ration that coaches look to when gaging how well their QB's are doing. I am also obvioulsy assuming the D will play big time and it should happen that they give Kyle more than a few short fields to work with after turnovers something every rookie QB would love to have while he develops on the field. Any new offense needs a good half season to get into a groove. Hopefully the defense will carry the day until some time this year when the offense can really carry its own load and not just not lose the game. Enjoy the season as I predict a 10-6 record and a playoff berth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_1972 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What makes the Bears' homers any diff than the Skins' homers here? I mean, we are almost universally thought to be a sub-.500 team by the entire football world save Skins fans. If we really think we have a shot at the playoffs, than I don't see why Chicago can't claim to have a shot as well -albeit probably less of a chance than us. They have about as strong a case to make as we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortiz Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What makes the Bears' homers any diff than the Skins' homers here? I mean, we are almost universally thought to be a sub-.500 team by the entire football world save Skins fans. If we really think we have a shot at the playoffs, than I don't see why Chicago can't claim to have a shot as well -albeit probably less of a chance than us. They have about as strong a case to make as we do. How can Chicago claim - AT THIS POINT - to have an equal or same record as us when we have a better, coach, offense, and defense? Orton can end up being Kurt Warner, who knows ... but as of today, no, Bears fans have no realistic reason to say they are going to be 10-6 and get into the playoffs, do the skins? NO, but they do not "have about as strong as case to make it as we do." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMalcolmConnection Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'll give it to him. That was a fairly objective view of his team. He wasn't saying this WILL happen. He was like "assuming this and that" go right, we'll be a playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What makes the Bears' homers any diff than the Skins' homers here? I mean, we are almost universally thought to be a sub-.500 team by the entire football world save Skins fans. If we really think we have a shot at the playoffs, than I don't see why Chicago can't claim to have a shot as well -albeit probably less of a chance than us. They have about as strong a case to make as we do. I'll tell you why. . . The coach. Look at the top teams, and look at who the coach is. It's by FAR the most important position on a Football feild, BY FAR!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 How can Chicago claim - AT THIS POINT - to have an equal or same record as us when we have a better, coach, offense, and defense? Orton can end up being Kurt Warner, who knows ... but as of today, no, Bears fans have no realistic reason to say they are going to be 10-6 and get into the playoffs, do the skins? NO, but they do not "have about as strong as case to make it as we do." What was our record last year? Oh, that's right, 6-10. With our "better" coach, defense, and offense. How dare they make such claims! Take your homer glasses off for a minute, and see it from the other fans' point of view. People are probably copying and pasting threads from this board and ripping on them as well. This team hasn't done squat in 6 years. Until they do, I think it's fair to say the Bears have a "chance" to end up with a better record than the 'skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What makes the Bears' homers any diff than the Skins' homers here? I mean, we are almost universally thought to be a sub-.500 team by the entire football world save Skins fans. If we really think we have a shot at the playoffs, than I don't see why Chicago can't claim to have a shot as well -albeit probably less of a chance than us. They have about as strong a case to make as we do. eh, the bears are starting a rookie QB- and that only cuz of injury. they were horrible to almost mediocre on both sides of the ball last year. at least the skins have a QB with some experience, an explosive pro bowl caliber RB and a near #1 D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_1972 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'll tell you why. . . The coach. Look at the top teams, and look at who the coach is. It's by FAR the most important position on a Football feild, BY FAR!!! Lovie Smith is well respected and has only had a year in Chicago. I still don't see why this guy doesn't have as valid a point as some homers here do using the same logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Why this bothers anyone, I have no idea....optimism before the start of the season is one of the great experiences of being a football fan. Do we really need a thread trying to ridicule a fan of another team for experiencing it?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinned Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What was our record last year? Oh, that's right, 6-10. With our "better" coach, defense, and offense. How dare they make such claims! Take your homer glasses off for a minute, and see it from the other fans' point of view. People are probably copying and pasting threads from this board and ripping on them as well. This team hasn't done squat in 6 years. Until they do, I think it's fair to say the Bears have a "chance" to end up with a better record than the 'skins. Great post! It is one thing to believe in your team and be confident in its abilities, but when you haven't done squat for numerous consecutive years (after having felt the same optimism every year), you have to sit back and hope for the best. I have not and will never guarantee a victory, no matter who the opponent, and especially in week 1. The Bears fans sound just as ridiculous as some of the posts here. I can understand the optimism; I just don't get the loss of reality (on both sides). In closing, I do think the Skins will beat the Bears. It will be a defensive battle. Yes, the Bears have a good defense, but the lack of knowledge (and thus respect)the Bears fans have of the Skins defense is laughable. Skins fans mainly lack the same knowledge of the CHI D, except the Bears don't have a season of cohesion behind them and have not looked dominant this preseason as the Skins have. ps - the guy who compared Ramsey's NFL stats to Orton's college stats should be locked away, because there is obviously a lack of brainpower at work there :laugh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTahoeLT Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 except the Bears don't have a season of cohesion behind them and have not looked dominant this preseason as the Skins have. Ahem, let me stop you there. In about 8 quarters this preseason, the Bears starting defense has given up 13 points. 7 of those were thanks to a BS unnecessary roughness call on Urlacher when he labeled Dallas Clark coming across the middle. We limited the Colts offense to 3 points in the first quarter, 10 at half. We also limited the Rams to 3 points in a half. With all of our starters in the game, we've been downright dominating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeRedskins Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I just heard on the Dan Patrick Show that he thinks the Bears will be a good team too and have a legitamite shot at contending for the playoffs. I'm sorry, but if you have a rookie QB, your going to lose more then you win. Rosthelsberger is a freak concidence, and will never happen again. If they don't win a game till Rex comes back then they are done for as far as playoffs go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 The Bears have the same issue as the skins? The QB will decide the season. I think the bears have a good team and play in a division that is weaker than ours. Let the Bears play Phily twice. Back to the QB, I think the bears will struggle because they have a rookie QB starting and no quality backup. Very few rookie QB's succeed their first year. Looking at the skins, if Ramsey does a Brees we go to the playoffs and win one or two playoff games. If Ramsey sucks we have to hope Gibbs brings in Brunell early and he succeeds. That said I have much more confidence in our QB situation than the Bears. I still think Ramsey will succeed, but that is my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef8181 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Rosthelsberger is a freak concidence, and will never happen again. That's what they said after Dan Marino's rookie year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Hunter #21 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Those bears fans do not know anything about football...they still think that Ditka is still coaching the team and they can play like the 85' bears...lol priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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