While it's hard to get motivated to write about how obvious a road favorite is. . .
The problem that I've always had with the Bears defense since Lovie got there is that it's built for turf (undersized and fast) and there's at least two games a year that they play in horrible conditions and while they usually happen in December, the turf is 3 days old (IE posted an article about it earlier) and there's a 40% chance of rain for Sunday.
And while they don't play in a pure Tampa 2 anymore, the whole defense is predicated upon a speedy middle linebacker getting back into coverage fast. You live with Urlacher not getting off blocks because he is so valuable in coverage. Hilmeyer's not close to being as fast.
Pittsburgh's Oline has been panned, but they're huge and a game with questionable footing, they should dominate.
I don't think this game will be close.
The problem that I've always had with the Bears defense since Lovie got there is that it's built for turf (undersized and fast) and there's at least two games a year that they play in horrible conditions and while they usually happen in December, the turf is 3 days old (IE posted an article about it earlier) and there's a 40% chance of rain for Sunday.
And while they don't play in a pure Tampa 2 anymore, the whole defense is predicated upon a speedy middle linebacker getting back into coverage fast. You live with Urlacher not getting off blocks because he is so valuable in coverage. Hilmeyer's not close to being as fast.
Pittsburgh's Oline has been panned, but they're huge and a game with questionable footing, they should dominate.
I don't think this game will be close.
