Hampton: Bears' Week 5 Loss A Turning Point
The last time the Bears played the Lions, the following day was met with anger, confusion and a sense of frustration.
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The last time the Bears played the Lions, the following day was met with anger, confusion and a sense of frustration.
In the wake of the victory, Bears lineman Chris Williams was taken from the game with a hand injury, ultimately having emergency surgery during the second half. With rookie tackle Gabe Carimi also undergoing knee surgery earlier in the week, the Bears offensive line is at a point where it can't afford any more injuries moving forward.
Check out this photo gallery from the Bears Week 10 win!
Check out this photo gallery from the Bears Week 10 win!
Check out this photo gallery from the Bears Week 10 win!
Bears Coach Lovie Smith said Monday morning that the Detroit Lions' Matthew Stafford should have been ejected along with D.J. Moore during a rough play, but the real story is the Bears' strong playing that led to victory.
Our guy Craig Miller threw together a little mix with audio from the Lions point of view.
Sunday it was the Bears making the statement, bringing the Lions back down to Earth with a 37-13 pounding at Soldier Field.
And just like that, the Bears get a redemption win versus the Lions and now sit at 6-3. With winnable games ahead, it's not hard to imagine the Bears win as many as 11 or 12 games this year. Was it a truly great showing? Not by any means, as the offense had plenty of problems, but the Bears used their defense and special teams yet again under Lovie Smith to cruise to another division victory.
I want to care only that the Bears dismantled and humiliated Detroit, ran their record to 6-3, and established themselves as something more than a fringe postseason contender. But I have been seeing football more through a cloud of anger, revulsion and sadness.
Charles Tillman and Major Wright returned interceptions for touchdowns early in the third quarter, and the Bears picked off Matthew Stafford four times to beat the Detroit Lions 37-13 in a heated game on Sunday.
Instead of safety Chris Harris lining up with the Bears secondary, he will now take his place in the Lions secondary as their strong safety. Harris was cut by the Bears on Oct. 27 and was signed by the Lions the following day.
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With the Bears preparing for one of their biggest games of the season, Doug Buffone joined The Mully and Hanley Show to discuss the upcoming game.
FOX analyst Brian Billick, who will call the game Sunday, said the Bears win over the Eagles was a good test coming into this week's matchup.
Regular season games don't get much bigger than this one.
The Bears announced Friday that rookie right tackle Gabe Carimi suffered a setback and will undergo an arthroscopic debridement procedure Friday.
Heading into Sunday's game against Detroit, the Bears will face arguably one of the most powerful defensive lines in the league looking to break up their newly-found continuity on offensive in Cliff Avril, Ndamukong Suh, Corey Williams and Kyle Vanden Bosch.
Since that debacle in Detroit, the Bears offensive line has come together. The team has one three straight games, and the Bears didn't surrender a single sack in their last win over the Eagles.
Florio even suggested if the Packers secure the No. 1 seed in the playoffs and the Bears take the No. 6 seed, he could see the Bears heading to Green Bay and taking down the Packers in the NFC Championship game.
Michael Lombardi joined The Mully and Hanley Show to break down the Bears win over the Eagles on Monday night and preview the upcoming game against the Lions.
When the Bears fell to the Lions 24-13 as the nation watched on Monday Night Football, some thought that was the final nail in the coffin in the 2011 season.
Now that Lovie Smith has exacted sweet revenge on bookmakers and prognosticators bold enough to make his team an eight-point underdog in Philadelphia, it's time for the Bears to wreak vengeance on the upstart Lions, a team foolish enough to beat the Bears by 11 points a mere month ago.
