Bears: Monday Morning Quarterback - Week 2

Belated recap so it'll be a quickie.

Huge turn around from week one. This week the Bears hit on all the three keys to success: ran the ball (37 carries for 187 yards), stifled the run (18 carries for 29 yards), and played great special teams (242 return yards, punt return for TD). Any time your team scores on offense, defense, and special teams chances are you are going to win the game. A lot of the credit for this win has to go to the defense though. 5 picks, 2 sacks and a lot of hurries showed the Bears can really amp up the pressure and take over games.

Side note: I had a celebration dinner with the Bears at Gibson's afterwards. Well, they were celebrating the win and I was celebrating my sister's birthday but details, details. Players on hand were Lance Briggs, Nate Vasher, Tommie Harris (ankle didn't seem to bother him), Ian Scott, Peanut Tillman, Alex Brown, and we had a special appearance by Nomar who sat down at Vasher's table.

Game balls go to:
Thomas Jones (20 car - 139 yds)
Nate Vasher (2 INT, 4 PD, 1 Tackle, sweet-ass Biggie shirt at Gibson's afterward)
Muhsin Muhammad (6 catches - 81 yds, 1 TD)
Defense (6 pts, 29 yds rushing, 5 turnovers)

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