Bears Pro Bowl linebackers Lance Briggs and Brian Urlacher aren't overlooking the 0-7 Buffalo Bills.
"Just watch 'em on film," Briggs said. "They've been playing a lot better the last couple of games..."
The Bills pushed the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, both 5-2, to overtime. Now, the Bears head to Toronto to face the Bills.
"They're playing better," Urlacher said of the Bills. "It's a big challenge for us, on the road."
One of the reasons the Bills are playing better is because of quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, the league's ninth-rated passer (91.1). Fitzpatrick has 12 touchdowns against just five interceptions.
"He's doing well," Briggs said. "He's a vet, he's been in the league a while... He's done a good job of managing, helping keeping them in games.
"Stuff they're doing now, they're playing a lot harder, and even though their record doesn't reflect it, they're a good team."
The Bears defense has played at a high level so far this season, but Briggs said he isn't satisfied.
"We've done a lot of good things, a lot of things that we wanted to do. But, can't be satisfied if you play great defense and don't win the game, or you play good defense and don't win the game, or you play good defense for three and a half quarters and, at the end of the game, you give up some big runs."
The last reference, of course, was to the loss to the New York Giants. But Briggs said the defense has to do its part in finishing games, and he hopes the team's two consecutive losses serves as a wake-up call moving into a difficult stretch of games.
"It should light a fire for everybody in that locker room," Briggs said. "I think everybody knows that we're a better team than the two losses that we experienced. And going into this next part of the season, we have a lot of tough opponents."
Hahahaha they are talking up the Bills. 11 sacks and one int that is the Buffalo defense this season. Can't stop the run at all, teams don't even pass on Buffalo because they are so bad against the run. They are on pace to give up over 3000 yards rushing.
Watch out the Bills are pretty good for a CFL team. Hahahaha 0-7 look out.
Well one thing is for sure Creighton...The Bills will skyrocket up the charts on offense and defense in terms of ranking after playing us. We make marginal offenses look like we are supposed to look because of all the yards we give up over 40 minutes of being on the field, and because our offense is so anemic right now, the opposing defense gets an easy week, and gives up nothing in terms of yards and points.
This should be a no-swesat win for the Bears, but we will find a way to make it a close call, or potentially a loss...Watch us make Shawne Merriman look like an All Pro again....
Come on, guys! Baltimore and Kansas City are both teams that can beat anybody, and the Bills gave them fits.They have a lot more than you give them credit for.Yes, their running defense is pathetic, but how great has the Bear running game been? I hope the bye week has helped the Bears gel as a powerhouse, but that remains to be seen, Counting chickens before...is never very profitable.
You don't underestimate anything at anytime. Why are we making a big deal about it? Is it a slow news day?
By Joe Felicelli on November 5, 2010 7:21 AM
"This should be a no-swesat win for the Bears, but we will find a way to make it a close call, or potentially a loss...Watch us make Shawne Merriman look like an All Pro again...."
Yes, I'm sure Merriman will be an unstoppable force given how he'll be standing on the sidelines for the whole game.
I am not worried about our defense not playing well. The suspense is on the offensive side. Will our STAR Quarterback keep regressing and hit rock bottom like he did last year or will he bounce back.
Please get the running game going Martz, and scale back some plays for Cutler. He looks lost out there
Joe they are a zero win team playing desperate football, they have a good special teams. But that defense is bad. On offense they have one of the worst tackles in the league protecting Fitz. Baltimore went to sleep on the Bills and KC is not that good. They are playing in Toronto where they are 0-2. They are ok in the secondary but have only 1 pick on the season. The yhave no pass rush, I do like their nose tackle.
The Bears are coming off a bye. I can't see how a Buffalo even has a chance. Any given Sunday yes, but it's Buffalo. The only way I could see the Bears losing is if Martz has another horrible game plan.
The Bills are a go ahead and run on us defense. The Bears can not lose this, it just can't happen. Not against these guys. If they lose you gotta fire everyone. That would be the worst regular season loss I can think of in the last 20 years.
Joe they are a zero win team playing desperate football, they have a good special teams. But that defense is bad. On offense they have one of the worst tackles in the league protecting Fitz. Baltimore went to sleep on the Bills and KC is not that good. They are playing in Toronto where they are 0-2. They are ok in the secondary but have only 1 pick on the season. The yhave no pass rush, I do like their nose tackle.
The Bears are coming off a bye. I can't see how a Buffalo even has a chance. Any given Sunday yes, but it's Buffalo. The only way I could see the Bears losing is if Martz has another horrible game plan.
The Bills are a go ahead and run on us defense. The Bears can not lose this, it just can't happen. Not against these guys. If they lose you gotta fire everyone. That would be the worst regular season loss I can think of in the last 20 years.
Joe yo uare not allowed to be a bigger pessimist
Joe they are a zero win team playing desperate football, they have a good special teams. But that defense is bad. On offense they have one of the worst tackles in the league protecting Fitz. Baltimore went to sleep on the Bills and KC is not that good. They are playing in Toronto where they are 0-2. They are ok in the secondary but have only 1 pick on the season. The yhave no pass rush, I do like their nose tackle.
The Bears are coming off a bye. I can't see how a Buffalo even has a chance. Any given Sunday yes, but it's Buffalo. The only way I could see the Bears losing is if Martz has another horrible game plan.
The Bills are a go ahead and run on us defense. The Bears can not lose this, it just can't happen. Not against these guys. If they lose you gotta fire everyone. That would be the worst regular season loss I can think of in the last 20 years.
Joe you are not allowed to be a bigger pessimist than me, new blog rule.
Sean, what's with printing three copies of Creighton's blog? Don't you guys edit? I'm happy that Creighton is so optimistic regarding the Buffalo game and wish I could share his degree of confidence, but I think the game will be tougher than he thinks. I still think the Bears will win and gave my prediction in the appropriate blog.