Urlacher1285

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BallHaWk20 @ Aug 7th ) [snapback]2067166[/snapback]</div>Your defense looked great against the steelers the other day.

Face it, your team is overrated

imported_nowayguy

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Urlacher1285 @ Aug 9th ) [snapback]2068343[/snapback]</div>One game of very little importance does not make a season.

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lostfan

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Urlacher1285 @ Aug 9th ) [snapback]2068343[/snapback]</div>I'm pretty sure you quoted the wrong post.

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THRILLHO

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lostfan @ Aug 8th ) [snapback]2068202[/snapback]</div>
Well one of the fumbles was pretty iffy anyway (Michael Lewis's kickoff return). Another happened when Colston caught a ~20 yard pass and started running horizontally, which few WR's should do (though he was excellent at breaking tackles all season). The Bears are great at causing fumbles, but there's no way you can deny that a good pass rush will be much more consistant than a team good at causing fumbles.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nowayguy @ Aug 9th ) [snapback]2068375[/snapback]</div>Really? You mean losing the very first preseason game to a team that needed the game much more than the Saints did (statement from a new coach) doesn't mean the end of the season?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...card/index.html



"Everybody in camp feels embarrassed about the egg-laying against Pittsburgh, and they should. But a little perspective is in order. First, the Steelers approached the game as something considerably more than just a preseason affair. It was the first game of head coach Mike Tomlin's much-anticipated tenure, and the Steelers were motivated to put on a good showing to mark the occasion. Early on, they even blitzed more than usual by preseason standards.

The Saints were outgained in total yards (413-214); but when you clear away the smoke, their first-team offense played just eight snaps. Last year, the Saints looked horrible in the preseason, going 1-3, losing their final three and scoring just 22 points combined in those defeats. But nobody remembered that when the Cinderella Saints went 10-6 in the regular season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2000.

If anything, the whipping the Steelers laid on the Saints might wind up serving a useful purpose for a team that bears the burden of expectations in 2007. A little dose of smelling salts were harshly applied."

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imported_nowayguy

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(THRILLHO @ Aug 9th ) [snapback]2068530[/snapback]</div> I'm sure the colts will tell you the preseason means little when it comes to winning in the regular season and playoffs.

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lostfan

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(THRILLHO @ Aug 9th ) [snapback]2068530[/snapback]</div>Well, most of the forced fumbles look iffy when you look at them later, and they seem fluky/lucky. But over the course of the season, they happen again and again and again, and then you see that it was happening the year before that too, and then you figure it wasn't luck.

But as far as a pass rush being more consistent, yeah that I can agree with. Fortunately the Bears have both.

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FootballFanatic

Thrillo is right though, that game was not as lopsided as the score indicated. And he is right about the Saints being dumb to abandon the run. I really think that game came down to experience more than anything. Of course, I have the Saints in the Super Bowl this year, so I am probably biased in evaluating them.

imported_BaltimoreRavens

Isn't Captain a saints fan also?

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"The Steelers are still the best team in the AFCN by a landslide" - Steelerfan1

RipTheJacker

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BaltimoreRavens @ Aug 23rd ) [snapback]2082577[/snapback]</div>I thought he was a rams fan

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THRILLHO

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FootballFanatic @ Aug 23rd ) [snapback]2082549[/snapback]</div>
What kind of Bears fan are you?

And I have to add that since that Pitt game, Brees is 23 of 25 passing for ~360 yards (no TDs or picks), and the defense is doing a damn fine job both against the run and the pass, including against Palmer and the high powered Bengals offense.

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