ChicagoSportsBlogs : Non Compete

I got an interesting challenge from a very good friend of mine who currently lives in St. Louis:

We need to have a major gentleman's bet on "daaaaaaaaa" Bears vs. "daaaaaaaaaa" loser Rams this Monday night. 

That's just what I need, more pressure during tomorrow night's game! The Bears have had some serious bad press lately. That last one is yet another article by someone who writes as if they are a blogger, except they get paid for it. Clearly, I am doing something wrong with this site. Maybe I should write more like this guy. Drew is talented, because he makes me and about 100 other dorks I know laugh. I promise, I'll rant more if we drop another stink bomb on St. Louis. Speaking of which, back to the Bears:

There are a lot of problems to discuss with this team, and it doesn't always have to begin and end with Sexy Rexy. I'm going to switch it up here tonight and basically give the Rams the playbook for how to beat the Bears. You heard me, do all of these things and you're going to hand the Bears their third victory.

1. Make sure that Tillman is covering Torry "no I in Torry" Holt. There is no question the Bears have a great defense, but with both Mike Brown (again) and Tommie Harris out for the season there aren't many guys left to stop him. Tillman is the weak link. Trust me.

2. Run up the middle. I know this doesn't make sense with #54 staring you down like a mad dog, but this will work. Jackson is a brute of a runner and lesser backs than him have had success running against us. The trick is to do it up the middle. Side to side won't work. Urlacher will own you on the edges. Run at him, and maybe a bit to his left.

3. Don't kick to Hester. This is just dumb to even discuss, but there are guys out there who take 7 or even 10 point leads against the Bears and decide that kicking to Hester is ok with that lead. Its not. Don't do it.

4. Blitz Rex. I told you I wouldn't begin with picking on the much maligned QB, but this isn't rocket science. Sexy Rexy is a HEX. If you really want to win this game, only pick him off once in the first half. This will ensure that Lovie doesn't yank Rex for Griese at the half. You don't want Griese in there any more than Ido (I'll explain later)

5. Stay away from anyone named Manning. The Bears defense is pretty banged up. The only healthy, and actively dangerous players on the D besides Urlacher are both named Manning. Do what you can to just have guys run underneath and avoid either of the Mannings. They can make big plays, and if the front 4 get pressure on Bulger, you don't want him throwing off his back foot at Danieal Manning. Or Ricky Jr.

6. Watch for the deep pass on the first play of the game if the Bears take possesion to start the game. Turner loves to throw deep on the first play. I know it. You know it. Just sit back and watch Sexy do his thing.

7. Hit Benson right on the ball. This hint is for the linebackers getting ready to face what I wish would be the best 1-2 running back combo in the league: Cedric Benson will run you over. There is an easy way to stop his success. First, if he is attempting to slide by you, or put a move on, he will have the ball extend outside his body line. He waves the ball around a bit much when forced to go outside. Hit the ball, and watch him fumble. Second, get coach Turner to call lots of pitches to the outside instead of running between the tackles for Benson. He isn't good at it. The secret to Jones is to just lay a hand on him. He doesn't break tackles very well.

I think that should be enough hints for how the Rams could stick it to the Bears. It tears me up inside to point out all these flaws in our team. This is especially true when I realize we sit atop the NFC with a 10-2 record. The good news is that the list of things the Bears have to do to win tomorrow night is much shorter. It comes down to one thing: no turnovers. Tomorrow night will be a very tough game for the Bears. I'm going on record (again) to say that Rex is getting yanked if he has another 2 interception performance at the half of this game. Griese took some snaps this past Friday and he says he is ready. Lets hope we don't have to find out.

GO BEARS. 

I can admit that I have fallen a bit into a pessimistic state of mind thanks to our troubled QB and his horrible performance last week against the Vikings.