ILikeThePackers39
13 years ago

I don't think it matters. I believe the Packer players know they are a superior team and will show that on Sunday. Lovely can do whatever he wants, their division championship should come with an asterisk saying they had no injuries and Packers lost 13 starters.

"dhazer" wrote:



Hell, how about all the teams they caught when their starting QB was out? Luck's always a big part of a quality season for any team, but this year's Bears are setting a new standard.

"ILikeThePackers39" wrote:




See this is what you call homerism at its best. If you are saying that then the Packers are just as lucky to be where we are. The games we have faced then backups :

Eagles (knocked out Kolb)
Lions both times and lost to their 3rd string
Cowboys
49ers

so right there is 1/3 of our games

"DakotaT" wrote:



Well, I am a Packers fan, so I'm comfortable in my own homerism. This isn't friggin' journalism, it's a fan chat board. I don't feel any need to be fair and balanced.

Also, I don't think I said the Pack haven't been lucky (in fact, if you'd bother to read, I acknowledged that luck factors in on any quality season). They've had some good luck and bad luck. I will go ahead and point out, though, that they knocked the Eagles' starter out of the game - that's not luck, that's good aggressive play.

At any rate, anyone who doesn't spend all their time complaining about their own team can see that the Bears have had a LOT of good fortune this season. We'll just have to see if that continues.
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dhazer
13 years ago
Sorry ILike I must have taken your post the wrong way, I was thinking you were saying the only reason the Bears have their record is because they faced backups and not because they were a good team.
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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Yerko
13 years ago
Let Lovie play his starters the entire game. I see the Packers coming into this game with more fire.

Lovie is taking a big chance if he is going to leave Cutler, Urlacher, Briggs, etc etc. in the game. As much as the Bears want to win and knock out a division rival, Packers WANT to be in the playoffs even more.

If the Packers come out like they did against the Giants it is going to be lights out for the Bears.

**I hope Matthews takes Cutler's friggin' head off.**
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BangTheDrum
13 years ago
The Bears suck... they will be one and done in the playoffs 🙂
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Ba da da, Ba dadada GO PACK GO
Yerko
13 years ago

I don't think it matters. I believe the Packer players know they are a superior team and will show that on Sunday. Lovely can do whatever he wants, their division championship should come with an asterisk saying they had no injuries and Packers lost 13 starters.

"ILikeThePackers39" wrote:



Hell, how about all the teams they caught when their starting QB was out? Luck's always a big part of a quality season for any team, but this year's Bears are setting a new standard.

"dhazer" wrote:




See this is what you call homerism at its best. If you are saying that then the Packers are just as lucky to be where we are. The games we have faced then backups :

Eagles (knocked out Kolb)
Lions both times and lost to their 3rd string
Cowboys
49ers

so right there is 1/3 of our games

"ILikeThePackers39" wrote:



Well, I am a Packers fan, so I'm comfortable in my own homerism. This isn't friggin' journalism, it's a fan chat board. I don't feel any need to be fair and balanced.

Also, I don't think I said the Pack haven't been lucky (in fact, if you'd bother to read, I acknowledged that luck factors in on any quality season). They've had some good luck and bad luck. I will go ahead and point out, though, that they knocked the Eagles' starter out of the game - that's not luck, that's good aggressive play.

At any rate, anyone who doesn't spend all their time complaining about their own team can see that the Bears have had a LOT of good fortune this season. We'll just have to see if that continues.

"DakotaT" wrote:



Living in Chicago, their own sports radio even calls a lot of the Bears season lucky. Better to be lucky than nothing at all is what I always go by. Had the Packers faced the same streak of luck (injuries to other teams with 0 injuries to your own) I wouldn't be complaining one damn bit.

Packers are still the better team going into week 17.
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Zero2Cool
13 years ago

Report: Signs point towards Bears resting some starters 
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 31, 2010, 5:09 PM EST

Lovie Smith and the Bears have talked all week about wanting to beat the Packers and going all out to win Sunday.

Behind the scenes, however, it appears Smith has been preparing his backups to play more than normal. Michael C. Wright of ESPNChicago.com reports that the Bears staff told some of the teams key backups to be ready to play. They tellingly ramped up practice repetitions for players like running back Kalil Bell and tight end Kellen Davis.

Its possible the Bears will just be extra careful with a few nicked up players like wideout Earl Bennett, running back Matt Forte, and linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa.

Its also possible that once a few backups enter the game, many more will follow. The Bears may essentially let their rival Packers walk right into the playoffs. Giants fans can only hope otherwise.


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Greg C.
13 years ago
Thanks for the report, Zero. That's what I was expecting. As long as the Packers take this game seriously (and how can they not do that?) they should win it. My only worry is that they make a bunch of screw-ups early in the game and get themselves into a hole. The Bears can score on defense and special teams and the occasional big play on offense. I'm hoping the Packers take charge early, but even if it is close at halftime I think the Bears' enthusiasm will wane.
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Zero2Cool
13 years ago
I figured the Bears would keep their starters in, but I was fully expecting them to be filtering out during the third quarter.

This wasn't much different than '06, as I said it wouldn't be, however, we weren't beating their asses so I think that's why the starters stayed in.


I'm glad the starters stayed in and we got the win and we didn't suffer any injuries.
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Nonstopdrivel
13 years ago
In some ways I respect the Bears for coming to play. We've all seen how many times resting their starters has seemed to backfire on the Colts. On the other hand, with Cutler getting sacked as many times as he did, not to mention throwing that interception at a key moment, I was a little surprised they didn't eventually pull him out and simply have their backup QB hand it off to Forte, who was getting a reasonable number of yards on the ground.
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