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© Oak Park Journal photo of the Chicago Bears

Dan Peters Sports Editor
Oak Park Journal 
 

November 13, 2011
“Orange Crush..The Bears defense dominates the Lions 37-13. 
A Black and Blue Thrashing
at Soldier Field.

by Dan Peters


The Chicago Bears are now even with the Detroit Lions at 6-3 . The Monsters of the Midway now set their sights on the Green Bay Packers, but that will have to wait until Christmas. The AFC West is now on the Bears radar for the next four games, beginning with Phillip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers.

A Classic Black and Blue NFC North Battle

This game had nearly everything.. Hard hits, great runs.. And even a big brawl in the second half.

It would be the Bears who would come out on top this time.. 37-13. The Bears had hoped to just play safe and consistent, as they did last Monday against the Eagles.. Sure revenge was on their mind going into today’s game, but they did more than avenge the loss a few weeks ago in Detroit. They sent a message to the other NFC North teams.. The Bears are back.

The Bears would win this game on a great defensive effort. They held Detroit out of the end zone nearly the entire game. The Lions finally scored a touchdown with 5 minutes remaining. The game was already over by that point.

"We're getting better," said Brain Urlacher "No doubt about that. We're not done yet. We've still got a long way to go. But we're going the right direction, that's for sure.

The idea that the Bears would be tied with the Lions seemed out of reach after their 24-13 Monday night loss at Ford Field last month, but the teams have gone in different directions since.

"We had a lot riding on this game," Lovie Smith said. "NFC division game at home we just couldn't afford another loss. We've gotten better and better each week.

24 points were scored by the defense, 13 by the offense. Matt Forte scored the only offensive touchdown early in the game. Gould would make 3 of 4 field goals for the Bears.

“We preach and we practice taking the ball away a lot,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said. “It was about defense this afternoon.”

"It was about the defense this afternoon," said coach Lovie Smith. "We preach and we practice taking the ball away a lot, and it was good for it to show up. I think we had four different guys that intercepted the ball. When you have three non-offensive scores, you're going to be pretty hard to beat."

“I don't think (we're) going to lose too many games playing like that on defense,” said Urlacher, who had 9 tackles, 1 fewer than Jennings. “That's as dominant as I've been around since I've been here.”

"We played the way we wanted to play," said Urlacher. "They were in our way today and we took care of business and got back on a roll in the division."

Stafford on the other hand had 4 interceptions, tying his season total of four. The Bears defense had his number today. It almost looked as if Stafford was color blind, not able to notice that Bears wearing their alternate orange home jersey.

Stafford would blame the wind and not his eyesight. Stafford said the finger wasn't really a factor, but the strong wind was. "Wind was blowing the ball around, and they had a tough time throwing it and we had a tough time throwing it," he said. It would seem that the Bears also were playing in the same wind, and yet Cutler did not throw an interception. It would be the second straight game that Cutler has been near perfect and not turned the ball over.

Cutler handled the pressure the best he could, but the Lions seemed to take their anger out on Cutler. Some of the hits will sure get a look from the league this week. The Lions Suh  probably watched that Green Bay game some years ago when Charles Martin made Jim McMahon look like a rag doll.

"It wasn't clean and it wasn't quiet," Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said. Cutler had his own beefs. Lion’s defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh ripped off his helmet from the back in the second quarter. There was no penalty. Tackle Nick Fairley was called for roughing the passer when he drove Cutler into the turf in the end zone long after the ball was out. "Crossed the line?" Bears coach Lovie Smith said when asked about Cutler's helmet going flying. "It's safe to say you shouldn't do that. I'll leave it at that."

The Lions would have a high offensive output, but the turnovers would ultimately doom them. The 13 points the Detroit scored was their lowest output of the season.

Frustration leads to Fighting..

Things really got ugly early in the fourth quarter after Stafford threw his third interception. Jennings picked him off and got shoved hard out of bounds by Nate Burelson While that unfolded, Stafford grabbed Moore by the helmet and threw him to the ground, setting off a confrontation involving players from both teams that ultimately led to Moore's ejection.  Moore admitted he was wrong but said, "When you go toward my livelihood and you're grabbing my neck and it seems like you are trying to hurt me, you just can't let that go."
Moore was not taking this....

Said the Lions’ Johnson: "You can't hit our quarterback and expect us not to come back at you." Stafford said he wasn't trying to injure Moore, he was just frustrated, "He kind of blocked me and I was just trying to get him off me best I knew how," Stafford said. "And I guess he didn't like the way I did it. He wanted to ask me about it."

Shutting Down Megatron

The Bears defense played a great game and shut down yet another potent offensive player. This time it was “Megatron”, Calvin Williams as he is known. Johnson would have only one long pass of 40 yards and later in the game was not used. Johnson’s total was a scant 81 yards on seven catches.

The Detroit Lions now have dropped three of four after charging out of the gate and winning its first five. This one was brutal—particularly for Stafford and Calvin Johnson.

The Bears scored its second highest point total of the season with 37 points. They may need more to beat the San Diego Chargers next Sunday. So far, the Bears have answered each challenge.