2009 NFL Season

[pdga#7648]

where was that Cutler all year? 
Was an excellent game though. Peterson got me a fantasy win by 2 points, even with his fumble.

[Steven Jacobs]

What a game!  Shitty season but that was a fun one to win.

Ya Bears!  Finally a game worth watching! 

[Tom McManus]

It looks like Lovie saved his job with a two game winning streak.

[Mike Clark]

It looks like Lovie saved his job with a two game winning streak.

Yeah unfortunately the only changes are probably going to be a new Offensive coaching staff and a Defensive play caller. Bears fans will have to wait at least another year before real changes are going to be made. If there is even football in 2011.

7-9 and of those 7 wins 1 maybe 2 quality teams. Vikings and Steelers, if they can be considered a quality team this year. The rest were the worst of the league Detroit(Twice), Cleveland, Seattle, and St. Louis. Seriously. This has been one of the worst years I can remember as a Bears Fan.

[Tom McManus]

Good news!  Lovie is the coach for at least one more year.

[CEValkyrie]

lovie is awesome. what an interview. we love the players we have on our roster. our system is fine. we need to make major changes. makes sense to me..not

[Mike Clark]

Trust Lovie he will fix everything. This is only the 3rd time he has asked us to trust him since the Super Bowl. I'm sure this time he has it figured out.

What a crock!

Mike Martz and staff - O coordinator
Perry Fewell - D coordinator

Just my guesses from rumors I have heard.

Ha! This should be fun.

[Chainmeister]

Lovie is just the house er ah symbol of the franchise. He is neither as bad as fans currently think nor as great as they thought three years ago.  He played the hand he was dealt. You should be thrilled that Angelo is still GM. that bodes well for the green and gold

[Tom McManus]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/everyone_at_hospital_already_hates

[Tom McManus]

That was a painful loss.  It was a great game but it would have been nice to see the Packers on the winning side of that game.  There were two games this year where the Packers just did not have any answers on defense.  The Steelers game and this game.  Hopefully the remainder of the playoffs can give us some games with this much excitement.

Aaron Rodgers did a great job bringing the Packers back from 21 points down, the Packers certainly made the right decision in letting Favre go.

[CEValkyrie]

Aaron Rodgers did a great job bringing the Packers back from 21 points down, the Packers certainly made the right decision in letting Favre go.

They should have kept Favre and used him as a safety or def back. Maybe they would have stopped the pass.

GB was fortunate to be in that game yesterday. They were totally dominated in the first quater and Arizona could have easily been up 20 or 24-0.

I have never seen a game like that ever. GB scored on every possession in the 2nd half. Warner just put himself into the hall of fame with that performance. I was hoping for the Vikes to knock out GB this year. As the game was unfolding (Ari up 7) I told Dan I was hoping GB would time up the game and Warner would drive them down the field for a last 2nd FG dagger. The fumble for touchdown was even better in OT.

[Tom McManus]

Aaron Rodgers did a great job bringing the Packers back from 21 points down, the Packers certainly made the right decision in letting Favre go.

They should have kept Favre and used him as a safety or def back. Maybe they would have stopped the pass.

GB was fortunate to be in that game yesterday. They were totally dominated in the first quater and Arizona could have easily been up 20 or 24-0.

I have never seen a game like that ever. GB scored on every possession in the 2nd half. Warner just put himself into the hall of fame with that performance. I was hoping for the Vikes to knock out GB this year. As the game was unfolding (Ari up 7) I told Dan I was hoping GB would time up the game and Warner would drive them down the field for a last 2nd FG dagger. The fumble for touchdown was even better in OT.

Pathetic.  I guess when your team has taken the pipe for the last 20 years, the only enjoyment you can get is when the team that has totally dominated your team loses.

[discpro99]

Well said Tom

[Chainmeister]

Since I really did not care who won or lost the game I just sat and watched in amazement as Warner and Rogers ran through each other's defense like an Avery Jenkins driver.  It was so entertaining that I actually watched the football rather than the next Stanley Cup champions losing to the Ducks. The network had to love the game.  The winners in that game were the fans and the betters who took the Over. I agree with Brett that Warner pretty much sealed the deal on the Hall of Fame.  Rogers showed that the Packers lost one of the greatest QB's in history and did not miss a beat with his replacement.

[Dan Michler]

I thought Warner sealed the HOF with last year's Super Bowl appearance.  If he didn't, this game will certainly leave HOF voters with a great impression if this is his last season.  He was absolutely on fire yesterday.  When GB blitzed and got pressure, Warner burned them by finding the open guy every time.  I don't think there is an NFL defense in the league today that could have stopped Arizona's offense yesterday.  Good luck to the Saints who got torched by Jason Campbell a few weeks ago!

Aaron Rodgers was almost equally as impressive.  Once he learns to get rid of the ball quicker, watch out.  I think he's headed for a HOF career himself.

Tom Brady really looked like his days of prominence are over.  Not sure if its still the knee injury or if the lack of Welker was more of a factor, but he played terrible.  I was hoping to see another Manning/Brady-Colts/Pats showdown, but it appears those days are over.

Every bye-week team has a real chance of losing next week.  I don't see any of those teams as a huge favorite.  Hopefully we'll get more games like that GB/AZ game.

-The Colts weren't exactly a dominant team in getting to 14-0.  7 of those were come-from-behind.  Baltimore's defense and Ray Rice looked awesome last week.
-Dallas is super hot and has the pass rush to cause Favre to break down and throw interceptions.  A big game from AP will take the heat off of him and will be necessary for the Vikes to win.  Also, did anybody see Cutler light up the Minnesota secondary 2 weeks ago?  Romo/Witten/Austin could be in for a big day.
-Will the Saints even be a favorite against Arizona?  Saints have the 25th ranked defense.  Warner just got through torching the 2nd ranked defense for 5 TD.  Should be plenty of points on the board in this one.
-I think San Diego will handle the Jets, but the Jets have sure been hot the last month.  They need a monster game from the defense to hold down Rivers.


That being said, all the home teams will probably dominate.  I'm terrible at predicting NFL games.

[stpitner]

I loved that onside kick.  I forced myself to leave before the game was over - but ARGH why did they have to get my hopes up again listening on the radio when ARI missed that FG at the end of the game.  I told my brother I was worried about that game before it started - then Rodgers with an uncharacteristic forcing a pass on the first play from scrimmage just confirmed that worry.  I have no idea what happened to the GB run defense - if they were able to plug that up that might have been what was needed to stop Warner.  What a crazy game.

[Tom McManus]

I thought Warner sealed the HOF with last year's Super Bowl appearance.  If he didn't, this game will certainly leave HOF voters with a great impression if this is his last season.  He was absolutely on fire yesterday.  When GB blitzed and got pressure, Warner burned them by finding the open guy every time.  I don't think there is an NFL defense in the league today that could have stopped Arizona's offense yesterday.  Good luck to the Saints who got torched by Jason Campbell a few weeks ago!

Aaron Rodgers was almost equally as impressive.  Once he learns to get rid of the ball quicker, watch out.  I think he's headed for a HOF career himself.

Tom Brady really looked like his days of prominence are over.  Not sure if its still the knee injury or if the lack of Welker was more of a factor, but he played terrible.  I was hoping to see another Manning/Brady-Colts/Pats showdown, but it appears those days are over.

Every bye-week team has a real chance of losing next week.  I don't see any of those teams as a huge favorite.  Hopefully we'll get more games like that GB/AZ game.

-The Colts weren't exactly a dominant team in getting to 14-0.  7 of those were come-from-behind.  Baltimore's defense and Ray Rice looked awesome last week.
-Dallas is super hot and has the pass rush to cause Favre to break down and throw interceptions.  A big game from AP will take the heat off of him and will be necessary for the Vikes to win.  Also, did anybody see Cutler light up the Minnesota secondary 2 weeks ago?  Romo/Witten/Austin could be in for a big day.
-Will the Saints even be a favorite against Arizona?  Saints have the 25th ranked defense.  Warner just got through torching the 2nd ranked defense for 5 TD.  Should be plenty of points on the board in this one.
-I think San Diego will handle the Jets, but the Jets have sure been hot the last month.  They need a monster game from the defense to hold down Rivers.


That being said, all the home teams will probably dominate.  I'm terrible at predicting NFL games.

Dan,

I agree with everything that you said, except for the comment about Tom Brady. I don't think that you can judge the remainder of his career on one playoff game, besides his amazing 2007 season, his stats have been amazingly similar through the years.  I think that he has a couple of good years left in him, you never know how injuries will take a toll, but I do think the Colts/Pats rivalry is not over by any means.

Regarding the rest of the playoffs I am hoping for some more overtime games.

Tom Brady stats:

Season   G   QBRat   Comp   Att   Pct   Yds   Y/G   Y/A   TD
 2001-02   15   86.5   264   413   63.9   2843   189.5   6.9   18
 2002-03   16   85.7   373   601   62.1   3764   235.3   6.3   28
 2003-04   16   85.9   317   527   60.2   3620   226.3   6.9   23
 2004-05   16   92.6   288   474   60.8   3692   230.8   7.8   28
 2005-06   16   92.3   334   530   63   4110   256.9   7.8   26
 2006-07   16   87.9   319   516   61.8   3529   220.6   6.8   24
 2007-08   16   117.2   398   578   68.9   4806   300.4   8.3   50
 2008-09   1   83.9   7   11   63.6   76   76   6.9   0
 2009-10   16   96.2   371   565   65.7   4398   274.9   7.8   28

[Dan Michler]

Tom, agreed on Tom Brady.  This regular season was probably his 2nd best ever.  I think expectations were high because of 2007 with the thought that his numbers weren't as good before 2007 because he never had receivers of the caliber of Moss/Welker.  His regular season performances consistently pale in comparison to Manning. However, he has often been compared favorably to Manning because of his performance in the playoffs.  Sure it was only 1 game, but does this put to rest the Manning vs Brady argument?  Manning is in a league of his own.  Brady is on that 2nd tier with Brees, Rivers, etc...

Also, can we stop calling Belichick a genius now?  He has been calling the shots personnel-wise that have led directly to this team's defensive problems.  He also made some Lovie-esque in-game decisions this year.  The Patriots are still a competitive team, but their days as a true contender appear to be over to me.  No defense, no running game.  They were the team of the decade in the 2000s (what is this decade called?), largely because of that defense. They didn't really play a great game against any playoff caliber teams this year.

[pdga#7648]

Breaking News on ESPN.
Bears Defensive end, 26 year old Gaines Adams, died. They didn't say how, but an autopsy will be conducted soon they said.

Sorry to hear that Chicago fans.

[Fox Metro Discer]

another year, another Brett Favre INT that costs his team. I will have to say that it is nice watching him do it for a team that I despise rather than the one I want to win!