Upset In Chi City: Cutler Shows His Worth
Before recapping probably one of the most exciting Monday Night Football games of the season, Gridiron Experts would like to give themselves a one handed high five for picking this huge Bears upset, and for an excellent week that won more than a few bar bets.
- Gridiron Experts week 15 picks: 13-3 straight up and 12-4 against the spread, nailing the Jets and the Bears as upsets.
The Chicago Bears had nothing to play for on Monday Night except for pride, the head coaches job, and respect from the die-hard Bears fans. That may not translate into a big deal for you, but it definitely showed at home on a very cold December night. After surprising many with a 16-0 half time lead, the Bears established excellent field position through their kick return game to take an even larger lead in the 3rd quarter, 23-6. The Minnesota 6 was not two field goals, it was in fact a touchdown and a blocked extra point that would later come back to haunt the Vikings.
Jay Cutler played a great game against a team that got hungrier as the night went on, and after a typical Brett Favre late 4th quarter rally, the Vikings found themselves down by 7 on the Bears 6 yard line. With the game on the line and after dueling timeouts to get a peek at the formation on 4th down, Brett Favre threw a beautiful touchdown pass to Sidney Rice that should send the kid to the Pro Bowl.
Overtime was set. Bears win the coin toss.
After what seemed like only a few seconds from a couple quick plays, Robbie Gould was lining up for a game winning field goal to shock the Vikings and win the game (yet again)…but he missed.
Fans were pulling their hair out, and I’m not just talking about the Bears fans in the stands. This game had so many implications, most importantly the Philadelphia Eagles who could get an opportunity at a first round bye with the Vikings loss.
After trading 3 and outs, the Vikings got good field position for what looked like the final drive of the game. The stage was set for Brett Favre to win it in overtime and add yet another late game-winning comeback into a filing cabinet of amazing highlight reel throws and broken records during his hall of famer career.
Only the Bears had a different ending to the story. An Adrian Peterson ten yard pitch to the outside that looked to kill all hope for the Bears chances was destroyed by a near perfect forced fumble by linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer.
Not wanting to risk another missed field goal, and with the Vikings expecting a run on first down, Jay Cutler dropped back and bombed a deep pass into the endzone to WR Devin Aromashodu for the game winning score, and Cutlers’ 4th touchdown pass of the night. The Bears won 36-30!
We dubbed the Eagles 45-38 win as the best Sunday Night game of the year, and now we’re dubbing this late season upset the best Monday Night game of the year….your opinion?
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epic win thanks bears, we’ll take it from here.
Whatever, I’d rather play a good game in the cold and face a tough loss now then choke in a couple weeks
What a bullshit game. the refs were not calling anything, that hit on favre where he cracked his head back should have been flagged for-sure.
whatever Bears, enjoy it while it lasts. one more game beofre your watching us win it all.
Fly Eagles Fly……LOL suck it Favre!