A Bears Dynasty

[Mike3207]

2009 Preseason

All preseason games were supersimmed as I was worried about injuries in the preseason games.I went 4-0 in preseason, but a number of close games. I did get both playbooks to Learned before the first preseason game. I at least want my players to know the plays when they face the Colts the first game. It will make that loss less painful.If you can believe it, the Browns kicker missed a FG from the 7 in OT-I went into the game in OT.Name was Zastudil, I think.


Preseason game 1-Bears 10, Chiefs 7

Bennett 78 rec yds, Johnson INT


Preseason Game 2- Bears 27, Seahawks 17

Addai 85 rush yds, Bennett 69 rec yds
Gross 5 pancakes

former Bear LG Ruben Brown placed on IR


Preseason Game 3- Bears 36, 49ers 17

Staley 5 pancakes, Campbell 2 sacks

CU-OC-Perf 2, DC-Perf 2, GM-Contract Neg 4

Injury-HB Adrian Peterson-sprained MCL-3-7 weeks



Preseason game 4-Bears 38, Browns 35 (OT)


Quinn 233 pass yds, Addai 73 yd rush
Philips sack

CU-RBC-Perf 2, WRC-Int Dev TE 3, LBC-Phys Dev LB 2

INJ-LOLB Barry Redd-1-3 weeks


Preseason Promise-Win at Least 3 Games

Let's not set the bar too high starting out


Final cuts:

QB Kyle Orton
HB Adrian Peterson
WR Mark Bradley

Season Goals:

Win 3/4 games
Beat Packers-Week 11
Beat Packers-Week 16
Re-sign C Olin Kreutz
Re-sign DT Tommy Harris
Win Defensive Rookie of the Year
Hire a new GM
Hire a new College Coach
Have 80+ Approval, Approval currently at 63


I'm very surprised no goal for re-signing Briggs. Maybe sitting out training camp had a effect on the GM. The GM still marks him as Indispensable though. The 2008 Depth Chart with cap information will be up later.

[Mike3207]

2008 Depth Chart and Cap Information

Cap Information first, then the Depth Chart. The chart included both overall and potential. Quinn will be the starter at QB, at least for now. he knows the playbook and hopefully won't beat himself. Johnson will be involved in the option plays.

NFL Salary cap-116.00 million
Team Cap-71.77 million
Cap Room-21.39 million
Cap Penalties-22.84 Million
Incentives-0
Next Year's Penalties-3.00 million

Chicago Bears Depth Chart - 2008
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	E. Bennett- 76/90	M. Manningham- 75/90	C. Dawson- 70/84
TE	G. Olsen- 78/88	M. Peterson- 58/84	M. Moffitt- 66/81
LT	J. Staley- 86/93	D. Free- 75/85
LG	D. Hale- 70/87	J. Rich- 78/81
C	O. Kreutz- 92/92	S. Justice- 75/83
RG	R. Schuening- 70/86	J. Beekman- 74/79
RT	J. Gross- 92/93	J. Graham- 71/77
WR	H. Douglas- 74/87	D. Hester- 75/87
QB	B. Quinn- 78/91	J. Johnson- 68/92	A. Woodson- 77/94
FB	C. Stewart- 76/84
HB	J. Addai- 91/94	J. Jordan- 70/84	X. Omon- 65/88
Base 3-3-5 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	C. Campbell- 84/89	K. Smiley- 73/81
NT	T. Harris- 89/90	D. Moore- 84/91	D. Klecko- 78/80
RDE	A. Ogunleye- 81/81	B. Carey- 74/78
LOLB	H. Hillenmeyer- 81/82	B. Redd- 71/78
MLB	B. Urlacher- 93/93	S. Hawkins- 73/80	J. April- 73/79
ROLB	L. Briggs- 90/91	D. Vobora- 68/83
CB	N. Vasher- 89/90	Z. Bowman- 78/86
SS	K. Phillips- 86/92	G. McLaughlin- 74/79
SS	C. Steltz- 83/88
CB	C. Tillman- 86/86	A. Johnson- 71/85
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	R. Gould- 91/94
P	M. Berger- 86/87

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 1-Colts 37, Bears 6

Well, it could have been worse. No, really. It's just really hard to beat the Colts the first 2 years. I've never worked out why the Colts are so good the first 2 years and so bad after that. Not a good start, but we are in the NFC North.

CU-OC-Lrn Dev OL 2, QBC-Perf 2.

NFL note-Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez-10, 000 career rec yds.

Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts
Sep 7, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (0-1)	3	3	0	0	6
Indianapolis Colts (1-0)	7	13	10	7	37

Team Stats Comparison
	CHI	IND
Total Offense	223	370
Rushing Yards	52	91
Passing Yards	171	279
First Downs	12	17
Punt Return Yards	12	40
Kick Return Yards	209	97
Total Yards	444	507
Turnovers	4	1
3rd Down Converstion	3-11	8-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/1	2/2
Penalties	3-23	0-0
Posession Time	27:37	32:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CHI	IND
9:12	(IND) INT-B. Quinn INT'd by A. Bethea for TD	0	7
4:59	(CHI) R. Gould-44 yd FG good	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CHI	IND
14;07	(IND) A. Vinatieri-36 yd FG good	3	10
12:36	(IND) Touchdown-63 yd rush by K. Faulk	3	17
3:24	(CHI) R. Gould-37 yd FG good	6	17
:43	(IND) A. Vinatieri-37 yd FG good	6	20
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CHI	IND
9:26	(IND) P. Manning-pass to R. Wayne for 8 yd TD	6	27
5:22	(IND) A. Vinatieri-45 yd FG good	6	30
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CHI	IND
10:32	(IND) Touchdown-1 yd rush by K. Faulk	6	37

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Johnson 6/19 78 0 3 B. Quinn 8/17 102 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Addai 11 52 4.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Hester 6 64 10.6 0 H. Douglas 3 46 15.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD N. Vasher 2 0 1 0 L. Briggs 11 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 2/2 0/0 6 44 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 5 188 37.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 5 133 26.6 0 D. Hester 3 76 25.3 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Hester 1 12 12.0 0

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Manning 24/33 236 1 1 D. Carr 2/4 43 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD K. Faulk 17 82 4.8 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Wayne 9 110 12.2 1 M. Harrison 4 70 17.5 0 D. Clark 4 54 13.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Lilja 2 0 R. Garza 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Fluellen 5 2 0 0 R. Brock 2 1 0 0 R. Mathis 1 1 0 0 J. Woods 1 0 1 0 K. Hayden 2 0 1 0 A. Bethea 2 0 1 1 J. Digorgio 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Vinatieri 3/3 3/3 12 45 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Vinatieri 2 84 42.0 0 H. Smith 1 43 43.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Hall 3 97 32.3 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Stewart 3 27 9.0 0 R. Hall 1 13 13.0 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 2-Panthers 28, Bears 21

This is not the start to a new Bears dynasty I was hoping for, and I can't say when I'll get my first win. Overall we played well-good pass rush, QBs played well, we ran the ball-but the 5 fumbles killed us. The last one especially, when Johnson fumbled on the 20 looking to tie it up.

One notable move-I traded WR Devin Hester after the game. I got a 2009 2nd and 2010 7th from the Vikings; I'm looking to take another big step in that draft. I'm already 2 games behind in the division, and approval is now at 47.

CU-HC-Playbook Training, DC-Lrn Dev DB 2, OLC-Perf 2, DBC-Perf 2, DLC-Lrn Dev DL 3.

Injury-TE Mark Moffitt, high ankle sprain, 1-4 weeks.

Updated overalls and potentials:

Jordan Gross-93/94
Tommy Harris- 90/91
Nathan Vasher- 90/91
Signed WR Jaymar Johnson to take Hester's roster spot.

NFL note-Panthers WR Muhsin Muhammad-10,000 rec yds.

Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers
Sep 14, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chicago Bears (0-2)	7	7	0	7	21
Carolina Panthers (1-1)	0	10	10	8	28

Team Stats Comparison
	CHI	CAR
Total Offense	412	165
Rushing Yards	146	26
Passing Yards	266	139
First Downs	21	10
Punt Return Yards	50	29
Kick Return Yards	145	87
Total Yards	607	276
Turnovers	6	0
3rd Down Converstion	2-7	5-16
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0	1/2
Penalties	4-45	5-60
Posession Time	30:07	29:52

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CHI	CAR
2;02	(CHI) B. Quinn pass to E. Bennett for 13 yd TD	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CHI	CAR
11:25	(CHI) Touchdown-3 yd rush by J. Addai	14	0
3:40	(CAR) J. Kasay-22 yd FG good	14	3
:49	(CAR) Touchdown-1 yd rush by D. Williams	14	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CHI	CAR
12:33	(CAR) Fumble, rec by K. Rivers for TD	14	17
7:06	(CAR) J. Kasay-32 yd FG good	14	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CHI	CAR
14:10	(CAR) INT-B. Quinn INT'd by T. Davis for TD	14	28
9:07	(CHI) Touchdown-1 yd rush by B. Quinn	21	28

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Quinn 17/25 239 1 1 J. Johnson 2/7 46 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Addai 12 63 5.2 1 J. Johnson 7 55 7.8 0 B. Quinn 6 28 4.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Bennett 6 88 14.6 1 M. Manningham 7 83 11.8 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C. Stewart 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Ogunleye 5 2 0 0 B. Urlacher 8 2 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 7 1 0 0 C. Campbell 3 1 0 0 T. Harris 2 1 0 0 K. Phillips 3 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 0/0 3/3 3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 4 129 32.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Hester 4 99 24.7 0 E. Bennett 2 46 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Hester 6 50 8.3 0

Carolina Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Delhomme 14/23 168 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Williams 20 27 1.3 1 J. Delhomme 4 -10.0 -2.5 0 A. Pearman 3 9 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Smith 4 52 13.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C. Kemoteau 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Powell 4 2 0 0 J. Peppers 7 2 0 0 M. Kemoteau 2 1 0 0 T. Davis 2 0 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Kasay 2/2 2/2 8 33 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Baker 8 303 37.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD S. Smith 2 55 27.5 0 R. Gay 1 27 27.0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD S. Smith 4 28 7.2 0

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 3- Bears 30, Bucs 3

It's always good to get that first win of the season out of the way. After the Panthers game, I thought it might be a while before our first win, but the Bucs game wasn't as difficult as I expected. My pass rush took care of their offense, and Quinn didn't make too many mistakes. There was a Defining Moment during the game, so approval went all the way up to 77. SS Kenny Phillips won the Defensive Player of the Week Award.

CU-HC-Int Dev QB 2, OC-LRN Dev TE 2, DC-Phys Dev DL 2.

DPOW-SS Kenny Phillips-14 tackles-fumble rec TD.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears
Sep 21, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)	0	3	0	0	3
Chicago Bears (1-2)	0	13	7	10	30

Team Stats Comparison
	TAM	CHI
Total Offense	181	322
Rushing Yards	64	122
Passing Yards	117	199
First Downs	12	15
Punt Return Yards	8	52
Kick Return Yards	120	0
Total Yards	309	373
Turnovers	2	3
3rd Down Converstion	2-13	3-9
4th Down Conversion	0-3	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/0	1/2
Penalties	2-25	1-5
Posession Time	31:03	28:54

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TAM	CHI
13:21	(CHI) R. Gould-20 yd FG good	0	3
9:41	(TAM) M. Bryant-47 yd FG good	3	3
3:43	(CHI) Touchdown-2 yd rush by J. Addai	3	10
:03	(CHI) R. Gould-37 yd FG good	3	13
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TAM	CHI
8:17	(CHI) Fumble, rec by K. Philips for TD	3	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TAM	CHI
5:28	(CHI) B. Quinn pass to H. Douglas for 21 yd TD	3	27
:02	(CHI) R. Gould-31 yd FG good	3	30

Tampa Bay Buccaneers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Garcia 13/29 168 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Graham 20 64 3.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Barbour 4 67 16.7 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Trueblood 1 0 D. Joseph 1 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Hovan 2 1 0 0 T. Laws 4 1 0 0 A. Odom 3 1 0 0 J. Phillips 3 0 1 0 B. Ruud 7 0 1 0 P. Buchanan 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Bryant 1/1 0/0 3/3 47 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Bidwell 7 267 38.1 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Johnson 3 97 32.3 0 P. Buchanan 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Johnson 1 8 8.0 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Quinn 11/24 189 1 2 J. Johnson 2/5 22 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Addai 19 100 5.2 1 B. Quinn 3 11 3.6 0 J. Johnson 2 11 5.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD H. Douglas 6 119 19.8 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Gross 2 1 J. Staley 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Urlacher 10 4 0 0 C. Campbell 6 3 0 0 D. Moore 2 1 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 2 1 0 0 K. Phillips 14 0 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 3/3 3/3 12 37 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 4 154 38.5 1 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 6 52 8.6 0

[jshrolltide]

Surprising to see the Bucs do that bad... They're normally a strong team. I've seen them go to back to back Super Bowls (and lose to the colts both times!). Odd.

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by jshrolltide

Surprising to see the Bucs do that bad... They're normally a strong team. I've seen them go to back to back Super Bowls (and lose to the colts both times!). Odd.

The Cover-2 is simply not designed to do well against a Spread offense, although it really was my defense that contained their offense.

[Mike3207]

2008 Season-Game 4-Bears 32, Eagles 2

We took advantage of our FG opportunities and our defense beat their defense. The less said about either offense, the better.




CU-HC-Int Dev WR 2, DC-Playcall 2, WRC-Lrn Dev TE 3, LBC-Int Dev LB 3.

DPOW-MLB Brian Urlacher-6 tackles, 4 sacks, forced fumble, FR TD.

INJ-LG David Hale-bruised thigh-1-3 weeks.

Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears
Sep 28, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Philadelphia Eagles (3-1)	0	0	0	2	2
Chicago Bears (2-2)	3	6	10	13	32

Team Stats Comparison
	PHI	CHI
Total Offense	57	258
Rushing Yards	-7	75
Passing Yards	64	183
First Downs	8	13
Punt Return Yards	3	28
Kick Return Yards	203	18
Total Yards	263	304
Turnovers	5	5
3rd Down Converstion	0-9	4-13
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/0	1/5
Penalties	2-25	2-20
Posession Time	24:01	35:57

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		PHI	CHI
7:28	(CHI) R. Gould-42 yd FG good	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		PHI	CHI
5:14	(CHI) R. Gould-39 yd FG good	0	6
1:02	(CHI) R. Gould- 40 yd FG good	0	9
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PHI	CHI
5:03	(CHI) Fumble, rec by B. Urlacher for TD	0	16
0:06	(CHI) R. Gould-37 yd FG good	0	19
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PHI	CHI
9:41	(CHI) R. Gould-33 yd FG good	0	22
6:06	(CHI) Touchdown-17 yd rush by J. Addai	0	29
3:36	(PHI) Sacked. J. Johnson for safety	2	29
:18	(CHI) R. Gould-31 yd FG good	2	32

Philadelphia Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Kolb 11/26 130 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Westbrook 8 -3 -0.3 0 K. Kolb 1 -4 -4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD H. Baskett 5 50 10.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Herreman 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Bunkley 2 2 0 0 V. Abiamiri 4 2 0 0 T. Cole 4 1 0 0 F. Okam 2 1 0 0 B. Dawkins 7 0 2 0 S. Brown 2 0 1 0 D. Cromartie 6 0 1 0 L. Sheppard 9 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Akers 0/1 0/0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Rocca 8 293 36.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cromartie 6 131 21.8 0 E. Royal 3 72 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cromartie 1 3 3.0 0

Chicago Bears PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Quinn 9/15 109 0 3 J. Johnson 7/14 97 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Addai 23 68 2.9 1 B. Quinn 1 10 10.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Dawson 8 89 11.1 0 E. Bennett 4 64 16.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Schuening 1 3 J. Gross 1 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 10 5 0 0 B. Urlacher 6 4 0 1 H. Hillenmeyer 7 2 0 0 C. Tillman 3 0 2 0 L. Briggs 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Gould 6/6 2/2 20 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Berger 1 35 35.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 1 18 18.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Johnson 4 28 7.0 0