Week 3: Midweek Report

After coming off a tough lose to the New Orleans Saints, the Bears head into the game against the Green Bay Packers looking to turn things around. The Bear ran into a desperate team in the Saints who were looking for their first win of the season in their home opener. Thing won't get much easier when the Bears face their long rivaled division foe on Sunday at Soldier Field. Green Bay heads into Chicago a perfect 2-0 after a shoot out with the Saint's and a come from behind win at Carolina. The Bears returned to practice yesterday and were dealing with major injuries on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. On offense, the Bears lost rookie right guard, Gabe Carimi, to a dislocated knee against the Saint. He is projected to be out for an extended period of time. This really hurts the Bears because if forces them to start Frank Omiyale, who has started 28 games in his career but is a step back in regard to skills compared to Carimi. Another offensive line start who is still trying to come back is right guard Lance Louis, who suffered a high ankle sprain in week one against Atlanta. His certainty for the game is still unclear and Chris Spencer will be taking his start spot if he isn't ready for Sunday’s game. These two injuries really disrupt what the Bears were trying to do on the offensive line and really disrupt the chemistry as well. Another injury the Bears sustained against the Saints that will affect the offense was Earl Bennett. He has arguably been Jay Cutler’s favorite target and will be missed against the Packers. However, the Bears are hoping to have Roy Williams back which should add a boast to the Bears receiving core. Also expected back is running back Marian Barber, who has been sidelined since week three of the preseason with a hamstring injury. His return should help the running game, due to his bruising style and should hopefully open things up for Matt Forte. On the defensive side of the ball, the Bears may be without both starting safeties against the Packers. Major Wright is not expected to play because of a stiff neck and Chris Harris is 50-50 chance to play. Losing both safeties would be a huge loses for the Bears due to their relative inexperience with the backups and also considering they are playing Aaron Rodgers, who has the ability to dissect any defense in the league. However with all these injury's I expect the Bears to come out and play like they did against the Falcons and have a very competitive game. I would look for them to come out and try to get the run established so they can take some pressure of the offensive line. I look for it to be a close game, but in the end I think the Bears pull away to a 31-24 victory over the defending champions. So until next time, Bear Down Chicago.