I was impressed by the bears today, they played hard and gave the pack all they could handle. Typically when a team is in the situation the bears were in the results are much different. Lovie impressed me the way he kept the pressure on the whole game, this should bode well for the bears in their first playoff game. I sincerely hope the bears win their first game, this is actually good for the bear/packer rivalry which has taken back seat to the packer/viking rivalry in recent years. By the way I was seven when I went to my first packer game in 1960, packers beat the browns in a low scoring hard fought game, much like todays game. Would love to see a rematch of todays game in 3 weeks.

Every team has a stinker of a game within a full season. The Pats lost to the Browns- don’t you think that loss was a bit deceiving? I’m not saying the Bears are going to the SB, but they definitely have a good chance to win a game or two in the playoffs. Good defense with the ability to be great, #1 STS in the league, and an up in coming offense still in their first year running Martz’s scheme. Do I trust Cutler to play within his abilities? No, but he can make up for bad plays with good, big plays. The Jets were a perfect example of that fact. Also, I went to my first Bears game as a 2-year old, and have been on their “bandwagon” for 35 years.

Cutler will get eaten up by the GB secondary. He’s no better than Manning. In fact, he’s probably worse. He’ll be lucky if he only throws 4 INTs

Rodgers has the Bears number. How many big plays in the first meeting this year were lost to stupid o-line penalties? Oh yeah, you Bears fans like to forget you got lit up and caught many, many breaks.

Face it chumps, you had an early season game that meant little at the time HANDED to you, but no worries the revenge will be all that much sweeter when we blow you out on Sunday and send you riddled with fear into your bye week, pissing your pants for your one and done, joke of a playoff run.

Cutler will find a way to blow a playoff game before he wins one.

You couldn’t beat the Lions with their 3rd string QB (and Rodgers’ stat line was horrific before he left the game, so don’t even try that one), and yet you thump your chests because you “almost” beat the Pats with your 2nd stringer…? That and a nickel might get you some bubble gum.

And so you say you had an “off” game in Detroit–yet it’s not at all possible that the Pats just had an “off” game against you?

And why aren’t the Bears allowed THEIR (one!) off game–against a very good team in very exceptional (weather) circumstances, I might add.
Bears are 7-1 since the bye, including their loss to the Pats.
I’ll take that percentage all year, cheese-chumps.

You say Bears are “lucky”–and that that luck will run out.

Okay, we’ve been hearing it all year from you curd-suckers. Our “luck” was supposed to run out in after week 1, then 2, then 3…and so on.

It’ll be funny when you guys are sitting around harrumphing and calling us “lucky” when we’re representing the NFC in the Super Bowl.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Bears were the LAST team from the North to represent in the Super Bowl, and we’ll be the next ones back.
Maybe not even this year, but bet yer britches, it’ll be us.

So call us what you want–we’ll just keep taking the wins (and the division with it, thanks).

In a nutshell, that’s how moronic people sound on this crappy site.

@sakatak-

Uh, the Bears have beat the Saints the past THREE times they’ve played. They also beat the Packers earlier this year no matter how you slice it. You can talk about the penalties, but they usually happen because the other team is forcing bad decisions. The past two games versus Atlanta were very close, but the Falcons escaped with “lucky” wins of their own. How about that jackwagon?!

Cutler 15-37 172 yards 1 TD 4 INT

Forte 22-63, 2 fumbles

Yes the Bears are bad, getting lucky does not equal good.

Play your starters or don’t. Just don’t cry when a epic beatdown ensues regardless of who is playing.

Packers 42 Bears 12

Bears need to play flawless football just to be competitive, the Packers just need to not beat themselves.

“My guess is that the Bears luck runs out against N.O. in round 2. To the tune of 40-10.”

You’re forgetting that the Saints haven’t won in Soldiers for a very long time. In fact, they got manhandled in ’06 during the playoffs. Dome, warm-weathered team won’t fare well in January in outdoor conditions.

“There are teams built to absolutely decimate the Bears in the playoffs. For example the Steelers and Ravens. Cutler shows his true form versus solid defenses.”

He did very well versus the Packers, Jets, and Cowboys (they were playing well at the time) both have top-5 rated defenses. What’s your point? You actually don’t have a valid point.

I’m not a huge Bears fan, but I think a lot of people are sleeping on this team going into the playoffs. 28 points a game with that defense?

The Packers did expose them. In fact, the Packers dominated that game, and lost because of 18 penalties committed. The Bears are who we thought they were, overrated and lucky.

Bears at Atlanta, game of the year in the palyoffs, that’s assuming the Eagles and the Falcons don’t loss this weekend,

Yeah, there one and out in the playoffs.
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Yeah, and you’re “one and out” in attempting to construct a simple sentence without a basic spelling mistake.

People have been predicting the doom and downfall of the Bears all season. “This week–you’ll see!”
Oh, NEXT week, they’ll be exposed!
It’s coming….it’s coming….

Think about it: weren’t the Bears supposed to “finally” be exposed….

-against Dallas
-against Green Bay
-against Miami
-against the Vikes
-against the Eagles
-during the “tough part of their schedule” in the end stretch, etc.?

At first, they had no shot to win this game or that game. Then it was “no chance” to win the division or make the playoffs.
And now everyone wants to write them off as the worst playoff team outside of the NFC West.

Keep on doubting, suckers. Bears have been feasting off that very doubt and derision.

Think about the droll “off the bus running” he used to say over and over again. He never takes the wheel on offense, but with Turner here he made sure his run balance was in tact. Because just like turnovers on Defense, Lovie knows what on offense needs to succeed.

So enter Mad Martz, and Lovie hands over the keys to the car. Martz gets pass happy. Then we get sacked like 11 times, have no offensive balance, and are completely predictable. Sure Martz made great adjustments like in the Dallas game, but the whole offensive philosophy was wack. The Giants exposed us, and even the loser Seahawks and Redskins were able to take advantage of the blueprint. Cutler made some bad decisions in the Skins game, but the allignments and play calls were all for deep threats… after running like 10 or 15 times all game.

Bye week, Lovie puts his foot down. Surprise surprise, offense comes alive, Jay Cutler isn’t sent to the hospital, safeties play in the box, receivers are opened, Martz can take the matchups he wants, ground & air numbers go up, time of possession is won, defense rests and is able to dominate.

So for all you haters out there just keep in mind Lovie stuck to his philosophy that people have mocked for years, and it turned the Bears from an offensive nightmare into a explosive, and dare I say disciplined, unit.

Don’t think I’m overselling them, though, I know they’re still young and need work, but the point is that Lovie is getting 10 times at much out of the same core unit of players and you haters out there should be eating your words.

Do you mean the Superbowl? Last I checked the Ravens and Steelers played in the AFC and the Bears in the NFC.

What I do know the Bears have going for them is absolutely no important injuries at all.

//kingjoe, still stinging a bit from recent philly letdowns

I’d love to see the Bears play the eagles again. it was one of their best performances of the year, and they still left points on the field

bears got hammered by the patsies at home
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your point? the steelers and the jets both gave up more points at home to the patriots than chicago did. the patriots hammer everyone, it proves nothing about the team, except that they dont measure up to N.E. (which no one does right now)

just another whiney hater, quit being so stereotypical