Bears vs. Bills: Five Reasons Why the Win Was Absolutely Necessary
Published by Bob Warja on November 8, 2010
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Bears victory on Sunday against the winless Buffalo Bills was not only expected, it was vital.
The reasons are many, but can be summed up in the five main points as outlined in the following slideshow. Look, the Bills are no pushovers despite their record. The took their last two opponents to overtime and almost beat the Bears this afternoon.
But with the path to the playoffs having to come through the NFC North division title, and probably not the wild card, remaining as close to the Green Bay Packers as possible is absolutely essential.
Heck, it may not matter as this Bears offense still doesn’t look to match up well against the better teams in the NFL, but for some reason it just seems like the NFL is weaker this year, and that every contending team has a chance if they can just get into the dance.
Meanwhile, it was nice to see offensive coordinator Mike Martz do the smart thing and come up with a game plan that focused on max protection for Jay Cutler, and as a result, Cutler did not throw an interception in Toronto.
Not only was the game relatively mistake free for the Bears, minus the Cutler fumble and the stupid penalties that is, but the Bears stayed true to establishing the run.
The Bears 3.4 yard per rush wasn’t very impressive, especially when that number includes the 7.8 average that Cutler produced in his five runs. But what it did was to chew up the clock and prevent the team from self destructing as it had so many times this season.
Again, no interceptions is a good thing, Bears fans.
Buffalo was one dimensional due to the Bears defense stopping the run, and while Ryan Fitzpatrick looks like a good QB, the secondary got to him with a couple of key interceptions by forcing him to throw more often due to a 2.6 rushing average.
Again, a win is a win and it was a good thing for the reasons described herein.
