I had to watch what little of the Saints/Bears on a live stream that I could since I didn't have the game down here.
Can thank New Orleans for making this very visible since Atlanta's terrible defense couldn't.
This will be the key.
The Saints did their usual trade mark, 5 man blitzes and had pressure all over Cutler most of the game that I watched. This is what I admire about them. They couldn't really do it against Rodgers cause he can pick up the pressure, and they were throwing everything at us with 8 men in the backfield, and all that crazy stuff, but Chicago, that's a whole new ball game. The Bears don't have an offense like us.
Just watch this clip.
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That's all we need to do, is heavy blitz Cutler.
Keep in mind, the Saints sacked Cutler
6 TIMES.
They were ALL OVER HIM most of that game. I don't know if they showed it in the highlights, but they thought he was injured from being slow to get up after they drove his head in the ground. Of course he whined like the ***** he is and got some roughing the passer calls, but still, that's a sign that we can do the same thing.
If we can shut down Carolina and stop the Saints new improved running game from getting 100 yards on the ground, we should have no problem shutting down the run on the short handed Bears.
But I want to bring this up to you guys when you watch the highlights.
Drew Brees had an 80 yard touchdown BOMB pass! It looked killer and totally blew the Bears coverage. That's Drew Brees using average recievers without Colston and Moore and it totally burned the Bears.
We have the best WR corps in the league, and if the cards are played right like against Carolina, Rodgers could make a long 50+ yard strike to the endzone.
The Bears super awesome defense
looked bad.
I know they were playing the Saints that are an elite team, but they also shut down elite teams, and that's something they didn't do in New Orleans.
I think the Bears were slacking against the Saints. They totally threw them off guard with the heavy blitzes and as you can guess, Cutler can't do anything under pressure but go to the ground. We should be able to do that to him again, no problem. What worries me is the Bears passing game. They still got 240 passing yards on the Saints, which hey that ain't bad, but we also let Cam the Scam put up 400+ yards on us.
Think about the running game, we MUST SHUT THAT DOWN. The Bears couldn't run worth a crap against the Saints. If they can't run the ball, they will be trying to force it around passing, and when that happens, The defense can't do like they did against Carolina. They need to blitz blitz blitz Cutler into panic mode and have a shell shock frenzy of throwing Jeff George interceptions left and right (as he is known to do!)
I do think we can win this game....We may lose it too, as I believe it will be close, the Bears always give us our money's worth but I also think we can beat them.