Bears v/s Chargers Official Game Thread (1 Viewer)

[jonessed]

Just something to think about the Chargers have to travel to New England in week 2 so they may over look the bears, I wouldn't be surprised if the bears came out of San Diego 1-0.

I can't fathom how a team might overlook the home opener. That's quite a stretch.

 

[BigRed]

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LOLSD will slaughter the Cubbies, who will fade back into obscurity this year. Get a real QB and RB, then they can start the SB talk.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

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LOLSD will slaughter the Cubbies, who will fade back into obscurity this year. Get a real QB and RB, then they can start the SB talk.

I think the Bears are the best team in the NFC.

 

[BigRed]

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LOLSD will slaughter the Cubbies, who will fade back into obscurity this year. Get a real QB and RB, then they can start the SB talk.

I think the Bears are the best team in the NFC.

If the Saints aren't in the SB, it's because they somehow choked in a playoff game. I see no serious threats anywhere in the NFC.

 

[DoubleG]

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LOLSD will slaughter the Cubbies, who will fade back into obscurity this year. Get a real QB and RB, then they can start the SB talk.

I think the Bears are the best team in the NFC.

If the Saints aren't in the SB, it's because they somehow choked in a playoff game. I see no serious threats anywhere in the NFC.

This thread will be bumped in January.

 

[zoonation]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

 

[Sweetness_34]

I like IND v. NO better, personally.

None of them can play defense....pass. I will take 2 teams that can play O and D.

Shoot outs always make for more compelling and great games, whether right or wrong, it's how the overall football audience wants it. Very American indeed (larger strike zone, juiced ball, juiced players in baseball.... allowing Michael Jordan to take 4 steps from the top of the key, the absence of the traveling or palming call in basketball, ...etc...). Football rules have evovled to benefit the offense far more than defense for a reason, and it aint' safety. The list of greatest games doesn't include to many 13-10 matches.

Fair enough. I prefer teams that can play both sides of the ball.....actually all 3 sides of the ball (STs included)

 

[Sweetness_34]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Wow, it must be some kind of ownage when a team was 1 TD away from winning it in the late 4th quarter before the int returned for a TD.Oh, and there are 3 phases to a football game - offense, defense and STs. But then you already are continuously showing your ignorance all over this thread with your "cake schedule" nonsense. Teams can only play who they are scheduled to play. History is full of teams that have played cake schedules for the longest of times. Look at NE - playing the Bills, Fins and Jets has been a cake schedule for them for the past few years. Look at the Saints last year - Bucs, Panthers and Falcons were not really powerhouses last year. Look at the Chargers last year - yeah playing against the God Awful Raiders, Cutler/Plummer led Broncos or the Huard/Trent Green led Chiefs I am sure was very tough.

 

[Sweetness_34]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

 

[flapgreen]

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LOLSD will slaughter the Cubbies, who will fade back into obscurity this year. Get a real QB and RB, then they can start the SB talk.

You said the same thing last year, Red, and then looked foolish after the Bears made the SB. Yet, I didn't see you owning up to any of it after the fact. Then, all you could do was criticize how weak of a schedule they had and how lucky they were.Continue to spew your Bears hate this season too. Eventually, you're bound to pick against them when they have a bad season, but it won't mean a damn thing to anyone here.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Chargers 27

Bears 13

Chargers MUCH MUCH more talented then the bears, playing at home this is an easy win for the bolts

Rexy will again be a turnover machine, Benson does nada

 

[flapgreen]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

 

[guderian]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

 

[flapgreen]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

 

[zoonation]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Wow, it must be some kind of ownage when a team was 1 TD away from winning it in the late 4th quarter before the int returned for a TD.Oh, and there are 3 phases to a football game - offense, defense and STs. But then you already are continuously showing your ignorance all over this thread with your "cake schedule" nonsense. Teams can only play who they are scheduled to play. History is full of teams that have played cake schedules for the longest of times. Look at NE - playing the Bills, Fins and Jets has been a cake schedule for them for the past few years. Look at the Saints last year - Bucs, Panthers and Falcons were not really powerhouses last year. Look at the Chargers last year - yeah playing against the God Awful Raiders, Cutler/Plummer led Broncos or the Huard/Trent Green led Chiefs I am sure was very tough.

your homerism is clearly impacting your views. I'm not saying that the Bears can control who they play...I'm saying that because of who they play their schedule is cake. they play in the owrst division in football hands down.

 

[zoonation]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

 

[flapgreen]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

Why don't stats or last year have any correlation to this year? What else do you have to go on? Preseason? Btw, I know it's meaningless, but the Bears only lost one game on the road all of last year and it by 4 points to New England.

 

[flapgreen]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

If they go to the SB again, I don't care about this other stuff. The AFC comparision is apples and oranges. Saying they would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC is all hypothetical. There's no way of knowing that.

Also, you're taking away one of their strong points when you say they won't get the same production from their defense. If that's the case, the Chargers better not count on the same type of production from LT this year either. Who's to say Rex and the offense won't play better?

 

[BeachBums]

Who cares about projections....call me when Vincent Jackson actually even has a 1000 yard season. Other than that it is all hype.

Wish you were in my league Sweety (who cares about projections). Call me when Cedric Benson has 31 TDs, when the Bears have 61 sacks, when you get a quarterback who can take a snap without fumbling. I'll be sure to stop by here on Sunday to eat my helping of crow if I need to, but I'll call it 27-17 Chargers.

 

[flapgreen]

Who cares about projections....call me when Vincent Jackson actually even has a 1000 yard season. Other than that it is all hype.

Wish you were in my league Sweety (who cares about projections). Call me when Cedric Benson has 31 TDs, when the Bears have 61 sacks, when you get a quarterback who can take a snap without fumbling. I'll be sure to stop by here on Sunday to eat my helping of crow if I need to, but I'll call it 27-17 Chargers.

I don't see anyone guaranteeing a Bears victory here. SD is a great team, and it'll be a very tough game for both teams, imo.What I do see is people saying is the Bears are an average or poor team. If that's the case, I'll be happy if my average team makes the SB every year.

 

[flapgreen]

Lets not forget that the Chargers have an entirely new coaching staff. That could also play a role.

 

[Tau837]

Just read this thread. My first reaction is: LOL at flapgreen and Sweetness_34. Most people can present their views without getting so defensive.

IMO the Chargers will win unless the Bears dominate special teams and/or score on defense, neither of which I expect. The Bears have a very good defense, but IMO the Chargers have one of the few best offenses in the NFL and will be able to move the ball and score 20+ points. I do not think the Bears will move the ball or score points as successfully on the Chargers defense.

Very much looking forward to the game. Should be one of the better matchups of the season.

 

[flapgreen]

Just read this thread. My first reaction is: LOL at flapgreen and Sweetness_34. Most people can present their views without getting so defensive.IMO the Chargers will win unless the Bears dominate special teams and/or score on defense, neither of which I expect. The Bears have a very good defense, but IMO the Chargers have one of the few best offenses in the NFL and will be able to move the ball and score 20+ points. I do not think the Bears will move the ball or score points as successfully on the Chargers defense.Very much looking forward to the game. Should be one of the better matchups of the season.

Sorry but I get fired up when talking about my team. Just how I am. I'm not pissed off or upset with anyone.

 

[BeachBums]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Wow, it must be some kind of ownage when a team was 1 TD away from winning it in the late 4th quarter before the int returned for a TD.Oh, and there are 3 phases to a football game - offense, defense and STs. But then you already are continuously showing your ignorance all over this thread with your "cake schedule" nonsense. Teams can only play who they are scheduled to play. History is full of teams that have played cake schedules for the longest of times. Look at NE - playing the Bills, Fins and Jets has been a cake schedule for them for the past few years. Look at the Saints last year - Bucs, Panthers and Falcons were not really powerhouses last year. Look at the Chargers last year - yeah playing against the God Awful Raiders, Cutler/Plummer led Broncos or the Huard/Trent Green led Chiefs I am sure was very tough.

I'll bet those Cutler-led Broncos (the second best team in the AFC West) show up in week 12 and give your Bears a run for their money. Not so much the Huard led Chefs is week 2. BTW, what the heck does this thing mean? Ideas?

 

[Sidewinder]

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....OTOH the Colts & Saints D are horrible compared to the average D in the league. Bears play on O and D....Saints & Colts do not. ...

Isn't the average defense 16th or 17th in the league " Let's at least keep the facts straight: in 2006, the Saints were 13th overall in points allowed, 11th in total yards allowed, and 4th in first downs allowed (plus 3rd in 3 and outs, and 6th in 3rd down defense efficiency). Seems that they were at least average on D last year.

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And the Aints D is so horrible, that the "so called bad Bears O" pounded them for 30+

A 5-0 turnover advantage will do that ...

So you are telling me the Saints O is horrible? Because we all know when Grossman/Bears make turnovers, it means their O is horrible right?I love some of the flip flops around here some times.... pure comedy

"So you are telling me the Saints O is horrible?" -- Huh ? How do you get that ?You said the Saints defense was so horrible that the Bears O pounded them for 30+. My only point was that with a +5 turnover margin, almost any team should score plenty of points. Nothing like totally misconstruing what was said and twisting it into something so far off base it's laughable. Yeah, pure comedy alright. Sometimes I wonder if people even read a post before responding...

 

[guderian]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

Why don't stats or last year have any correlation to this year? What else do you have to go on? Preseason? Btw, I know it's meaningless, but the Bears only lost one game on the road all of last year and it by 4 points to New England.

If I were a Bear's fan I'd be reliving our moment in the sun too. You want stats? Seattle was the first Superbowl loser in 6 years to have a winning record the next season. Since 1993 only 3 Superbowl losers won a playoff game the next year.

 

[flapgreen]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

Why don't stats or last year have any correlation to this year? What else do you have to go on? Preseason? Btw, I know it's meaningless, but the Bears only lost one game on the road all of last year and it by 4 points to New England.

If I were a Bear's fan I'd be reliving our moment in the sun too. You want stats? Seattle was the first Superbowl loser in 6 years to have a winning record the next season. Since 1993 only 3 Superbowl losers won a playoff game the next year.

Obviously, that's a stat I hope doesn't continue this year. But it's also a stat I don't believe to be directly related to the Bears.

 

[Sweetness_34]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

Why don't stats or last year have any correlation to this year? What else do you have to go on? Preseason? Btw, I know it's meaningless, but the Bears only lost one game on the road all of last year and it by 4 points to New England.

If I were a Bear's fan I'd be reliving our moment in the sun too. You want stats? Seattle was the first Superbowl loser in 6 years to have a winning record the next season. Since 1993 only 3 Superbowl losers won a playoff game the next year.

That stat is as meaningless as saying the Madden Curse forces injuries....sure there are a lot of coincidences but that does not mean there is any co-relation. Do you use your brains much?

 

[Sweetness_34]

Who cares about projections....call me when Vincent Jackson actually even has a 1000 yard season. Other than that it is all hype.

Wish you were in my league Sweety (who cares about projections). Call me when Cedric Benson has 31 TDs, when the Bears have 61 sacks, when you get a quarterback who can take a snap without fumbling. I'll be sure to stop by here on Sunday to eat my helping of crow if I need to, but I'll call it 27-17 Chargers.

I will echo what flapgreen said. I have not claimed once in this thread that the Chargers cannot win this game. The game is at SD and SD is a very good team, so sure, they can win. Go read my 1st post again. I think this is a great match up and the best game of the week. Facts are this match up features the 2 teams with the best regular season record, and one can argue, 2 teams that should have both been in the SB (one did get there, the other probably easily could have barring some mistakes)Seriously, some of you should take some reading comprehension classes somewhere. What is funny is that both Chargers and Bears fans respect each other's team and understand this will be a great game, and sure, someone will win and someone will lose. Clearly the people with problems in this thread are loser NO, Philly, Seahawks or Packer fans ..... fans of teams from the NFC who are still bitter at either getting hammered by the Bears last year or fans of teams who are jealous because their team can only get to a Superbowl in their dreams.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

Is this the same AFC that had the Jets & Pats in the playoffs? You know the same teams, one of which the Bears beat AT THEIR HOME, and another they lost by a mere 4 pts again AT THEIR HOME and in both those cases, those games were part of a 3 game road trip to the East Coast (Pats, Giants, Jets back to back to back). I guess the Jets must have been worse than a 8-8 team in that great AFC last year.....oooooops. Those darn facts keep getting the way again I guess.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

Let me clue you in one more time. The Bears scored 38 TDs on O last year, 5 on returns; and 4 by defense .... I guess the Bears will be a 0-16 team if they do not get those 4 defensive TDs again, 2 of which were in one game last year vs the Cards.

Oh my God....where do these people come from?

 

[Burning Sensation]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

Let me clue you in one more time. The Bears scored 38 TDs on O last year, 5 on returns; and 4 by defense .... I guess the Bears will be a 0-16 team if they do not get those 4 defensive TDs again, 2 of which were in one game last year vs the Cards.

Oh my God....where do these people come from?

Do you not think the special teams and defense were responsible for some of those 38 TD's the offense scored?

 

[Burning Sensation]

Im too lazy to look it up(plus i dont even know where to start looking), but where did the Bears offense rank in yardage last year, and where did they rank as far as turning the ball over? I have to guess neither stat is very flattering for the Bears, but i am only basing this on watching them play last year. Just seemed when they needed their offense to produce, they usually came up short, including in the Superbowl, which Sweetness34 refered to, kind of sticking his foot in his mouth.

 

[Mr. Black]

Just something to think about the Chargers have to travel to New England in week 2 so they may over look the bears, I wouldn't be surprised if the bears came out of San Diego 1-0.

I can't fathom how a team might overlook the home opener. That's quite a stretch.

Quite a stretch, this is the NFL and as we all know anything can happen and the best or most talented teams don't always win. If you think the Chargers aren't thinking about the Patriots then you are being naive and as long as Devin Hester is on special teams I think the bears always have a chance. I'm not a bears fan nor do I care who wins this game but I think people need to realize this is not the same San Diego team from last year and they will not go 14-2 again and the bears do have playmakers.

 

[Burning Sensation]

Just something to think about the Chargers have to travel to New England in week 2 so they may over look the bears, I wouldn't be surprised if the bears came out of San Diego 1-0.

I can't fathom how a team might overlook the home opener. That's quite a stretch.

Quite a stretch, this is the NFL and as we all know anything can happen and the best or most talented teams don't always win. If you think the Chargers aren't thinking about the Patriots then you are being naive and as long as Devin Hester is on special teams I think the bears always have a chance. I'm not a bears fan nor do I care who wins this game but I think people need to realize this is not the same San Diego team from last year and they will not go 14-2 again and the bears do have playmakers.

I dont think anyone doubts the Bears have a shot at winning, but it will NOT be because the Chargers overlook them. It would be pretty tough to overlook opening Sunday at home against a team six months removed from a Superbowl appearence.

 

[Mr. Black]

Just something to think about the Chargers have to travel to New England in week 2 so they may over look the bears, I wouldn't be surprised if the bears came out of San Diego 1-0.

I can't fathom how a team might overlook the home opener. That's quite a stretch.

Quite a stretch, this is the NFL and as we all know anything can happen and the best or most talented teams don't always win. If you think the Chargers aren't thinking about the Patriots then you are being naive and as long as Devin Hester is on special teams I think the bears always have a chance. I'm not a bears fan nor do I care who wins this game but I think people need to realize this is not the same San Diego team from last year and they will not go 14-2 again and the bears do have playmakers.

I dont think anyone doubts the Bears have a shot at winning, but it will NOT be because the Chargers overlook them. It would be pretty tough to overlook opening Sunday at home against a team six months removed from a Superbowl appearence.

I can't sit here and pretend to know what these guys are thinking and of course they will be fired up for this game but if people don't think the charger players haven't cirlced next week on their calendars then people are just being foolish. IMO they beleive the Pats stole their chance at a title and the whole disrespect thing is still in the back of their of minds. In a perfect world no teams would ever over look their openents but this is not a perfect world and these things happen.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Just watched Super Bowl XLI again. Bears got totally owned by Indy on offense and defense.

Grossman is terrible. I don't see how the Bears can beat SD unless the D somehow manages to do it for them.

I wouldn't be very confident that the D and special teams, as good as they are, will score enough points to win a lot of games this year.

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Edit to add that the Bears will go 10-6 this year because of the cake schedule...again.

That's the same thing we heard last year. You guys never give up and never own up to being wrong. Your continued referral to a weak schedule year after year only makes you look imcompetent.

Just saw on NFL Network that heading into the season the Bears have the second easiest schedule on paper :(

I don't get the argument here. What does that even mean? I'm guessing every team with an easy schedule should get home field advantage and go to the SB each year. It doesn't matter what they do for some people. They'll still suck. Go to the SB last year? MEH! They had an easy schedule. Anyone else could've done it with that schedule. They won't win many this year. And if they do, it's merely the product of and easy schedule. Once they get a tougher schedule, they won't even be a .500 team. Going to the SB with 2 of your best defensive players out for the playoffs is meaningless. They suck!!!

I think the Bears are a good team (one of the best in the weak NFC). But not because of their offense and terrible QB play. I don't think they can get the same type of production out of Rex and win 13 games this year counting on defensive touchdowns.the relevance of the cake schedule is that it makes them look better than they actually are compared to the top teams in the league (AFC) The Bears would struggle to 8-8 in the AFC north if you switched them out for the Browns.

I agree that all you can do is play who is put in front of you.

Let me clue you in one more time. The Bears scored 38 TDs on O last year, 5 on returns; and 4 by defense .... I guess the Bears will be a 0-16 team if they do not get those 4 defensive TDs again, 2 of which were in one game last year vs the Cards.

Oh my God....where do these people come from?

Do you not think the special teams and defense were responsible for some of those 38 TD's the offense scored?

Of course the D & ST provided position and helped the O to score some of the TDs ..... so what? NE has a great D that provides position to their O; Chargers have a a very good D that provides position to their O.....it is just amazing how what is one for goose is not one for the gander. Jax, Minnesota, Ravens etc all have very good to great Defenses....yet their O did not do much with it, did they?

 

[Sweetness_34]

Im too lazy to look it up(plus i dont even know where to start looking), but where did the Bears offense rank in yardage last year, and where did they rank as far as turning the ball over? I have to guess neither stat is very flattering for the Bears, but i am only basing this on watching them play last year. Just seemed when they needed their offense to produce, they usually came up short, including in the Superbowl, which Sweetness34 refered to, kind of sticking his foot in his mouth.

Let's see....the Bears needed their O to produce against the Bucs, Lions 2nd game, Saints in the playoffs, Seahawks in the playoffs (and I am sure there are more egs) and every single time, they did fine. You can keep pointing to games where the O did not do their job, but there were more games where it did do it's job.....everything is not black and white.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Im too lazy to look it up(plus i dont even know where to start looking), but where did the Bears offense rank in yardage last year, and where did they rank as far as turning the ball over? I have to guess neither stat is very flattering for the Bears, but i am only basing this on watching them play last year. Just seemed when they needed their offense to produce, they usually came up short, including in the Superbowl, which Sweetness34 refered to, kind of sticking his foot in his mouth.

Burning:Bears were 14th in the NFL in passing yards/game & 15th in the NFL in rushing yards/game & 6th in the NFL for offensive TDs.....so they were right around the middle of the league in yards/game overall.....not really "bottom of the league" crapole you hear from the ignoramuses here.

See rankings cut & paste below from NFL.com.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?arc...amp;Submit=Find

Passing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Comp Att Pct Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Int 1st 1st% Lng 20+ 40+ Sck Rate

1 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 372 580 64.1 36.2 4503 8.0 281.4 27 13 207 35.7 86T 65 20 23 94.9

2 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 362 557 65.0 34.8 4308 7.9 269.2 31 9 241 43.3 68T 53 7 15 101.0

3 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 323 544 59.4 34.0 4119 7.9 257.4 31 9 189 34.7 89T 63 19 28 96.7

4 St. Louis Rams 16 22.9 367 371 592 62.7 37.0 3962 7.3 247.6 24 8 212 35.8 67T 61 10 49 92.7

5 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 310 506 61.3 31.6 3836 8.0 239.8 26 21 197 38.9 56T 56 12 37 86.5

6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 23.3 373 327 523 62.5 32.7 3833 7.8 239.6 28 13 200 38.2 74T 53 15 36 94.1

7 Detroit Lions 16 19.1 305 372 596 62.4 37.2 3820 7.1 238.8 21 22 208 34.9 60T 59 3 63 79.9

8 Green Bay Packers 16 18.8 301 350 630 55.6 39.4 3795 6.3 237.2 18 18 185 29.4 82T 49 8 24 72.1

9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 312 523 59.7 32.7 3733 7.7 233.3 23 23 201 38.4 87T 49 10 49 80.2

10 Arizona Cardinals 16 19.6 314 322 545 59.1 34.1 3662 7.2 228.9 17 17 187 34.3 64 50 11 35 78.7

11 Baltimore Ravens 16 22.1 353 328 524 62.6 32.8 3435 6.7 214.7 21 14 179 34.2 87T 38 6 17 84.6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 326 527 61.9 32.9 3400 6.8 212.5 25 12 181 34.3 62T 47 8 29 88.3

13 Miami Dolphins 16 16.2 260 342 591 57.9 36.9 3287 6.1 205.4 16 19 180 30.5 52 37 6 41 71.2

14 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 282 514 54.9 32.1 3281 6.7 205.1 24 22 161 31.3 75T 50 9 25 73.5

Rushing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Lng 1st 1st% Rsh 20+ 40+ FUM

1 Atlanta Falcons 16 18.2 292 537 33.6 2939 5.5 183.7 9 90T 134 25.0 9 23 4 8

2 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 522 32.6 2578 4.9 161.1 32 85T 137 26.2 32 20 9 8

3 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 23.2 371 513 32.1 2541 5.0 158.8 23 76 127 24.8 23 14 4 8

4 Washington Redskins 16 19.2 307 490 30.6 2216 4.5 138.5 13 38T 123 25.1 13 13 0 12

5 Tennessee Titans 16 20.2 324 469 29.3 2214 4.7 138.4 15 70T 105 22.4 15 17 2 11

6 San Francisco 49ers 16 18.6 298 439 27.4 2172 4.9 135.8 12 72 97 22.1 12 20 6 10

7 New York Giants 16 22.2 355 455 28.4 2156 4.7 134.8 14 55T 120 26.4 14 13 3 7

8 Denver Broncos 16 19.9 319 488 30.5 2152 4.4 134.5 12 72T 106 21.7 12 16 4 12

9 Kansas City Chiefs 16 20.7 331 513 32.1 2143 4.2 133.9 17 47 105 20.5 17 12 4 10

10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 469 29.3 1992 4.2 124.5 16 76 100 21.3 16 16 4 12

11 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 416 26.0 1984 4.8 124.0 13 71T 106 25.5 13 11 1 6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 499 31.2 1969 3.9 123.1 20 50 121 24.2 20 12 2 6

13 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 472 29.5 1936 4.1 121.0 21 77T 107 22.7 21 10 1 6

14 Seattle Seahawks 16 20.9 335 484 30.2 1923 4.0 120.2 8 37 112 23.1 8 8 0 9

15 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 503 31.4 1918 3.8 119.9 14 30T 103 20.5 14 7 0 5

Offensive TDs:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Total Rsh Rec Ret Def

1 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 59 32 24 0 3

2 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 52 21 26 1 4

3 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 50 17 31 1 1

4 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 49 19 27 1 2

4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 49 13 31 0 5

6 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 47 14 24 5 4

 

[Fantasy Fix Fred]

for FF, the colts vs saints will be more exciting to watch. While the bear vs SD will be more of a play defense and see what happens sort of game.

winners saints and SD

 

[BeachBums]

Of course the D & ST provided position and helped the O to score some of the TDs ..... so what? NE has a great D that provides position to their O; Chargers have a a very good D that provides position to their O.....it is just amazing how what is one for goose is not one for the gander. Jax, Minnesota, Ravens etc all have very good to great Defenses....yet their O did not do much with it, did they?

The Ravens were 13-3 last year. That certainly wasn't done solely on the arm of Steve McNair or through the brilliant running of Jamal Lewis. It was because their D kept them in games they would have lost otherwise (Martyball in week 3 didn't hurt either). Like the Bears, the Ravens had an AVERAGE offense - the excellent D made the difference between being a good team and an average one. Why is that hard for you? I'm not saying the Bears suck. I'm saying that their strength is not offense. If Sexy Rexy could take a snap without fumbling - and the Arizona game was NOT the only example of horrible QB play - if he could cut down on the INTs, the Bears would be even better.

 

[guderian]

And LOL at the Bears having a good-great offense.

Keep ignoring facts/stats ..... just shows you are clueless. You may return to playing 54-45 shoot outs on your Madden 2007.

Facts? Statistics? All I see you yammering about is last year. Is the game a home game for the Bears? I haven't checked. That may be important since a player or two may need a judge's permission to travel outside the state.

Why don't stats or last year have any correlation to this year? What else do you have to go on? Preseason? Btw, I know it's meaningless, but the Bears only lost one game on the road all of last year and it by 4 points to New England.

If I were a Bear's fan I'd be reliving our moment in the sun too. You want stats? Seattle was the first Superbowl loser in 6 years to have a winning record the next season. Since 1993 only 3 Superbowl losers won a playoff game the next year.

That stat is as meaningless as saying the Madden Curse forces injuries....sure there are a lot of coincidences but that does not mean there is any co-relation. Do you use your brains much?

Insults from a Bears' fan. How novel, but that's what happens when you run out of logical arguments.

 

[guderian]

Who cares about projections....call me when Vincent Jackson actually even has a 1000 yard season. Other than that it is all hype.

Wish you were in my league Sweety (who cares about projections). Call me when Cedric Benson has 31 TDs, when the Bears have 61 sacks, when you get a quarterback who can take a snap without fumbling. I'll be sure to stop by here on Sunday to eat my helping of crow if I need to, but I'll call it 27-17 Chargers.

I will echo what flapgreen said. I have not claimed once in this thread that the Chargers cannot win this game. The game is at SD and SD is a very good team, so sure, they can win. Go read my 1st post again. I think this is a great match up and the best game of the week. Facts are this match up features the 2 teams with the best regular season record, and one can argue, 2 teams that should have both been in the SB (one did get there, the other probably easily could have barring some mistakes)Seriously, some of you should take some reading comprehension classes somewhere. What is funny is that both Chargers and Bears fans respect each other's team and understand this will be a great game, and sure, someone will win and someone will lose. Clearly the people with problems in this thread are loser NO, Philly, Seahawks or Packer fans ..... fans of teams from the NFC who are still bitter at either getting hammered by the Bears last year or fans of teams who are jealous because their team can only get to a Superbowl in their dreams.

:ROFL: that this comes from a fan of a team that was perennially a 3 or 4 win team for much of the past decade.

 

[BeachBums]

I can't sit here and pretend to know what these guys are thinking and of course they will be fired up for this game but if people don't think the charger players haven't cirlced next week on their calendars then people are just being foolish. IMO they beleive the Pats stole their chance at a title and the whole disrespect thing is still in the back of their of minds. In a perfect world no teams would ever over look their openents but this is not a perfect world and these things happen.

I agree that we can't know what the players and staff are thinking, and that they have week 2 circled on their calendar, but there is no way they're looking past a Super Bowl team. They're going to come after Grossman hard. I predict 2 INTs, 4 sacks and a fumble for Sexy Rexy. The Chargers are SERIOUSLY motivated and the Bears don't have the offense to stay in the game. 27-17 Chargers.

 

[jonessed]

Just something to think about the Chargers have to travel to New England in week 2 so they may over look the bears, I wouldn't be surprised if the bears came out of San Diego 1-0.

I can't fathom how a team might overlook the home opener. That's quite a stretch.

Quite a stretch, this is the NFL and as we all know anything can happen and the best or most talented teams don't always win. If you think the Chargers aren't thinking about the Patriots then you are being naive and as long as Devin Hester is on special teams I think the bears always have a chance. I'm not a bears fan nor do I care who wins this game but I think people need to realize this is not the same San Diego team from last year and they will not go 14-2 again and the bears do have playmakers.

What does that have to do with them overlooking the first game?

 

[Snotbubbles]

Im too lazy to look it up(plus i dont even know where to start looking), but where did the Bears offense rank in yardage last year, and where did they rank as far as turning the ball over? I have to guess neither stat is very flattering for the Bears, but i am only basing this on watching them play last year. Just seemed when they needed their offense to produce, they usually came up short, including in the Superbowl, which Sweetness34 refered to, kind of sticking his foot in his mouth.

Burning:Bears were 14th in the NFL in passing yards/game & 15th in the NFL in rushing yards/game & 6th in the NFL for offensive TDs.....so they were right around the middle of the league in yards/game overall.....not really "bottom of the league" crapole you hear from the ignoramuses here.

See rankings cut & paste below from NFL.com.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?arc...amp;Submit=Find

Passing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Comp Att Pct Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Int 1st 1st% Lng 20+ 40+ Sck Rate

1 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 372 580 64.1 36.2 4503 8.0 281.4 27 13 207 35.7 86T 65 20 23 94.9

2 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 362 557 65.0 34.8 4308 7.9 269.2 31 9 241 43.3 68T 53 7 15 101.0

3 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 323 544 59.4 34.0 4119 7.9 257.4 31 9 189 34.7 89T 63 19 28 96.7

4 St. Louis Rams 16 22.9 367 371 592 62.7 37.0 3962 7.3 247.6 24 8 212 35.8 67T 61 10 49 92.7

5 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 310 506 61.3 31.6 3836 8.0 239.8 26 21 197 38.9 56T 56 12 37 86.5

6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 23.3 373 327 523 62.5 32.7 3833 7.8 239.6 28 13 200 38.2 74T 53 15 36 94.1

7 Detroit Lions 16 19.1 305 372 596 62.4 37.2 3820 7.1 238.8 21 22 208 34.9 60T 59 3 63 79.9

8 Green Bay Packers 16 18.8 301 350 630 55.6 39.4 3795 6.3 237.2 18 18 185 29.4 82T 49 8 24 72.1

9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 312 523 59.7 32.7 3733 7.7 233.3 23 23 201 38.4 87T 49 10 49 80.2

10 Arizona Cardinals 16 19.6 314 322 545 59.1 34.1 3662 7.2 228.9 17 17 187 34.3 64 50 11 35 78.7

11 Baltimore Ravens 16 22.1 353 328 524 62.6 32.8 3435 6.7 214.7 21 14 179 34.2 87T 38 6 17 84.6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 326 527 61.9 32.9 3400 6.8 212.5 25 12 181 34.3 62T 47 8 29 88.3

13 Miami Dolphins 16 16.2 260 342 591 57.9 36.9 3287 6.1 205.4 16 19 180 30.5 52 37 6 41 71.2

14 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 282 514 54.9 32.1 3281 6.7 205.1 24 22 161 31.3 75T 50 9 25 73.5

Rushing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Lng 1st 1st% Rsh 20+ 40+ FUM

1 Atlanta Falcons 16 18.2 292 537 33.6 2939 5.5 183.7 9 90T 134 25.0 9 23 4 8

2 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 522 32.6 2578 4.9 161.1 32 85T 137 26.2 32 20 9 8

3 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 23.2 371 513 32.1 2541 5.0 158.8 23 76 127 24.8 23 14 4 8

4 Washington Redskins 16 19.2 307 490 30.6 2216 4.5 138.5 13 38T 123 25.1 13 13 0 12

5 Tennessee Titans 16 20.2 324 469 29.3 2214 4.7 138.4 15 70T 105 22.4 15 17 2 11

6 San Francisco 49ers 16 18.6 298 439 27.4 2172 4.9 135.8 12 72 97 22.1 12 20 6 10

7 New York Giants 16 22.2 355 455 28.4 2156 4.7 134.8 14 55T 120 26.4 14 13 3 7

8 Denver Broncos 16 19.9 319 488 30.5 2152 4.4 134.5 12 72T 106 21.7 12 16 4 12

9 Kansas City Chiefs 16 20.7 331 513 32.1 2143 4.2 133.9 17 47 105 20.5 17 12 4 10

10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 469 29.3 1992 4.2 124.5 16 76 100 21.3 16 16 4 12

11 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 416 26.0 1984 4.8 124.0 13 71T 106 25.5 13 11 1 6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 499 31.2 1969 3.9 123.1 20 50 121 24.2 20 12 2 6

13 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 472 29.5 1936 4.1 121.0 21 77T 107 22.7 21 10 1 6

14 Seattle Seahawks 16 20.9 335 484 30.2 1923 4.0 120.2 8 37 112 23.1 8 8 0 9

15 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 503 31.4 1918 3.8 119.9 14 30T 103 20.5 14 7 0 5

Offensive TDs:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Total Rsh Rec Ret Def

1 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 59 32 24 0 3

2 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 52 21 26 1 4

3 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 50 17 31 1 1

4 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 49 19 27 1 2

4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 49 13 31 0 5

6 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 47 14 24 5 4

So basically what you're saying is the the offense was merely average in terms of yardage when facing:ARI (ranked 30th in the NFL in yards allowed)

SF (28th)

DET x 2 (27th)

NYG (26th)

STL (23rd)

SEA (22nd)

BUF (19th)

NYJ (18th)

Meh. Color me not impressed.

They scored 27 of their 38 TDs against the bottom third of the scoring defenses (teams like SF, DET, STL, NYG). I'll give the Bears this, they beat up on the crappy teams they're supposed to.

 

[TD Ryan]

I just don't see the Bears offense handling the pressure of the SD defense.

The home field and emotion of this game will help SD's D more than the CHI O... this game will have a playoff feel to it and that, IMO, really favors the Chargers D.

put this game in CHI and maybe I feel differently; maybe it's easier for the mistake prone CHI offense to keep their composure.

I also think that SD has a bigger chip on their shoulder going into this season than CHI.

SD has a lot to prove, they "should" have been in the SuperBowl last year... they "should" have won the superbowl last year.

it's fair to say the teams are pretty evenly matched.

it's also fair (IMO) to say that all the intangibles are in SDs favor... at least this week.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Who cares about projections....call me when Vincent Jackson actually even has a 1000 yard season. Other than that it is all hype.

Wish you were in my league Sweety (who cares about projections). Call me when Cedric Benson has 31 TDs, when the Bears have 61 sacks, when you get a quarterback who can take a snap without fumbling. I'll be sure to stop by here on Sunday to eat my helping of crow if I need to, but I'll call it 27-17 Chargers.

I will echo what flapgreen said. I have not claimed once in this thread that the Chargers cannot win this game. The game is at SD and SD is a very good team, so sure, they can win. Go read my 1st post again. I think this is a great match up and the best game of the week. Facts are this match up features the 2 teams with the best regular season record, and one can argue, 2 teams that should have both been in the SB (one did get there, the other probably easily could have barring some mistakes)Seriously, some of you should take some reading comprehension classes somewhere. What is funny is that both Chargers and Bears fans respect each other's team and understand this will be a great game, and sure, someone will win and someone will lose. Clearly the people with problems in this thread are loser NO, Philly, Seahawks or Packer fans ..... fans of teams from the NFC who are still bitter at either getting hammered by the Bears last year or fans of teams who are jealous because their team can only get to a Superbowl in their dreams.

:ROFL: that this comes from a fan of a team that was perennially a 3 or 4 win team for much of the past decade.

Are you always so clueless? # of years Bears had a 3 win year since 1990 = 0

# of years Bears had a 4 win year since 1990 = 2

You must be a Aints fan.....I can understand how you are extremely familiar with 3 or 4 win teams. Aints =

 

[Sweetness_34]

Im too lazy to look it up(plus i dont even know where to start looking), but where did the Bears offense rank in yardage last year, and where did they rank as far as turning the ball over? I have to guess neither stat is very flattering for the Bears, but i am only basing this on watching them play last year. Just seemed when they needed their offense to produce, they usually came up short, including in the Superbowl, which Sweetness34 refered to, kind of sticking his foot in his mouth.

Burning:Bears were 14th in the NFL in passing yards/game & 15th in the NFL in rushing yards/game & 6th in the NFL for offensive TDs.....so they were right around the middle of the league in yards/game overall.....not really "bottom of the league" crapole you hear from the ignoramuses here.

See rankings cut & paste below from NFL.com.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?arc...amp;Submit=Find

Passing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Comp Att Pct Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Int 1st 1st% Lng 20+ 40+ Sck Rate

1 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 372 580 64.1 36.2 4503 8.0 281.4 27 13 207 35.7 86T 65 20 23 94.9

2 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 362 557 65.0 34.8 4308 7.9 269.2 31 9 241 43.3 68T 53 7 15 101.0

3 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 323 544 59.4 34.0 4119 7.9 257.4 31 9 189 34.7 89T 63 19 28 96.7

4 St. Louis Rams 16 22.9 367 371 592 62.7 37.0 3962 7.3 247.6 24 8 212 35.8 67T 61 10 49 92.7

5 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 310 506 61.3 31.6 3836 8.0 239.8 26 21 197 38.9 56T 56 12 37 86.5

6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 23.3 373 327 523 62.5 32.7 3833 7.8 239.6 28 13 200 38.2 74T 53 15 36 94.1

7 Detroit Lions 16 19.1 305 372 596 62.4 37.2 3820 7.1 238.8 21 22 208 34.9 60T 59 3 63 79.9

8 Green Bay Packers 16 18.8 301 350 630 55.6 39.4 3795 6.3 237.2 18 18 185 29.4 82T 49 8 24 72.1

9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 312 523 59.7 32.7 3733 7.7 233.3 23 23 201 38.4 87T 49 10 49 80.2

10 Arizona Cardinals 16 19.6 314 322 545 59.1 34.1 3662 7.2 228.9 17 17 187 34.3 64 50 11 35 78.7

11 Baltimore Ravens 16 22.1 353 328 524 62.6 32.8 3435 6.7 214.7 21 14 179 34.2 87T 38 6 17 84.6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 326 527 61.9 32.9 3400 6.8 212.5 25 12 181 34.3 62T 47 8 29 88.3

13 Miami Dolphins 16 16.2 260 342 591 57.9 36.9 3287 6.1 205.4 16 19 180 30.5 52 37 6 41 71.2

14 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 282 514 54.9 32.1 3281 6.7 205.1 24 22 161 31.3 75T 50 9 25 73.5

Rushing stats:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Lng 1st 1st% Rsh 20+ 40+ FUM

1 Atlanta Falcons 16 18.2 292 537 33.6 2939 5.5 183.7 9 90T 134 25.0 9 23 4 8

2 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 522 32.6 2578 4.9 161.1 32 85T 137 26.2 32 20 9 8

3 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 23.2 371 513 32.1 2541 5.0 158.8 23 76 127 24.8 23 14 4 8

4 Washington Redskins 16 19.2 307 490 30.6 2216 4.5 138.5 13 38T 123 25.1 13 13 0 12

5 Tennessee Titans 16 20.2 324 469 29.3 2214 4.7 138.4 15 70T 105 22.4 15 17 2 11

6 San Francisco 49ers 16 18.6 298 439 27.4 2172 4.9 135.8 12 72 97 22.1 12 20 6 10

7 New York Giants 16 22.2 355 455 28.4 2156 4.7 134.8 14 55T 120 26.4 14 13 3 7

8 Denver Broncos 16 19.9 319 488 30.5 2152 4.4 134.5 12 72T 106 21.7 12 16 4 12

9 Kansas City Chiefs 16 20.7 331 513 32.1 2143 4.2 133.9 17 47 105 20.5 17 12 4 10

10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22.1 353 469 29.3 1992 4.2 124.5 16 76 100 21.3 16 16 4 12

11 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 416 26.0 1984 4.8 124.0 13 71T 106 25.5 13 11 1 6

12 New England Patriots 16 24.1 385 499 31.2 1969 3.9 123.1 20 50 121 24.2 20 12 2 6

13 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 472 29.5 1936 4.1 121.0 21 77T 107 22.7 21 10 1 6

14 Seattle Seahawks 16 20.9 335 484 30.2 1923 4.0 120.2 8 37 112 23.1 8 8 0 9

15 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 503 31.4 1918 3.8 119.9 14 30T 103 20.5 14 7 0 5

Offensive TDs:

Rank Team G Pts/G TotPts Total Rsh Rec Ret Def

1 San Diego Chargers 16 30.8 492 59 32 24 0 3

2 Dallas Cowboys 16 26.6 425 52 21 26 1 4

3 Indianapolis Colts 16 26.7 427 50 17 31 1 1

4 New Orleans Saints 16 25.8 413 49 19 27 1 2

4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24.9 398 49 13 31 0 5

6 Chicago Bears 16 26.7 427 47 14 24 5 4

So basically what you're saying is the the offense was merely average in terms of yardage when facing:ARI (ranked 30th in the NFL in yards allowed)

SF (28th)

DET x 2 (27th)

NYG (26th)

STL (23rd)

SEA (22nd)

BUF (19th)

NYJ (18th)

Meh. Color me not impressed.

They scored 27 of their 38 TDs against the bottom third of the scoring defenses (teams like SF, DET, STL, NYG). I'll give the Bears this, they beat up on the crappy teams they're supposed to.

Average is all that they need to win games. Since the Bears D does not really give up points in most games, Bears O does not really need to score to win. At least in 5 games last year, Bears were simply running out the clock in the 4th quarter last year. Unlike the Saints or Colts O which had to score until the end to have a chance to win a game.