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Bears Win a Wild One Over the Vikings 48-41

 
You can read this article and many other articles at BearsBacker.com . It's   THE BLOG for any Chicago Bears fan.   You're probably asking yourself how did the 2008 Chicago Bears score 48 points, and how did they give up 41 points. The Bears looked great offensively. Kyle Orton had this to say after completing 21 of 32 passes  for two touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 114.5: "We’ve got a group of guys who are together, it doesn’t matter what happens outside that huddle. It’s everybody inside the huddle working for a common goal and we work together very well.” “We were banged up on defense, we just needed to score one more than they did. There were a lot of guys making plays; a lot of ups and downs. The guys really banded together and made some plays when we had to. It was a great game.”   TE Greg Olsen on the Game: “It was definitely wild, but finally we were able to pull one of these games out, ... (link)

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