Call it character, resiliency or culture, but the results must be earned.
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It’s interesting how a coach that has now won 131 total games with three different teams and taken two different franchises to the Super Bowl somehow gets overlooked.
Enemkpali, of course, is the player who was released by the Jets for a punch that broke starting quarterback Geno Smith’s jaw during a locker room confrontation in August. He caught a short pass from Jay Cutler and after one defender slipped, he ran past two Rams and – after checking himself on the end zone video board – put a move on cornerback Trumaine Johnson. While meetings with the struggling Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers are still sprinkled throughout the schedule, the Rams will have to face the always-tough Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals again, and they travel to visit the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals in two weeks. I feel good. Rhythm, I feel good dropping back, throwing, reading defenses – I feel good about it. “He’s a great coach”.
Jay Cutler has been the definition of clutch in the 4th quarter this season. Tavon Austin and Todd Gurley have been that explosive element, but Nick Foles just isn’t providing that spark they really need to take advantage of this team.
Foles has completed 145-of-246 passes (56.6 percent) for 1,678 yards and seven TDs with six interceptions. He was a ideal 158.3 in the first half.
To Cutler’s credit, he’s played much of the season with less than a full supporting cast.
“The Bears could have a rough day on Sunday”.
Langford is clearly the heir-apparent to Matt Forte if an or when the Bears decide not to renew the veteran running backs contract if the offseason.
Langford’s number of receiving yards is the most for a rookie in Bears history, surpassing one Gale Sayers. Receiver Marc Mariani even started Miller on his fantasy team this week. I have a lot of respect for him. The 31-year-old is now finding a home in the Bears’ offense. He gained just 45 yards on 12 carries Sunday. “Every week we are getting better and better”. Don’t forget about Willie Young’s first career interception late in the fourth quarter.
Bridgewater returned to practice this week and the Vikings were optimistic he wouldn’t miss a game. “I wanted to come out here and do a little bit better”, said the rookie out of MI State.
Character counts for the Bears, but only to an extent. Instead, the Bears committed to improving in practice.
One would think a veteran team would at least be competitive, but the Bears went 5-11 in 2014 despite a veteran laden roster.
Nearly everyone in a Bears uniform did the job in this game. In the preseason, those were picked to be blowouts.
Despite their sub-500 record you could clearly see improvement from the Bears week after week.
“At this point, Week 1 seems like it was light years away right now”.
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Another impressive victory showed how far the Bears have come.
