Last Sunday Drew Brees just showed all NFL fans why he is one of the best in the league. He threw for 270, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions and had a 70% pass completion (26/37). The Bears led the Saints 7-3 at the end of the first quarter. Cutler threw an 8 yard touchdown pass to Dane Sanzenbacher (first career touchdown), and we held New Orleans to only a field goal. Things were looking up, but by the time the second quarter came around the Saints significantly picked up their offensive pressure.
2 minutes into the second quarter Brees Threw a 79 yard touchdown pass to Devery Henderson, who at the moment is the Saints go-to receiver. The Bears defense is built around “not giving up the big play”, but in this case they just gave up a HUGE play. That one play threw off our defense for the rest of the game and is my game changing moment. But I cannot lay all the blame on the Bears defense because our offense was pretty unreliable, and there was a major injury in our offensive line.
The Bears starting right tackle Gabe Carimi (6’7) a rookie out of Wisconsin was injured sometime in the second half. Last year Jay Cutler was sacked more than any other quarterback in the league. So because the bears did not want a repeat of last year they brought in some help with the offensive line this year with Carimi. Carimi ended up with a subluxation, which is a partial dislocation of the kneecap. This is a less serious injury than expected, but it still might take some time to heal. Carimi is still on the teams unofficial depth chart to start, but it seems too early to tell.
You forgot to tell us about how you speak the truth. I'm also disappointed because this says nothing about how the Bears got bent over the visiting bench and railed mercilessly from behind by the Saints offense that is no better than anything the Falcons put out there. The Saints didn't win this one. The Bears lost it. The thing that really blew my mind was that their offense that looked so strong in Week 1 was horrendous in Week 2 against a Saints defense that was dismantled by the Packers last week. The Bears need to turn it around quick. This division is too strong to fall behind early.
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