Bears/Seahawks

[beardown07]

Well, I'm glad I didn't pay for this or get a computer virus.

 

[nebearsfan70]

You have a headache?

I do. Thanks for your concern.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Thanks for your input.

This game doesn't count Bearsfan.
This will tell the Bears where they need to improve.

I'm more worried about Green Bay in the opener. We can do yous Chicaga guys a favah.

 

[JoeyTourettes]

This is supposed to be the "game" during preseason? The game??


It is going to be a long season fellas.

Yeah um... the season hasn't even started yet... Discouraging- but preseason doesn't mean shit... Let's get the starters out healthy, show some fight by the backups...and learn from this one...come out firing on opening day.

 

[nebearsfan70]

This game doesn't count Bearsfan.
This will tell the Bears where they need to improve.

I'm more worried about Green Bay in the opener. We can do yous Chicaga guys a favah.

Yes, that's what has me sick to my stomach. They have to improve in all facets of the game. They are no where near playoff level at this point.

 

[yutch]

Before you break out the rolling-eyes smiley: I was talking specifically about the Bears' O against Seattle's D. Because that was the topic at hand. We're looking bad because of a lot of unforced errors, not because Seattle's throwing out challenges we can't answer.

Shit, I wrote that before our last drive.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

OPI against Marshall. For engaging Sherman within five yards of the LoS.

That was a TD ... I have no idea why a flag was thrown on that one... But then again haven't we seen this crap all pre-season long...

 

[nebearsfan70]

Yeah um... the season hasn't even started yet... Discouraging- but preseason doesn't mean shit... Let's get the starters out healthy, show some fight by the backups...and learn from this one...come out firing on opening day.

Yeah I would agree except this is the game that teams usually game plan. 31-0 at halftime is disheartening.

 

[Dolemite censored]

That was a TD ... I have no idea why a flag was thrown on that one... But then again haven't we seen this crap all pre-season long...

Chicago actually scored twice.

 

[nebearsfan70]

Before you break out the rolling-eyes smiley: I was talking specifically about the Bears' O against Seattle's D. Because that was the topic at hand. We're looking bad because of a lot of unforced errors, not because Seattle's throwing out challenges we can't answer.

Shit, I wrote that before our last drive.

Disagree. I just hope you and the others are right.

 

[yutch]

That was a TD ... I have no idea why a flag was thrown on that one... But then again haven't we seen this crap all pre-season long...

Yeah, the officiating has been so arbitrary this preseason that it's tough to get a read on much of anything. Goodell's become so heavyhanded that I'm starting to wonder if he's managed to spook the refs.

One thing I do know: one of those old vibrating-metal-field football games would give us better special teams play than the Bears.

 

[Dolemite censored]

It doesn't count. Just food for thought.

 

[beardown07]

 

[yutch]

Disagree. I just hope you and the others are right.

Fair enough. And not to twist your arm, but that last sack was a case in point. Seattle sent a LB on a delayed blitz, Ola let his man get by him, and Carey made a bad decision to help his RT. That might tell Seattle something about its LB. It tells the Bears that Ola's not much of a pass-blocking tackle and that its undersized rookie RB is bad in pass protection. We knew those things already, and wouldn't likely expect them to be any different in a real game.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Yeah, the officiating has been so arbitrary this preseason that it's tough to get a read on much of anything. Goodell's become so heavyhanded that I'm starting to wonder if he's managed to spook the refs.

One thing I do know: one of those old vibrating-metal-field football games would give us better special teams play than the Bears.

"one of those old vibrating-metal-field football games"

Funny, and yes I do agree Goodell is just a punk ... I"m so ticked off about this "emphasis" crap ... refs are getting way to involved...

 

[nebearsfan70]

Fair enough. And not to twist your arm, but that last sack was a case in point. Seattle sent a LB on a delayed blitz, Ola let his man get by him, and Carey made a bad decision to help his RT. That might tell Seattle something about its LB. It tells the Bears that Ola's not much of a pass-blocking tackle and that its undersized rookie RB is bad in pass protection. We knew those things already, and wouldn't likely expect them to be any different in a real game.

I hear ya' but...

You'd expect the Bears not to get killed like this if their talent was at least comparable to Seattle.

 

[yutch]

I hear ya' but...

You'd expect the Bears not to get killed like this if their talent was at least comparable to Seattle.

Oh, I don't think that it is. Seattle's ST are infinitely better (helps that they have the best player on their roster returning kicks). We're missing our RT and the version of Roberto Garza who could play, so there's no reason not to give that one to Seattle's D, even if Cutler had come to play. And while their offense isn't anything special, our D is still capable of making anyone feel good about themselves (Briggs seems to be done, and I'm starting to wonder if Tillman isn't, too).

 

[nebearsfan70]

Oh, I don't think that it is. Seattle's ST are infinitely better (helps that they have the best player on their roster returning kicks). We're missing our RT and the version of Roberto Garza who could play, so there's no reason not to give that one to Seattle's D, even if Cutler had come to play. And while their offense isn't anything special, our D is still capable of making anyone feel good about themselves (Briggs seems to be done, and I'm starting to wonder if Tillman isn't, too).

I agree with the points you made, but you justified my assertion. The Bears just don't have the talent that Seattle has and that is the difference between mediocrity and a SB champ.

 

[Wounded Bear]

I gotta wait until Monday before I see most of that first half, NFL Network was doin' some Total Access incoherent nonsense and didn't start showing the Bears until the final seconds of the first half...

As far as I'm concerned, they can go straight to hell.

Anyhoo, the score would indicate it was a disaster of sorts. I know it's preseason and the Bears are playing a vanilla offense or defense without much of a game plan, but am I to assume that Seattle is doing the same?


I'm not ready to jump off the boat just yet - way too premature - but I'm getting concerned.

 

[yutch]

I agree with the points you made, but you justified my assertion. The Bears just don't have the talent that Seattle has and that is the difference between mediocrity and a SB champ.

We're starting a third-string guard at RT, and that's where a lot of our problems seemed to lie for our offense. Secondarily, our veteran center is shot, and his backup is hurt. I'd expect Seattle's D to take advantage of that, same as I'd expect of many Ds. And god knows that most offenses would walk all over the defense we're putting on the field.

Put it this way: I can't think of anything Seattle did to make Michael Ola look bad tonight. In that role, at this point in his career, he's just not very good. And while it's possible to rattle Jay Cutler into saying "fuck it" every other play, he's just as liable to do that on his own.