Change in Chicago-The Coaching Career of Michael Smith

[Shaka23]

Suggs to New England? Jeez.

Great haul in the draft.

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shaka23

Suggs to New England? Jeez. Great haul in the draft.

It could have been worse-they could have drafted Rivers. I was really tempted to trade up to 12, but I decided against it. As for the draft, you never know what path you're going to get unless you pick one. I feel the best decision for the 2008 draft is to trade down as much as possible. I'll make sure to track trades next time.

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 1- Colts 38, Bears 7

The Colts did what they usually do with teams with new coaches and new playbooks. I felt we had a chance as we were only down 3 points at halftime, but things rapidly went south after Serna missed a 55 yd FG to tie it. Johnson threw his 3rd INT the next possession, I kept him in despite a Defining Moment, and the Colts scored 28 unanswered points the 2nd Half to ice it.

Coach upgrades-HC-Disciplined Routine, OC-Team Chemistry 2, DC-Playcall 2, LBC-Playcall 2, DBC-Performance 2, DLC-Strategy 2.


NFL Notes-HC Mike Holmgren has a approval drop, HC Brad Childress has a approval increase. I dropped 20 points in approval from 65 to 45 after the game.

Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts
Sep 7, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (0-1)	0	7	0	0	7
Indianapolis Colts (1-0)	0	10	21	7	38

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 7/36 92 0 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 12 60 5.0 1 J. Johnson 4 15 3.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 3 47 15.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. Justice 1 0 D. Hale 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 4 3 0 0 N. Vasher 4 0 1 0 K. Phillips 5 0 1 0 C. Steltz 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 0/1 0/0 0 0 R. Gould 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 6 239 39.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD K. Darby 5 121 24.2 0 E. Bennett 2 53 26.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 1 11 11.0 0

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Manning 24/42 329 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Addai 18 64 3.8 3 K. Keith 7 21 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Harrison 7 107 15.2 0 A. Gonzalez 6 99 16.5 1 R. Wayne 4 79 18.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Ugoh 3 0 B. Romberg 2 0 R. Lilja 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD E. Johnson 2 1 0 0 D. Sanders 3 0 2 0 G. Brackett 6 0 1 0 T. Hagler 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Vinatieri 1/1 4/4 7 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 H. Smith 3 133 44.3 0 A. Vinatieri 1 44 44.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD P. Lee 2 53 26.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD P. Lee 4 22 5.0 0 K. Keith 2 9 4.5 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 2-Bears 30, Panthers 3

A good bounceback game for my team. We had the rushing game going, and Campbell had a good game with 5 sacks, winning Player of the Week.

CU-HC-Playcall 2, DC-Lrn Dev DB 2, WRC-Performance 3, OLC-Performance 2.

NFL Notes:

HC Dick Jauron-approval boost from online fan poll.
Texans trade RT Eric Winston to Jets for 2009 5th and 6th.

Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers
Sep 14, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (1-1)	14	3	0	13	30
Carolina Panthers (0-2)	0	0	3	0	3

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 13/28 267 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 13 72 5.5 1 R. Rice 14 66 4.7 0 G. Olsen 2 17 8.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Manningham 4 105 26.2 1 K. Robinson 3 70 23.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. Justice 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 7 5 0 0 B. Urlacher 6 1 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 4 1 0 0 A. Ogunleye 4 1 0 0 C. Steltz 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 3/4 3/3 12 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 4 118 29.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 1 19 19.0 0 K. Darby 1 20 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 5 38 7.6 0

Carolina Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Moore 12/28 129 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Williams 15 -6 -0.4 0 D. Elliott 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Givens 4 49 12.2 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. Andrews 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD P. Sims 4 2 0 0 M. Kemoteau 6 2 0 0 J. Peppers 7 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Kasay 1/1 0/0 3 23 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Baker 7 260 37.1 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Morgan 3 59 19.6 0 S. Smith 1 19 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD S. Smith 1 12 12.0 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 3-Bears 38, Bucs 14

Not really sure what happened in this one. The Bucs had a 14-7 lead and I wasn't doing that well. Serna missed a FG, the Bucs were driving and I had a successful Defining Moment. After the DM, it seemed like all my struggles were over. If I didn't know any better, I might think you get a gameplay boost/punishment from Defining Moments.Josh Johnson was named Player of the Week.

CU-HC-Strategy 2

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears
Sep 21, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)	0	14	0	0	14
Chicago Bears (2-1)	0	7	21	10	38

Tampa Bay Buccaneers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Griese 15/29 219 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Graham 18 82 4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Crumpler 5 72 14.4 1 E. Graham 4 57 14.2 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK A. Sears 0 2 F. Jones 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. Dorsey 4 1 0 0 C. Hovan 7 1 0 0 G. Adams 3 1 0 0 A. Odom 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Bryant 0/0 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Bidwell 7 279 39.8 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD F. Jones 2 49 24.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD F. Jones 2 51 25.5 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 20/28 369 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 20 103 5.1 0 K. Darby 4 34 8.5 1 J. Johnson 4 32 8.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 7 183 26.1 2 M. Manningham 6 93 15.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Staley 3 1 J. Tait 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Urlacher 8 1 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 4 1 0 0 D. Vobora 7 1 0 0 K. Phillips 6 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 1/2 5/5 8 30 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 3 105 35.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 1 23 23.0 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 4-Bears 20, Eagles 13

Just a matchup of 2 really good defensive teams. I really hoped 20 points would be enough to win, because the Eagles defense wasn't letting me have any more. The difference in the game was a fumble Steltz returned for a TD. Things might turn out different if we meet in the playoffs.

Injury-FB Carl Stewart-broken fibula-3-7 weeks

Player of Week-SS Craig Steltz, 7 tackles, FF, FR TD.

CU-HC- Team Chemistry 2, DC-Phys Dev DL 2, QBC-QB Int 3, RBC-Lrn Dev RB 3, OLC-Playcall 2, LBC-Team Chemistry 2.

Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears
Sep 28, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Philadelphia Eagles (3-1)	7	3	0	3	13
Chicago Bears (3-1)	14	3	0	3	20

Philadelphia Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. McNabb 24/44 290 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. McNabb 5 39 7.8 0 B. McMurphy 3 28 9.3 0 J. Parnell 19 14 0.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Stallworth 5 61 12.2 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B. Phillips 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Kearse 7 4 0 0 S. Adams 1 1 0 0 V. Abiamiari 1 1 0 0 C. Haggans 5 1 0 0 C. Deloatch 1 1 0 0 S. Brown 1 0 2 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Akers 2/3 1/1 7 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Turk 7 216 31.8 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD L. Sheppard 3 77 25.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Royal 1 9 9.0 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 9/28 81 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 10 86 8.6 1 R. Rice 10 12 1.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 3 29 9.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C. Stewart 0 1 J. Staley 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD K. Phillips 9 2 0 0 C. Campbell 6 2 0 0 A. Rubin 3 1 0 0 D. Vobora 6 1 0 0 A. Ogunleye 2 1 0 0 J. Ikegwuonu 0 0 1 0 C. Steltz 7 0 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 2/2 2/2 8 55 A. Serna 0/1 0/0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 5 180 36.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 52 26.0 0 K. Darby 2 51 25.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 3 17 5.6 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 5-Bears 56, Lions 7

Josh Johnson threw his fair share of INTs in this game, as Lion defenders picked 4 off to go with his 4 TDs. My defense scored 3 defensive TDs off Kitna, so a comfortable win was turned into a blowout. Kenny Phillips was named Defensive Player of the Week with 2 INTs.

Trade-Traded CB Ricky Manning to Lions for 2009 4th.

CU-HC-Int Dev RB, WR 2, OC-Perf 3, WRC-Int Dev TE 3, DLC-Lrn Dev TE 3, GM-Mid Major School Insider.

Contract Negotiations:

I'll sign any backup who will sign for no SB and less than 1 million a year-unless they have a potential 85 or greater. I'll track my negotiations as well as significant in-season moves from other teams.

Bears P Mitch Berger-3 years, 3.1 million, 500K SB.

Bears LT Ryne Young-75/88-3 years, 1.2 million, 0 SB.

Packers RT Mark Tauscher-91-31- 3 years, 20.4 million, 3.5 million SB.

Rams HB Steven Jackson-89-25-6 years, 43.2 million, 8 million SB.

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
Oct 5, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (4-1)	14	14	14	14	56
Detroit Lions (1-4)	0	0	0	7	7

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 20/28 377 4 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 18 102 5.6 1 J. Johnson 7 40 5.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Manningham 6 124 20.6 0 G. Olsen 4 88 22.0 2 E. Bennett 5 72 14.4 2 K. Robinson 2 57 28.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Schuening 1 0 J. Staley 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 5 2 0 0 J. Ikegwuonu 1 1 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 5 1 0 0 D. Vobora 8 1 0 0 K. Phillips 4 0 2 1 N. Vasher 1 0 1 1 B. Urlacher 13 0 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 0/1 8/8 8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 53 26.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 20 10.0 0

Detroit Lions PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Kitna 16/38 272 1 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD W. Dunn 22 51 2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Williams 2 86 43.0 1 M. Furrey 6 80 13.3 0 C. Johnson 3 67 22.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. White 2 1 0 0 G. Alexander 8 0 2 0 E. Sims 5 0 1 0 R. Manning 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Brown 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 N. Harris 7 228 32.5 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cromartie 2 47 23.5 0 A. Stecker 1 28 28.0 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 6-Bears 37, Falcons 11

The Falcons should have drafted Darren McFadden, instead of going with QB Matt Ryan. Ryan got injured on the first series ,and 3rd string QB John Booty was pressed into service. I checked later, Ryan has like a 70 injury rating. I felt the Falcons defense played pretty well, but Ray Rice had a 88 yd TD run late in the game to put this one away.

CU-Int Dev TE 2, OC-Lrn Dev OL 2, STC-Performance 3, DBC-Int Dev DB 4, GM-Rookie Scouting QB 2.

Contract Negotiations:

Bears K Alexis Serna-3 years, 4.1 million, 500K SB.

Bengals DT Tommy Harris-90-22-6 years, 41.3 million, 18 million SB.

Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons
Oct 12, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (5-1)	7	17	3	10	37
Atlanta Falcons (2-4)	0	3	0	8	11

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 16/25 290 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 13 118 9.0 2 J. Johnson 10 67 6.7 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Manningham 5 85 17.0 0 E. Bennett 4 63 15.7 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Schuening 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 6 6 0 0 K. Phillips 8 1 1 0 N. Vasher 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 3/4 4/4 13 46 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 1 38 38.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD K. Darby 2 49 25.0 0 E. Bennett 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 3 28 9.3 0

Atlanta Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Ryan 1/2 14 0 0 J. Booty 23/36 245 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Turner 22 57 2.6 1 J. Hester 1 9 9.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Horn 6 99 16.5 0 B. Troupe 4 52 13.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Hester 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD T. Lewis 4 1 0 0 J. Anderson 5 1 0 0 M. Brown 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG O. Mare 1/1 0/0 3 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Graham 5 165 33.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Jennings 2 53 26.5 0 M. Turner 1 23 23.0 0