JEFF’S SPORTS BLOG – ARE THE HAPLESS RAMS THE CURE FOR OUR CHICAGO BEARS’ WOES?

JEFF’S SPORTS BLOG – ARE THE HAPLESS RAMS THE CURE FOR OUR CHICAGO BEARS’ WOES?

Our Chicago Bears go into tomorrow’s game with a .500 record – 5 wins and 5 losses. So far the record is good enough to keep them in first place in their division sharing the spot with both the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers.

Unfortunately the Bears have lost two games in a row coming into tomorrow’s action and have lost three of their last five games. Meanwhile the Vikings and Packers have lost only two of their last five games.

In any case the Bears need a win tomorrow against the St. Louis Rams who have proven to be a weak opponent for most teams this year winning only twice in ten tries.

The Bears defense has played poorly of late and has become the talk of the sports radio world here in Chicago. The once proud and dominating defense has become mediocre at best with key players not living up to expectations.

The Bears starting defense features seven players who have gone to a Probowl in the past and with the exception of linebacker Lance Briggs there won’t be any other players worthy of going to next year’s Probowl.

In particular the defense has been vulnerable to the passing attacks of opposing offenses yielding 249 yards a game which ranks them 30^th in the league out of 32 NFL teams.

Luckily the Bears face a weak St. Louis offense that has averaged only 271 yards of total offense which ranks 29^th in the entire league.

To top that off the Rams will be without two key players on offense starting left tackle Orlando Pace and star running back Steven Jackson will not play against the Bears. These factors combined with a must-win game for the Bears favors the chances of our Monsters of the Midway.

The Bears should be able to put up some points on offense despite QB Kyle Orton not being 100% healthy. The Rams are not strong on defense ranking last in the league in points allowed and have allowed an average of a whopping 390 total yards and within that the Rams defense has allowed an average of 159 yards rushing.

This gives the Bears strong possibilities for exploiting these weaknesses and should prove to be an advantage for Orton and the offense. Look for the Bears to feature running back Matt Forte in both running the ball as well as catching the ball out of the backfield. I think he’ll have a big game.

The Bears sorely need this win to stay atop the division and win a game on the schedule that they should win! GO BEARS!!!!

JEFF ARDITO & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO