Bears vs. Packers: Week 16 Report Card for Every Chicago Positional Unit
Published by Timothy Hockemeyer on December 27, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
Just when the Chicago Bears finally get their offense going, the defense fails the team and just like that the Bears’ playoff hopes end. That should be the story of this game and that story will be evident in this week’s grading.
Who would have thought that the Bears offense would move the ball successfully, Kahlil Bell and the run game would provide 161 yards of offense and Roy Williams would haul in six passes and the Bears would still lose by two touchdowns?
The defense can not blame the offense for their woes this week. The Bears not only moved the ball well and scored more than 20 offensive points for the first time since quarterback Jay Cutler fell to injury, but they also controlled the clock, keeping possession of the ball for 11:36 more than the Green Bay Packers.
Yes, Bears fans, that’s right. The Packers scored five passing touchdown in just over 24 minutes. Considering that the Packers didn’t even play Aaron Rodgers for nearly the last six minutes of that time as they attempted to run out the clock and show mercy to the Bears defense, that’s quite a feat. And the Bears defense only started defending one of those touchdowns inside their own territory.
To make matter worse, the average scoring drive for the Packers ran 56 yards in six plays over the course of 3:03. And the four touchdowns that the defense gave up without a turnover preceding it came off drives averaging 75 yards on eight plays that took only 3:33 off the clock.
That is the definition of defensive failure.
So let’s take a look at the grades assigned to the performance of each unit this week.
