Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers - Matchup and Discussion

[KSpan]

42 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Tougher than Tampa and Vegas?

It's close but I'd say yes primarily because Vegas was Week 1 after a very strange offseason for every team, though they had more continuity than Carolina for sure, and Tampa doesn't have an X-factor like Mack. IMO though Chicago is the current version of the 2018 Panthers at this point - a good record built on sand.

[raz]

49 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It probably comes down to which version of Nick Foles shows up. He can be very good, but he can also be very bad. If we can pressure him early, that would bode well for us. If we can't and he gets in rhythm that would not bode well for us.

this is how i feel too.  if he comes out dropping dimes like he did in the 2nd half of that game where they took trubisky out there's nothing anyone can do.  that doesn't happen too often other than a series here and there.  if he plays a normal foles game we can take em.

 

[Bartin]

Very good chance that with a win we will be in sole possession of 1st in the NFCS with the Saints on a bye and the Bucs playing the Packers.

Imagine even thinking that 6 weeks ago

[Jorgie]

I think this game comes down to turnovers, can we give our offense a short field and can we avoid giving Nick Foles any gimmies. Seems obvious, but i think it especially applies to this game with our strengths going up against their strengths, and our weaknesses going up against their weaknesses

[t96]

39 minutes ago, Pantherfan84 said:

You lost me at Nagy being a solid coach. The way he called that game at the end against Bucs should have been a loss. He is not a good coach at all!

12-4

8-8

4-1 (so far)

 

With Trubisky/Foles at QB...

[bigdavis]

Two points I'd like to make:

1) their anemic running game (95.4 YPG) will be unable to exploit our greatest weakness;

2) besides Mack, the other Bear we must negate is Cordarrelle Patterson.  I'm not talking about his position as WR, but about his abilities as their KR.

He's gained 468 yds on 15 KRs this year -- that's a huge factor in a field position game, which this could well turn into.

Ah, but our big advantage there is Joey Slye, who forces touchbacks on almost every kickoff.  If he can continue to perform like that (hopefully often!), the Panthers can handle every other aspect of their scoring threats.

[t96]

32 minutes ago, Pantherfan84 said:

Look at their defense last three years, it's not because of Nagy being a good offensive mind.

To have a .650 win percentage with TERRIBLE QB play is extremely impressive. He's the head coach and gets credit for that. 

[hepcat]

From reading their message boards, they've all drank the kool-ade and think they are a Superbowl contender. They play the Rams, Saints, and Titans in the weeks after the Panthers. They're about to come back to earth very quickly. They're about the luckiest team in the NFL right now. They're a Detroit RB drop and an Atlanta meltdown from being 2-3. 

[MHS831]

All I have to say is this:  I always wanted to get Detroit, Cincinnati, and Chicago on the schedule consecutively so I could post this:

Oh my!

[Bostonheelfish]

I just want our game to result in more videos of Foles yelling at Nagy for being an idiot while Trubisky listens in like “preach”!
 

 

[kungfoodude]

6 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It probably comes down to which version of Nick Foles shows up. He can be very good, but he can also be very bad. If we can pressure him early, that would bode well for us. If we can't and he gets in rhythm that would not bode well for us.

I'd say it is more likely to depend on keeping Teddy clean. If we allow a lot of pass rush pressure, I shudder to think about some of the sketchy passes that he threw in the Tampa game to those DB's. 

I think if we can limit the TO's, we win this game. 

[PhillyB]

this is gonna be really tough. they match up very well against us.

this is not a team you want to get in third and long against.

[GoPanthers123]

I see this game as 50/50, but our coaching should give us the edge. 

[nctarheelreincarnated]

Don’t think we win this one. Bears defense matches perfectly with us. Burns and YGM being out are killers.