[CBFF] August 25

[Tom Shannon]

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> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Westmalle van 't vat
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:30 AM
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> Subject: Re: [CBFF] August 25
> 
> On 9/19/07 7:55 AM, "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > That was the problem?
> > Look at the competition, look at how well the defense did, look at
> how well
> > Hester did and realize that the Bears had an average offense that
> looked worse
> > in the latter half of the season because the defense wasn't giving
> them as
> > good field position and they faced stiffer defenses.
> > -Chris
> 
> Thank you, Chris.  An outbreak of sanity.

There's something to this.  But I think it's more because defense figured
out that blitzing up the middle was the way to break the Chicago offense
down.  It definitely wasn't just that the Bear offense looked worse because
of the Bear defense.  IMO the Bear offense was worse mostly because of the
opposing defenses and the way they chose to play them.

Tom S.