Aug 22nd 2008 10:00AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, NFC NorthBeing a Bears fan, I figured I was in for at least a little bit of torture last night. The game was at home against the lowly Niners on Fox — meaning Troy Aikman would contribute to the torture. Going into the game, one would reasonably expect the Bears offense to provide said torture, while the defense, Devin Hester, and Robbie Gould offered a reprieve.

Then the game started … and we entered a whole new universe. Good was bad, up was down, day was night …

For example:

- Kyle Orton was great. Sure the touch pass in the end-zone was too low and shallow, but he seems to have developed great game-relationships with Greg Olsen and Rashied Davis. Orton ended with quality numbers, but they should have been better. There were several dropped passes, including one by Davis that would have been his third TD.

- The offensive line provided solid protection for Orton, which was a huge bounce-back from the embarrassment in Seattle. They also opened up good enough holes for Matt Forte and Kevin Jones to combine for 74 yards on 14 carries. Forte ran very hard and shed several would-be tacklers.

- Dusty Dvoracek and Mike Brown appeared healthy and full-speed.

- Danieal Manning was stellar in the return game … coming away with a 60-yarder and a 75-yarder that set up 10 first quarter points for the offense.

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