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The Pass Protection and play calling were pretty brutal tonight. Rex played horrible, which made everything that much worse, but he rarely had a throwing lane or was able to step into his throws. I just hope he takes this and builds from it. He got his bad game out of the way. The amazing thing is if he connects on that first deep throw, I believe the Bears would have blown them out. Once they took that away, he seemed to continually force the mid-deep ball.

It looks like someone knows he is on the hot seat. He is a sorry coach. There is way too much talent on the Cardinals for a team to be this bad. I like how he said "We let them off the hook". Why can't he just admit he got beat. Arizona won the first half and the Bears won the 2nd Half. Hell, Arizona did almost the same thing last week.

That was one of the craziest games I have ever seen. Good teams find a way to win games and bad teams find a way to lose. Once they scored that first Defensive TD, I just knew they had a chance to win, but now that they did it, I am still in shock.

Game Info: 7:30 pm Central, Mon Oct 16, 2006 TV: ESPN TEAM STATS Bears Offense (31.2pts/g, 356.4 Total ypg, 246.8 Pass ypg, 109.6 Rush ypg) vs Arizona Defense (23.8pts/g, 360.8 Total ypg, 237.4 Pass ypg, 123.4 Rush ypg) Arizona Offense (17.6pts/g, 291 Total ypg, 220.6 Pass ypg, 70.4 Rush ypg) vs Bears Defense (7.2pts/g, 234.6 Total ypg, 158.4 Pass ypg, 76.2 Rush ypg) Things to look for: The Bears are coming off another dominating win. This time they move to national TV and Monday Night Football. The game will be called their coming out party, even though they are already getting national attention. Once again, Lovie has to get the troops up for this game, but for some reason I think the atmosphere will get them ready for some football. Arizona is coming in at 1-4, but they have played much better than their record, and have actually played fairly decent at home. In their three home games, they are 1-2, but were only outscored by a total of 5 pts in their 2 losses. On Offense, E. James is averaging 30 yds/game more at home this year, so the Bears will need to contain him. The Cardinals went with rookie QB Matt Leinhart last week, and he will also get the start this week, however, if the Cardinals O-Line doesn't improve, he might not finish the game against the Bears Defense. The Cardinals will be without WR Larry Fitzgerald who suffered a hamstring injury in Week 5, which will really limit their options in the passing game. On the other side of the ball, the Cardinals Defense has struggled. They are letting up 24 pts a game and 360 total yards. If the Bears Offense looks anything like they have over the last five games, this could potentially be another blowout win. I assume the Bears will try to establish the run early and look for the big play opportunity. Their goal will be to score early and take the Arizona crowd out of the equation. The Bears might have also received some extra motivation from Cardinals WR Boldin who basically called the Bears Defense out. So we will see who is doing the talking after MNF. Keys to the game: 1. Score early to take crowd out of game 2. Establish the run using both RBs 3. Use stunts and mask pressure to confuse Leinhart 4. Contain E. James from having a breakout game 5. Look for the big play against suspect Cards Defense

I assume they will Franchise him, but southersider is correct. They should have signed him in the offseason, because his success and the Bear's success is only going to inflate his contract.

What a loser. Why bring a negative spolight on such a great story for the city. Last year we had the White Sox, and now we have the Bears - and this guy wants to bad mouth them.

The Bears are now #2 in the Bendability Index (behind Denver), but they moved up to #1 in the Scoreability Index, which means the Offense is the most efficient in the league.

I hate Rosenhaus. That is an ugly sign when 3 of our front 7 have him as an agent. Colvin already left, I would hate to see Briggs go as well. This team is built for a good 3-5 year window starting this year.

That will probably be a decoy for another play. Walter not getting one of those in the SB still irks me.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/wordpress/ That is some pretty good company.

The preseason games seem like they are at 50-75% speed. I think Dennis Green knows what type of team this is. They are going to try and pound the ball with Edge, but from what I have seen of them, their O-Line is nothing to write home about. I have a feeling Edge misses Indy a little bit more each week and they probably feel the same way about him.

The reason Carolina is 3-0 on their last three games is not because of Steve Smith, look who they have played and the scores: Last game: 20-12 Win vs Cleveland Week 4: 21-18 Win vs New Orleans Week 3: 26-24 Win vs Tampa Bay An average margin of victory of just over 4 pts vs those 3 teams. Also, if you look at their first two games they could easily have won Week 2 vs Minnesota losing 16-13. All these close games make me believe that Smith actually is less of an impact than he is made out to be on ESPN.

The reason I ask this is because there are numerous possibilties out there, just like Indy last year. In Week 15, 16, and 17, and the Bears are 13-0, do you go for the undefeated season and keep playing starters, or do you do something else? Indy rested their starters and they looked like crap in the playoffs.

Bears Power Rankings (after Week 5): ESPN - 1. BEARS (=) 2. IND 3. DEN 4. PHI 5. SD Yahoo Sports - 1. BEARS (=) 2. IND 3. PHI 4. SEA 5. NE CBS Sportsline - 1. BEARS (+1) 2. IND 3. DEN 4. NE 5. PHI NFL.com - 1. BEARS (+1) 2. IND 3. PHI 4. NE 5. DEN FOX Sports - 1. BEARS (+1) 2. IND 3. DEN 4. BAL 5. SEA CNNSI - 1. BEARS (=) 2. IND 3. DEN 4. NE 5. BAL Average - 1st Links: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/powerranking...2006&week=6 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Asoq...o&type=lgns http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/powerrankings http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9718332 http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...art1/index.html The Bears are a unanimous #1.

Yeah definitely too early, but if I had to pick, it would have to be McNabb because without him the Eagles would have 1 win. The Bears would be worse without Grossman, but they would still be winning.

Indy will lose at least 2 of those next 5. Denver and NE are both playing pretty good ball right now, and Indy is not as good away from their Dome. Denver's weather looked nasty last night and NE is no better in late October. The Bears just need to stay healthy, that is my only worry. I hope they continue to pull Grossman in the 4th when they have a good lead.

If those 7 points are the biggest problem the Bears have, I'll take it.

I just love the SNL skits of Irvin and Vick. Everytime I see Irvin all I can think of is: "The drugs were a friends".

Thats a pretty cool site. They have more stats here: http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Quality_Standings.php The Bears were in the Top 10 in every category, go figure.

That almost seems better suited for the Blackhawks, but it is pretty catchy as well.

This is a huge game. The Bears haven't been 5-0 in a long time. Every game is a statement.

Thats exactly what I thought. Usually the Ozzie Guillen articles are pretty funny, but this one is borderline demented.

The Bruise Brothers is pretty good. I hope the name turns out to be "The Super Bowl Champion's Defense"

The play of Anderson makes this Defense that much better. To have a guy come in and play at his level as a non-starter is huge. The Bears depth at D-line is awesome.