Week 8 IGT: Chicago Bears (5-1) vs Carolina Panthers (1-5) 10/28/12 12:00pm CDT FOX

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Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Time: Sunday, October 28, 2012, 12:00PM CDT TV: Fox Radio: WBBM 780
Line: Bears -7​

TEAM SCHEDULES​

Bears		Panthers
Opponent	Result	Opponent	Result
Indianapolis	W 41-21	@Tampa Bay	L 10-16
@Green Bay	L 10-23	New Orleans	W 35-27
St. Louis	W 23-6	NY Giants	L 7-36
@Dallas	W 34-18	@Atlanta	L 28-30
@Jacksonville	W 41-3	Seattle	L 12-16
Detroit	W 13-7	Dallas	L 14-19

STARTING LINEUPS

Bears Offense	Panthers Offense
QB: Jay Culter	QB: Cam Newton
RB: Matt Forte	RB: DeAngelo Williams
FB: Evan Rodriguez	FB: Mike Tolbert
WR: Brandon Marshall	WR: Steve Smith
WR: Devin Hester*	WR: Brandon LaFell
WR: Earl Bennett	WR: Louis Murphy
TE: Kellen Davis	TE: Greg Olsen
LT: JaMarcus Webb	LT: Jordan Gross
LG: Chilo Rachal	LG: Amini Silatolu
C: Roberto Garza	C: Geoff Hangartner
RG: Lance Louis	RG: Garry Williams
RT: Gabe Carimi	RT: Bryon Bell
Bears Defense	Panthers Defense
LE: Israel Idonije	LE: Greg Hardy
DT: Stephen Paea	DT: Ron Edwards
DT: Henry Melton	DT: Dwan Edwards
RE: Julius Peppers	RE: Charles Johnson
LOLB: Nick Roach	LOLB: James Anderson
MLB: Brian Urlacher	MLB: Luke Keuchly
ROLB: Lance Briggs	ROLB: Thomas Davis
CB: Charles Tillman	CB: Captain Munnerlyn
CB: Tim Jennings	CB: Josh Norman
FS: Chris Conte	FS: Haruki Nakamura
SS: Major Wright	SS: Charles Godfrey
Bears Special Teams	Panthers Special Teams
K: Robbie Gould	K: Justin Medlock
P: Adam Podlesh	P: Brad Nortman
KR: Devin Hester	KR: Kealoha Pilares
PR: Devin Hester	PR: Joe Adams

*Filling in for injury

BEARS TEAM STATS
2012 Team Ranks
Offense YPG - 337.8 ypg (22nd)
Passing YPG – 206.3 ypg (25th)
Rushing YPG – 131.5 ypg (9th)
Points Scored – 27.0 ppg (8th)
Turnovers - 8 giveaways (7th)

Defense YPG – 299.3 ypg (6th)
Passing YPG – 228.0 ypg (16th)
Rushing YPG – 71.3 ypg (2nd)
Points Allowed – 13.0 ppg (1st)
Turnovers - 21 Takeaways (1st)

BEARS OFFENSIVE LEADERS
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BEARS DEFENSIVE LEADERS
Tackles

Sacks

Interceptions

Bears vs Panthers Notes

o) The Bears have beaten the Panthers the last two season. In 2010 the defense dominated the offense depleted Panthers into a 23-6 win in which Jay Cutler did not play due to a concussion. Instead, Matt Forte had a field day rushing and rushed for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns. Bears backup QB would show his first sign of trouble as the Bears backup in throwing 6/16 for only 32 yards and 4 interceptions. Collins put up one of the worst performances in NFL history in a winning game.

Last season, the Bears struggled and narrowly got by the Panthers in a 34-29 win. Forte again had a field day rushing for 205 yards and 1 touchdown. Cutler struggled mightly only completing 9 passes (on 17 attempts) for 0 touchdowns and 1 interception. DJ Moore had a interception return touchdown and Devin Hester added a punt return.

o)If the Bears win against Carolina they will match their longest winning streaks they put together last season and in 2010. The Bears longest winning streak under Lovie Smith is 8 games in the 2005 season, followed by 7 games in 2006.

o) Jay Cutler is 10-1 in his last 11 games as the Bears starting QB. Cutler is 29-18 as starter in Chicago.

o)The Bears will wear their throwback jersey's for this game.

Injury Report:

Bears:
Jay Cutler (QB) - Probable [Ribs]
Alshon Jeffrey (WR) - Out [Hand]
Johnny Knox (WR) - PUP (Likely out for season) [Back]


Panthers:



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[Warrior Spirit]

Perfect timing for this game. Mr. Newton just threw his entire team under the bus and, no doubt, has set the stage for their 5th loss in a row and the Bears 5th win in a row.

 

[bearmick]

Bears win, because we outrank them in the secondary.

 

[dweebs19]

Carolina may play with a certain swagger because they may be tired of hearing about how they suck in the news. So it could be a trap game for us

 

[DaBearsrule4ever]

I smell 6-1!

 

[Les Grossman]

I hope Cutler is truly well enough to play. It is a good time to be banged up though, if there ever was a good time.

Normally, Cutler and the offense should have their way with the CAR defense, especially with the deep ball. I doubt we see much of that though.

 

[nwfisch]

No Greg Olsen in the poll, no good. :smh:

 

[CreepyBasementGuy]

24-13 Bears, Bears D steps up with Cutler struggling to throw strong enough.

Oh, and 2 Olsen fumbles.

 

[ChicagoGr]

Easy Bears victory!

 

[Bears_804]

BMarsh is a RB too now? :tongue:

 

[Scoot26]

BMarsh is a RB too now? :tongue:

Good to know someone pays attention.

 

[dondraper]

might as well sit cutler for this game

 

[ClydeLee]

Re: Week 8 IGT: Chicago Bears (5-1) vs Carolina Panthers (1-5) 10/28/12 12:00pm CDT

BMarsh is a RB too now? :tongue:

Didn't you hear his press conference? Yes he is competing with Forte and Bushy.

Btw... Why do they call him Bushy? It's a horrible nickname and LOnger than his name! This isn't the NHL where you must ad a ie,er, or z

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[ChicagoDawg1991]

We should have a field day with their defense and we should lock Newton down. Can't take them lightly though, but we got win #6

 

[Bears4Ever_34]

Beware of Steve Smith, the Bears killer. He has had our number over the years, and played well against us last season. In order to stop him, you first have to stop Cam Newton, who's been pretty easy to stop this year. The Cover 2 defense is a nightmare for running quarterbacks because of all the extra sets of eyes. I think McClellin should be seeing plenty more snaps this week, and we'll probably see him spying on Cam all day.

No reason in the world for us not to handle this team. The one thing I'm hoping to see is the offense looking like it should. We shouldn't be in the twenties (ranking-wise) with the talent we have. You'd like to see some progress before we start playing the really really good teams that can put points on the board.

 

[HearshotKDS]

Beware of Steve Smith, the Bears killer. He has had our number over the years, and played well against us last season. In order to stop him, you first have to stop Cam Newton, who's been pretty easy to stop this year. The Cover 2 defense is a nightmare for running quarterbacks because of all the extra sets of eyes. I think McClellin should be seeing plenty more snaps this week, and we'll probably see him spying on Cam all day.

No reason in the world for us not to handle this team. The one thing I'm hoping to see is the offense looking like it should. We shouldn't be in the twenties (ranking-wise) with the talent we have. You'd like to see some progress before we start playing the really really good teams that can put points on the board.

This will/would be an interesting test for Shea because so far he's shown a tendency to give up outside contain at times. While he can get away with it against some QB's Cam Newton really isn't the guy you want to give a wide open side of the field to run to.

 

[Gravis]

I highly doubt a deflated Cam Newton and Steve Smith is gonna do much against da Bear's D. I expect they'll do some similar things as the Lions, but ultimately there is a much higher chance of completely shutting them out. I mean if you want a reason as to why the Panther's are going to lose, I present to you...this:

Looks like Aunt Clara's Christmas gift came early...and Dear Cthulhu is that thing is ugly. Please someone move that walking carpet.

 

[Les Grossman]

Who covers Steve Smith, Tillman or Jennings?

I think I'd prefer Jennings to cover him...

 

[Cutlerfan0615]

20-13 Bears!

Let's get 6 wins in this hizzy.

 

[Bear06]

Bears 38
Panthers 10