Dec 7th 2008 5:33PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Jaguars, AFC South, NFC NorthDavid Garrard’s passer rating hovered around the temperature for much of the game. When the players can see their breath, this is definitely not a good thing. He set the tone early with an interception that was so bad it actually appeared he intended to throw the pass to Danieal Manning. Manning nearly takes it to the house, and the Bears score a touchdown two plays later. So there were only two minutes and 24 seconds in this game where the Bears did not lead.

After a 20-3 halftime lead, the Bears offense was very stagnant in the second half. You actually have to go more than a month to find a second half in which the Bears offense was clicking. This concerns me, but you can use the excuse that it wasn’t really needed today.

Also concerning to me — as a Bears fan — was the poor production in the red zone, in terms of touchdowns. This isn’t going to cut it against good teams, scoring a touchdown only once in four red zone tries.Continue Reading