You have yourself one good half-season and it’s suddenly alright to talk shit? Niners tight end, Vernon Davis, is pretty confident that San Francisco “can destroy [the Bears] front [four]” on Thursday, among other things. Well, except for Adewale Ogunleye. He likes him, but only him. Somewhere, Alex Brown is chafed.

It’s extremely refreshing to see that through the first two games our front four are doing something that has been absent since the second half of the 2006 season: pressuring the quarterback. While Tommie Harris has been essentially invisible, Alex Brown and ‘Wale Ogunleye have been absolute beasts in each of the first two games. They have both had two sacks respectively in the game and, in general, have created havoc in the Packers and Steelers backfields. A very good sign with the defense expected to be down a man all year. (more…)

Stout defense will always be a defining characteristic of the Chicago Bears. It is typically indicative of their overall team success and it is their best weapon come Winter. Once a week, every week, we’ll look at a different position of their 2009 assemblage.

Defensive End — Pretty simply, in 2008 this defensive group did not get to the quarterback with their usual frequency. For example, from 2005-2007, the defensive ends were responsible for, on average, 18.83 sacks; compare that to only 12 last year. (more…)

Finally, a game in which the Bears did something my sixteen-year old self never could — finish. Alas fellas, how does it feel to move past third base, and into the warm, juicy orephous known as victory?

On fourth-and-goal from the one with just under four minutes left in the game, the Bears defense took a stand and then made one. A handoff to Eagles running back Correll Buckhalter yielded no gain on the pivotal play as defensive end Alex Brown burst in from the side, reached his arm around Buckhalter and provided that extra resistance needed to keep the Eagles short. (more…)