Article: Durkin with a good breakdown

[JDB_219]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/20/durkin-impressions-from-bears-lions/

Durkin knows his ball and is a good twitter follow as well.

Through five games, the Bears have a 44.4 red-zone touchdown percentage, which ranks 25th in the league and 12th in the NFC. Last season, they ranked third in the league and second in the NFC. They simply aren’t a good enough team to settle for field goals when they’re that close to the end zone.

Despite the Lions showing issues with defending perimeter runs, the Bears kept trying the inside zone-run scheme and had minimal success with it. Prior to Sunday’s game, the Lions defense was allowing (on average) 126 rushing yards and 4.2 yards per attempt, yet they held the Bears to 91 yards on 31 carries for a 2.9 yard-per-carry average.

After shredding the Lions defense from the end of the third quarter into the fourth, the Bears’ offense turtled, electing to run the ball three times with 2:42 left in the game. This strategy did force Detroit to burn all of its timeouts, but it also gave the ball back to its offense, which had its way with the Chicago defense all day.

Just as the Lions had struggled to defend the run, they’ve also struggled to run it. Coming into Sunday’s game, they were dead last in the league with a 2.9 yards-per-carry average and 49 rushing yards per game. Their fortune reversed against the Bears, as they racked up 155 yards on 32 carries.

 

[nc0gnet0]

Just as the Lions had struggled to defend the run, they’ve also struggled to run it. Coming into Sunday’s game, they were dead last in the league with a 2.9 yards-per-carry average and 49 rushing yards per game. Their fortune reversed against the Bears, as they racked up 155 yards on 32 carries.

That's sloppy journalism from a guy that just read the stat line. If you subtract two matt Stafford scrambles and the fake punt, it was more like 100 yards on 29 carries.

 

[JDB_219]

That's sloppy journalism from a guy that just read the stat line. If you subtract two matt Stafford scrambles and the fake punt, it was more like 100 yards on 29 carries.

You can play that game every week and in every situation.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Maybe Pace told Fox to throw the game?

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/20/durkin-impressions-from-bears-lions/

Durkin knows his ball and is a good twitter follow as well.

Remember when I said it would be cool of you to provide a link in that other thread?

 

[PrideisBears]

Maybe Pace told Fox to throw the game?

Has Pace #gonegoffin?

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Has Pace #gonegoffin?

I just.......I don't know, not sure I'd be a fan of that.