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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1066950" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I'm totally aligned with you here; it's a very clear pattern. And it's not just Lafleur - this goes back to McCarthy; he was notorious for his teams getting off to slow starts in both individual games and in seasons. 2011-2014, we started 1-2 every single year. And of course, every year he said he was gonna get that fixed, etc. etc., which he finally did in 2015, but we still were known for getting off to a slow start in games.</p><p></p><p>This has been a pattern for so long, it's not unfair to say it's become our culture. For years, we were able to somewhat get away with it, because we played 6 of our games every season against a pretty weak division, but now our division rivals are flipping the script and are reclaiming the nickname "Black and Blue Division" - the Lions are one of the most aggressive, hard-hitting teams in the NFL, it very much looks like Ben Johnson is determined to turn the Bears into the Monsters of The Midway V2, and even the Vikings are playing much tougher lately than they have been known for.</p><p></p><p>Numerous reporters at Chicago's camp last week said that they have never seen "such a violent practice". Numerous Bears beat reporters and vloggers said that these are the most intense, physical practices they've seen in years, even decades. Johnson has said that he "wants tough, gritty, dirty individuals", and believes that the way to get that is to drive them "brutally" - he's actually used that word.</p><p></p><p>I'm not looking forward to what comes out of Chicago this season, or Detroit for that matter. We're going to get punched in the mouth a lot, and not just in our division - we have Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Denver, all with very tough, smash-mouth defenses, and we can't afford to play "soft" or get off to slow starts.</p><p></p><p>We're not the Lombardi Packers anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1066950, member: 18006"] I'm totally aligned with you here; it's a very clear pattern. And it's not just Lafleur - this goes back to McCarthy; he was notorious for his teams getting off to slow starts in both individual games and in seasons. 2011-2014, we started 1-2 every single year. And of course, every year he said he was gonna get that fixed, etc. etc., which he finally did in 2015, but we still were known for getting off to a slow start in games. This has been a pattern for so long, it's not unfair to say it's become our culture. For years, we were able to somewhat get away with it, because we played 6 of our games every season against a pretty weak division, but now our division rivals are flipping the script and are reclaiming the nickname "Black and Blue Division" - the Lions are one of the most aggressive, hard-hitting teams in the NFL, it very much looks like Ben Johnson is determined to turn the Bears into the Monsters of The Midway V2, and even the Vikings are playing much tougher lately than they have been known for. Numerous reporters at Chicago's camp last week said that they have never seen "such a violent practice". Numerous Bears beat reporters and vloggers said that these are the most intense, physical practices they've seen in years, even decades. Johnson has said that he "wants tough, gritty, dirty individuals", and believes that the way to get that is to drive them "brutally" - he's actually used that word. I'm not looking forward to what comes out of Chicago this season, or Detroit for that matter. We're going to get punched in the mouth a lot, and not just in our division - we have Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Denver, all with very tough, smash-mouth defenses, and we can't afford to play "soft" or get off to slow starts. We're not the Lombardi Packers anymore. [/QUOTE]
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