[CBFF] Bears @ SD Predictions

[Steve Behrens]

"It will be an interesting game."

And you, my friend, will have some splain'n to do afterwards.

;-D

-Behr

On 9/6/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice breakdown.  I see the Raiders gave away an average of about 134
> yards on the ground which is about what they gave away to LT alone.
>
> So if that trend holds true, you can expect the Bears to give-up about
> 99+ yards on Sunday; however, the 99 rush yards allowed/game was
> mainly without Mike Brown.  Now that we have Tommie, Adam AND Brownie
> in there, I may have to change my mind about the number of yards LT
> will get.
>
> I predict 80 yards by LT... and one TD.
>
> Expect to see A LOT of flying to the ball by the Bears.  According to
> yesterday's Bears' report on the Score, the Bears are being told to
> fly the ball and tackle even if you see LT on the ground.  Only the
> whistle is allowed to stop them; they don't want to risk his breaking
> a tackle and breaking a long one because defenders let-up at the end
> of a play.
>
> It will be an interesting game.
>
> Jerry
>
> On 9/6/07, Matt Langschwager <matthewindc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > That's a misleading argument, Jerry.  Oakland had the #3 defense last year
> because of their passing D, and NFL.com measures overall defense by yards
> allowed.  Oakland was 25th against the run.  LT should have had an easy
> time.
> >
> > And why was Oakland's passing D so good?  Well, when you're down by a few
> TDs, your opponent doesn't bother attempting passes, and just runs the ball
> to eat up clock.  Measuring defense by yards allowed favors the passing D.
> I like Aikman's ranking system better.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > > 2)  LT hasn't played one snap of preseason football; IE hasn't taken one
> hit
> > > in anger by an opponent, and everyone expects him to come out on top of
> his
> > > game against the Bears defense?
> >
> > That means nothing.  He ran for 131 yards in 1 TD against Oakland last
> > year, and in spite of their struggles, they still had a good defense
> > last year.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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