Noots Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Noots’ Notes-Game 10: 37-3 Loss to Green Bay By Michael Nudo The Green Bay Packers (5-5) beat the Chicago Bears in every aspect of the game on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field. The loss forced a three-way tie atop the NFC North as the Vikings were beaten by Tampa Bay. Green Bay Grants their fans a Lambeau Lambasting (AP Photo/Morry Gash). OFFENSE Quarterback A hobbled Kyle Orton (13-26-133, Fumble), got the start for the Bears. His foot was heavily bandaged. It didn’t matter. One highlight was an excellent pass to Forte to defeat a blitz on third down in Packer territory. His lowlight was a fumbled shotgun snap that was scooped up by Jason Hunter and returned 54 yards for a touchdown. Rex Grossman (4-7-26) relieved Orton with the game out of reach in the fourth quarter. There weren’t many open receivers and some of the throws were poorly timed. Against the Packers’ secondary, it usually spells trouble. The Bears were fortunate an interception by Orton was nullified by a penalty. GRADE: D Running Backs Matt Forte (14/64, 6-40) had a decent game. Unfortunately, the Bears were never in this contest, so the run was abandoned. He had an 11-yard pickup on a beautiful sweep early in the contest get nullified by a questionable holding call against Rashied Davis. Forte’s receiving was about the only passing offense the Bears had for most of the game. Garrett Wolfe (2/12) and Adrian Peterson (1/7, 2-10) had some token carries at the end. Peterson had a 21-yard run nullified by a penalty as well. Jason McKie was not a factor. Greg Olsen lined up at fullback and made a block from the I formation. GRADE: B Receivers Greg Olsen (4-45) made a sweet juggling catch up the right sideline for an early first down. He lined up at fullback as well as split out as a wide receiver. Olsen missed his assignment on a blitz off the edge by Charles Woodson (4 tackles, sack, TFL) to allow the Bears’ only sack. Rashied Davis had the lone highlight among wide receivers, albeit in garbage time. He hauled in a short pass in the right seam and made two Packers miss en route to a 36-yard gain. Brandon Lloyd (2-17) returned to action but his timing with Orton was lacking. The Bears forced the ball into Devin Hester (1-7) repeatedly and came up short on nearly every occasion. The most promising was a deep pass up the left sideline that Hester hauled in. He was penalized for pass interference because he pushed off the defender. GRADE: D Offensive Line The Bears had an opportunity to play old-fashioned smash mouth football in the cold against a poor run defense. Although they ran for 4.2 yards per carry, it was the yardage they didn’t get that added up. Penalties by Josh Beekman, John Tait and John St. Clair all either negated big gains or put the Bears in tough down and distance situations. Pass protection was good with one exception. During garbage time, rookie Chris Williams was inserted at left tackle with St. Clair sliding over to left guard. Defensive end Aaron Kampman welcomed Williams to the NFL by blowing his doors off en route to a near sack of Rex Grossman. St. Clair made a nice block pulling from guard to open up a hole against a defense clearly looking for the pass. Beekman and Garza made good blocks on a sweep around right end on the Bears’ first drive but it came off the board because of a holding penalty on Rashied Davis. Tait and Kreutz made big blocks to allow it to happen. Overall, mental mistakes erased the good things the line was able to accomplish. The margin for error on offense was very small, because the Bears’ defense is a waste of talent that cannot prevent anyone from scoring. GRADE: C- DEFENSE Defensive Line Embarrassing. There are no more excuses to be made for anyone. Green Bay made punching bags out of the Bears’ defense in every aspect. They ran 38 times for 200 yards. They threw 30 times and were never harassed. Tommie Harris (5 tackles, TFL) looked like he was wearing roller skates. Mark Anderson is a terror. He’s terrorizing his teammates by getting knocked headlong into the legs of his neighboring linemen. He was the salve Ryan Grant (25/145, TD, (1-6) needed to get his season back on track after averaging only 3.6 yards per carry going into Sunday. Ends Adewale Ogunleye and Alex Brown looked like they were Krazy Glued to the Packers’ offensive tackles. Israel Idonije, Dusty Dvoracek and Marcus Harrison took turns getting steamrolled. No excuses, just a whole bunch of uninspired play. GRADE: F Linebackers Missed tackles. Brian Urlacher (8 tackles, INT, PD) had one of the lone highlights on defense, dropping deep over the middle and intercepting an Aaron Rodgers (23-30-227, 2 TD, INT) pass. It was the first time in who knows how long that a Bear linebacker was anywhere near a passing lane. He also had a late pressure that forced one of the few incomplete passes in Rodgers’ ridiculously easy afternoon. Lance Briggs (10 tackles) had plenty of tackles but far too few of them were at or behind the line of scrimmage. Nick Roach started at linebacker but had only one tackle. The Packers ran and threw all over the Bears. The majority of it was short. These guys have to make more than one play. GRADE: D- Secondary Ryan Grant’s long run of the day was on a 35-yard draw. The key gaffe on the run was a missed open field tackle by Kevin Payne (8 tackles). Charles Tillman shocked the world when he played close enough to a receiver to get flagged for pass interference on a short slant. I imagine that should be enough for the coaches to make sure it never happens again. Mike Brown put a huge hit to knock Grant from the game in the first half. Grant returned and made the Bears pay back threefold. There were plenty of gaffes to go around. Nathan “too much cushion” Vasher allowed Donald Driver to shake him for about 15 yards up the left sideline. He also allowed Greg Jennings to catch a 16-yard pass in front of him. How much cushion is enough? In some spots, Corey Graham subbed in for Vasher. Graham was held and driven back 20 yards on a 22-yard run by Grant to the Bears’ one-yard line. He later topped off his day by literally getting run over by Grant. That play was one of many statement plays the Packers made. You could sum the football game up right there. GRADE: F Special Teams Robbie Gould connected on his lone field goal attempt from 35 yards. His kickoff distance was good. Unfortunately, he was rarely called upon to kick. Brad Maynard had a better day than in recent weeks, but that’s not saying much in going to average from abysmal. His 30-yard punt to the Bears’ 40 at the end of the half was another lowlight. Craig Steltz added a holding penalty at the end of the first half. Devin Hester (KR: 5/114) had a big kickoff return erased by a penalty on Hunter Hillenmeyer for an illegal block in the back. Danieal Manning (KR: 3/82) was given a few opportunities to return kicks and showed great burst. Coverage on punts and kicks was good, highlighted by a tackle by Steltz at the 19 on a kickoff. There were too many penalties and not enough plays to change field position. GRADE: D Coaching There are no more excuses to be made. The Bears mishandled the clock on offense at the end of the first half. Good move to see what rookie Chris Williams had when the game was out of reach. Bad move to not have either Caleb Hanie or Earl Bennett active. There was nothing to learn from seeing Grossman on the field at the end. There is nobody at Halas Hall I will believe that can tell me Earl Bennett doesn’t deserve to see as many snaps as Marty Booker. Nobody. Don’t insult our intelligence anymore. The Packers are yet another team that was able to chew up healthy chunks of yardage against the soft coverage the Bears continue to provide. Kerry Collins completed 73 percent of his passes last week. Aaron Rodgers completed 77 percent of his throws this week. Is anybody paying attention to what’s happening out there? The line between stubbornness and stupidity was crossed several weeks ago. What’s it going to take to make a change? The atrocious defensive play is a waste of talent. Charles Tillman is a big, physical cornerback. Playing him 7 yards off the line is a waste. Other teams will put more bodies on one side of the line than there are blockers to free someone up on a blitz. It’s math, Mr. Babich. On this day, there was no saving grace. No crutch to lean on saying the run defense held (Tennessee). No raft of interceptions to bail out the porous secondary (Minnesota). This thing is broken. On this day, the special teams weren’t that special. The offense was offensive. It was time for the defense to man up. Yet another letdown. There is still time. They have six games to play and are tied with two other teams atop the NFC North at 5-5. The time to make a change was this week. He who hesitates is lost. GRADE: F Noots’ Nut Crackers Mike Brown on Ryan Grant Kevin Payne on Ryan Grant Ryan Grant on Corey Graham Nudo’s Kudos Matt Forte Horns Lovie Smith and his entire coaching staff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorbear Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 There are no more excuses to be made. The Bears mishandled the clock on offense at the end of the first half. Good move to see what rookie Chris Williams had when the game was out of reach. Bad move to not have either Caleb Hanie or Earl Bennett active. There was nothing to learn from seeing Grossman on the field at the end. There is nobody at Halas Hall I will believe that can tell me Earl Bennett doesn’t deserve to see as many snaps as Marty Booker. Nobody. Don’t insult our intelligence anymore. The Packers are yet another team that was able to chew up healthy chunks of yardage against the soft coverage the Bears continue to provide. Kerry Collins completed 73 percent of his passes last week. Aaron Rodgers completed 77 percent of his throws this week. Is anybody paying attention to what’s happening out there? The line between stubbornness and stupidity was crossed several weeks ago. What’s it going to take to make a change? The atrocious defensive play is a waste of talent. Charles Tillman is a big, physical cornerback. Playing him 7 yards off the line is a waste. Other teams will put more bodies on one side of the line than there are blockers to free someone up on a blitz. It’s math, Mr. Babich. On this day, there was no saving grace. No crutch to lean on saying the run defense held (Tennessee). No raft of interceptions to bail out the porous secondary (Minnesota). This thing is broken. On this day, the special teams weren’t that special. The offense was offensive. It was time for the defense to man up. Yet another letdown. There is still time. They have six games to play and are tied with two other teams atop the NFC North at 5-5. The time to make a change was this week. He who hesitates is lost. GRADE: F This says it all. Perhaps the worst coached game I have seen since the Wanny era. As the 3rd string QB, Hanie could have (and should have played). Thanks for the summary. Now I am going to go and throw up. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlithuanian Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Spot on! Noots’ Notes-Game 10: 37-3 Loss to Green Bay By Michael Nudo The Green Bay Packers (5-5) beat the Chicago Bears in every aspect of the game on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field. The loss forced a three-way tie atop the NFC North as the Vikings were beaten by Tampa Bay. Green Bay Grants their fans a Lambeau Lambasting (AP Photo/Morry Gash). OFFENSE Quarterback A hobbled Kyle Orton (13-26-133, Fumble), got the start for the Bears. His foot was heavily bandaged. It didn’t matter. One highlight was an excellent pass to Forte to defeat a blitz on third down in Packer territory. His lowlight was a fumbled shotgun snap that was scooped up by Jason Hunter and returned 54 yards for a touchdown. Rex Grossman (4-7-26) relieved Orton with the game out of reach in the fourth quarter. There weren’t many open receivers and some of the throws were poorly timed. Against the Packers’ secondary, it usually spells trouble. The Bears were fortunate an interception by Orton was nullified by a penalty. GRADE: D Running Backs Matt Forte (14/64, 6-40) had a decent game. Unfortunately, the Bears were never in this contest, so the run was abandoned. He had an 11-yard pickup on a beautiful sweep early in the contest get nullified by a questionable holding call against Rashied Davis. Forte’s receiving was about the only passing offense the Bears had for most of the game. Garrett Wolfe (2/12) and Adrian Peterson (1/7, 2-10) had some token carries at the end. Peterson had a 21-yard run nullified by a penalty as well. Jason McKie was not a factor. Greg Olsen lined up at fullback and made a block from the I formation. GRADE: B Receivers Greg Olsen (4-45) made a sweet juggling catch up the right sideline for an early first down. He lined up at fullback as well as split out as a wide receiver. Olsen missed his assignment on a blitz off the edge by Charles Woodson (4 tackles, sack, TFL) to allow the Bears’ only sack. Rashied Davis had the lone highlight among wide receivers, albeit in garbage time. He hauled in a short pass in the right seam and made two Packers miss en route to a 36-yard gain. Brandon Lloyd (2-17) returned to action but his timing with Orton was lacking. The Bears forced the ball into Devin Hester (1-7) repeatedly and came up short on nearly every occasion. The most promising was a deep pass up the left sideline that Hester hauled in. He was penalized for pass interference because he pushed off the defender. GRADE: D Offensive Line The Bears had an opportunity to play old-fashioned smash mouth football in the cold against a poor run defense. Although they ran for 4.2 yards per carry, it was the yardage they didn’t get that added up. Penalties by Josh Beekman, John Tait and John St. Clair all either negated big gains or put the Bears in tough down and distance situations. Pass protection was good with one exception. During garbage time, rookie Chris Williams was inserted at left tackle with St. Clair sliding over to left guard. Defensive end Aaron Kampman welcomed Williams to the NFL by blowing his doors off en route to a near sack of Rex Grossman. St. Clair made a nice block pulling from guard to open up a hole against a defense clearly looking for the pass. Beekman and Garza made good blocks on a sweep around right end on the Bears’ first drive but it came off the board because of a holding penalty on Rashied Davis. Tait and Kreutz made big blocks to allow it to happen. Overall, mental mistakes erased the good things the line was able to accomplish. The margin for error on offense was very small, because the Bears’ defense is a waste of talent that cannot prevent anyone from scoring. GRADE: C- DEFENSE Defensive Line Embarrassing. There are no more excuses to be made for anyone. Green Bay made punching bags out of the Bears’ defense in every aspect. They ran 38 times for 200 yards. They threw 30 times and were never harassed. Tommie Harris (5 tackles, TFL) looked like he was wearing roller skates. Mark Anderson is a terror. He’s terrorizing his teammates by getting knocked headlong into the legs of his neighboring linemen. He was the salve Ryan Grant (25/145, TD, (1-6) needed to get his season back on track after averaging only 3.6 yards per carry going into Sunday. Ends Adewale Ogunleye and Alex Brown looked like they were Krazy Glued to the Packers’ offensive tackles. Israel Idonije, Dusty Dvoracek and Marcus Harrison took turns getting steamrolled. No excuses, just a whole bunch of uninspired play. GRADE: F Linebackers Missed tackles. Brian Urlacher (8 tackles, INT, PD) had one of the lone highlights on defense, dropping deep over the middle and intercepting an Aaron Rodgers (23-30-227, 2 TD, INT) pass. It was the first time in who knows how long that a Bear linebacker was anywhere near a passing lane. He also had a late pressure that forced one of the few incomplete passes in Rodgers’ ridiculously easy afternoon. Lance Briggs (10 tackles) had plenty of tackles but far too few of them were at or behind the line of scrimmage. Nick Roach started at linebacker but had only one tackle. The Packers ran and threw all over the Bears. The majority of it was short. These guys have to make more than one play. GRADE: D- Secondary Ryan Grant’s long run of the day was on a 35-yard draw. The key gaffe on the run was a missed open field tackle by Kevin Payne (8 tackles). Charles Tillman shocked the world when he played close enough to a receiver to get flagged for pass interference on a short slant. I imagine that should be enough for the coaches to make sure it never happens again. Mike Brown put a huge hit to knock Grant from the game in the first half. Grant returned and made the Bears pay back threefold. There were plenty of gaffes to go around. Nathan “too much cushion” Vasher allowed Donald Driver to shake him for about 15 yards up the left sideline. He also allowed Greg Jennings to catch a 16-yard pass in front of him. How much cushion is enough? In some spots, Corey Graham subbed in for Vasher. Graham was held and driven back 20 yards on a 22-yard run by Grant to the Bears’ one-yard line. He later topped off his day by literally getting run over by Grant. That play was one of many statement plays the Packers made. You could sum the football game up right there. GRADE: F Special Teams Robbie Gould connected on his lone field goal attempt from 35 yards. His kickoff distance was good. Unfortunately, he was rarely called upon to kick. Brad Maynard had a better day than in recent weeks, but that’s not saying much in going to average from abysmal. His 30-yard punt to the Bears’ 40 at the end of the half was another lowlight. Craig Steltz added a holding penalty at the end of the first half. Devin Hester (KR: 5/114) had a big kickoff return erased by a penalty on Hunter Hillenmeyer for an illegal block in the back. Danieal Manning (KR: 3/82) was given a few opportunities to return kicks and showed great burst. Coverage on punts and kicks was good, highlighted by a tackle by Steltz at the 19 on a kickoff. There were too many penalties and not enough plays to change field position. GRADE: D Coaching There are no more excuses to be made. The Bears mishandled the clock on offense at the end of the first half. Good move to see what rookie Chris Williams had when the game was out of reach. Bad move to not have either Caleb Hanie or Earl Bennett active. There was nothing to learn from seeing Grossman on the field at the end. There is nobody at Halas Hall I will believe that can tell me Earl Bennett doesn’t deserve to see as many snaps as Marty Booker. Nobody. Don’t insult our intelligence anymore. The Packers are yet another team that was able to chew up healthy chunks of yardage against the soft coverage the Bears continue to provide. Kerry Collins completed 73 percent of his passes last week. Aaron Rodgers completed 77 percent of his throws this week. Is anybody paying attention to what’s happening out there? The line between stubbornness and stupidity was crossed several weeks ago. What’s it going to take to make a change? The atrocious defensive play is a waste of talent. Charles Tillman is a big, physical cornerback. Playing him 7 yards off the line is a waste. Other teams will put more bodies on one side of the line than there are blockers to free someone up on a blitz. It’s math, Mr. Babich. On this day, there was no saving grace. No crutch to lean on saying the run defense held (Tennessee). No raft of interceptions to bail out the porous secondary (Minnesota). This thing is broken. On this day, the special teams weren’t that special. The offense was offensive. It was time for the defense to man up. Yet another letdown. There is still time. They have six games to play and are tied with two other teams atop the NFC North at 5-5. The time to make a change was this week. He who hesitates is lost. GRADE: F Noots’ Nut Crackers Mike Brown on Ryan Grant Kevin Payne on Ryan Grant Ryan Grant on Corey Graham Nudo’s Kudos Matt Forte Horns Lovie Smith and his entire coaching staff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selection7 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 There was a point in the game where I started wondering how the Packers kept piling up the rushing yards, so I began watching the line play closely. After about three plays I sort of said out loud to myself "No wonder, by the time Ryan Grant takes the handoff and gets up to the line of scrimmage, nobody is there anymore...because the Packers O-line has pushed our D-line backwards 6 feet. All game long, we lost the battle at the line of scrimmage, on both sides of the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Bears 88 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 As the 3rd string QB, Hanie could have (and should have played). Wrong. You don't throw a cold QB in. (alot colder than Rex) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Hochuli 3:16 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wrong. You don't throw a cold QB in. (alot colder than Rex) How do you know how cold Hanie was compared to Rex? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixote Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I believe I counted 4 Ds & 3 Fs. Wow, Noots, your too kind! LOL I would have graded even lower. Excellent job on the articles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noots Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Unless I'm mistaken, Hanie was "inactive" and the third qb. I believe that means he gets to dress but can only enter the game if both #1 and #2 leave due to injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Unless I'm mistaken, Hanie was "inactive" and the third qb. I believe that means he gets to dress but can only enter the game if both #1 and #2 leave due to injury. Rex should have gotten a mysterious 'hang nail' then. it was a shame that Bennett and Hanie didnt get much of any play time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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