Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:G08 wrote:The coolest thing in the world would be for our defense to shut their offense the fuck down. We don't even need to dominate them, just knock them off their game. Offense does enough to get by with a 24-21 victory.
There are going to be a lot of factors in our favor in order to knock them off stride;
-Soldier Field crowd (They are going to be AMPED UP).
-Cold weather. Receivers not quite as fast. Harder to grip the ball. Etc.
-Goff is already not as good on the road.
-The Rams have not faced a defense like the Bears yet. What happens when they get smacked in the mouth?
I am still predicting a narrow Bears loss, but it will certainly be a winnable game.
Cold weather might be an even bigger issue, since they're from LA and unless their games at Denver or Seattle were unusually cold in the first half of October, they haven't played a cold weather game yet. Further, Jared Goff played college ball at Cal and basically lived near SF until he got drafted.
(Although quite coincidentally the same is true for Aaron Rodgers.
But he's had time to adjust.)
Update... Good news and bad news for the Rams...
Good news... The actually have played in a legit cold game this year when they went to Denver. It was around freezing that day, so I was wrong and they do have some experience in a legit cold game.
Bad news... They only scored 23 in that game, their season low by a clear margin.