Chicago Bears 2012 Championship Season: Lovestink is Forever.

[Internet Apex]

Let's see how this plays out.

HEY!!!

Be careful. BC-isms have a certain power that mere mortals don't know how to handle.

Just ask the Mayans.

Lookin' pretty buff there, Big Campeche.   

Well, I have been told body paint is slimming.

Well, I lol'd.

[ChuckD]

Let's see how this plays out.

HEY!!!

Be careful. BC-isms have a certain power that mere mortals don't know how to handle.

Just ask the Mayans.

Holy shit. That is outstanding.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Let's see how this plays out.

HEY!!!

Be careful. BC-isms have a certain power that mere mortals don't know how to handle.

Just ask the Mayans.

Holy shit. That is outstanding.

Morph should follow George Costanza and go out on a high note with this one.

[CubFaninHydePark]

Back to football, but an epically gutless effort from the D in the 4th quarter.

Also, catch a damn pick that's thrown right to you.  And injuries suck.

[Armchair_QB]

Back to football, but an epically gutless effort from the D in the 4th quarter.

Also, catch a damn pick that's thrown right to you.  And injuries suck.

The gutless performance carried over into overtime as well. Fucking assholes.

I'm sure the meatballs will find a way to blame Cutler for this though.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Lynch's go-ahead score in the 4th highlighted the two main reasons the defense faltered whenever it did, as he ran through tackles by both Wright and Hayden.

[CubFaninHydePark]

Lynch's go-ahead score in the 4th highlighted the two main reasons the defense faltered whenever it did, as he ran through tackles by both Wright and Hayden.

The outside contain on Wilson was also nonexistent on numerous key third downs late.

[Internet Apex]

I don't like the decision to go for it on 4th and 1 from inside the 20. But if you absolutely must do it, why the hell are you running behind your right guard who has never played guard. I hate this fucking team right now. I need to calm down.

[CubFaninHydePark]

I don't like the decision to go for it on 4th and 1 from inside the 20. But if you absolutely must do it, why the hell are you running behind your right guard who has never played guard. I hate this fucking team right now. I need to calm down.

I like the decision, but hate the playcall.  Either sneak or run play action to someone leaking out and who will be wide open.

[BH]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist. It's so dumb. Not one of these arguments makes any  sense, he has to be kidding right?

"Fro Dog said...
No, I don't think the Bears have at least two wins left in them and I'll tell you why.

1. Vikings - They are not very happy right now and haven't won in a little while.

2. Cardinals - The Bears, historically (even in 2006), have had a horrible time with this team. I know that what happened years ago isn't relevant but it is a trend.

3. Packers - They are 1-9 in their last ten games and that one win was on a Monday night where the refs helped the Bears. Aaron Rodgers owns them.

4. Lions - They barely beat them the first time around and this game is on the road.

If you want to rebuttal, feel free.
December 3, 2012 1:24 AM"

[PenPho]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist. It's so dumb. Not one of these arguments makes any  sense, he has to be kidding right?

"Fro Dog said...
No, I don't think the Bears have at least two wins left in them and I'll tell you why.

1. Vikings - They are not very happy right now and haven't won in a little while.

2. Cardinals - The Bears, historically (even in 2006), have had a horrible time with this team. I know that what happened years ago isn't relevant but it is a trend.

3. Packers - They are 1-9 in their last ten games and that one win was on a Monday night where the refs helped the Bears. Aaron Rodgers owns them.

4. Lions - They barely beat them the first time around and this game is on the road.

If you want to rebuttal, feel free.
December 3, 2012 1:24 AM"

Okay, so on the one that can actually be analyzed statistically.

Aaron Rodgers owns them

So yes...Rodgers basically owns the Bears.
In some ways he owns them less than he owns the rest of the NFL, but using winning % of the most likely crux of his argument - he's basically right.

Arguments 1 and 2 above are insanely idiotic.  
4 has at least little low-level merit, assuming home field advantage still is worth a few points (something that invariably has been assessed statistically for recent times.)

Edit: Because I'm too lazy to fix the spreadsheet and re-save as an image and then re-upload the image, note that TD/ATT and INT/ATT should be reversed.  Those are actually ATT/TD and ATT/INT (essentially the frequency of the occurrence.)

[BH]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist. It's so dumb. Not one of these arguments makes any  sense, he has to be kidding right?

"Fro Dog said...
No, I don't think the Bears have at least two wins left in them and I'll tell you why.

1. Vikings - They are not very happy right now and haven't won in a little while.

2. Cardinals - The Bears, historically (even in 2006), have had a horrible time with this team. I know that what happened years ago isn't relevant but it is a trend.

3. Packers - They are 1-9 in their last ten games and that one win was on a Monday night where the refs helped the Bears. Aaron Rodgers owns them.

4. Lions - They barely beat them the first time around and this game is on the road.

If you want to rebuttal, feel free.
December 3, 2012 1:24 AM"

Okay, so on the one that can actually be analyzed statistically.

Aaron Rodgers owns them

So yes...Rodgers basically owns the Bears.
In some ways he owns them less than he owns the rest of the NFL, but using winning % of the most likely crux of his argument - he's basically right.

Arguments 1 and 2 above are insanely idiotic.  
4 has at least little low-level merit, assuming home field advantage still is worth a few points (something that invariably has been assessed statistically for recent times.)

Edit: Because I'm too lazy to fix the spreadsheet and re-save as an image and then re-upload the image, note that TD/ATT and INT/ATT should be reversed.  Those are actually ATT/TD and ATT/INT (essentially the frequency of the occurrence.)

Your spreadsheet doesn't factor in if Rodgers is more or less happy when he plays the Bears.

[SKO]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist. It's so dumb. Not one of these arguments makes any  sense, he has to be kidding right?

"Fro Dog said...
No, I don't think the Bears have at least two wins left in them and I'll tell you why.

1. Vikings - They are not very happy right now and haven't won in a little while.

2. Cardinals - The Bears, historically (even in 2006), have had a horrible time with this team. I know that what happened years ago isn't relevant but it is a trend.

3. Packers - They are 1-9 in their last ten games and that one win was on a Monday night where the refs helped the Bears. Aaron Rodgers owns them.

4. Lions - They barely beat them the first time around and this game is on the road.

If you want to rebuttal, feel free.
December 3, 2012 1:24 AM"

Okay, so on the one that can actually be analyzed statistically.

Aaron Rodgers owns them

So yes...Rodgers basically owns the Bears.
In some ways he owns them less than he owns the rest of the NFL, but using winning % of the most likely crux of his argument - he's basically right.

Arguments 1 and 2 above are insanely idiotic.  
4 has at least little low-level merit, assuming home field advantage still is worth a few points (something that invariably has been assessed statistically for recent times.)

Edit: Because I'm too lazy to fix the spreadsheet and re-save as an image and then re-upload the image, note that TD/ATT and INT/ATT should be reversed.  Those are actually ATT/TD and ATT/INT (essentially the frequency of the occurrence.)

In general the Bears defense plays better against Rodgers than most teams in the NFL do, particularly if you look at them since they acquired Julius Peppers (since the 2008-2009 defenses were terrible). The Packers have had 20 or more offensive points in just two of their six meetings since the start of 2010, with one of those being the late season debacle in Green Bay last year where Josh McCown and Kahlil Bell were the starting backfield and they benched Tim Jennings for Zack Bowman and all kinds of shit happened.

The more accurate statement would be that the Bears will lose to Green Bay because Dom Capers owns Jay Cutler, because that's the real reason they've lost those games.

Also, the Bears, in my memory, have played the Cardinals three times in the last decade. They won 28-7 in 2003 behind Brock Forsey and Kordell Stewart over Jeff Blake, so that's TOTALLY going to factor into this year's game. They won the Denny Green Game in 2006, and they lost to Kurt Warner in 2009. So yeah, the Bears have sucked against the Cardinals this last decade, winning just 2/3rds of the time and they're screwed if Kurt Warner comes out of retirement to lead Arizona to victory. Trends.

The Vikings thing is just the best argument for anything ever. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LOSING A LOT LATELY, AND BOY HOWDY ARE THEY TIRED OF IT!

[Eli]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist.

Well, you could have.

[PenPho]

Found this nugget on SKO's site and couldn't resist. It's so dumb. Not one of these arguments makes any  sense, he has to be kidding right?

"Fro Dog said...
No, I don't think the Bears have at least two wins left in them and I'll tell you why.

1. Vikings - They are not very happy right now and haven't won in a little while.

2. Cardinals - The Bears, historically (even in 2006), have had a horrible time with this team. I know that what happened years ago isn't relevant but it is a trend.

3. Packers - They are 1-9 in their last ten games and that one win was on a Monday night where the refs helped the Bears. Aaron Rodgers owns them.

4. Lions - They barely beat them the first time around and this game is on the road.

If you want to rebuttal, feel free.
December 3, 2012 1:24 AM"

Okay, so on the one that can actually be analyzed statistically.

Aaron Rodgers owns them

So yes...Rodgers basically owns the Bears.
In some ways he owns them less than he owns the rest of the NFL, but using winning % of the most likely crux of his argument - he's basically right.

Arguments 1 and 2 above are insanely idiotic.  
4 has at least little low-level merit, assuming home field advantage still is worth a few points (something that invariably has been assessed statistically for recent times.)

Edit: Because I'm too lazy to fix the spreadsheet and re-save as an image and then re-upload the image, note that TD/ATT and INT/ATT should be reversed.  Those are actually ATT/TD and ATT/INT (essentially the frequency of the occurrence.)

In general the Bears defense plays better against Rodgers than most teams in the NFL do, particularly if you look at them since they acquired Julius Peppers (since the 2008-2009 defenses were terrible). The Packers have had 20 or more offensive points in just two of their six meetings since the start of 2010, with one of those being the late season debacle in Green Bay last year where Josh McCown and Kahlil Bell were the starting backfield and they benched Tim Jennings for Zack Bowman and all kinds of shit happened.

The more accurate statement would be that the Bears will lose to Green Bay because Dom Capers owns Jay Cutler, because that's the real reason they've lost those games.

Also, the Bears, in my memory, have played the Cardinals three times in the last decade. They won 28-7 in 2003 behind Brock Forsey and Kordell Stewart over Jeff Blake, so that's TOTALLY going to factor into this year's game. They won the Denny Green Game in 2006, and they lost to Kurt Warner in 2009. So yeah, the Bears have sucked against the Cardinals this last decade, winning just 2/3rds of the time and they're screwed if Kurt Warner comes out of retirement to lead Arizona to victory. Trends.

The Vikings thing is just the best argument for anything ever. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LOSING A LOT LATELY, AND BOY HOWDY ARE THEY TIRED OF IT!

In general the Bears defense plays better against Rodgers than most teams in the NFL do

This is a really, really meatball homer Bears fan generous interpretation of the data.