This also is pure BULLsh*t!
We need a button to click that is the opposite of "applaud" so I wouldn't need to reply that bullsh*t is bullsh*t.
Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker
I reckon he was being sarcastic.
Rapid reaction.. I think the Packers invited the Bears to run the ball.. almost begged them to do so. They set the backers deep.. by formation and alignments almost created natural gaps to run through. Packers were playing pass first with pass rush over playing the run in trying to limit run lanes.
Why?
I think it two fold.. I think they would rather have the Bears grind out scores on the ground than letting the receivers get rolling yesterday. Not saying the Packers had a choice because they run defense is good, but I think they didn't try and stop the running game. And I think for the Bears it worked, it made Cutler play a patient game.. and when he had to start pressing, you could see Cutler devolve into... well.. Jay Cutler. There is a reason he will never hoist the Lombardi... much like a guy like McNabb never did. They don't have the mental composure to deal with being pressed. We got enough heat on him throughout the game to not let him settle in.. and once they got down.. it was game on for the real Jay Cutler.
Originally Posted by: Pack93z
I figure this could become a strategy they keep holding onto this season, as long as they play a defense they feel they can expose.
Which should be most of them like this.
You knew beforehand that, if Rodgers and the rest of the Offense got going, Cutler and company wouldn't be able to keep up. You play bend, but don't break and hope that Cutler eventually has to start slinging it deep. Get some turnovers in the process.
A part from the defence getting demolished at the start, that looked like a decent strategy, seeing our D has been far from impressive.
I figure that, as long as you can keep the offense going this way and the defence at least shows up a bit, you win another 8, with the other 4 games against the Saints, Eagles, Pats and Lions becoming ridiculous scoring games.
Of course, that's asuming they keep playing like this. Which is, as far as the offense goes, nearly impossible to keep up. Maybe the D steps up for a couple of games just like they did in '09, when they gave up 47 points in two games, followed up by 3 in two games, then reverting to 76 in the two games after that.