To follow the Bears as they ascend the rankings:
After Week 7 bye:
ESPN's NFL Power Ranking: Bears strengthen hold at Number 1!: Think the Bears will miss S Mike Brown? Last time he was out -- the four games before their playoff loss last year -- the Bears' defense allowed 50 more yards rushing per game.
CBS Sportsline NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 1: Maybe the week off got them back refocused after that horrible showing in Arizona. The schedule is still favorable for a few weeks.
Fox Sports NFL Power Bears at Number 1: America’s still talking about the Bears' 20-point fourth quarter comeback win two weeks ago in Arizona. Some stats that are still lingering in football circles: Brian Urlacher — 19 tackles. Edgerrin James — 36 carries, 54 yards. The Bears — six turnovers in a win. Unbelievable stuff. How good is Chicago this year? The Bears are favored by more than 15 points against the 49ers this weekend. And no one’s blinking an eye. Now it's time for the real question — when are we getting a Super Bowl Shuffle remix? Will Rex Grossman don some shades and a headband? Does Lance Briggs play the Refrigerator Perry role? The nation needs this.
Dr. Z's Power Ranking: Bears are still listed at number 1!!! "Nickelback Ricky Manning Jr. pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an altercation last spring, and I'm not really sure what that word means -- punching? yelling? spitting? cursing? And the Bears are hoping the league won't add a suspension to the court's earlier sentence of three years' probation and anger management classes. The Redhead says she has a perfect candidate for anger management, an overweight individual she happens to be staring at right now. "On second thought," she says, "it wouldn't work. You'd be bored, disruptive, disrespectful, disdainful."
- Slim Tim
Friday, October 27, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Follow the Bears through rankings
To follow the Bears as they ascend the rankings:
After Week 5:
ESPN's NFL Power Ranking: Bears strengthen hold at Number 1!: Think Don Shula and the '72 Dolphins are getting a little nervous? The Bears have yet to show any real flaws so far this season.
CBS Sportsline NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 1: The Bears are the best team in the NFL right now. They have to move into the top spot. So even though the Colts are 5-0, it's the 5-0 Bears who ascend to No. 1 this week. How can they not be there? The Bears have outscored their opponents 156-36. They have four victories of more than 25 points.
That's domination.
Fox Sports NFL Power Bears at Number 1: The No. 3 rated defense in the league, the No. 4 rated offense in the league, and a kicker who's currently 17 for 17 on field goals. Is it too early for Rex Grossman to break out a headband and sunglasses for a Super Bowl Shuffle re-mix?
Dr. Z's Power Ranking: Bears are listed at number 1!!! The 36 points allowed in the first five games is the lowest team mark since the 1937 club's 31 points. Ah, how well I remember that team. I was just launching my career as a sportswriter at that time, and the names of those defensive stars of the Monsters of the Midway were on everyone's tongue -- Danny Fortmann and Jumbo Joe Stydahar and 270-pound George Musso, and the Bronk ... yes, Nagurski played a lot of defense in those days. Do you think that 69 years from now people will be saying, "Remember that great '06 team, with Lance Briggs, Brian Urlacher, Alex Brown and Tommie Harris?"
- Slim Tim
After Week 5:
ESPN's NFL Power Ranking: Bears strengthen hold at Number 1!: Think Don Shula and the '72 Dolphins are getting a little nervous? The Bears have yet to show any real flaws so far this season.
CBS Sportsline NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 1: The Bears are the best team in the NFL right now. They have to move into the top spot. So even though the Colts are 5-0, it's the 5-0 Bears who ascend to No. 1 this week. How can they not be there? The Bears have outscored their opponents 156-36. They have four victories of more than 25 points.
That's domination.
Fox Sports NFL Power Bears at Number 1: The No. 3 rated defense in the league, the No. 4 rated offense in the league, and a kicker who's currently 17 for 17 on field goals. Is it too early for Rex Grossman to break out a headband and sunglasses for a Super Bowl Shuffle re-mix?
Dr. Z's Power Ranking: Bears are listed at number 1!!! The 36 points allowed in the first five games is the lowest team mark since the 1937 club's 31 points. Ah, how well I remember that team. I was just launching my career as a sportswriter at that time, and the names of those defensive stars of the Monsters of the Midway were on everyone's tongue -- Danny Fortmann and Jumbo Joe Stydahar and 270-pound George Musso, and the Bronk ... yes, Nagurski played a lot of defense in those days. Do you think that 69 years from now people will be saying, "Remember that great '06 team, with Lance Briggs, Brian Urlacher, Alex Brown and Tommie Harris?"
- Slim Tim
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Follow the Bears - after week 4.
To follow the Bears as they ascend the rankings:
After Week 4:
ESPN's NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 1!: Only the most cynical of fans would complain about Chicago's pantsing of Seattle in front of the nation. There's no denying that the Bears are the best team in the NFC right now and probably in the NFL.
CBS Sportsline NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 2: They are the only unbeaten team in the NFC. With a soft schedule the rest of the way, they look like the team to beat for the No. 1 seed. Is that offense for real? It looks like it.
Fox Sports NFL Power Bears at Number 2: Rex Grossman-to-Bernard Berrian may be the most electrifying QB-WR combo in the league. All those two do is convert 60-yard touchdowns. Watching Grossman and Berrian connect is reminiscent of those old Jeff Blake-Darnay Scott bomb plays in the early '90s. Yes, that was just a Darnay Scott reference in 2006. Chicago’s D is unbreakable, and four weeks into the season, the Bears are far and away the class of the NFC.
Dr. Z's Power Ranking: Bears are listed at number 1!!! Shocking as Dr. Z does not drink Blue and Orange Kool-Aid: Is there anything about this team that I don't like, after watching the way they took the Seahawks apart? Not sure about their offensive line, but there are very few of them in the NFL that I do like. Can Rex Grossman bring his team back on the road with a minute and a half and no timeouts left? Not really sure. He came back OK against the Vikings. I'll say one thing for him: He can throw the deep ball with touch and accuracy, and not many other guys can do this. No, actually there are not many things I don't like.
- Slim Tim
After Week 4:
ESPN's NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 1!: Only the most cynical of fans would complain about Chicago's pantsing of Seattle in front of the nation. There's no denying that the Bears are the best team in the NFC right now and probably in the NFL.
CBS Sportsline NFL Power Ranking: Bears at Number 2: They are the only unbeaten team in the NFC. With a soft schedule the rest of the way, they look like the team to beat for the No. 1 seed. Is that offense for real? It looks like it.
Fox Sports NFL Power Bears at Number 2: Rex Grossman-to-Bernard Berrian may be the most electrifying QB-WR combo in the league. All those two do is convert 60-yard touchdowns. Watching Grossman and Berrian connect is reminiscent of those old Jeff Blake-Darnay Scott bomb plays in the early '90s. Yes, that was just a Darnay Scott reference in 2006. Chicago’s D is unbreakable, and four weeks into the season, the Bears are far and away the class of the NFC.
Dr. Z's Power Ranking: Bears are listed at number 1!!! Shocking as Dr. Z does not drink Blue and Orange Kool-Aid: Is there anything about this team that I don't like, after watching the way they took the Seahawks apart? Not sure about their offensive line, but there are very few of them in the NFL that I do like. Can Rex Grossman bring his team back on the road with a minute and a half and no timeouts left? Not really sure. He came back OK against the Vikings. I'll say one thing for him: He can throw the deep ball with touch and accuracy, and not many other guys can do this. No, actually there are not many things I don't like.
- Slim Tim
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