Post Promotion

The Bears have a bye this week which will be a nice rest for Chicago considering that they have to play the Philadelphia Eagles In week 9.  So because I cannot write a pre-game or post game report, I would like to promote a previous post that I have written that will hopefully encourage Bears fans to stay optimistic with Chicago.  I want fans to remain optimistic because although the Bears have recently won their last 2 games, Chicago is currently sitting in 3^rd place in the NFC north division right behind the Green Bay Packers (7-0), and the Detroit Lions (6-2). 

With that said I will be promoting the first post in my blog titled “Daaa Bears” to remind people how well the Bears played in the previous season.  Chicago will always be a hard hitting scrappy team when it comes to football, but that is how Chicago fans like it.  They were projected to be terrible last year.  Jay Cutler was sacked over 50 times (which was than his entire 3 years at Denver), but they still made it to the NFC championship and ended their regular season at 11-5.  If this is not something to be optimistic about I don’t know what is.  The Packers will be hard to catch up to, but the Bears easily have the potential to grab the wildcard spot.  So to either become or remain optimistic about Chicago’s successes this year I advise you to check out my first post at http://thetruth11-jeff.blogspot.com/2011/09/daaa-bears.html and remember... I speak THE TRUTH. 

Bears vs. Bucs Postgame

The Bears took a bit of a road trip this last Sunday.  They traveled all the way to Webley Stadium in London in the showdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Fortunately they did not travel all that way for nothing because they left the U.K with a 24-18 victory.  This game really became a lot closer than it should have been.  Early in the 3^rd quarter Marion Baber had a 12 yard touchdown to give the bears a solid 21-5 lead.  Right after that there was a little collapse in the Chicago defense, and Tampa Bay cut the deficit to 21-18 with 7 min left in the 4^th.  That was the end to Josh Freemans (Quarterback for Tampa Bay) offensive pursuit.  Robbie gold kicked a field goal to make it 24-18, and then on the last possession for Tampa Bay D.J Moore intercepted Freeman with 25 seconds left in the game. 

            Like I said before, this game really became a lot closer than it should have been.  The Bears had a comfortable 16 point lead in the 3^rd quarter and almost blew it in the final seconds of the game. But as my father always said “A win is a win”. The Bears won their first back to back games this season, and because of that, this just put the Bears (4-3) just one game behind the Detroit Lions (5-2) in the NFC North Division.  Catching up to the Green Bay Packers (6-0) this year is definitely workable for the Bears, but it almost seems impossible because of the way Aaron Rodgers is leading his offense. I believe Chicago’s best chance to make the playoffs will to keep winning and hopefully be eligible for the Wildcard Spot.   

Bears Vs Lions Pre-game

                This will absolutely be the biggest game for the Bears 2012 season thus far.  The Detroit Lions are 4-0 and have some very good athletes on their team which include players like Matt Stafford who has the potential to be considered among one of the greats.  It is still too early to tell because he has been injured for the past couple of years, but if he can stay healthy, he will inevitably put up great numbers for the Lions.  It also helps that he can pass to, in my mind, the best receiver in the league.  Calvin Johnson Jr. is a freakish athlete.  He can run faster, jump higher, and is stronger than any cornerback in the league.  He has averaged 2 touchdown catches per-game in this season so far, and is not looking to slow down anytime soon.  Needless to say the Bears will have to figure out a way to always have double coverage on him throughout the game.  I would have to say that the biggest surprise in Detroit’s organization this year is there defense.  I mentioned Ndomukong Suh in my last blog and described how much of an impact he is, but I found a quote by Zackary Bowman that might be appropriate to how good strong he is.  He states “Suh literally picks up a car from the front and just lifts up the whole thing” Bowman said with a laugh. “I’m like, ‘Get out of here.’ And he just sets it back down. I had never seen that before.” 

                Undoubtedly, this coming Monday will be a brawl.  Whichever team can survive all 4 quarters will be the one that comes out on top.  And I don’t know about you, but I’m thinkin DAAA BEARS.

The Truth I Speak

The Cutler Situation

The Denver Broncos selected Jay Cutler as a first round draft pick (11^th pick) out of Vanderbilt to lead their franchise to success.  Needless to say it did not work out well for Cutler in Denver.  He left the team in 2009 and joined the Bears for the next season.  Cutler is the type of quarterback the Bears organization have been looking for, for a while.  He is the type of quarter back that you could potentially build your team around.  But even with all of the hype, Cutler has not been very successful with the Bears. 

                Last season (2010-11) Cutler was sacked for an astounding 52 times which was the most out of any quarterback for that season.  He was sacked for more times in that season than his entire career in Denver (3 years).  Obviously you cannot put all of the blame on him.  Chicago is renowned for having horrible pass protection and the stats do not lie.  This coming Monday we will have to play the Lions which have one of the best defensive tackles in Ndomukong Suh.  He was a first round draft pick by the lions 2 years ago and has been proving his worth ever since. 

                The Media will always criticize Cutler because he is now playing for one of the largest cities in the U.S.  He has to live up to every fans expectations, and let’s just be honest.  Most of the fans expectations are completely unrealistic.  He’s not the type of quarterback who is going to pass for 3 touchdowns a game, but he does have an incredible arm.  And with Mike Martz as the offensive coordinator the sky is the limit.  

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Bears Vs. Panthers Post Game

Matt Forte just joined some of the best of the best in last Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.  He had 25 carries for 205 yards in a big 34-27 victory for the Bears.  He is 1 of 3 players in Bears history to run over 200 yards in a game. The other names included hall of fame running backs Walter Payton and Gale Sayers.  This does not mean that Forte career is comparable to players like Sweetness (Walter Payton), but it does show that Forte has the potential to be great.  Forte was not the only Bears player to set a record this last Sunday.

                Devin Hester just extended his NFL record for combined kick/punt returns to 15!  He returned a 69 yard punt last Sunday that was astounding.  After the fact Hester did 3 summersaults in the end zone for a celebration and received a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.  Personally I do like the excessive celebration rule in the NFL.  Hester was ecstatic that he scored a touchdown on a punt return and just wanted to show all the bears fans his joy.  I can agree that there should be penalties on celebrations that are vulgar (ex. Randy Moss’s touchdown when he faked mooned the crowed), but you should not be able to penalize somebody for excessive happiness. 

                The Bears will have an extremely tough matchup this coming week against the Detroit Lions (4-0).  And what better way to have a great game than to showcase it on Monday Night Football.  So everybody stay tuned, and remember… I SPEAK THE TRUTH.