Bears Get Seahawks Next Weekend and I’m Worried
I’m not exactly confident about the Bears’ chances against the Seahawks next weekend even though the Bears beat them badly in week four and the game is at home. Today’s games were a mixed bag and I don’t understand why anyone pays attention to what happened in the past, particularly the distant past, when attempting to predict the outcome of games.
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I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t worried about the Bears home playoff game next weekend. At least now I can obsess over the opponent, the Seattle Seahawks. The good news: the Bears beat the Hawks in week four 37-6 at home. The bad news: that was week four and Sean Alexander was hurt at the time. I’ll be losing sleep and checking the blogosphere all week for clues. I thought having the top seed in the conference was supposed to provide some sort of comfort but it doesn’t. Oh, and by the way, don’t call my house next Sunday morning…I won’t answer.
Today’s Games. The Jets never really had a chance but the game was interesting until the end of the half. It’s tough to win in Foxboro in January. The afternoon game was far more interesting. The Eagles won at the very end of the game with a field goal. I was kind of hoping for the Giants to win because, even if they would have won, they would have provided a weaker opponent for the Bears next Sunday.
Useless Stats. I don’t understand the historical head-to-head statistic or historical team records. Like when the press says that a given team is 30-20 against another team in their history. How is that at all relevant? The teams that played against each other in 1965 have no relationship to the teams playing today so why is the historical head-to-head matchup statistic at all helpful? In today’s Los Angeles Times, Peter Yoon picked New England over the Jets as follows:
It’s tough to pick against a team that has won three of the last five Super Bowls.
I understand this stat a bit more because the quarterback and head coach are the same. However, many of the players and assistant coaches have turned over since they won their first Super Bowl. So, what does the success of that team have to do with today’s game against the Jets?
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