Author Archives: Tom Shannon

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune does a nice job of summarizing the performances on film from Sunday nights game: “Offensive line “Grade: 6 “There was a premium placed on getting the ball out quickly and rookies Kyle Long and … Continue reading →

Adam L. Jahns at the Chicago Sun-Times on the frequency with which the Beas resorted to the blitz Sunday night to get pressure on the quarterback: “[Bears head coach Marc] Trestman acknowledged the Bears increased their number of blitzes against … Continue reading →

Offense 1. The Bears came out executing well. They came out with a good mix of the run and the pass with lots of short passes. 2. The Steelers came out blitzing a lot. The Bears offensive line handled it … Continue reading →

Bears head coach Marc Trestman talks about the Steelers 3-4 defense, contrasting it with the type of 4-3 defense the Bengals and Vikings prefer. Via Patrick Finley at the Chicago Sun-Times: “’They’re not playing their front to rush the passer … Continue reading →

Mike Mulligan at the Chicago Tribune echoes my thoughts on this point: “[Charles] Tillman isn’t the best cornerback in the NFL, but he’s the best system fit in the league. And he’s an essential playmaker at a position where the … Continue reading →

Jay Cutler gets it. From the Chicago Tribune: “They’re going to be as calm as I am and I try to stay relatively calm out there, especially in the fourth quarter.” I wouldn’t necessarily say that “calm” is necessary in … Continue reading →

Rick Morrissey at the Chicago Sun-Times puts yesterday’s game agains the Vikings in perspective: “Football purists might have cringed at all the messiness of this game, but there was a terrible beauty to it.” Indeed there was. Both sides overcame … Continue reading →

Defense The Vikings game plan was pretty similar to the Bears – take what the defense gives you. They alternated between runs with Adrian Peterson and going to the air. They were particularly effective passing the ball in the second … Continue reading →

Dan Wierderer at the Chicago Tribune talks about the field conditions anticipated at Soldier Field on Sunday: “Sunday’s Bears-Vikings game at Soldier Field is scheduled to kickoff at noon. If you’re keeping tabs, that will come roughly 15 or so … Continue reading →

Though it wasn’t the focus of the article (which was Brian Urlacher‘s mouth), Rick Telander at the Chicago Sun-Times shared this interesting tidbit: “As [quarterback Jay] Cutler admitted, it was a surprise when the refs wouldn’t let him run the … Continue reading →