Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011

Time: Noon

Channel: FOX

Location: Soldier Field. Chicago, Illinois

win or go home

How are we 4 point favorites? Has Vegas not seen the last 3 games? Plus, Seattle is red hot.

Sea Chickens - 17
Bears - 3

Bears 31
Seahawks 13

Hester returns one, Defense scores 2 TDs. Offense puts up 10.

factoids from ZZ

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Since Week 6, #Bears defense has allowed just 80.5 rush yards per game and limited opposing QBs to 66.0 rating (ranked 2nd in NFL in both).

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Under special teams coordinator Dave Toub, #Bears have now blocked 22 kicks since 2004, most in NFL.

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Julius Peppers now has 11 blocked kicks in his career, 2nd most in NFL history since it became an official stat in 1992.

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Robbie Gould has hit all six of his FG attempts of 50+ yards in 2011, a new single season #Bears franchise record.

As much as I would like to be optomistic, I'm going to say Sea - 17, Bears 10. Bears offense just isn't in gear and Seattle is playing very well lately.

Damn shame...Bears were an almost unstoppable train, until we were derailed with injuries and salted with boneheaded plays/coaching.

SymposiumX wrote:As much as I would like to be optomistic, I'm going to say Sea - 17, Bears 10. Bears offense just isn't in gear and Seattle is playing very well lately.

Damn shame...Bears were an almost unstoppable train, until we were derailed with injuries and salted with boneheaded plays/coaching.

The Cutler injury was the reason this season is over.

Indianplaya17 wrote:

SymposiumX wrote:As much as I would like to be optomistic, I'm going to say Sea - 17, Bears 10. Bears offense just isn't in gear and Seattle is playing very well lately.

Damn shame...Bears were an almost unstoppable train, until we were derailed with injuries and salted with boneheaded plays/coaching.

The Cutler injury was the reason this season is over.

Oh, no doubt about it. Oh well, it is part of the game. Sadly, the FO didn't have any sort of contingency plan, nor did Martz make any adjustments try and soften the blow. Not saying that the team could have overcome a Cutler/Forte injury, but they could have done some things improve the odds.

I love your optimism, IP, but I'm skeptical. I know we're just a few plays away from winning the last 2 games, but this team looks pretty ugly right now, so I see another loss coming on Sunday.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXX2w28G0I[/youtube]

Johnny Knox injury/hit. That looks awful. I cringed up into a little ball. I couldn't stomach watching this.

Indianplaya17 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXX2w28G0I[/youtube]

Johnny Knox injury/hit. That looks awful. I cringed up into a little ball. I couldn't stomach watching this.

Thats fucking brutal. Just pulled it up too. Damn

RIP Bears 2011 season

I can't imagine being able to play again (ever) after that, but the initial word is that he might be able to.

Old Style wrote:I can't imagine being able to play again (ever) after that, but the initial word is that he might be able to.

Yeah its not career-threatening. However, I can see a psychological issue with this. He'll be very tentative/hesitant while playing now.

Indianplaya17 wrote:

Old Style wrote:I can't imagine being able to play again (ever) after that, but the initial word is that he might be able to.

Yeah its not career-threatening. However, I can see a psychological issue with this. He'll be very tentative/hesitant while playing now.

Definitely. I used to be a SS when I played baseball, until I took an errant grounder to the nuts. After that, I was too gun-shy on every grounder, and got moved out to CF.