Bears First Drive
- Was that a fake return? As Eric Weems ran up the middle, Hester ran toward the sideline. Perhaps they're just giving future opponents something to think about. Maybe Weems and Hester weren't on the same page.
- Wonderful, the return of Chris Spencer.
- Obviously Jay's ribs are going to be a problem. Kyle Adams was wide open. Jay never - never - struggles with throwing power.
- Gabe Carimi is one blown play away from being the next J'Marcus Webb. You know, the guy Cutler yells at for letting himself get killed.
- Welcome back Zack Bowman! High hanging punts allow the coverage unit to get in the return man's face. Logan took his eyes off the ball, allowing Bowman to make a diving scoop.
- Speaking of J'Marcus Webb, he just plowed out an enormous hole for Michael Bush. This defense is inexcusable for Detroit. They have to force Cutler to beat them in the air with his injured body.
- Well, maybe it's inexcusable. I guess Jay is doing alright still, even if that throw to Marshall was a bit behind him.
- Jay just missed Marshall on the slant. He had his favorite target on that play, but rushed the throw and put it in the ground.
- On the next play, when I saw the formation, I thought that a fade to Marshall was a given. there was no safety help as Detroit was sending a blitz, but the play was a stop instead. Detroit showed the same formation on the next play, but the Bears again tried a stop on the goal line, this time to Bennett. It seems that a fade would have been much more sensible.
- A nice high kick from Gould increases the lead.
Lions First Drive
- The Lions offensive line opened a beautiful hole for Leshoure on their first play of the second half. But the run was that much better because Leshoure showed excellent vision on the play, darting back and forth as the downfield space determined. He followed with another strong run before stumbling toward the hole on the next play.
- The Bears need to watch out for a downfield shot here on third-and-one. Instead, Titus Young made a nice grab on a quick slant. Tim Jennings played it well, but that play is very difficult to stop.
- Detroit is doing a great job allowing the aggressive Bears defensive ends to run upfield, past their running backs on slower developing run plays.
- Congratulations to Ryan Broyles on his first career catch. It was a beauty on a seam.
- Strangely the Lions are making hay by calling a variety of running plays. They should stick with it.
- Or Stafford could throw a slant while Young runs a fade.
- Chris Conte is too deep on third-and-two. As it turns out, it didn't particularly matter. Megatron got rather lucky allowing that bullet from Stafford to pass through his hands and into his shoulder. Johnson earned a questionable pass interference call on the next play where Stafford threw very high.
- Tremendous pass breakup by Peanut forces Detroit to run another play from the one.
- Wow! I like the Lions running up the middle there given the success of their running game. And I think Joique Bell is a great story. But why in the world isn't Mikel Leshoure carrying that ball? That's just an awful, awful choice. Bell has to know the situation. You cannot risk the ball being exposed like that on second down from the one. Major Wright did a nice job getting a hand on Bell's foot, and Henry Melton chose a great time to stand up into Bell's arms. The fumbles by Pettigrew were forced; Bell's fumble was just a poor play by the young back.
Bears Second Drive
- False start on the center, eh?
- Chilo Rachal failed to hold his block on a linebacker on Forte's nice five-yard run; a much bigger run was possible had he done so. Spaeth showed Rachal how on the next play, driving his lineman downfield, enabling Forte to dart to the second level.
- Bennett has great hands. I really like him. But there's just something about him that makes him nearly impossible to tackle. It seems that the opposition almost always needs two or three tacklers to bring him down.
- Sadly, Bennett's hand clearly isn't 100%.
- Watching Cutler miss short on passes is confusing.
- Dave Toub's coverage units should be required viewing for any high school special teams player. The coverage is spectacular.
Lions Second Drive
- Stafford's throw to Pettigrew on a dig route was perfect.
- Stafford has that look about him already.
- Of course, his next throw went almost directly to Major Wright, a few yards behind Megatron.
- Brian Urlacher frantically audibled into deep, soft coverage on third-and-three. Stafford wisely chose to deliver a quick pass, but Scheffler had no idea the ball was coming until after it had zoomed past his facemask. Urlacher definitely knew the play, Stafford adjusted, but it didn't appear that Stafford checked to see if Scheffler was on the same page.
- Why in the world did the Lions just punt? They had a fourth-and-three at the Chicago 48. There's no sense not trying to convert.
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