Sacks are great but not worth much unless they happen on 3rd down. We need to reign in any momentum shifting special teams plays, keep a watchful eye on Forte, and hopefully force a few "Cutlers" (another name for Cutler-esque boneheaded throws). Offensively, a balanced attack is always the best way to beat Chicago. Grant/Starks (or Starks/Grant, since their order is of utmost significance to some on these boards) need to pound dat ... rock. Get Finley involved to stretch that pesky Cover 2. Keep Rodgers relatively safe from Peppers and Co.

Should be a frustrating game, as it always is against the Bears. But Green Bay is gonna win this one.

Originally Posted by: evad04 

We don't score alot of points against the Bears. I think this is because they are good at limiting big plays. So the way we can beat them is to move the chains in traditional WCO fashion. The running game is gonna help ALOT. So will having Finley back. Finley and Ryan Taylor!

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Martz is going to go after Peprah all day,

^this is the key^

deep passes on our FS is going to leave Cutler available to a decent pass rush, AND they are without Carimi which makes this scenario even better for us [aiee]

Originally Posted by: RajiRoar 

I agree with Tezzy, except for the second part. My prediction is that this is the week where we see Chicago come to reality with the craptasticness of their offensive line. Two weeks in and Cutler is taking a beating. They WILL scheme quicker developing plays into their gameplan. Not sure whether they will be effective, though. I also might be the only person that thinks the Bears have good depth at WR. That doesn't mean they have anyone particularly good, but there's nice balance at having a burner (Knox), a couple of good possession guys (Williams and Bennett). Forte is functionally a receiver based on how many freaking catches he gets.

It will be interesting to see how Capers/Martz round 4 goes.

Originally Posted by: evad04 

And yes, you may be the only person that thinks they have good depth at WR. Only team that I think has worse depth is the Broncos since they needed Tebow to play wideout this weekend since they were down to two receivers active after an injury happened.

Originally Posted by: Tezzy 

Hah, thought so. I want to make clear that I wouldn't take any of those receivers before I'd take someone like James Jones, for example. So for the sake of argument, Jones>any Bears receiver. If I could arbitrarily rank Jones from 1-10, I'd rate him at a 7.

Looking at the Bears receiving core, they are a bunch of 6s, again using my arbitrary ranking system. But that's depth. No one is great, but there is very little difference in overall ability between Knox, Williams, Bennett, and Sanzenbacher. Most teams want to have that true #1, but are lucky to have anyone competent playing the #4 WR spot. The Bears have that competency. Totally unflashy, ultimately mediocre ... but relatively deep, and with complimentary skillsets (possession guys, speed guys, slot guys).

Originally Posted by: evad04