Week 3 - Monday Night
The weather at Fed Ex field was great as the undefeated '85 Chicago Bears hit the road to face the '91 Redskins, who themselves are hot off a win against their division rival Dallas Cowboys.
The opening drive saw the Bears just charge ahead with Payton and Suhey, but the Redskins wised up and held the Bears to a FG.
Not much later, Rypien would hit Gary Clark twice for 2 big 30+ yard plays, on a vicious 80 yard drive, grabbing the first TD of the game with a 7-3 lead on the Bears.
Not to be outdone, McMahon and company found a few holes in the Redskins passing game on their next drive. After making it the red zone, Payton came up big with his first TD.
From there, McMahon had all the momentum he needed to open up his passing game some more, hitting McKinnon for a TD just before the half.
With just 3 seconds on the clock, the Redskins were able to setup for a 44 yard FG from Lohmiller, to close in on the bears a but at the half.
As the 2nd half opened, down by just 1 TD, the Redskins would be getting the ball. But they would not be scoring so soon. Instead, they'd need to stop to the Bears a few times before Lohmiller could line up another FG. Within just 4 points of a tie, Rypien tried pull ahead, but it was at that point in the 3rd quarter that Duerson reminded Rypien why the Bears have been unstoppable, with a costly interception in the end zone.
The Bears would use that opportunity to score on, and from there, up 24-13, the Bears continued that momentum. They wore down both the Redskins defense and the clock, to pull out another win, 31-13.
Let's give Rypien some credit, he made some big pass plays and came up with 60% completion and 243 yards for the day. In fact, by the numbers, the Redskins offense looked slightly better than Chicago. So why did they lose? Why does anyone lose against the Bears? It's hard to win when you have 3 attempts to throw TD passes all picked off by a different member of Chicago's secondary.
Attendance was a low 53,000 at RFK Stadium, and perhaps that's because the fans simply anticipated the poor showing by the Redskins.
And that wraps up another week of LFL Football. In only 3 weeks of football, just 4 teams remain undefeated, 3 of them in the AFC alone.
Join us Thursday as the '17 Eagles take on the '62 Packers. The Pack looks to keep up their 2 game win streak, and the Eagles look to break their 2 game losing streak. Who will come out on top?
The opening drive saw the Bears just charge ahead with Payton and Suhey, but the Redskins wised up and held the Bears to a FG.
Not much later, Rypien would hit Gary Clark twice for 2 big 30+ yard plays, on a vicious 80 yard drive, grabbing the first TD of the game with a 7-3 lead on the Bears.
Not to be outdone, McMahon and company found a few holes in the Redskins passing game on their next drive. After making it the red zone, Payton came up big with his first TD.
From there, McMahon had all the momentum he needed to open up his passing game some more, hitting McKinnon for a TD just before the half.
With just 3 seconds on the clock, the Redskins were able to setup for a 44 yard FG from Lohmiller, to close in on the bears a but at the half.
As the 2nd half opened, down by just 1 TD, the Redskins would be getting the ball. But they would not be scoring so soon. Instead, they'd need to stop to the Bears a few times before Lohmiller could line up another FG. Within just 4 points of a tie, Rypien tried pull ahead, but it was at that point in the 3rd quarter that Duerson reminded Rypien why the Bears have been unstoppable, with a costly interception in the end zone.
The Bears would use that opportunity to score on, and from there, up 24-13, the Bears continued that momentum. They wore down both the Redskins defense and the clock, to pull out another win, 31-13.
Let's give Rypien some credit, he made some big pass plays and came up with 60% completion and 243 yards for the day. In fact, by the numbers, the Redskins offense looked slightly better than Chicago. So why did they lose? Why does anyone lose against the Bears? It's hard to win when you have 3 attempts to throw TD passes all picked off by a different member of Chicago's secondary.
Attendance was a low 53,000 at RFK Stadium, and perhaps that's because the fans simply anticipated the poor showing by the Redskins.
And that wraps up another week of LFL Football. In only 3 weeks of football, just 4 teams remain undefeated, 3 of them in the AFC alone.
Join us Thursday as the '17 Eagles take on the '62 Packers. The Pack looks to keep up their 2 game win streak, and the Eagles look to break their 2 game losing streak. Who will come out on top?
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