Windy City Gridiron
Note 1: I apologize for how late this is releasing, with the holiday and losing about 2 days of the week to travel I have not had much free time during the week to do this, we will be back to a regular schedule next week!
Note 2: Much like week 12, Play reviews for this week will not be done, due to the aforementioned traveling for the holidays, I don’t have access to the tools I need to record and overlay information on those recordings. So this weeks recap will be abridged. Play review will be back next week!
That game had “the same ole Bears” written all over it…
Until it didn’t.
In a very un-Bears like manner, the Chicago Bears stunned the rival Green Bay Packers with 10 points in the final 2 minutes of the game to force overtime, then in the swirling crosswinds of Solider Field, the Iceman, Caleb Williams, sent the Chicago Bears faithful into a frenzy hitting DJ Moore for a walk off 46-yard touchdown throw that traveled nearly 60 air yards, hitting Moore perfectly in stride on the deep post to give the Bears another improbable comeback victory, and a 1.5 game lead in the NFC North with 2 games to play.
It was seemingly another slow start for the Bears offense. It all started with a drive that saw them drive 70-yards in 10 plays after turning the Packers away on a 4th and goal, a failed trick play that saw Cole Kmet line up under center to fake a quick plunge, only for the ball to be directly snapped between his legs to the upback, Kyle Monangai, behind him, only for the ball to sail over his head and result in a turnover on downs.
The Bears would get just 2 more drives in the 1st half, as the Packers game plan was simple: limiting the Bears time with the ball by hitting short completions and running the ball, and it worked nearly flawlessly for 55 odd minutes of game time.
It was also a game were an old familiar foe reared it’s ugly head once more, as Olamide Zaccheaus dropped a pretty wide open throw that had a chance to go the distance. Caleb Williams leads the league in yardage lost due to drops, and that yardage doesn’t even include YAC! Without those drops he would be sitting at 3,752 total passing yards, and very easily knocking on that 4,000 yard plateau.
But I digress, with the game on the line we, once again, could count on our quarterback when we needed to most as he would deliver 3 scoring drives in the games final 3 possessions to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, something he has done now a leagues leading 6 times.
The win put the Bears firmly in the driver seat of their own destiny to wrap up the NFC North division. Going from and O/U 8.5 wins and a sub 5% chance to win...
