Week 5: Inside the Bears numbers by STATS

SHARE Week 5: Inside the Bears numbers by STATS

Courtesy of Bears writer Adam Jahns and the folks at STATS:

It’s an old cliché, but the Bears’ best defense against the Saints’ high-powered attack led by quarterback Drew Brees will be an effective offense. The longer quarterback Jay Cutler and Co. stay on the field the better off the Bears will be.

It’ll be on Cutler to protect the ball and produce. Cutler didn’t do that against the Lions last week – he threw three interceptions and had a fumble – and it cost them.

“[We] don’t need to give the New Orleans Saints a better chance of scoring,” Cutler said. “They’re already good enough on offense. Our defense is going to do everything possible to slow them down. Myself and the rest of the offense, we can’t give them free opportunities.”

(Note: Statistics do not reflect Thursday night’s game between the Browns and Bills).

[iframe src=”//e.infogr.am/Most-drives-of-10–plays-2013″ width=”550″ height=”920″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″]

When Bears kicker Robbie Gould made a team-record 58-yard field in Week 1, he extended his streak to 11 consecutive field goals made from 50 or more yards.

But Gould, the third most accurate kicker in NFL history, also has another streak going. He just needs a chance to extend it.

Gould, who is 7-for-7 on attempts this season, has made his last seven field goals that were attempted in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.

“He really wants to be the best, and you can see it the way he brings it to practice every day,” special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis said.

[iframe src=”//e.infogr.am/-chadmerda_1380906521″ width=”501″ height=”623″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″]

The Latest
He launched a campaign against a proposed neo-Nazis march at a time the suburb was home to many Holocaust survivors. His rabbi at Skokie Central Congregation urged Jews to ignore the Nazis. “I jumped up and said, ‘No, Rabbi. We will not stay home and close the windows.’ ”
That the Bears can just diesel their way in, Bronko Nagurski-style, and attempt to set a sweeping agenda for the future of one of the world’s most iconic water frontages is more than a bit troubling.
Only two days after an embarrassing loss to lowly Washington, the Bulls put on a defensive clinic against Indiana.
One woman suffered a gunshot wound to the neck. In each incident, the four to five men armed with rifles, handguns and knives, approached victims on the street in Logan Square, Portage Park, Avondale, Hermosa threatened or struck them before taking their belongings, police said.