Saturday, August 24, 2013

Bears Finally start fast


By Joseph Zalewski

Chicago was looking to do one thing Friday night and that's start fast offensively, and did they ever. Jay Cutler was a field general on a mission Friday night going 12 for 21 with 142 yard passing and 1 TD, but was was more impressive was how he was spreading the ball around. Also Cutler was not sacked once last night and had alot of time to throw the ball. Chicago's leading receiver was 2nd year man Alshon Jeffery who had 7 targets for 77 yards clearly Jeffery is going to be the number two receiver behind Marshall. Matt Forte also had a huge night looking like he was in mid season form, Forte had 6 rushes for 76 yards and a TD. Michael Bush also has a very productive night with 10 rushes for 19 yards and two TD. Defensively Chicago came out strong once again picking off Matt Flynn twice and Charles Tilman even sacked Matt Flynn. Chicago's defense forced 4 turnovers and had 3 sacks on the night, if Chicago can play great in all 3 phases like they did last night it not hard to believe they can not only make the playoffs but can  go far in them as well Bear Down Chicago.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Rookie LB Jon Bostic Fined?

By Joseph Zalewski 

Rookie Jon Bostic is making a huge impact and a great start to his NFL career. From his pick 6 vs Carolina in week 1 of the preseason or from his monster hit in week 2 of the preseason. It is clear he is making an early impact and making a clear case to be the week one starter. But was his hit illegal, that is the question raised today when Bostic was fined 21,000 by the NFL. In the picture below the highlighted area is where Bostic made contact and you can clearly see it was near the chest area and should not be fined. This is the official rule that Bostic got fined on Rule 12, Section 2, Article 7 (b) (2), it is prohibited to lower the head and make "forcible contact" so according to that rule Bostic should be fined. But in today's NFL Defensive players are always at fault its almost to the point where they can not even touch these Offensive players. 


Here's the Video you be the judge should this hit be a fine I say according to the rule yes it should be a fine but, I strongly disagree with the rule so I say In today's NFL that's the cleanest hit you will see he should not have been fined Bear Down Bostic.