Quote Originally Posted by Hoyasaxa:
Please keep in mind here I’m being respectful. I have a few questions for ya Chief. Please explain to me how the Bears are “overrated” and when you make that comment, who in your eyes is the cream of the crop? Who is hands down better than anyone else? Is it the Saints? Really? How’s that offensive line? What if they play someone who can stop the run and has a fast defense? Can the Saints hold up on defense? Is it the Rams who the Bears already embarrassed even with trubisky throwing 3 picks? Please don’t say the Chiefs who have no defense? The Chargers? Even though I’m not huge on stats, who has the best DVOA defensively? Who has the best turnover ratio in the NFL? Like most, my guess is you look at the pretty names....Brees, Mahomes, Rivers, Brady and you think because Mitch is young, he’s a hinderance because he doesnt have that “wow” factor.....Can the Bears not run the ball? Is Nagy and the offense not capable of exploiting the weaknesses of their opponents? People look at KC and the Saints but what happens when those teams play a team defense that can get to the qb with 4 and who has speed everywhere? What about our linebackers who are arguably the best unit in the NFC with their speed and tackling ability? What about the secondary? What about our d line? You not watch any bears games this year? My guess is that last year you prolly thought the same about Philly when Foles went up against hall of fame quarterbacks? No chance, overrated? Defense travels as does a running game and if Mitch can take care of the ball, the bears may be the best team in the NFL. Hell....whoever takes care of the ball best usually wins so throw in the BEST defense in football, I love our chances as do many. I’m from Chicago but there’s no bias here brotha. None. This team easily could have been 13-3 this year. The giants, dolphins and first packers games were all wins if not for a few plays. The patriots scored 14 on special teams; that hasn’t happened again.....Let’s take the Chiefs, Saints and Rams here......Rams lost to the bears and is goff that much better than Mitch? Nope. The chiefs have no defense so because I weigh defense heavily over offense I can make statement of the Chiefs being overrated too. I think they are very good though. The Saints? Look at how they’ve played down the stretch? Have they protected Brees? What happens when the run game is stopped? Did you watch the Dallas game? Listen I think it could be Brees year but to think there is one team hands down better than anyone.....that’s nuts. ANYBODY can be beat but to da y the bears are overrated? That might be the most far fetched comment I’ve read all year. If we can get Callahan back and Jackson is ok, watch out. All the best to ya but I had to respond to your comments above.
You missed the whole point, bro...I was rating them in the context of the great defenses of the last 40 years like the mid decade SEAHAWKS I mentioned..there's no competition this year, nothing even good...and if you played that team, your much worse offense would send you home early
here's the Bears defense compared to best Seahawks defense.
defensive passer rating...............................
Bears 72.5 with league ave of 93.2 = 20.7 better then league ave
Seahawks 63.4 league ave 86 = 22.6
not much diff
ave per pass att...................................
Bears 5.4, league ave 6.45 = 1.05
Seahawks 4.8, league ave 6.21 = 1.4
not much diff
ave perRushing.....
Bears 3.8
Seahawks 3.9
not much diff
rushing yards ..................
Bears 83
Seahawks 101
big difference
turnovers............
Bears 36 with 1 game left
Seahawks 39
not much diff and Bears could pull even or almost even
Seahawks only slightly better in pass defense , very slightly, much, much closer then you think.
Seahawks edge is about a tad less then 1 point.
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