Change in Chicago-The Coaching Career of Michael Smith

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 13-Bears 30, Jaguars 9

I've find that even if Johnson doesn't have a good day passing, running and special teams usually is enough to carry the day. That happened in the Jaguars game where Johnson only had 100 yards passing, but it was enough to win the game.

CU-HC-Lrn Dev DB 2, OC-Playcall 3, WRC-Receiver Discipline.

NFL notes:

The Redskins have made RT Jeff Otah the starter over Pro Bowl RT Jon Jansen. Just a note, Jansen has 36 pancakes on the year.

Matt Ryan is now the starting QB for Atlanta-hope he stays healthy.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Chicago Bears
Dec 7, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Jacksonville Jaguars (9-4)	7	0	0	0	7
Chicago Bears (12-1)	3	14	7	6	30

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Garrard 18/33 213 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Jones-Drew 19 52 2.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Mayer 4 70 17.5 0 M. Lewis 3 52 17.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Pashos 1 1 V. Manuwai 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Henderson 4 2 0 0 A. Fluellen 5 1 0 0 B. Sacre 7 1 0 0 D. Smith 4 1 0 0 C. Ingram 5 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Scobee 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Podesh 5 188 32.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Mathis 1 30 30.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Jones-Drew 3 18 6.0 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 8/20 102 0 0 T. McGee 3/3 26 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 20 97 4.8 1 J. Johnson 7 54 7.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 7 78 11.1 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Tait 1 1 D. Hale 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 4 3 0 0 B. Urlacher 10 2 0 0 A. Rubin 3 1 0 0 K. Phillips 6 0 1 0 C. Steltz 9 0 1 0 C. Tillman 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 3/3 3/3 12 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 5 174 34.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 69 34.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 22 11.0 0

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2008 Season-Game 14-Bears 19, Saints 14

The best game of the year so far-bar none. I just about bit my arm off every time I saw Josh Johnson throw a INT to a Saint in the end zone. 1 time is Ok, but Four! Arggh! One thing that worked in my favor was the Saints playbook-it has no deep passes in it, or seemingly not. They were always getting into 2nd and 13, 3rd and 15, but had no plays to convert that 1st down. All they needed was 1 more TD, but could not find it.

CU-HC-Phys Dev OL 2, DC-Int Dev DL 3.

Injury-RG Roy Schuening(2nd time)-triceps strain- 1-4 weeks.

New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears
Dec 11, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New Orleans Saints (4-10)	0	7	0	7	14
Chicago Bears (13-1)	3	7	3	6	19

New Orleans Saints PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Brees 18/35 258 2 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Bush 8 33 4.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Copper 3 109 36.3 1 M. Colston 4 56 14.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK K. Harris 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Grant 4 2 0 0 J. Bullucks 8 0 1 0 J. Vilma 12 0 1 0 A. Samuel 6 0 1 0 M. McKenzie 8 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Anderson 0/0 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 T. Sauerbrun 5 207 41.4 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Samuel 2 42 21.0 0 R. Bush 1 23 23.0 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 17/30 234 0 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 23 93 4.0 0 J. Johnson 14 67 4.7 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 8 106 13.2 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Staley 3 0 R. Schuening 1 0 D. Hale 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 4 3 0 0 D. Vobora 4 1 1 0 B. Urlacher 5 1 0 0 C. Steltz 4 0 1 0 K. Phillips 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 4/5 1/1 13 51 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 1 49 49.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Vasher 3 77 25.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 21 10.5 0

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2008 Season-Game 15-Bears 31, Packers 7

Another good game by the Packers, as their defense only allowed 17 points. The 2 defensive TDs they gave up to Steltz and Tillman were enough to win the game, as their offense couldn't overcome the miscues.

CU-HC-Phys Dev RB 2, QBC-Lrn Dev QB 4, RBC-Phys Dev RB 4, LBC-Phys Dev LB 3, GM-Pot Eval WR 2.

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Dec 22, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Green Bay Packers (7-8)	0	0	0	7	7
Chicago Bears (14-1)	7	7	7	10	31

Green Bay Packers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Culpepper 18/35 210 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Culpepper 6 81 13.5 0 R. Grant 22 58 2.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Driver 7 97 13.8 0 D. Lee 5 63 12.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK M. Tauscher 2 0 J. Coston 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Kampman 1 1 0 0 J. Harrell 3 1 0 0 N. Barnett 6 0 2 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Crosby 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Ryan 9 391 43.4 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD W. Blackmon 2 41 20.5 0 C. Woodson 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD W. Blackmon 4 22 5.5 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 12/28 171 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Rice 15 89 5.9 1 J. Johnson 8 60 7.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 4 73 18.2 0 M. Manningham 4 54 13.5 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Young 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 7 1 0 0 C. Tillman 5 0 1 1 C. Steltz 7 0 0 1 B. Urlacher 14 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 1/1 4/4 7 37 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 5 191 38.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Vasher 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 7 65 9.2 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 16-Bears 41, Texans 18

First off-my terrible trainer may have just ruined my playoff chances. I lost my Pro Bowl LT Joe Staley to a pulled hamstring, and he'll be gone 3-7 weeks-maybe the entire playoffs. That's not good news especially since I'll have to go up against both the Eagles and Giants.

Now the game-I was impressed with Texans P Durant Brooks. Two punts inside the 5, and both ended up as safeties. 6 sacks by Campbell definitely helped contain the Texans offense, but I felt they gave a good effort.

Injury-LT Joe Staley-pulled hamstring-3-7 weeks-most likely gone for playoffs.

CU-HC-Phys Dev WR 2, OC-Strategy 3, OLC-Game Film Analysis, DBC-Coverage Analysis.

Chicago Bears at Houston Texans
Dec 28, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (15-1)	14	14	7	6	41
Houston Texans (6-10)	0	7	11	0	18

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 14/23 254 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 8 80 10.0 1 R. Rice 19 70 3.7 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Manningham 4 72 18.0 0 E. Bennett 3 64 21.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Tait 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 8 6 0 0 E. Fuller 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 2/2 5/5 11 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 3 108 36.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Vasher 3 64 21.3 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 2 15 7.5 0

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Schaub 18/25 254 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Green 17 83 4.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Jones 7 75 10.7 0 J. Porter 5 72 14.4 0 O. Daniels 1 48 48.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK V. Leach 1 0 K. Stoddard 1 0 J. Smiley 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Hatcher 5 2 0 0 A. Okoye 4 2 0 0 M. Williams 5 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K. Brown 0/0 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Brooks 7 249 35.5 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Davis 2 48 24.0 0 D. Walker 2 64 32.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Davis 3 20 6.6 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Awards

First-thanks to whoever gave my dynasty 4 stars-it's much appreciated. Good work by Urlacher getting Best Linebacker, and I came up short to Dungy as Best Coach-probably because I lost to him. Bears Pro Bowlers follow.

Pro Bowl:

HB-Ray Rice
FB-Carl Stewart
WR-Earl Bennett
LE-Calais Campbell
RE-Adewale Ogunleye
DT-Athya Rubin
MLB- Brian Urlacher
CB-Charles Tillman
FS-Craig Steltz
SS-Kenny Phillips
K-Robbie Gould

2008 Awards
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Most Valuable Player	Tom Brady	QB	Patriots
Offensive Player of the Year	Tom Brady	QB	Patriots
Defensive Player of the Year	Calais Campbell	LE	Bears
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Josh Johnson	QB	Bears
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Calais Campbell	LE	Bears
Best Quarterback	Tom Brady	QB	Patriots
Best Running Back	Brian Westbrook	HB	Eagles
Best Wide Receiver	Brandon Marshall	WR	Broncos
Best Offensive Lineman	Marcus McNeill	LT	Chargers
Best Defensive Lineman	Calais Campbell	LE	Bears
Best Linebacker	Brian Urlacher	MLB	Bears
Best Defensive Back	Kenny Phillips	SS	Bears
Best Kicker	Olindo Mare	K	Falcons
Coach of the Year	Tony Dungy	C	Bears

[Mike3207]

Final 2008 Standings

No team went undefeated, but the Ravens went winless. I'm amazed the Ravens couldn't win a game with that defense. The East was Beast in the NFC, as 3 playoff teams came from that division. In the AFC, 10-6 wasn't good enough for the Titans and Bills to earn a playoff berth. Playoff teams have asterisks next to them.

NFL Standings - Updated: Jan 1, 2009
NFC EAST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Giants*	14	2	0	526	290
Eagles*	10	6	0	430	362
Cowboys*	9	7	0	389	369
Redskins	6	10	0	327	385
NFC NORTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Bears*	15	1	0	540	224
Packers	8	8	0	227	329
Vikings	6	10	0	275	362
Lions	4	12	0	228	391
NFC SOUTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Bucs*	12	4	0	362	241
Falcons	8	8	0	318	350
Saints	5	11	0	373	407
Panthers	1	15	0	197	389
NFC WEST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Cardinals*	9	7	0	304	352
Seahawks	6	10	0	329	351
Rams	5	11	0	333	387
49ers	4	12	0	294	419
AFC EAST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Patriots*	13	3	0	520	278
Bills	10	6	0	314	296
Jets	5	11	0	259	372
Dolphins	4	12	0	273	415
AFC NORTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Bengals*	10	6	0	393	340
Browns	8	8	0	368	412
Steelers	7	9	0	328	348
Ravens	0	16	0	221	482
AFC SOUTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Colts*	15	1	0	455	197
Jaguars*	11	5	0	342	341
Titans	10	6	0	295	210
Texans	6	10	0	294	377
AFC WEST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Broncos*	13	3	0	401	295
Chargers*	11	5	0	388	263
Chiefs	8	8	0	321	306
Raiders	3	13	0	220	377

[Mike3207]

2008 Final Team Statistics

No matter the Performance level, Calais Campbell is great at LE with Jim Johnson Blitz. Johnson just missed 4000 pass yards, but the INTs were a issue. Drops were also a issue, as Earl Bennett oupaced all others with 16 drops. The running game was in full force with the combined effort of Rice and Johnson getting 2000 yards.

Chicago Bears Stats - 2008
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Josh Johnson	234/431	3950	9.1	246.8		25	28	77.7
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
R. Rice	258	1295	5.0	88	10	16	80.9	7
J. Johnson	123	815	6.6	35	5	8	50.9	5
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	20+	YDS/G	YAC
E. Bennett	78	1482	18.6	12	83		90.7	445
M. Manningham	63	1105	17.5	5	78		69.0	266
K. Robinson	19	401	21.1	1	36		25.0	49
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
B. Urlacher			145	6	29	12	4	1
C. Tillman			93	0	4	12	4	1
K. Phillips			91	5	18	14	9	2
D. Vobora			89	6	21	1	1	0
C. Campbell			87	48	60	4	0	1
C. Steltz			75	1	4	11	8	2
N. Vasher			66	0	3	15	4	1
H. Hillenmeyer			63	3	19	8	0	0
A. Ogunleye			43	7	10	1	0	0
A. Rubin			32	8	14	1	0	0
D. Moore			29	4	7	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
E. Bennett	20	490	24.5	41	0	50/386	7.7	0
N. Vasher	13	358	27.5	87	1
K. Darby	13	313	24.0	37	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
R. Gould	30	37	81	55	64	64	100	154
A. Serna	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
M. Berger	46	1672	51	36.3	1343	0	5	5

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2008 Wild Card Round

I lost a close one to the Eagles in the Divisional round, but I'll get to that tomorrow. Wild Card games and coaching hires follow.

Wild Card:

Chargers 20, Broncos 17
Bucs 44, Cowboys 14
Jags 31, Bengals 28
Eagles 52, Cardinals 24

Coach retirements:

OC Dan Henning-Dolphins, RBC Wilbert Montgomery-Ravens, DLC Keith Millard-Raiders, OLC Steve Laney-Rams, DBC Mark Carrier-Ravens, HC Rod Marinelli-Lions, GM-Mack Miller-Lions, GM Alan David-Raiders, RBC Jim Skipper-Panthers, OC Jeff Davidson-Panthers.

Coach hires:

GM-Lions-Johnny Paycheck, Titans-Marvin Hurley, Raiders-R. C. McGriggs, Panthers-Jeremy Strauser.

HC-49ers-Gary Hammermill, Lions-Rex Ryan, Rams-Russ Grimm, Raiders- Jim Westgate.

OC-Raiders-Scott Linehan, Panthers-Butch Millwood, Dolphins-Henry Ellard.

DC-Lions-Robin Matthews, Vikings-Mike Nolan, Saints-Chuck Bresnahan, 49ers-Leslie Frazier, Raiders-Jerry Gray, Rams-Joe Barry.

STC-Rams-Chris Staymates, Bengals-Barry Trammell, Vikings-Darrin Simmon

I'll edit this later and include STC coaches. The Lions have really improved at HC and coordinator.