Week 10 of the NFL season the Chicago Bears lost their chance to make a playoff push. The game started at 8:00 pm Sunday at Lambeau field. The bears were coming off of a bye week and looking to get back into the playoff hunt in the NFC North after losing two straight to Miami and New England. They were facing their biggest rival in one of football’s most famous venues, at Lambeau field. The Green Bay Packers were just hitting they stride at 6-3 so they was a hot team coming in. The packers are undefeated at home and have a wonderful fan base, so it would have been tough for the bears to come in there and beat them at home. Usually you will think a rivalry game would be one for the ages, because it will be a tough fist mouth game that would relate to low scoring. The bears had to have a lack of pre competition preparation because they allow 42 unanswered points all and the first half. The turning point of the game was coming into the game Clay Matthews an outside linebacker was playing inside on the very first snap. At outside linebacker you typically just rush the passer, but with him playing inside was a totally different look, and something the bears didn’t prepare for during the week. The bears focus coming into the game was to run the ball on the last rush defense in the league that was the game plan. Arguably Clay is the best player on the packers defense and with him been at inside linebacker that would affect any teams game plan coming in. This game had an even bigger impact on a former bear that now play for the Packer’s name Julius peppers. Julius peppers came to the packers during the offseason to have a better shot of winning a super bowl than his formal team. Usually people that get release or get traded want go to the arch enemy team, but not Julius peppers. The packers focus before the game was extremely high; because Julius peppers a future hall of famer gave an emotional speak before the game about how much this game mean to him. Julius peppers strip sack on his old quarterback and recover the fumble, and had a pick six during the game. Lambeau is famous for the Lambeau leap and Julius now being a packer get to participate and the celebration. Also it was an historical night for Aaron Rodgers who just pick the bears’ defense apart the whole night. He threw six touchdown passes all in the first half. Only one other quarterback and NFL history accomplish that. There was nothing the bears’ defense or Jay Cutler could do to slow him down he was hot, and he was hitting his targets. The Chicago offense didn’t help slow the packers down by turning the ball over four times and two ran back for touchdowns. The bears could have changed their season around with a huge win over the packers to give them momentum going forward. That would of gave the bears a ton of confidence moving forward, but those dreams died quickly when they gave up 42 points at half. As the packers continue to shoot up the score board the bears start to lose hope for the season and during the game. You can tell as the game played out the coach didn’t really have control of the locker room, because the lack of confidence on the field and urgency. The bears know they are better than a 3-5 team, because they have studs on offense and defense. They just haven’t put that all in one game yet. The bears secondary were atrocious, coming into the game the worst defense in the league against the pass, but that has a lot to do with defensive back Charles Tillman sidelined for the year. The bears got away from the run early in the game, because they were up against an un-scouted look they haven’t seen on tape before. In that transition to move clay to inside linebacker for the packers help shore up the Packers trouble on defense against the run. The bears have two of the best wide receivers duo in the league, but they came one dimensional with just passing every play. In once you become one dimensional the defense can just drop in coverage every play. That’s what led Jay cutler into throwing two interceptions. The bears did manage to put up 14 points but it came in trash time during a blowout. The final score of the night was 55 to 14.
The flow defiantly changes into the Packers hand when moving Clay Matthews to inside linebacker. You have to be a freak of nature to pull something like that off which Clay is. He had his best game of the season against the bears recorded: 11 tackles, a sack, two tackles for a loss and quarterback hurry. The new position allow clay to make a lot of plays that night, and not just limit him to rushing the passer which he is really good at. Now thirty one other teams will have a scouted look of him on film now. The question is can he keep that same amount of production moving forward.