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I also like the fact that we rebounded from that brutal NE loss, and have now strung together some solid wins.

There are still so many scenarios alive in the NFC coming down to this final week. Almost every game has playoff implications in the NFC, but our game seems to be the biggest because a win for us gives us the 2nd seed and a loss puts GB into the playoffs and more than likely makes us the 3rd seed which would mean we would play them the following week (NO @ West winner, GB @ CHI, PHI/ATL Byes). There is still an outside chance that we get the 2nd seed if Philly loses 1 of their next 2, especially with them playing 2 games in 5 days. I would love to get the Bye either with a win or a Philly loss because we would more than likely get New Orleans in Chicago (after they beat the West winner), and Atlanta would get the winner of Philly and GB/NYG/TB.

Yeah, the link text was titled "NFC's Big Fraud". That dude is a joke. He does realize we are 7-1 since our Bye Week, and lost two other games by 3pts. Even against NYG, it was only 3-0 at half. We made significant strides after the Bye Week and continue to get better. Look at New Orleans, where are the doubters? Only 2 wins against teams with winning records, and 2 losses vs teams with losing records. How about Tampa? All their wins against teams with losing records, and they loss to Detroit. We also beat a red-hot Eagles team and beat GB before all their injuries.

That was almost the Cover-3 with Urlacher taking the deep middle, Harris had to only worry about the sideline and not the middle of his side of the field. Either way, I thought the O-Line played very solid allowing only 2 sacks which were really coverage sacks. Forte running hard, Hester with more long returns, and Cutler coming back strong in that 3rd quarter. 21-10 in the 2nd half and that was with the missed FG, so good halftime adjustments.

Wow, man that was close, but a win is a win. We missed a short FG and threw a Pick-6 and still won, so I will take it.

Wow, he doesn't know what to do with all the time.

Well, if we don't get the 2nd seed and a bye, we are the 3rd seed and will play the last Wild Card team. That means New Orleans (1st Wild Card) gets to play the West winner. We get NYG, GB, or TB at home.

Horrible throws by Cutler right now, and the protection is pretty good.

Where was the progression on that? Good protection and he throws to his first read, an out into double coverage. Wow, that was brutal.

wtf was that? Throwing an Out into Double Coverage?

Way too many holes in the coverage, we are making Sanchez look like an All-Pro.

Well he has about 5 mins or we will start one.

Before this season, it was Hester-11, Cribbs-10. However, Hester has 3 returns this year and Cribbs has 0. Also, Cribbs has 417 career returns to Hester's 287. Hester scores once every 20.5 returns, Cribbs scores every 41.7. Deion scored every 40.7 returns. Devin is in his own league.

Classic pic, Urlacher looks like a Gladiator standing over his defeated opponent.

That also doesn't count the postseason or the FG return. He is a freak.

With a win and a GB loss at New England we win the Division. If this doesn't happen, we will more than likely miss the playoffs. What a crazy year.

Looks like they will be playing in Detroit on Monday.

Bears with an ugly win in brutal conditions: 24-17. http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=214798

http://kstp.com/article/stories/s1878695.shtml Favre gets game moved until Monday because of snow storm, and now this. http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers/ci_16840597?nclick_check=1

Also, I have never seen a QB criticized more than Cutler about INTs or bad judgment. If Peyton or Eli throw an INT or make a questionable throw, I hear things like "it was a great play by the defense" or "he was going for the win". Sanchez threw 3 INTs in 6 passes and all of them lead to NE TD's.

Don't forget the Pats play this Monday night at home vs the Jets (a tough Divisional game), then have to travel to Chicago for a Sunday afternoon game. With us playing Detroit in the early game on Sunday, we get an extra day and a half to prep. In the last two weeks, they were tied with Detroit entering the 4th quarter before blowing them out, and they were a Manning INT away from OT with the Colts. It is going to be a great game.

BrianBear is on a roll with the game threads. Lets keep his streak alive. Bears 27-13 Lions

I thought the article said the only stat we are better in is Rushing yds per game? Otherwise, the 2006 defense was better all around statistically. Either way, this defense seems very solid across the board without a true weakness (in terms of players).

or Windows ME? btw, I'm glad he did that because that should motivate the team since I saw this as a trap game with the remaining schedule looming.

Yeah, Coolstandings looks the same, but gives us a few percentage points higher for both Division and playoffs: http://www.coolstandings.com/football/foot...ngs.asp?sn=2010