NFL: The TV Times Kyle’s NFL Recap (NFL Season 2013-Week 3)

Chicago – 40

Pittsburgh – 23

The Bears forced 5 turnovers en route to a 40-23 victory in Pittsburgh on Sunday night. The Bears started off quick, jumping out to a 24-3 lead in the first half. Matt Forte had a 5 yard touchdown run after a Ben Roethlisberger strip sack fumble caused by DJ Williams. Forte also reeled off a 55 yard run that set up a 1 yard TD run by Michael Bush, although it took 3 tries to get in. (ALL of which appeared to be touchdowns by the way) After Pittsburgh added a field goal Major Wright picked off Big Ben and ran 38 yards for the touchdown. Roethlisberger added a nice 33 yard TD pass to Antonio Brown for a TD. That drive was kept alive by a costly roughing the punter penalty on Anthony Walter, that seemingly changed the momentum of the game for 2 quarters. The Bears came out of the locker room flat, and allowed Pittsburgh to close the gap with a couple Suisham field goals and another TD pass to Antonio Brown. It was 27-23 before the Bears knew it. The play that appeared to get the Bears mentally back in the game was Cutler’s 3^rd down scramble with 9:15 to go in which he ran over safety Robert Golden (more on that in a minute) and kept the Bears drive alive. Cutler then completed a pass on a beautiful toe-tap catch by Earl Bennet. Julius Peppers sealed the game with a 42 yard fumble return for a touchdown. It’s Pittsburgh’s worst start in 13 years.

Now you got the recap, my personal thoughts on this game…

Even though the Bears defense created 5 turnovers and scored twice, there has to be a small cause for alarm with the pass defense. So far this year they have given up huge games to AJ Green and Antonio Brown (combined 358 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns) but it hasn’t mattered with the run defense being so stout. If the run defense lets up for a game, say with Calvin Johnson catching passes, the defense could find itself being lit up.
Jay Cutler earned some props from a lot of naysayers with his hit on Robert Golden. On a 3^rd down scramble Cutler lowered his shoulder and laid the fucking boom on Golden, knocking the Steelers safety back on his ass. It was a hit of beauty coming from a quarterback that’s been scrutinized for his toughness in the past. I think it’s time those lame-ass Packer fans drop the shit about Cutler sitting out the 2^nd half of the NFC title game 3 years ago. He’s tough as nails.
Henry Melton tore his ACL and will be done for the year. Now, I understand that Melton was a pro-bowl player last year, and can generate a pass rush. The fact is that this year he has been non-existent. In fact, he’s had as many sacks this year as I have. Fucking ZERO. As long as Nate Collins can keep playing how he’s been playing, and the Bears will probably call up Zach Minter (who looked good in the preseason), I think the damage will be minimal.
Cutler only threw for 159 yards, Forte only ran for 87, and Marshall only had 52 receiving. How in the hell did this team score 40 friggin points?? The defense made plays, and just in time. There were whispers of concern about the Bears D the last couple weeks, I think they helped to silence some of those critics. Major Wright – Interception for a TD, Forced Fumble, 7 tackles. (receiving his first ever game ball from the team)

DJ Williams – 2 sacks, 1 Forced Fumble

Lance Briggs – 1 sack

Chris Conte – 1 Interception

Julius Peppers – Fumble Recovery for a TD

Cutler faced the most pressure he’s seen this season. Pittsburgh threw out a bunch of different looks, and Dick LeBeau disguised his blitz packages really well. The rookies on the right side still played well, as did the line as a whole. Cutler isn’t going to stay clean all season, but only giving up 2 sacks to a tough Pittsburgh D isn’t bad. I can only image how that would’ve gone with our line from last year in there. Yeesh. All I can picture is rolling a stocked buffet into fat camp and letting the feast begin.

Final Bears thought…

The Bears are winning ugly this year, but they’re winning. The offense will come along, but fans need to be patient. I understand it’s the “Win Now” NFL, but a rookie head coach, with a new system and new coordinators just started the season 3-0. Lay off Uncle Touchy and let him do his thing because it’s obviously working. I hate that fans are bitching about Trestman when the Bears aren’t scoring a touchdown on every drive. I think Emery has done a nice job, as well as Trestman, and personally I’m excited for the prospects of what this season can bring. Devin Hester wasn’t entirely at fault for his lack of impact on Sunday Night. Shaun Suisham did a nice job of kicking away from him all night. Also, Brandon Marshall is a snazzy fuckin dresser. Play on, Playa.

AROUND THE NFL

Kansas City - 26

Philadelphia – 16

YES!! My hope for a 1-15 Eagles season stays in tact. Mike Vick was on a national stage and peed down his leg, I love it. The Eagles had 4 first half turnovers, 5 overall. Kansas City didn’t blow my socks off with this win, but Alex Smith looks competent enough to lead this team to a winning record. They need to involve Dwaye Bowe more, though. One catch for 4 yards won’t cut it later in the season. Jamaal Charles is a stud, and Eric Berry will win a DPOY sometime in his career. If I’m a KC fan I’m loving the hire of Ol’ Fat Stache.

Green Bay - 30

Cincinnati – 34

I’ve never been so happy to be wrong about a prediction. Crazy game. Bengals start off with 14 points before Aaron Rodgers even touches the ball. Then the Pack reel off 30 unanswered, followed by 20 unanswered for Cincinnati. The Bengals needed defensive scores in this game to win, but they got the plays when it mattered. Best play of the game came from Giovanni Bernard on his TD run in the first quarter. The kid is going to be a player. I think the Packers need something more than some Chunky Soup to stay healthy, the injuries are piling up. (DUMBEST commercials, Clay Matthews. What did you see Aaron Rodgers and BJ Raji cashing those State Farm checks and want a piece of the pie? Fathead didn’t pay enough? You SUCK, please stay out of any and all commercials from here on out, Thanks.) And being a Bears fan I’m so damn happy the Bears now lead the Pack in the division by 2 games. I know that lead will shrink and very possibly disappear eventually this season, but I’m enjoying the moment.

St. Louis - 7

Dallas – 31

Where the hell has DeMarco Murray been? 175 yards on 26 carries. He would’ve gotten the I’m Awesome!? award this week if it hadn’t been for Brian “No one has ever heard of me” Hoyer. Romo played solid and conservative in the win. Looks like Fisher better get that stache in order. His team looked terrible on Sunday.

San Diego - 17

Tennessee – 20

Jake Locker had a solid game, showing some of the promise that he has. Chris Johnson still looks a bit pedestrian, but he should get stronger as the season goes on. I’ve never been a fan of Philip Rivers, so this just gives him more to whine about now. Face it, Phil, you guys just aren’t that good! Tennessee should turn a few heads this season. I’m not totally sold on them yet, but they’ve looked strong through 3 games.

Cleveland - 31

Minnesota - 27

HO-LY SHIT. Where the fuck did Brian Hoyer come from?? This shows why I’m no expert. I didn’t see Hoyer doing much of anything in this game, and Chuds trots his QB out there and has him throw 54 times. That’s not a typo. 54 friggin times. I understand he threw 3 picks, but still. Whoa. Without T-Rich I guess he knew what he was doing. I thought AP would run better against Cleveland, but they’re defense actually looks fairly decent. Oh, and a final thought on this game…. PONDER SUCKS. Hahaha.

Tampa Bay - 3

New England - 23

And to think I almost picked Tampa as my upset this week. Adios Greg Schiano. You had a crap filled run as you tried to make the jump from Rutgers to the NFL, but I don’t see you coaching this team next year. The Bucs have too much talent to waste it, and Schiano looks like he has zero control of his team. New England is New England, and we can expect them to win the AFC East, even if they have been winning ugly.

.Arizona - 7

New Orleans – 31

Palmer looked old, and the Cardinals running game was non-existent. Arizona actually got a little pressure on Brees, sacking him 4 times after only registering 1 sack the first two games. Didn’t stop him from dropping 342 yards and 3 TD’s on them though. The Saints were over 50% on 3^rd down conversions. You can’t expect to win anything looking like that on D.

Detroit - 27

Washington – 20

I think I like Jim Schwartz less and less every week. That guy is just a dick. I don’t know if it’s because he knows he’s on a short leash, but he just oozes arrogant prick out of his douchebag persona. Matt Stafford recovered from an early pick 6 to have a pretty solid day. The only way DeAngelo Hall (who got the pick 6) could be more of a diva is if he changed his name to DeAngelo Streisand. He is an average player on a below average defense. He needs to wake up and realize that. RG3 still looks slow and hurt. The Skins should think of shutting him down for a couple weeks. Let him get 100%. So many people criticized Derrick Rose this past year for not coming back for the Bulls. You know why he didn’t? RG3. That’s why he didn’t.

New York Giants - 0

Carolina - 38

WOW. I didn’t see this coming at all. The Giants got completely bitch slapped all over the field on Sunday. Eli Manning was horrible, the run game was horrible, and if you let Cam Newton throw for 3 TD’s on your defense, then your defense looked horrible too. Ron Rivera saves his job for one more week, and Panther fans can now celebrate. Don’t get too excited though, I’m sure Carolina will come back down to Earth and land in the pile of mediocrity they belong in. I’m not totally anti-Carolina, DeAngelo Williams made his case for being still relevant! He ran for 120 yards, eclipsing the 100 yard mark for the first time in….since….well, has he ever run for a 100 yards?

Houston - 9

Baltimore – 30

A punt return, interception return, one yard run, and a bunch of field goals. Not a pretty win, but a win nonetheless. Now, I didn’t see this game, but I watched highlights and looked through the box score. I’ll tell ya, this game looked BORING on paper. No stats jumped out, nothing at all jumped out at me, actually. On a positive note, “Shit-Pile” Randy Bullock made 3 kicks on 3 attempts for the Texans. I’ll hold off on the Mason Crosby comparisons for now.

Atlanta – 23

Miami – 27

This game was pretty good, actually. Ryan Tannehill is starting to mature into a nice young QB. He gets overshadowed because of RG3, Luck, and Wilson drafted in the same draft, but Miami made a good pick with him. The Falcons are in a bit of a hole early now, and they need to start climbing out of it. Tony Gonzalez didn’t come out of sorta-semi-retirement for this.

Buffalo - 20

New York Jets – 27

Agh! I thought my prediction would hold up and EJ Manuel would find a way to pull this off, but I guess he’s worse than I thought. Neither QB was that good. The defenses were so-so, and all I can picture when I see Rex Ryan is, “Now, let’s go get a fucking sandwich”. (His classic Hard Knocks rant) Oh, and by the way, Mark Sanchez, WHAT THE FUCK is up with that 14 year old girl hair tie thing you got going on??? Everyone already thinks you’re a princess, you don’t have to flaunt it.

I can only see Peyton growing his hair out and wearing it

Indianapolis - 27

San Francisco – 7

Ahmad Bradshaw kind of carried this game on his shoulders. Neither QB set the world on fire. There seems to be a small amount of panic in the Bay area now. This is two BAD games by Colin Kaepernick. Maybe he should stop playing horse with Joe Flacco and concentrate more on becoming a better quarterback. I don’t care who stole your food, douche, stop doing stupid commercials and spend some more time in the film room. You too, Joe! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Read-Option is the new Wildcat. It WILL fade away once defenses key on it so you better learn how to throw from the pocket.

Jacksonville - 17

Seattle - 45

Looks like I don’t have to wear a dress after all. This game went exactly how we all expected it to. Wow, the Jaguars suck. They are the worst team I’ve seen in a long time. I think Alabama can come in and beat them up pretty good at this point. Oh, and your helmets are fucking ugly. You can put lipstick on a pig, still stinks like shit.

“Well You Didn’t Make a Lick of Difference” Performance of the Week:

I wanted to put the entire Jacksonville Jaguars team on here, but that’s not what this award is about.

Eli Manning – NY Giants

12-23 for 119 yards. No touchdowns. One interception. Sacked 7 times. A grand rating of 49.0

This just makes me laugh. Now, I’ve been a staunch non-supporter of Eli Manning ever since he came in the league. It’s weeks like this that make me laugh and laugh. And then I laugh some more.

“Holy Crap, I’m Awesome!???” Breakout Performance of the week:

Brian Hoyer – Cleveland Browns

30-54 for 321 yards 3 TDs 3 Ints

Now, Hoyer only had a 68.5 rating for this game, so I can understand if you don’t agree with me. My main reason for putting him here was that he led his team to a come from behind win in his first start with the Browns, only his second ever. He threw the game winning TD with :50 to play. The kid has moxie, at least this week. I’ll be excited to watch him next week against Cincinnati and see the Bengals defense DISMANTLE him.