Sunday, December 23, 2007

Thoughts on a Bears win.

The bears beat the packers in all 3 phases of the game.
Special teams dominated, which is something you can only ever say about the Bears.
The Defense helped by the poor conditions shut down the Packers offense, minus one big running play.
Despite 4 early false start penalties, the O-Line looked better with St Clair starting at Guard, the weather helped here too, it forced the Bears into simpler blocking schemes, which seemed to suit their running game better.
Orton had a very solid game, should have had two touchdowns (Moose dropped one), what was interesting though we're the drops, 3 on the day where the ball got to the receiver very fast just as they turned. In my mind it's interesting because despite the weather Orton was far more accurate than his first start, and I think it was a function of him throwing the ball harder to overcome the weather, it seems to be the touch passes where Orton has struggled thus far, and I'm interested in how he plays against New Orleans.

All in all a great team win..... Something I can say for the first time about the Bears this year.

Edit - And since I've bagged on him all year.... Props to Ron Turner, who called a great game in horrible conditions.