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They do but the Packers have a pretty good coverage unit and I have to think they will avoid punting to him if at all possible.
But, I will take the receiving corp of the Packers over Devin Hester anyday.
If they were going to sandbag their game plan they would have pulled their starters. Lovie Smith will always try to beat the Packers and there is no way they wanted the Packers in the playoffs. The last team you want to play in the playoffs is a divisional rival because anything can happen. That goes even further for this rivalry.
The play calling on both sides of the ball was different that game because it was too close to be taking risk.
<shrug> It's hard to catch passes when getting an MRI....or throw them.
Then they talked about how the Vikings beat Philly to help the Bears with home field (Um....yeah, you mean the Philly team the Bears beat heads up a few weeks prior to that.
And a Vikings team that was actually favored to beat the Bears -- in Chicago.
You'd think the sports media would be embarrassed enough by how much they underestimated this team to stop doing it. I suppose it was "lucky" that they beat a red-hot Jets and a red-hot Eagles in the stretch. After those victories in particular, the inarguable fact is that the Bears punched their own ticket not just to the playoffs but to the #2 seed and that "luck" had nothing to do with it.
And a Vikings team that was actually favored to beat the Bears -- in Chicago.
You'd think the sports media would be embarrassed enough by how much they underestimated this team to stop doing it. I suppose it was "lucky" that they beat a red-hot Jets and a red-hot Eagles in the stretch. After those victories in particular, the inarguable fact is that the Bears punched their own ticket not just to the playoffs but to the #2 seed and that "luck" had nothing to do with it.
Ironically a lot of the talking heads are calling the Bears-Packers a coin flip which I generally agree with. So it's just wierd how the Bears can just be lucky lucky lucky and oh yeah they are a 50/50 to beat a team we think is reallly good.
ok 2 days until game time. This has been the longest week ever. I am glad they are the early game at least on Sunday, I dont know if I could wait until Sunday night for kickoff...
I really had no favorites in today's Bears-Packers game. Both teams go back 90 years, and for nothing else than sheer longevity and long-term greatness, both are favorites for me.
The last quarter of the game was hugely exciting to watch, Hanie did a great job trying to get the Bears to the Superbowl but a couple bad breaks did-in da Bears. I'm looking forward to a great Super Bowl, hopefully Packers vs Steelers.
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I thought Urlacher had a GREAT game, I could feel how much he wanted the win. I give props to Briggs and Caleb Hanie too.
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