Matthew Stafford awaits Bears Defense
When Detroit’s offense takes the field on Monday night it will line across from Julius Peppers, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and company. The bears have not lived up to the hype or potential defensively, but they still can get after the quarterback.
With so many veterans on defense the Chicago Bears will have an experience advantage over the Matthew Stafford and his group of Lions. Stafford has been as advertised this season as his numbers are showing that he’s living up to number one pick status.
Chicago will have to find a way to cover Calvin “Megatron” Johnson this week. The Bears had a hard enough time with Steve Smith of the Panthers last week and Johnson’s blend of height, speed, and athleticism make him nearly impossible to shut down.
The Bears defense has been uncharacteristically bad this year. Chicago’s unit ranks near the bottom of the league in several defensive categories.
Despite the poor showings so far this season the Chicago defense is still capable of giving Detroit’s offense problems. If Stafford does not have time to throw he may make some mistakes.
The Lions of course, do not want to let any of the Bears get to their quarterback. Detroit ranks amongst the league leaders in many offensive categories so the Bears will have their hands full.
Jay Cutler will lead Chicago’s scoring attack, but the Lions are more worried about Matt Forte who is having a great year thus far. Cutler is prone to making bad judgment calls and Detroit hopes to force him into turnovers in the week five matchup.
Detroit will be playing in front of an inspired home crowd in the team’s first Monday night game in a decade. Will the Lions roar again or do the Bears get themselves back into the NFC North race.
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