Gas Money Bob's Week 2 Bears Preview
Week 1 Recap:
I was told not to talk about week one. So we are moving on to week 2. Some might call it the Vic Fangio revenge game, but I think it is more a Bears revenge game on the trader Vic Fangio. Why would you leave such a historic franchise to go and be the next guy to fail under John Elway? Come to think of it why would John Elway hire a defensive minded head coach? It make no sense. Frankly, it’s stupid.
And going back to the first sentence of this blog, it is ridiculous how sports radio personalities are trying to make the comments made by Mitch a bigger deal than they actually are. Even if he was told to not talk about week 1 who fucking cares? They SUCKED in week one, why dwell on it? Move on and kick the Broncos fucking teeth in. But David Haugh needs something to talk about so he is going to try and make a big thing out of nothing. Fuck off. Hanley was better.
Now that I got that out of the way let’s move on to week 2.
All-Time Head to Head:
Surprisingly the Broncos hold a slight edge in the all time series with an 8-7 record. Not surprisingly the Bears have outscored the Broncos 291-250 in those games which is a much more telling stat. The Bears own the Broncos.
We all know that the real record is Bears 7 Broncos 7 and God 1
Bear Weather Report:
82 Degrees
Precipitation 0%
Humidity 17%
Wind NE 5 mph
Beautiful day for a baseball game but this is not football weather. The NFL season should start in late November. Either way the Bears will overcome this weather and get back on track.
You Bet Your Ass:
Bears -2
Over/Under 40
I believe this game started as a pick ‘em so I like that the smart money is coming in on the Bears now. Despite Denver being something like 19-1 in September in the building I think the Bears win the game and cover the 2 points. This could be a defensive battle but that 40 points seem pretty low. I think the Bears D scores to help push the total over 40. Put everything you can scrape up on the Bears and the over and thank me later*^
Someday gambling can buy you some bling like this guy.
Fantasy Start ‘em Sit ‘em:
Start:
David Montgomery Coach Nagy knows he has to run the ball more for the offense to function properly. Montgomery should be the one that benefits. We know Vics defense and the best way to attack it. Get your playmakers the ball quickly and let them do the work. Monty will rush for 70 yards 4 receptions for another 40 and a TD.
Bears D/ST The defensive was awesome last week except for one drive. As much as I hate A-Rodg he is a much better QB than Joe Flacco. The Bears D will turn Flacco over a couple of times including a defensive TD. Ja’Wuan James is out so expect Mack and Floyd to feast on Flacco.
Tarik Cohen Another guy that was woefully underutilized last week. We all believe Nagy is a smart coach and smart coaches make the adjustments needed week to week to get better. The Bears are much better when Tarik is heavily involved. I don’t think he’ll get a ton of carries but look for Mitch to get him the ball in space and once he does, look out.
Sit:
Joe Flacco I doubt anyone even has Flacco on their roster but in case you had no other choice I would just bench him and go with no QB. Chances are Flacco is going to have multiple turnovers and may not survive the game. He’ll likely put up negative points.
Philip Lindsay/Ryce Freeman This Bears D is too good against the run. I wouldn’t start any RB on any team against the Bears. Hicks and Roquan will shut you down.
Emmanuel Sanders Don’t be surprised if all of a sudden Manny’s Achilles starts acting up on him. Who wants to run route after route when the QB will never be able to get the ball out. His only hope is a couple of prayers from Brandon Allen fall in his lap. Avoid all Denver offensive players this week.
The Denver Broncos
Offense: I mentioned the main guys in the fantasy section. I guess you can throw Cortland Sutton into the list of Broncos “good” players. The reality is this offense is pretty bad and going up against the best D the league has seen since 1986 will not do them any favors. Their only hope is the refs continue to not call obvious holding penalties on whoever tries to block Mack.
Defense: I expected this to be one of the best D’s in the league this year. With Vic leading them and Von Miller and Brad Chubb they have some of the pieces to be really great. After watching their pathetic effort last week, I’m not convinced they’re that great. I don’t think their awful but they’e not quite top 10. Mitch should be able to be productive enough to get us out of Denver with the W.
Da Chicago Bears
Offense: They looked like absolute shit last week. I am going to chalk it up to not playing a lot in the preseason. (This also brings me to my argument that the NFL needs to expand preseason to 5 games.) I think they will balance it out this week and look like a more competent offense. They don’t need to be great just don’t be what you were last week. I’m thinking Mitch will be allowed to talk about Week 2 next Wednesday.
Defense: They’re really fucking good and the Broncos O-Line is extremely suspect. Check out this breakdown by Nicholas Moreano
Did You Know?
In 2005 the city of Denver would take people’s dogs and euthanize them if they were a pit bull or even looked like one. Bunch of dog killers. These people have no soul.
Game Prediction:
Bears 29
Broncos 12
Coming Up Next Week: The Bears travel to Washington DC for the first time this season before they are invited (and probably decline) by President Trump after the Super Bowl.
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