Soldiers Field
I was in attendance last night thanks to my die hard Bear fan father-in-law. Very entertaining game and I'm glad the Bears won since they made me stay for the whole thing.
I really don't know how the Bears win on either side of the ball with those schemes. Make no mistake, they are a bad team. Almost every play, Favre had the slot reciever with soft coverage 8-10 yards off the line. No surprise the Queens were burning them often with the underneath routes. Bears DBs never get a jam even when playing press coverage.
The Bear offense is nearly as abysmal. The Queens were able to crowd the box vs. a usual 2 tight end set. The Queens could get decent pressure rushing 4, leaving 7 guys to cover only 3 or 4 recievers.
The Bears do have a bright spot which is a bit troubling for Packer fans..The young left tackle Williams largely shut down Allen. Allen continually tried to bull rush the kid and was stoned.
By the way, the weather wasn't really that bad. I'm guessing it was upper teens, but the wind wasn't much of a factor at least in the passing game. Great to see the Queenies go down.
My guess is that Lovie Smith saved his job for another year with last nights win. Bears should finish 7-9 with Detroit next week..now if they lose...?