Words Cannot Describe...
...how unbelievable one had to feel around midnight EST last night. The best way to describe it is the huge smiles Bears fans across the country must have been wearing all day today. It is not even an "I told you so" kind of feeling. I could not have predicted this. You could not have predicted this. The Bears could not have predicted this. A 37-6 BEATDOWN of the reigning NFC champions? Not even in my wildest dreams could I have thought this one up. I thought we would win the game. I thought we would cover the spread even (though I NEVER bet on my own team, any loss is pain enough, I cannot imagine losing money on top of that).
What the Bears did on Sunday is reminscent of the home game against Carolina last year. People were still not convinced that the Bears were for real but viewed the Panthers as possibly the toast of the NFC. We stomped them something like 19-3. That win felt big. This win feels astronomical.
However, let us not get ahead of ourselves, this is just week 4. While we should without a doubt be 5-0 after next week, this is the NFL, any given Sunday...
The real test will come weeks 10, 11 and 12 when we will have to go up against both New York teams and then New England on the road. I am fairly confident we will beat both New York teams--New England on the road is another story, especially after what they did to Cincinnati this weekend.
I won't lie, I am dreaming of a 16-0 season, but in reality those thoughts cannot start until the Bears are 9-0 heading into that vicious three week long road trip. For now though, we deserve to revel in this victory.
The spotlight of this game obviously goes to Tommie Harris. A verocious beast set loose the micro-second after the center releases the ball, Harris has five sacks already in four games--he had three all of last year and still made the Pro Bowl. This was really his coming out party, as he had Hasselback nearly sacked on multiple other occasions only to watch the Seahawk QB manage to throw some lame-duck passes to the sidelines.
After one notices Tommie though, we also have seen more productive play out of Mark Anderson, a player this site highlighted a couple weeks ago. This 5th rounder has been the Bears rookie of the year so far already posting 3.5 sacks--2 more sacks than the first overall pick in the draft Mario Williams. For now he is a great guy to be in the rotation, for the future he should be an excelent replacement for Adewale once his contract expires. Or, if the Bears get really creative they could easily move the fleet-footed Anderson to linebacker as his 6' 4" 255 pound frame is almost exactly the same size as Urlacher, who only has 3 extra pounds on the rookie out of Alabama.
Good things to come for the Bears folks. Wow, a Super Bowl may actually be a reality.
What the Bears did on Sunday is reminscent of the home game against Carolina last year. People were still not convinced that the Bears were for real but viewed the Panthers as possibly the toast of the NFC. We stomped them something like 19-3. That win felt big. This win feels astronomical.
However, let us not get ahead of ourselves, this is just week 4. While we should without a doubt be 5-0 after next week, this is the NFL, any given Sunday...
The real test will come weeks 10, 11 and 12 when we will have to go up against both New York teams and then New England on the road. I am fairly confident we will beat both New York teams--New England on the road is another story, especially after what they did to Cincinnati this weekend.
I won't lie, I am dreaming of a 16-0 season, but in reality those thoughts cannot start until the Bears are 9-0 heading into that vicious three week long road trip. For now though, we deserve to revel in this victory.
The spotlight of this game obviously goes to Tommie Harris. A verocious beast set loose the micro-second after the center releases the ball, Harris has five sacks already in four games--he had three all of last year and still made the Pro Bowl. This was really his coming out party, as he had Hasselback nearly sacked on multiple other occasions only to watch the Seahawk QB manage to throw some lame-duck passes to the sidelines.
After one notices Tommie though, we also have seen more productive play out of Mark Anderson, a player this site highlighted a couple weeks ago. This 5th rounder has been the Bears rookie of the year so far already posting 3.5 sacks--2 more sacks than the first overall pick in the draft Mario Williams. For now he is a great guy to be in the rotation, for the future he should be an excelent replacement for Adewale once his contract expires. Or, if the Bears get really creative they could easily move the fleet-footed Anderson to linebacker as his 6' 4" 255 pound frame is almost exactly the same size as Urlacher, who only has 3 extra pounds on the rookie out of Alabama.
Good things to come for the Bears folks. Wow, a Super Bowl may actually be a reality.
posted by Kyle Johansen at 1:38 PM
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