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It was kind of your typical Lovie Smith game. Its hard to call a 13-7 win "dominant", but the Bears looked superior to the Lions. That said, in typical Lovie fashion, the Bears had a chance to squander the game after giving up a late score. The key to the game were all the red zone turnovers by the Lions, but, to the Bears credit, they actually forced most of these turnovers.
The offense looked surprisingly stagnant after flash of life to start the game. Cutler did well on rollouts and using his legs, but after a clever TD to Brandon Marshall that might have been more guts than brains, the Bears offense went into a funk, with numerous penalties and missed blocking assignments. I was kind of expecting Cutler to torch the Lions secondary, but Cutler wasn't all that sharp and the Bears offensive line had major problems with Detroit. The running game seemed to work, except in short-yardage situations (which has been the story for years). The redzone offense was pretty bad, too.
Bears special teams gave up a blocked FG, and Hester has looked mediocre all season.
This season has been one of building anticipation. I keep waiting for something new to happen...the Bears offense explodes for points, the Bears get their ass handed to them in one of those 10-sack games, the Bears win a big game against a tough opponent. Yet nothing has really happened yet. But all the while, the Bears keep winning games.
Next week is Carolina, a team that recently fired half their organization and has Vince Young II at QB. As long as Lovie doesn't use any of Ron Rivera's old defensive gameplans (lets single cover Steve Smith all game), it appears to be another cakewalk for the Bears and a 6-1 start. This team reminds me a lot of the 2001 Bears, who also started 6-1...the whole time you are asking yourself "Are the Bears for real?", but at the end of the year they are 13-3.
It was kind of your typical Lovie Smith game. Its hard to call a 13-7 win "dominant", but the Bears looked superior to the Lions. That said, in typical Lovie fashion, the Bears had a chance to squander the game after giving up a late score. The key to the game were all the red zone turnovers by the Lions, but, to the Bears credit, they actually forced most of these turnovers.
The offense looked surprisingly stagnant after flash of life to start the game. Cutler did well on rollouts and using his legs, but after a clever TD to Brandon Marshall that might have been more guts than brains, the Bears offense went into a funk, with numerous penalties and missed blocking assignments. I was kind of expecting Cutler to torch the Lions secondary, but Cutler wasn't all that sharp and the Bears offensive line had major problems with Detroit. The running game seemed to work, except in short-yardage situations (which has been the story for years). The redzone offense was pretty bad, too.
Bears special teams gave up a blocked FG, and Hester has looked mediocre all season.
This season has been one of building anticipation. I keep waiting for something new to happen...the Bears offense explodes for points, the Bears get their ass handed to them in one of those 10-sack games, the Bears win a big game against a tough opponent. Yet nothing has really happened yet. But all the while, the Bears keep winning games.
Next week is Carolina, a team that recently fired half their organization and has Vince Young II at QB. As long as Lovie doesn't use any of Ron Rivera's old defensive gameplans (lets single cover Steve Smith all game), it appears to be another cakewalk for the Bears and a 6-1 start. This team reminds me a lot of the 2001 Bears, who also started 6-1...the whole time you are asking yourself "Are the Bears for real?", but at the end of the year they are 13-3.
MADDEN CURSE! 
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