Green Bay Packers defeat Division Rival Chicago Bears: NFL Week 3 Commentary

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Green Bay Packers

 

My dear old dad, Ronald Glazer: I thought the Packers controlled the tempo and could almost do anything they wanted.  They stopped themselves more than the Bears stopped them, even showing a potent running game, which is unusual since they are so pass oriented. Ryan Grant ran very well. Still, the Packers mistakes almost killed them, as two turnovers hurt the Packers and they also got very lucky that there was a flag on the trick punt.  That play, which fooled everyone, was a excellent gutsy call that I’m not sure I get using in week 3.

 

Even the other fans like Grey Scherl give the Pack props: Green Bay continues their dominance by remaining the only undefeated team that people expected to be undefeated. They’re ten point victory over the Bears asserts their dominance over their arch-rivals, but oddly enough, this is the only division with two undefeated teams. Cutler threw 300 yards, but he can’t break even with TD’s and picks. Unless the Bears turn it up, this won’t be their year.

 

Damnit, Daniels actually talks about the Bears: Jay Cutler might get killed this year.  It’s kind of unbelievable that the Bears have had this pitiful line for five years and nobody ever talks about it.  I understand that the salary cap creates a situation where a team can only really pay for offense or defense and there are a limited number of 300 lb men in the world, but it’s reached a point of insanity with the Bears.

 

My Take: The Bears, without a real offensive line, are going nowhere.  Their defense is great, Cutler isn’t bad at all, and Forte is excellent, but they can’t move the ball or protect Cutler with that line.  The Packers, Lions and even Vikings (Jared Allen being a beast) will eat them alive.  This isn’t a playoff team.  The Packers, however, are, thus far, the best team in football.  Jermichael Finley makes Aaron Rodgers the top QB in football.  He’s top 3 either way, but with the weapons at his disposal, the only thing that seemingly ever stops this team is conservative play-calling.  They seem to have mastered getting a lead, playing with it, and holding on to the end of the game.  They get conservative, like the Vikings, but seemingly can play through it, mostly thanks to the incredible playmaking ability of Rodgers.  Add in the two different look backs of James Starks and Ryan Grant, along with the goal line presence of Kuhn and the best receiving corps in football – it’s a good year to be a Packer fan, of course, pending injuries.  This is still football, after all.

Glazer is a former senior editor at Pulse Wrestling and editor and reviewer at The Comics Nexus.