What To Look For On Monday Night

The Bears are back this week in the national spotlight when they face the New York Jets on Monday Night. Chicago last week rallied back in the 4^th quarter to upset the 49ers and will be riding on this confidence to get another win tomorrow.

Some things to watch for tomorrow night will be how the Bears 27^th ranked run defense fares against the New York Jets number one ranked run offense. Last week the Jets racked up a total of 146 yards on the ground against the Packers and rushed 37 times in the game, averaging 3.9 yards per carry. The Jets are a ground and pound team, so the Bears defense better be ready to do most of the work in the trenches.

The passing game for the Jets isn’t something to be concerned about this week. The Jets rank 29^th in passing offense and the Bears passing defense ranks in the top 10 giving up about 199.5 yards per game. Geno Smith isn’t an accurate passer and his top wide out, Eric Decker is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. So the Jets will try and establish the run game so they can set up the play action pass and hopefully get the Bears secondary to bite.

The Bears offense should have no problem passing on the Jets secondary and looks as if they should have a field day. Matt Forte on the other hand may have a similar game that he had against the 49ers only because the Jets have a solid front 7. The Bears will also be missing five of their starters on Monday night but as it should be the next man up will step up to fill the shoes of the starters .Jay Cutler is 6-1 on Monday Night since coming to the Chicago and will look to get his 7^th win. 

Jay Cutler and the offense need to come out hot and put pressure on the Jets’ offense to be ready for a shootout. While the Bears defense needs to contain the Jets running backs and make the Jets’ offense one dimensional. Once the Jets go down they will be forced to pass and this plays in favor for the Bears. I see Chicago winning 35-10.

 http://espn.go.com/nfl/photos/gallery/_/id/9608713/image/4/lance-briggs-nfl-rank-13-defense-30-21