[CBFF] 4 Reasons the Bears will win

[Victor Waldron (CBFF)]

> 1 - Every time Eli Manning has faced a defense similar to the Bears
> (e.g. Philly, Seattle) he has struggled.
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True, but Rex has struggled even more against Ds schemed to rattle him.
> 2 - Injuries favor the Bears.  Both teams are hurting but the Giants
> have lost a starting WR and both starting DEs.  That means the Bears
> can bring safety help over the top with Burress and the Bears O-line
> should keep Rex's jersey clean most of the night.
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This is the big question: which team do the injuries really favor? The 
Bears lost a key piece to their D (Brown) plus the top dog is hurting 
(Urlacher) and Rex lost his go-to receiver (Berrian). See answer to #3 
for more on this.
> 3 - The Bears will run the ball and it will pay big dividends in the
> play action, which we all know is Rex's bread and butter.
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The key to the game is how the Bears offense schemes to play to their 
strength (running, Rex on play action) while taking full advantage of 
the Gints' deficiencies on defense due to injuries. Rex should have time 
to throw (good for us) but he needs to only take what the defense is 
giving him. Going for knockout blows because you think the opponent is 
weak could lead to disaster, especially with our big play guy out of the 
lineup. To keep with the boxing analogy, we need to jab their depleted 
front and mid-section relentlessly with the run game and short passes, 
then strike big when they are worn down and can no longer attack.
> 4 - Last week Tommie Harris had expressed some disappointment about
> their practices.  Talking to him this week, Lawrence senses that the
> loss to the Fins has refocused the team and it has paid-off in
> practice.
As I watched the time tick down last week I had hoped it was just an 
aberration, possibly  that they were looking ahead too much despite not 
admitting it. Things weren't clicking from the beginning, so hopefully 
Harris' comments will continue to be a good predictor of how it will go 
on Sunday.

V