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How ... unexpected. Seriously, I thought that this would be a close, low-scoring loss by the Bears, not a blowout by them, and never mind shutting Favre out for the first time in his career. Weirdly impressive performance by the offense.
That said, I kind of agree with Favre: "Yeah, give them credit, but maybe we can do something better. Maybe we just ain't very good. I don't know." Because, seriously, the Bears' defense is just that good, but the offense isn't good enough for this result.
That said, it's interesting to see that the Bears had enough flexibility finally to overcome what was clearly the Packers' strategy: shut down the rushing game as best they could (and with the Bears having 109 total yards rushing, and 3.0 yards per carry, the Pack did a damn good job of that) and force the Bears to beat them through the air ... which they actually did.
Bears blank Pack in opener | Chicago Tribune:
That said, I kind of agree with Favre: "Yeah, give them credit, but maybe we can do something better. Maybe we just ain't very good. I don't know." Because, seriously, the Bears' defense is just that good, but the offense isn't good enough for this result.
That said, it's interesting to see that the Bears had enough flexibility finally to overcome what was clearly the Packers' strategy: shut down the rushing game as best they could (and with the Bears having 109 total yards rushing, and 3.0 yards per carry, the Pack did a damn good job of that) and force the Bears to beat them through the air ... which they actually did.
Bears blank Pack in opener | Chicago Tribune:
In what might turn out to be the first game of Brett Favre's swan song season, Rex Grossman stole the show early and the Bears defense handed the gunslinger the first shutout of his career.
Grossman came out firing after a shaky preseason, completing his first six passes, the highlight being a 49-yard touchdown strike to Bernard Berrian on the sixth play from scrimmage. Grossman finished with a career-high 262 yards, a passer rating of 98.6 and ran his career record at Lambeau Field to 3-0.
The Bears defense also came in with question marks hanging over it, and responded with three sacks and two interceptions, didn't allow the Packers into the red zone and yielded only one third-down conversion.
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