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MTK · 09-11-2005, 06:45 PM

Wow, the kneejerk overreactions are comical.

We put up 323 yards of offense today, the points weren't there but we had 1 TD called back and another that should have been a score if Cooley took his route about 1 foot further into the endzone.

We took some shots down the field, drawing a big PI call and Moss broke lose for a nice 52-yard gain.

We ran all over a very tough run defense, Portis and Betts combined for 33 carries for 162 yards, that's a nice 4.9 per rush average. Again, this was against a pretty stingy Chicago run D. We killed them in TOP with 34:15 to 25:45.

We did give up 3 sacks, but overall the pass protection was very good, and the run blocking was stellar.

On 3rd downs we were 6/16 for 38%, you'd like to see that a little higher but it's still not a bad day. Counting in the 1/1 on 4th downs that's an overall conversion rate of 41% on 3rd and 4th downs.

It wasn't a pretty win, but I think we were sadly mistaken if we thought the Bears were just going to roll over on us. They have a very good D and running game. They might not pile up the wins this year but I think they're going to give alot of teams fits.

When you look at the scoreboard and only see 9 points things don't look so good. But if you take a deeper look at the numbers, the offense was moving the ball but wasn't able to capitalize, simple as that.

09-11-2005, 06:45 PM	#37
MTK Hail Raiser Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 53 Posts: 100,049	Re: Postgame thoughts Wow, the kneejerk overreactions are comical. We put up 323 yards of offense today, the points weren't there but we had 1 TD called back and another that should have been a score if Cooley took his route about 1 foot further into the endzone. We took some shots down the field, drawing a big PI call and Moss broke lose for a nice 52-yard gain. We ran all over a very tough run defense, Portis and Betts combined for 33 carries for 162 yards, that's a nice 4.9 per rush average. Again, this was against a pretty stingy Chicago run D. We killed them in TOP with 34:15 to 25:45. We did give up 3 sacks, but overall the pass protection was very good, and the run blocking was stellar. On 3rd downs we were 6/16 for 38%, you'd like to see that a little higher but it's still not a bad day. Counting in the 1/1 on 4th downs that's an overall conversion rate of 41% on 3rd and 4th downs. It wasn't a pretty win, but I think we were sadly mistaken if we thought the Bears were just going to roll over on us. They have a very good D and running game. They might not pile up the wins this year but I think they're going to give alot of teams fits. When you look at the scoreboard and only see 9 points things don't look so good. But if you take a deeper look at the numbers, the offense was moving the ball but wasn't able to capitalize, simple as that.