Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: daveymark
that said, Arizona didn't necessarily do great job on either side of the ball. Leinert only took the team all the way down the field once for a touchdown. The rest of the drives were for less than 25 yards, with the exception of one being a drive for 49 yards (all a result of grossman's interceptions/fumbles)
Arizona played decent on both sides of the ball, but not great.
Wait, Arizona didn't do a good job on defense? I completely disagree. Their defense was awesome.
Nope. Their D was decent. Jones only had 11 carries, hardly enough carries to justify a running game. Arizona didn't have anything to do with stopping the run because there was no run to stop. Grossman flat out stunk. Grossman playing the way he did is the reason the bears offense couldn't get it going. Did you see the interceptions grossman had? He threw right into the hands of the arizona players. Plus, look at the incompletions he threw, a bunch of overthrows and underthrows. Arizona did have a 2 good hits on the recievers that knocked the ball out of their hands. The fumbles weren't stripped fumbles, they were a result of Grossman's butterfingers. This game was arizona's for the taking, but it wasn't because of anything arizona did. It was all because of what Chicago didn't do.
But, if you disagree, what about the arizona defense was awesome? The only positives I saw that were somewhat "Awesome" were the two hits on the recievers, and stopping the drive in the red zone when chicago had to settle for a field goal. Even that was a result of grossman's ineffectiveness.