A rare Saturday morning appearance by yours truly must mean we're playing the Packers this week. The Bears are being tight-lipped on injuries which is BY FAR the worst development of the Bill Bellichick era. Does anyone think Mike MCarthy's game plan for Sunday night changes drastically based upon whether or not Charles Tillman suits up? It doesn't. But here's what we're looking at for tomorrow night.
OFFENSE
It looks like John St. Clair is going to start at left tackle for John Tait, putting St. Clair on the spot against the most underrated pass rush in football.
Ruben Brown and Fred Miller are playing. Adrian Peterson is still banged up and all signs are pointing to Hungry Like the Wolfe moving into the backup / change of pace role at Lambeau.
DEFENSE
Put me number one on the list of Most Shocked To See Tommie Harris Play In Detroit. He was supposed to be out a month according to ESPN but everything seems to point to him starting Sunday night. Exactly who is doing the injury reporting at ESPN and why are they always so wrong?
All the other problems are in the secondary. Adam Archuleta and Jersey City's Own are playing Sunday. All the reports on Charles Tillman are that he's rapidly improving and the Tribune hinted that he might have been pretending his injury was more serious than it is. Nathan Vasher's groin is starting to look like it's going to be a nagging injury for awhile. He's apparently not even close to getting back on the practice field.
The Bears need Lance Briggs tomorrow night, even in a limited role. He practice somewhat on Friday. I think he pulls a Tommie Harris and suits up.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Devin Hester has been hobbled by what doctors are calling "awesomeness". Hester has been bothered by it for the past two seasons and he's listed as probable.
#2 HesterFan23 said . . .FIRST!
I agree, we need Briggs bad. I'd love it if we start this game with The Bay having a 3-and-out. Hester is our man in this game. He can make up for the O in so many ways. And of course you all know how Midway wants this one badly. I can taste it. I want blood. I want to see Favre cry. Yeah- cry. I want a damn win.
-- Midway --
PS - saw Favre plucking wings off of butterflies today. We gotta stop this guy!
October 6, 2007
#3 before I forget said . . .HAHA!
I like the Hester comment.
October 6, 2007
#4 Max said . . ."hobbles by AWESOMENESS" ... nice
October 6, 2007
#5 Midway Monster said . . .Haha. Requested tomorrow off. Get to sleep in. Have a late breakfast and then watch the greatest rivalry in sports. (screw yanks vs sox).
Midway - I saw Favre pouring sugar in the gas tank of a handicapped persons car. We gotta stop this guy!
October 6, 2007
#6 jeff said . . .Wait a minute here... It's Saturday, game day eve and we only have 3 posts. WTF! We need to start talking some smack on this site. Lets get with it folks, lets get with it.
-- Midway --
PS - Saw Favre giving the finger to passer-by on Lake Shore Dr. Guys, come on. We need to stop this guy!
October 6, 2007
#7 Bill said . . .people have lives. i just passed on yankees playoff tickets for tomorrow night. playoffs. these fuckers better win.
October 6, 2007
#8 Viva said . . .My oldest son and his best friend are on their way up to GB. He stopped by our house first to drop off his car - his friend is driving. I said I wish I was going with them.
They paid $200 for $70 tickets - not too bad, considering. There are a lot of Bear fans making the trip - they plan on meeting up with them tonight and then a day long tailgate tomorrow. Sounds like a great time. I suspect the Packer fans will be cocky but in all honesty I suspect it will be friendly enough. I'll post next week when I find out his reactions to the whole experience.
October 6, 2007
#9 Rancid said . . .Why no mention of the injuries plauging the coaching staff?
I understand Ron Turner has been mildly concussed for the past year, which exlplains his inept play calling.
Bob Babitch has a severe case of larengitis from yelling to Turner, "NO MORE 3 and OUTS - YOU'RE FUCKING KILLING US!"
And Lovie is suffering from a traumatic case of mental stiffness. That's right, the inability to alter one's plan of attack when presented with new information. Symptoms include; aloofness, dear in the headlight looks, and an occasional tendency to repeat yourself. "Rex is our QB. Rex is our QB."
October 6, 2007
#10 Midway Monster said . . .As I posted last week, Turner is not injured, he has been demon-possessed. This was part of Favre's deal with Satan. Favre sold his soul to Satan for one more good year. It's not a bad deal for Favre really because if the Voodoo doll I've been trying out all week works, he's headed there this Sunday anyway.
October 6, 2007
#11 DTB said . . .If you are watching the Cubs game, you may have notice a foul hit in the stand in the 4th. Some kid tried to catch it and, you guessed it, Favre snatched it out of the little kids hand. That bastard. He must be stopped.
-- Midway --
October 6, 2007
#12 Brett Favre said . . .There were a couple of kids playing catch in the street this morning. The kid ran a post and the QB threw it at his feet. Just then an animated Brett Farve runs into the street waving his arms around in a frantic manner, telling the kid that he ran the route too deep and that "he better get his act together if her ever wanted a QB to throw in his direction again." The kid began to cry, he was 8. We gotta stop this guy!
October 7, 2007
#13 Max said . . .I have an exceptionally small penis.
October 7, 2007
#14 Midway Monster said . . .Bill, definitely let us know what your oldest though. I hate the packers, but I really would like to see Lambeau some day for a Bears vs Packers game. Itll be interestin to hear about it.
p.s. I saw Favre flying mini rocket ships up into the atmosphere to try and widen the hole in the ozone layer. We gotta stop this guy.
October 7, 2007
-- IT'S HERE --
Wake up the household. Wake up the neighbors! It's here! Better than the smell of fresh coffee on a camping morning -- Its Packer Day!
Man, if you cannot get psyched for this game you just aint livin' right. Today we get to beat up on a bunch of Green Bay Favre Heads: scah-weet! Today we get to put a bunch of black streak marks on those Packer helments: Ka-ool! And today... we even get to see some of em bleed: Hoo-rah!
Yes, it's Packer Day! Aint nothin better than that!
Toss out the records & analysis for this game; its time to dismount and fight em on foot.
-- Midway --
PS - down the road someone burned down the neighborhood play gound. You guess it- it was Favre. We gotta stop this guy!
October 7, 2007
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