So I decided to update the name of this blog to World Wide Wilson. I think that's a better summary of what I'm trying to accomplish here. On to my new post...
It looks like I'm going to finish 3rd in the only Fantasy Baseball league that I ended up caring about. I do this every year - join 3 or 4 fantasy baseball leagues and then forget about all but one of them. I was in first for a good portion of the first half of the season, but ended up giving it up to a guy who somehow has an All-Star team. I'm now in two different Fantasy Football leagues - one on ESPN and one on Yahoo. I feel like my ESPN team is better, but who knows, maybe I'll accidentally forget about it.
Some thoughts from the Bears game (I was going to do a quarter by quarter analysis, but I was at my grandparents' house where there is no world wide web for world wide wilson):
- It's a good thing in my mind that even when the Bears were down 13-0, having problems moving the ball and scoring points, and seemingly affected by the Seattle crowd - I never really doubted that they were going to win. Why? Because I could tell that they had a good game plan. This is where this game differed completely from the Illinois game yesterday (see "no game plan" below). Maybe the Fighting Illini could hire one of the Bears coordinators as head coach?
- One thing I like: when no-name guys step up and make plays. The Bears had this last week with Johnny Knox, and they had it again this week with most of their defense. If you told me last year that we would have Nick Roach, Jamar Williams, Zack Bowman, Al Afalava, and Hunter Hillenmeyer playing significant time, I would have probably started silently weeping on the spot. Today, these guys combined for 23 tackles (21 solo), 4 passes defended, and 2 QB hits. Moneybags.
- One thing I don't like: the facemask call. I know, I know - it's necessary. You don't want players to start using the opponent's facemask as their personal steering wheel, but when Seattle gains 30 yards in one drive on two good defensive plays, it just makes me a little cheesed off, as the British would say (not that they have anything to say about football).
- This game felt more like the Chicago Bears against the Seattle Highlighters...
- Why do you put Garrett Wolfe in the game when we're down by a point in the fourth quarter? We put him in for 3 rushes, he gains 8 yards and we punt. Really?
- The Seahawks would have won the game if their defensive backs hadn't run into each other on the last two plays the Bears ran. Maybe they could work on that in practice? Run straight at each other really fast and then miss. If they do that drill this past week, they win the game - guaranteed.
