Week in Review

The Saints.....Damn.......


The NFC North kept stride this week as both teams at the top of the division beat the bottom division dwellers. Astrix from the week include Brett Favre putting up MVP caliber numbers, will discuss this later in the week, and the Bears realistically nailing shut any outside chance at the playoffs.

Chicago fell to 4-7 on the year with losses in 6 of their last 7 contests. I believe you can eliminate them from making any type of comeback and rattling off 5 straight wins with Green Bay, Baltimore, and Minnesota remaining on the docket.

Minnesota crushed Chicago in all phases of the game and appeared to do whatever they wanted for most of the game, especially the second half. The Bears where held to 169 total yards compared to 537 by the Vikings. During this 7 game skid since the bye week Jay Cutler has thrown 8 touchdowns compared to 15 interceptions, including 6 games in which he threw at least an equal number if not more interceptions than touchdowns.

With St. Louis and Detroit also remaining on the schedule the Bears will get two more cheap wins (look out for Detroit in week 17 though) this season. If they do win both these games and finish the season with 6 wins that will mean 5 of their wins came against Cleveland, Seattle, St. Louis, and Detroit twice........not exactly showing flashes of brilliance mixed with letdown.

At the beginning of the season I thought the Bears where a year away, but after watching this season and looking toward the draft picks they gave up it could be more like 3 years. The offensive line has looked old and slow and the defense is slowly diminishing year by year. They need to get younger and faster soon or the investment in Cutler will turn into hysteria in Chicago. Couple this with Minnesota set for next year and possibly the following and a Green Bay team that seems to be on the rise.......it might be a hard couple welcoming years for Cutler.


Matthew Stafford is tough.......and struggling again.