Sorry. I was offline most of yesterday. It being a night game didn’t help, and I actually had to finish watching it this morning. As regular readers will know, I don’t usually post comments after night games, but this was a special one, and I couldn’t help myself.
- I thought going for it on fourth so deep in their own territory in the first half was crazy. And it wasn’t like it was fourth and one. It was relatively a long way. But I guess that’s what Ben Johnson believes in. Green Bay was kicking the defense‘s butt so badly that you kind of felt like if the Bears didn’t score, they were going to have no chance even at that point in the game.
- Way, way too many drops on both sides yesterday. It killed the Bears in the first half and hurt them later, too. I believe it literally killed the Packers at the end of the game.
- I thought the Bears missed a lot of opportunities on missed turnovers, and I was surprised that Williams threw two interceptions. He’s not prone to do that. But at least one of them was a fourth down where it turned out to effectively be the same as a punt.
- The defense started to blitz more after the half, and it was so nice to see them start to get a little pressure. Green Bay eventually adjusted, but what did the Bears have to lose, right? It also got them a little bit more penetration against the run, and I think it had an effect on some of those outside run plays where they were using their speed to outrun the Bears’ defense.
- I feel bad for him, but at the same time, thank you, Brandon McManus.
- I think decades of frustration got released yesterday, and I was glad to see so much of the celebrating going on. But I wish that the players and Johnson hadn’t done quite so much trolling of the Packers after the game. I know the Packers had said some things that didn’t sit well with them, but, personally, I’d much rather just quietly and happily get off the field and let the other team say nice things about you. But that’s just me. I guess the modern athlete (and coach) just doesn’t think that way.
Great game!