NFL Week 10: Bobby Douglass begat Jim Zorn

[YGBFKM]

I want the Broncos to crush the Panthers and I REALLY want the Bears to beat the Texans. Otherwise, I don't care what happens this weekend.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I want the Bears to be the second NFC North team to expose the Texans for the fraud that they are.

 

[JackReacher]

Houston-Chicago is a Sunday night or Monday night game, right? Have the flex options started yet?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Houston-Chicago is a Sunday night or Monday night game, right? Have the flex options started yet?

I think the Steelers-Chiefs game is the Monday night game.

 

[YGBFKM]

Bears-Texans is Sunday night. Two 7-1 teams. That game's not getting trumped.

 

[Tarheel316]

Houston-Chicago is a Sunday night or Monday night game, right? Have the flex options started yet?

I think the Steelers-Chiefs game is the Monday night game.

Talk about a mismatch.

 

[YGBFKM]

I guarantee you the Steelers will play like **** for at least two quarters. Possibly three. No chance they lose, but this is the kind of game in which Pittsburgh tends to play down.

 

[Tarheel316]

I guarantee you the Steelers will play like **** for at least two quarters. Possibly three. No chance they lose, but this is the kind of game in which Pittsburgh tends to play down.

Yeah but the Chiefs are terrible.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I guarantee you the Steelers will play like **** for at least two quarters. Possibly three. No chance they lose, but this is the kind of game in which Pittsburgh tends to play down.

This .... See 2009 Steelers-Chiefs game.

Followed up with a standard Monday Night hangover as they host the Ravens Sunday night.

 

[JackReacher]

Bears-Texans is Sunday night. Two 7-1 teams. That game's not getting trumped.

Nice. Monday is a Govt holiday, so I'll actually be able to watch more than one quarter of this game. Sweet.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

 

[YGBFKM]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

I don't know. The offense has to figure out a way to move the ball without Marshall. The Packers took him away and rendered Cutler and the rest of the unit ineffective. I would LOVE to see Forte get 20-plus carries. Against better teams, Chicago cannot rely on Cutler dropping back and throwing to Marshall. There needs to be some balance, and receivers (including tight ends) not named Marshall need to step up.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

I don't know. The offense has to figure out a way to move the ball without Marshall. The Packers took him away and rendered Cutler and the rest of the unit ineffective. I would LOVE to see Forte get 20-plus carries. Against better teams, Chicago cannot rely on Cutler dropping back and throwing to Marshall. There needs to be some balance, and receivers (including tight ends) not named Marshall need to step up.

It's going to even out at some point. Marshall has been one of the best receivers in the league this season and when you have a receiver like him who provides such a physical mismatch with so many defensive backs, you have to go to him.

I don't expect Marshall to have a game like he did against the Titans. With the Bears line and Houston's defensive front, you're going to have to run the ball to keep Watt from knocking Cutler around.

 

[joe king]

I want the Bears to be the second NFC North team to expose the Texans for the fraud that they are.

I don't get it. What makes Houston a fraud? I think the Texans are one of the most complete teams in the league. And Watt is the kind of player who can dominate a game.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

I'll take that bet.

And I'm with Joe, what makes the Texans team a fraud? They seem to have all the components of a super bowl-caliber team.

 

[outofplace]

I guarantee you the Steelers will play like **** for at least two quarters. Possibly three. No chance they lose, but this is the kind of game in which Pittsburgh tends to play down.

This .... See 2009 Steelers-Chiefs game.

Followed up with a standard Monday Night hangover as they host the Ravens Sunday night.

Exactly. The Steelers have already **** themselves twice against bad teams, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them do it again.

They are playing better than they were a few weeks ago. The defense has adjusted to playing without Polamalu. Part of that is getting the other starters back, though James Harrison doesn't look good at all. Maybe it is age. Maybe it is the knee injury. Either way, that ability to bull rush through blockers just isn't there.

Of course, a huge reason the Steelers' defense leads the league in fewest yards allowed is an offense that keeps them off the field. They were doing that even before the running game got going.

 

[turski7]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

Don't know about that. The Bears horrid offensive line can't block anyone, and I don't see the line stepping up with Watt and Co. coming in. Unless Cutler goes to three-step drops, he's going to be in for a long night.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

I'll take that bet.

And I'm with Joe, what makes the Texans team a fraud? They seem to have all the components of a super bowl-caliber team.

OK, fraud was a bit much... It does become a little hard to take a team seriously as a Super Bowl contender when the Packers have their backup running back running out the clock for most of the fourth quarter.

I know they have a couple pretty good wins (Broncos, Ravens...).

 

[Mark2010]

The flex scheduling doesn't apply to Monday nights. It would be too stinkin' hard to move games from one day to another. I know it's been done a few times over the years, but it's usually because of some natural disaster.

Affects too many people (stadium workers, security, fans, players, coaches broadcasters and on and on). You can deal with moving a game from 1 pm to 7 pm, but that's a lot different than shifting days.

 

[Lieslntx]

Yeah, that is a great Sunday night game, maybe the best so far this season.

I think the Bears win by at least 10.

I'll take that bet.

And I'm with Joe, what makes the Texans team a fraud? They seem to have all the components of a super bowl-caliber team.

Except that they cannot seem to play well and/or win when all the eyes are on them. That scares me about the game this weekend.