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Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you're wearing the crown.
You're the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, Bear down
*blitzing. lots and lots of blitzing. i know the eagles figure that they can get a ton of pressure from their front 4, but here's the thing, if all you do is bring those 4 lineman every play, that allows the opposing QB to get into a rhythm. you may still get pressure, you may still get sacks, but you won't get in that guy's head. on the other hand, if he never knows where the pressure is coming from, he's gonna have a long, long day.
*vick: 60 yards rushing. i hear a ton of talk about how they want him to be a pocket QB, but i think that's horseshit. him making plays downfield with his legs opens up a ton of room for the receivers, for the running backs, and for his arm. it also really neuters the opposing pass rush, since they'd have to maintain lane integrity to prevent vick fro gashing them on the ground.
*defense: 3 takeaways. with the way the rules are setup in the NFL now, there really is no way that you can consistently stop a great offense from scoring. the three most critical aspects of having a successful defense are limiting offenses to 3 points in the redzone, getting off the field on third down, and taking the ball away. since the eagles will almost certainly be terrible at those first two, i'm putting all my eggs in the third basket.
*mccoy: 100 yards rushing, brown, polk: 40 yards rushing combined. if you add vick's 60, to these two goals, that adds up to 200 yards on the ground. that might be a bit lofty as a goal, but it should be doable.
the eagles haven't sacked weeden, but they've also held him to 7/19 for 68 yards and 2 interceptions.
vick has run for 27 yards, but he really hasn't done a good job of breaking the pocket when there's pressure. he should really make much more of an effort to gain yards with his legs. in addition, he's done a somewhat better job of throwing the ball away when there's nothing open. his interception was an exception to that, and he's also made some questionable throws against the blitz. overall, he's played pretty well considering his lack of preseason exposure. 17/28 for 200 yards in the half.
turnovers: coleman and DRC with interceptions. vick was also intercepted and mccoy lost a fumble.
and mccoy has run for 50 yards on 7 carries. he actually touched the ball much more often than that, but those plays were negated by about a half a dozen holding calls.
also, kendricks and ryans look like real players. kendricks' hit separated the ball from a receiver on coleman's redzone interception, and ryans has been a beast stuffing the run.
edit: or not.
browns???
PHI: 12 penalties for 110 yards
i only saw highlights. one was a tip on what was a poor pass anyway. 2 looked to be poor decisions.
on the fumble the guy was going left and the pursuit was behind him and mccoy reversed field he ran right into the pursuit and the ball came loose
weeden was just an absolute steaming turd. 12/35 for 118 yards with 4 interceptions. it's hard to imagine a worse possible line for a quarterback. 5.1 QB rating.
their running game was almost non-existent as well. trent richardson had 39 yards on 19 carries. again, terrible.
as pointed out above, the eagles turned the ball over 5 times, they were penalized 12 times for 110 yards. that's just an atrocious showing.
also of note, the eagles did not have a single rushing attempt in the 3rd quarter.
also of note, the eagles were credited with only 2 sacks. considering the overall dominance by that unit today, that's not a huge worry going into week 2, but i'd really like to see some gamebreaking plays from that front 4.
the turnovers and penalties were a continuation of the team's failings from last year, but one other troubling carryover is the offensive playcalling. they really were way too cute with their passing game, trying to do all of that timing based west coast ####. i know that's where reid's roots are, but with this offense, you need to stretch the defense vertically with maclin, jackson, and celek to open up room in the middle of the field for mccoy, avant, and celek. every play can't be a 75 yard bomb, but if you threaten the defense with that possibility every time vick drops back, the offense becomes unstoppable.
i guess we'll have to wait to see what happens next week against baltimore.
As far as my upthread prediction that Carolina would win the South, y'all like Matt Ryan a lot more than I do. He looked good today against a banged up KC defense.
also, ryan leaf.
This is understating it.
san fran should be pleased overall
i don't know how coaches forget about this aspect of the game but you get reminded pretty quick when you cannot handle the line of scrimmage
san fran overwhelmed the packer o-line on that last series which i think is inexcusable
and the wisky o-line also got steamrolled
yuck
The missed calls on the punt return for the TD made this game when it really shouldn't have been. It's a freaking joke that the league is using replacement referees.
San Francisco really has a lot of talent on both sides of the ball. They're least talented at QB, where a former first pick overall is the starter. I don't know if you can win in the NFL without a great QB but the 49ers sure are going to try. Smith did play well today and the Niners sure do have a lot more weapons this year than they ever have had before for Smith.
But this is the best receiving corps he's had since he joined the NFL, so his flaws will be covered like never before by guys who can actually get open. I don't know what the endgame is for that, but it's nice not being entirely reliant on Davis and Gore.
it would not have changed the outcome but..... and note i wrote it would not have changed the outcome.....but the niners had some obvious procedure penalties, one of the easiest calls to make, not called much earlier in the game.
and now you and others will ignore what i wrote and hound me for suggesting that green bay got robbed or some such nonsense.
this is not directed at any one poster
but if folks are wondering why i take such an aggressive qualifying stance it is a vain attempt to cut off the useless digression
I quoted your post because you said that you didn't know why Harbaugh should be complaining.
he was griping long before the punt return.
if i were packer leadership i would be mighty concerned
It's great to have star players at skill positions but without good line play they get lost. New England is one team which works hard to draft offensive linemen.
That SF-GB game was a joke as far as officiating was concerned.
Oh, Harbaugh will do that.
I have to say that as a 49er fan, I am very pleased with just how much talent this team has right now. It says a lot to me that this team is considered a title contender even though of the 4 guys that they have drafted in the first two rounds of the last two drafts, only one of them is playing a big role for this team even though the guys they have drafted are still well thought of.
Look around the league, there's a lot of weak offensive lines. And nobody has any real depth. Meanwhile many teams have talent and depth at defensive line.
The only thing that rivals the fake stories of manliness in the I-wish-this-guy-would-die-already hierarchy is your patented brand of preemptive whining.
What's really odd on that punt return is that the threw the flag -- then picked it back up. Officials miss/don't call blocks in the back on pretty much every return - but to call one then then pick it up?
I think that's only part of it. I think he is being specifically coached to play ball security. It's not only the 1-read throws, but he is constantly throwing the ball out of bounds or eating it when he gets any pressure -- which is not very dynamic play but it DOES minimize INTs and fumbles. Last year, when the Niners were trailing in games he went much deeper into progressions and avoided pressure more.
Or maybe he's just not very good.
SF D is a bad matchup for GB because their ILBs can cover the best TEs. So they don't have to sub nickel as much as other teams, so you can't put in 3 WR and run the ball.
Rodgers probably kept the game close by avoiding 3-4 sacks with little scrambles. Green Bay was unstoppable 3rd and short.
The real problem for GB is their linebacking corps which is horrible. Niners got almost 6 ypc on the ground, that is exactly what they needed to open their passing game up (until the score was 23-7 and they went into turtle mode).
they should. the 49ers followed the giants blueprint which is go back to playing basic football because it finally dawned on folks that gb is constructed exclusively to play crazy ball.
i have been griping nonstop that gb would have a problem if teams just started lining up and punching them in the face because their d-line stinks and you can't defend with 2 down linemen consistently. the league figured it out.
the good teams are going to thrash gb save for when rodgers is spectacular and that is a lot to ask of any qb
Sooo.... I guess the Niners offense is really good, and the Bears defense is as good as the Niners?
(Week 1 is national jump to conclusions week, Week 2 is national extrapolate from limited data week)
it was also tremendous of the packers getting a special teams trick play on the team famous for good special teams play.
worthy was a cipher last week and this week mixed it up. is that the bears stinking on the o-line or the young man adjusting his game?
i am not here to tell the bears how to line up but gabe carimi would be a better option than the guy they currently have at left tackle. has to be.
asking any lineman to block mathews by himself is a tall order. one of mathews distinctive traits is that he never stops coming. you have to defeat his first, second and third move and if your qb moves cm will break free and track him down.
i am not upset with the officials but merely pointing out that another crew might have called at least 3 holding calls against mathews by bears linemen.
if worthy or perry can provide anything in terms of a rush keeping teams honest mathews could have a huge year.
I think yes--but only because of a couple of really amateurish mistakes like not knowing how many timeouts Seattle had. I think based only on bogus/missed penalties, absolutely not. Football fans have been ######## about unfairly called or uncalled holding and pass interference since the dawn of time.
first,i specifically wrote that i was not upset and therefore was not complaining.
but last night there were several what i would term obvious. i have played the game, i have reffed the game so i feel pretty comfortable stating that when mathews was grabbed by the shoulder pads and pulled to the ground on top of the lineman who was falling to the ground that is a hold.
i clarify up front that i am not complaining but observing and then the post gets lumped in with fans complaining about penalties all the time
c'mon. give me a break
Or the Green Bay DL is schizoid. I didn't see the Colts/Bears game but apparently the Bears had big troubles until Freeney went out.
the only knock i would put on cutler from last night was that he seemed to be throwing at times as he was falling back causing the ball to sail
I've read this several places too. If it is an issue for the Bears to deal with impressive individual defensive playmakers, that might be something they can scheme around. If I'm the Bears I'm not worried yet, they don't have too hellacious a schedule and the season is very young. I still think they end up 10-6 and make the playoffs.
I also think the Packers have to be concerned after the past two weeks about their offense. Any team using Cedric Benson as their number 1 RB isn't going to be great on the ground and their O-line hasn't looked nearly as good as last year in the limited time I've seen them. Of course, it would be hard for that offense to be as good as last year and at the same time it's not unlikely that their defense has improved from ranking 25th in DVOA.
running the ball in green bay is far more dependent on the line than who carries the ball since ted thompson refuses to invest any money in running backs and mike mccarthy is a pass first coach
as to the offensive line newhouse isn't chad clifton and jeff saturday is not scott wells.
zeth
i work to not gripe about officiating barring an obvious misunderstanding of the rules or a truly egregious infraction. and even then i will mostly sigh as opposed to a hissy fit only because i know it is pointless to fume
Yes, but not because of the bad judgement calls. We'd know because these refs don't know the rules. They are screwing up things like keeping track of time outs (it happened in two games on Sunday, not just Arizona-Seattle), placement of the ball, what down it is, etc. at an alarming rate. PI, holding... we're going to get bad calls on those with any refs. Not having the right down as happened last night, that's just inexcusable at the highest level.
Really made me miss Ed Hoculi and his 12-minute explanations.
that's kind of insane.
Schiano's Bucs seem decent enough. If we wins 9 he could get some coach of the year mentions.
last year he looked pretty tubby.
Have Miami and Oakland been relegated? That would explain a lot...
Also, I expect JV coaches everywhere will be demanding an apology.
Bardford played well though - good for him.
a few quick thoughts on the eagles game:
the eagles have now won their first two games of the season by 1 point each. they are the first team in NFL history to do that. in fact, in their entire history, the eagles have only won 25 games by a single point.
also, the last 3 teams to win the home opener at lincoln financial field were the saints, packers, and giants. somewhat related to that, the last three NFL champions were the saints, packers, and giants.
and i'm not sure how he finished, but there was a point in the 2nd half where joe flacco was 4/16 as a passer. for the eagles defense, that's on top of last week where they held brandon weeden to 12/35 as a passer. it's very early in the season, but you've gotta be pretty ecstatic for that kind of performance from the defense. and, believe it or not, there's more upside there. the passrush hasn't really gotten untracked yet, and with the way the back end of the defense has stiffened up so far, if babin, cole, jenkins, cox, landri, thornton, tapp, graham, and hunt can start to get sacks, this defense could be scary good.
brent celek is a ####### god. 8 catches for 157 yards, plus 2 jaw-dropping moments, 1-where he hurdled over an attempted tackle by ed reed, and 2-where he was demolished by bernard pollard, and then after laying on the ground for about a 2 count, he sprung to feet, gave a little strut, and then signaled first down. the crowd went wild and it kind of set the tone for his performance--at least for this game, but hopefully for the season. with all the attention that needs to be paid to jackson, to vick, to mccoy, to maclin, celek should be able to put up this kind of performance week in, week out.
and that kicker the ravens had, he hit 56, 52, and 48 yard field goals with tons of room to spare. i'm not a huge physics guy, but hte 56 yarder he hit in the 2nd quarter looked like it could have cleared the post from 70. the kid had a hell of a leg.
oh, and 9 turnovers through 2 games. i cannot imagine that winning will be sustainable for very long if that doesn't get ironed out.
also, in their last 10 games, the eagles are 10-0. they finished on a 4 game winning streak last year, they swept the preseason this year, and now they're 2-0 going into week 3. it's probably the least impressive 10-0 streak imaginable, but #### it, it's still 10 straight wins in the NFL. that ####'s kind of rare.
If Philly can go 4-2 in the NFCE they should win the division.
that was a vicious shot. not picking on the steelers but the who made the hit has to be looking at a suspension
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