Recap: Green Bay Packers Defeat Bears In Chicago, 27-17

Because without a competent running threat, Finley likely wouldn’t have had such a big game. Either way I’m ok though.

Who do you deactivate in order to make So’oto active? You certainly don’t swap Walden for So’oto on the active roster, so where do you thin your depth for the game?

did you post this somewhere else?

It was like Grant and Starks literally switched roles. Starks was way too hesitant on a lot of plays, although most times there was no where to go. It was pretty clear that Chicago was gameplanning to stop him. Starks is still the better RB, but Grant was the better back today. It’s nice to see Grant showing signs of life again.

I’ve said it many times. Yes, Walden is faster. However, Zombo is stronger, better against the run, and is a CONSISTENT pass rusher. We’re still waiting for Walden to duplicate his one game success against Chicago last year. Zombo is much better overall.

Agreed. I think that played a big part in things. Seemed like he was the unlucky one who received pretty much all of the delayed hand offs which never seem to work for us.

Starks really didn’t have much of a chance against Chicago. As happy feet as he appeared, the truth is, there really wasn’t anywhere for him to go.

is simply the physical expression of North Starr having a deep moment of thought….

on the first Burnett INT was very impressive, one of the half dozen or so moments that really made me say “yeah!”. I’ve gotten to expect the week to week awesomeness of Arod and Finley.

I did vote Finley however, and I like the case being made for Grant.

But I think “bruised knee” is just a euphemism for a leg injury the team doesn’t want to reveal. Remember all the bruised knees the Packers had in training camp?

cause he disappears along with the rest of the offense in the second half of each game. The sad thing for them is, he’s been the one consistent on their offense and they still don’t use him.

You can certainly win a SB w/ a sevicable Safety!

…but when he threw that game-ending INT at Lambeau in 2009, I rubbed my hands greedily and said to myself: “We just may have something here!”

Feeding him a candy bar may actually kill him with his diabeetus.

…I still think he has a negative effect on the Bears overall. He is supposed to be a team leader. I don’t think his teammates like him. Has he elevated anyone’s play? I don’t think he’s even elevated his own, much less anyone else’s.

People correctly say that he was seriously injured in that NFC championship game. I’ll grant that. But it’s also about demeanor. He stood on the sideline all sullen and isolated, looking like this was the last place he wanted to be. Given his situation, that makes some sense. But he’s getting paid millions of dollars to do this, and his teammates are definitely paying attention. He can’t even fake enthusiasm for three hours? That’s bad (for the Bears, at least). No one wants to play for a guy like that.

The bottom line is simple: Cutler is now 1-5 as a starter against the Pack, including the NFC title game when he was injured. I really don’t think that is coincidental.

Which made Grant’s one-cut style look even better

…I’m certain they would have seen that the fumble recovery happened after he was out of bounds. No doubt in my mind.

Teams won’t be running much in the 2nd half against GB…

They were laying freaking caltrops! That’s gotta be illegal.

And they picked the week they were hosting the Packers, naturally, to unveil this slow-you-down field. Pittsburgh did this in a prime-time division game a few years back. Actually had a punt land on the field and get instantly stuck about 4 inches into the turf. Pitiful.

j/k

That would be a truly awful and tragic thing to see considering the reason that it hasn’t been replaced seems like nothing more than a bureaucratic pissing contest.

Everyone’s been complaining about Grant’s one cut style, and how he doesn’t break big runs with it. Sometimes the one cut style will be successful, and sometimes Starks’ dancing around looking for the bigger play will work. It’s why they need both of them.

I want to watch the game again and see what holes he had to run through…. because while watching, it seemed like there was no where to go. This reminds me of the debate that occured last year between the people saying Bjax was “dancing” and those saying there was simply nowhere to run through.

I’m not going to start saying Starks is the next B. Jackson.

Sure, but Grant actually had a hole to cut into most of them time — Starks didn’t. It seemed like he’d look to go up the middle, and then try and break it to the outside only to get chased down by Briggs.

Now, that doesn’t excuse the dancing he did but to expect much more than he did just isn’t realistic.

I think a big part of it had to do with all the delayed handoffs he got. Those work when you’ve got a DL that’s flying up field and LB’s who drop into coverage too soon. Problem was, their DL wasn’t flying up field — I was actually surprised at how much we seemed to neutralize them, and Peppers in particular. And their LB’s just aren’t going to fall for the delay too much.

Again, not trying to make an excuse for him but I’d guess that played a big part. Someone definitely needs to tell him to just run hard and fall forward, which he usually does do. I agree with kodos above that it looked like he was looking to much for the big play.

I’ve always seen Aikman as a pretty good announcer who is pretty fair.

Yet even last year starting at the Giants game people were complaining about an Aikman bias and the only thing I heard was Buck bringing up how even if we won out we could miss the playoffs which was both true and propably pointed out by a FOX guy in the background. I don’t know why people hate fox so much but they hate the he’ll out of Buck at baseball where he is good but his color guy is Tim McCarver who makes Joe Morgan look like the Greek God of baseball knowledge, and he’s not nearly as good at football but hr’s serviceable. Then people hate Buck’s color guy in Aikman for being “biased” which I’ve never seen even towards the NFC East teams. Then people hate thier cartoons because Family Guy’s is spawning less funny spinoffs like tv shows have been doing for years and the Simpsons isn’t as funny after being on for two freaking decades. Then they hate fox news for being a little conservative when CNN is a little liberal and has to be played in every business because unions push it and MSNBC is blatantly liberal but conservative views aren’t allowed to be attended to in the mainstream at all or we all die a terrible, burning, republican death. Then fox is hated for American idol when every network is going gaga over reality shows and MTV started the reality shows with the real world and CBS made them big with survivor, CBS, not fox I repeat made reality tv big with survivor. And irregardless of everybodies undying need to hate everything fox all the time, there is no need to get all Daily Norsman because Aikman was confused about a holding call due to where the ref threw the flag and he is naturally pressed for his immediate opinion on the matter. If a Bears fan goes nuts over it point out that in a game of bad officiating (the Starks fumble recovery call and the earlier lack of PI with Woodson on Hester which thankfully turned into a first down that the Bears got anyway that we stopped them decisively after anyway so bears fans don’t spend the week botching about that) they still would have needed a lot more to go thier way to even tie it, starting with an onside kick.

Record with Cutler against Rodgers: 1-5

There it is…

Sure called left in the huddle, but the bears all went to the right. Is the coverage team supposed to go, “Well that’s impossible! The punt was supposed to go to the left. Of course the bears are just confused about where the ball is headed. A punter would never miss kick a ball.” And it’s not like the coverage team runs down the field with their eyes upwards. Though apparently, a glance or two upwards at the ball would help! And now at the cost of a step or two running down the field. A vicious cycle!

they are always pretending like the ball is falling to them as it lands 10 yds behind them and into the end zone, etc.

Gotta have some awareness of where the ball is.

I often feel bad for the criticism they get. Even when watching one or two players on a quick play to the end zone or something they need to watch everyone’s hands, ball control, and foot placement in a fraction of a second. I’m usually amazed at how they get it right most of the time.