Kellen Davis Knows Best: Chicago Bears Backup Tight End Feeling Confident
by Ryan Cook on Jan 19, 2011 12:24 AM CST
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PrintBoth the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears remained respectful of each other’s efforts during scheduled press conferences earlier in the week. Mike McCarthy commented on how impressive the Bears have been, while Lovie Smith acknowledged how hot the Packers are after a crushing win against the Atlanta Falcons.
All of that subtle banter didn’t deter Bears tight end Kellen Davis, though.
Following wide receiver Greg Jennings’ comments prior to Chicago’s meeting with the Seattle Seahawks, Davis decided to share his thoughts on how confident the Bears are heading into this Sunday’s match up at Soldier Field.
"I'm just glad to be a part of the history it's going to be, because we're gonna win" Davis told reporters.
On the season Davis has been one of Chicago’s biggest disappointments. With only 19 yards and one single touchdown to his name, the Bears starting tight end spot has seen much more productivity thanks to forth year player Greg Olsen.
So why is Davis reigniting the smack talk in this historic 90 year rivalry?
While the Bears may be no product of Rex Ryan’s verbal abuse school, Chicago feels that they have a distinct advantage this weekend due to the comfy confines of Soldier Field. The Packers slipped up against the Bears 20-17 during Week 3, handing McCarthy’s team their first loss of 2010.
Still, that doesn’t warrant cockiness on the Bears behalf.
In Green Bay’s defense, revenge is a dish best served cold – twice. The Packers revamped 3-4 scheme took control of Jay Cutler back in Week 17 to earn themselves the sixth seed in the NFC, also limiting Cutler to under 200 yards.
Expect some well-timed controversy in the coming days, as this game wouldn’t be a rivalry without some casual chit-chat.
Keep in mind, though, it probably isn’t wise for a backup player to make unjustified comments, seeing as though the Packers limited one of the best tight ends in the game, Anthony Gonzalez, to just seven yards last week.
Ryan Cook is an Australian author for Acme Packing Company, and a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also a guest writer on PackerChatters, and a contributing writer to Detroit Lions Talk, Gack Sports and Sports Haze.
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The quick answer that Bears fans will give
Is that Ryan Grant tweeted that the Packers would win. Now, a couple of things here:
- It’s hard to take anything seriously from a guy who hasn’t played a down in four months.
- Grant tweeted that in the immediate afterglow of the Falcons game, well before Seahawks-Bears was decided or even played.
Now do I think that the Packers are going to take anything a backup on the active roster says any more seriously than the Bears take something that an RB on IR tweets? No. Don’t be absurd. This isn’t Peppers guaranteeing victory, nor Urlacher, nor Cutler, nor Hester, nor Forte, nor Lovie. Just like Ryan Grant with his daily PT sessions and his agonizing waits between games on TV is not Raji or Matthews or Rodgers or Williams or McCarthy.
Blowing shit like this out of proportion is for suckers dying for advertiser attention. Judging from the Absolut BS we’ve had to suffer through for the past three months, y’all don’t have that problem.
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
Umm I hate to break it to you ....
…. guys but Ryan Grant had already stated that , and I quote …..
" Pack Fans might want to start booking flights for Feb. Not looking ahead but you see we just have better players than other teams.“Heres the ”http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6030476" target="new">LINK to the entire article . He tweeted this on Saturday after you guys beat the Falcons . Also look to our core guys for correct quotes and how our team really feels . Like say Pisa said this in response to Grants comments
……You don’t [respond to that]," Tinoisamoa said. "It’s kind of tough, because Ryan hasn’t played all year. So what are you going to say? It would be different if he was playing. You don’t really respond to that kind of stuff.Same could be said for Davis and his untimely blurb . So lets call this one a draw . Two players , whom have little to no impact on the next game , just ran their traps . Period . If this was say Brian Urlacher or Aaron Rogers maybe then it would carry some weight , but when it comes from one guy on IR & another whom has done little all season ya gotta let it go .
Also Olsen has done fairly well aginest you guys . In the two meetings with you guys he has 10 catches for 94 yards & 1 TD . Just sayin .
" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson
by MidWayMonster54 on Jan 19, 2011 12:45 AM CST reply actions
My point, exactly
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
And damn
Do you get updates on your phone or something?
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
How could you tell ??
" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson
by MidWayMonster54 on Jan 19, 2011 12:53 AM CST up reply actions
The real trick is to read my first post in this thread
While substituting “meow” for every “now”, “nor”, and “no”. I don’t think I quite made 10, but I got close.
Meow!
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
by Clutch16 on Jan 19, 2011 12:56 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Nice !!! A Super Trooper reference , ....
… those never get old .
" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson
by MidWayMonster54 on Jan 19, 2011 1:00 AM CST up reply actions
know who the driver of the car was?
Jim Gaffigan – yep, Mr. Hot Pockets.
by gern blanston on Jan 19, 2011 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
Ryan – you may want to edit you article. We held Tony Gonzalez to one reception last weekend, not Anthony (who is a WR for Indy).
Tony
Is short for Anthony I believe.
by gavitron9 on Jan 19, 2011 7:36 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah...
But “Anthony Gonzalez” plays for Indy.
Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."
shouldn’t plays be in italics. I mean how much did he really play this year?? :-)
The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010
Good point
substitute “is on Indy’s payroll” for “plays for Indy”
Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."
Lovie going Vanilla
Anyone else catch that article where Lovie says they had a vanilla game plan against the Packers in week 17? He supposedly knew we’d see them in the playoffs and didn’t want to tip his hand with any new formations or plays, didn’t game plan very much, etc.
My response to that is “ummm……yeah. So you played your starters for 4 quarters but you didn’t game plan? Right….” Strikes me as a sophomoric attempt to rationalize the loss to me.
and it doesn’t fit with what happened on the field either. Its a ridiculous attempt to downplay the loss. It would actually make him look really stupid to play his starters and not give their all.
The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010
It makes him look like a tool
to suggest that the players should do their jobs while he’s not going to do his best to put them in a position to win.
I think it speaks to their overall mindset – we knew we should have put them away because we knew we were going to see them again. But they couldn’t…..
On the other hand, we’ve got Wood saying “they’re in our way”
by gern blanston on Jan 19, 2011 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
unfortunately...
I like how MM is setting up the mindset of the team for these playoffs, but I still think he is average at best in the coaching world.
I could see Lovie setting him up. Enough of the players have repeated the same thing. I think you will see more shifting out of the cover 2, more blitzing, etc.
As we all know, against AZ it was painfully obvious what they were doing and Capers got smoked.
I am more nervous for this game than PHI or ATL.
I think the Bears games always are close. We know each other too well. To me, it will boil down to who wins the turnover/mistake battle. Of the QB’s, I think Cutler is more likely to make a mistake under pressure, but our ST are so inconsistent. I thought we’d turned a corner there, then Weems goes 102 yds for a TD. I was just shaking my head.
As an aside, I saw an article on Cheeseheadtv that suggests Slocum is gone after the season. His wife quit her job.
I think MM is doing a good job with the X’s and O’s. I was happy to see a challenge that he got right last week. I’m not sold on his game management “skills” or the lack thereof.
by gern blanston on Jan 19, 2011 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
Wait a minute!
If Lovie knew they’d play the Packers in the playoffs then he must have known that the Bears couldn’t beat the Packers in week 17, right? I mean, the Bears win that game and the Packers season is over.
yes
that was my point in the 10:53 post above – all of which makes his comments about a vanilla game plan for us that week all that much more unbelievable.
by gern blanston on Jan 19, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
maybe he meant
he didnt want to show anyone in the playoffs anything and thats why they called a “vanilla gameplan”…
but yeah i even turned my head like huh when he said that like lovie didnt you say one of our goals was to beat the packers? why would we call a vanilla game plan to let them into the playoffs?
I respect your OPINION but i also value the FACTS, To save time, lets just ASSume IM NEVER WRONG
by Tommy Ohyeah Mcduffie on Jan 22, 2011 7:50 AM CST up reply actions
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