Lions fans were booing early and often in this game and I don't blame them. They looked completely lost. Miscues and dropped passes killed them against the Bears. I loved it. The Bears needed a game like this to gain confidence in the offense. Orton loves playing against the Lions, with good reason. He was 24-of-34 for 334 yards and had a 121.4 rating, going to 3-0 against Detroit. The Lions stacked the box making Orton beat them and he did exactly that connecting on TD passes of 9 yards to Forte and 12 yards to Hester, who had a nice spin move to get himself in the endzone.
The defense also looked good in this one. Allowing only one play longer than 20 yards. Registering 4 sacks a forced fumble and an interception for a TD. Only giving up a total 185 yards to the Lions offense has to be a thrill for the Bears. I know it’s the Lions but the Bears looked good throughout this game. The only Lions score came off of a Hester fumble on their own 22 yard line. With the Bears already leading 31-0 the TD meant nothing. I would have loved to see a shut out but I’ll take the win.
The win coupled with a Packers loss puts the 3-2 Bears atop the NFC Central, where they should stay for the rest of the season. The Packers and Vikings aren’t living up to their hype as of yet, so look for the Bears to keep a stranglehold on the NFC Central.
All in all I enjoyed watching the offense and defense come together to play a full 60 minutes of football. I’ll be looking forward to next weeks game which will be more of a test on the Bears defense with Atlanta bringing a potent rushing attack, with Michael Turner leading the league in rushing with 549 yards so far.
Well till next time… Hasta!
Keywords: Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, NFC, NFL
