[CBFF] August 25

[Jim Ferolie]

Absolutely true. However (and this is only a small aspect), if you have 
limited time to game plan for teams in training camp and the off-season, 
you're probably going to game plan more for the teams that you know you're 
going to see twice.

I doubt that they were conservative against SD for any reason other than 
that they knew SD would be a tight game and they didn't want to try 
something they didn't have down (because it's early in the season yet) and 
have it blow up in their faces.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>


>I can't wait until some team wins the division 10-6 with all the losses 
>coming from within the division. Every game is important, in the division, 
>in the conference, wherever they are. There's a very tiny importance within 
>the division since tiebreakers are more likely to occur there but if you 
>win your games it doesn't matter where they come from.
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com>
>
>
> Westmalle van 't vat wrote:
>> Huh?  Stand to reason?  I cannot imagine any circumstances under which
>> they've been "holding back" in anticipation of the Dallas game.  Or any
>> game.  That makes less than zero sense to me.
>>
> The Bears first two opponents are AFC teams.  The best way to win their
> division is by ensuring wins against NFC opponents.  Frankly, I could
> see them game planning in a conservative manner in the hopes that it's
> enough to beat SD and KC as a means to creating an advantage - albeit
> minor - over Dallas.