Chandler takes it himself and he exits the pile holding his neck. He hurt his neck on a QB sneak a few weeks ago. They get a good spot; first and goal. ... Johnson runs right and gets no where. Well, he got a couple. ... The Lions blitz and Chandler rifles one to Marcus Robinson for a touchdown in the middle of the end zone.
Bears 7, Lions 0
Summerall, of course, called Robinson Booker. And then did it again right before the commercial.
To quote Summerall's Golden Tee both partner, Peter Jacobsen, "Wrong again, Pat."
On the ensuing kickoff Eddie Drummond breaks a decent return to the Detroit 39. I'm not sure I've ever used the word "ensuing" not referring to a kickoff. But that's just me. ... Play action to Stewart, Harrington has all day and tries to fire it to Schlesinger. But Colvin breaks it up. ... Bryan Robinson bats Harrington's third-down try and the Lions will punt.
The Bears start at their own 25 after minimal return by Leon Johnson and go three and out on a combination of short passes and no-gain runs. ... Brad Maynard's punt rolls inside the 25 on the other end of the field. Back and forth.
Harrington hits Bill Schroeder for a five-yard gain and then finds Germane Crowell, who spins and bounces his way to the first down.
In the midst of a discussion about Ed McCaskey, Summerall attempted to sing "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" and started with "Fight on, Chicago Bears..." before trailing off after realizing he butched the first line.
Harrington throws incomplete twice and then goes downfield to Ricks. Ricks trips and flags fly. Mike Green is called for pass interference. Their feet got tangled but because Green really did initiate the contact. That moves the ball inside the Bears' 30. ... Harrington finds Scotty Anderson on a crossing pattern down to the 17 and then dumps a screen to Schlesinger, who follows an escort of blockers down to the 5. ... Schlesinger gets nothing on first and goal and then Harrington throws high for tight end John Owens in the end zone. ... Brian Urlacher read Harrington all the way and knocked down the ball intended for, I believe, Crowell. Again, don't hold me to that. ... Jason Hanson's short kick is good.
Bears 7, Lions 3
It's nice to see McDonald's has brought back some characters not heard from in years, like Grimace and the Hamburgler. But in yet another effort to desensitize anything mildly frightening for our children, the new Hamburgler, who used to be sinister and shady, looks a like a Backstreet Boy. Mayor McCheese has called a news conference to address this.
Bears tight end Dustin Lyman just had his helmet ripped off near the Lions' bench. I didn't see how it started, but that's never good. The Bears pick up two straight first downs. Thomas runs for five and then Chandler finds a sliding Booker. ... Chandler hits Johnson for a short gain and Thomas picks up a few on second down. So, third and short, but first the two-minute warning. ... Two-minutes later, no, wait, that's not how that works. Anyway, Chandler hits Booker beyond the marker, but offsetting penalties bring up another third down. ... Chandler pumps once and then lofts another nice ball over the shoulder of White. But White can't get both feet in bounds and so the Bears will punt.
Fox is still going with the hang-time clock. Is there any purpose to this? By the way, Maynard's punt hung up there 4.7 seconds for those of you keeping record of this. The Lions are called for two penalties on the punt and that--or those--backs--or back--them up to their own 5.
In the first meeting the Bears made journeyman James Stewart look like Gale Sayers. Stewart ran all over the place for 172 yards. Stewart resembles George Bailey in this one. He was just stuffed twice. But on third down, Harrington finds an open receiver for a first down and then calls timeout with 14 seconds remaining in the half. But then the Lions run Stewart and the half ends. What was the timeout for? We'll never know...
Third quarter
The Bears coming out running the ball and quickly face third and short. ... Chandler fires one but it goes in and out of the hands of a Lions linebacker. Detroit's Drummond muffs the punt but falls on top of the ball. I didn't get the hang time on that one.
Harrington throws on first down, to whom, that's anyone's guess as the ball hits the turf and skids out of the picture. ... Harrington goes deep on second down and Schroeder makes a tremendous diving, finger-tip catch. The Lions are called for holding and the catch is ruled incomplete, so it's third and 10. .. Harrington throws high to Crowell, who stretches to make the catch and takes a big hit in the midsection from Mike Brown. Crowell gets up and gets right in Brown's face. Brown turns to the official, throws up his hands, like "What do you want from me?" And the yellow flag flies. Taunting on Crowell. Crowell goes to the sideline and gets an earful from the Lions special teams coach (no idea on the name there) and --I hate typing this name--Mornhiweg comes over, takes off his headset and says something to the receiver, we can only imagine along the lines up, "What the heck are you doing?" Mornhinweg is the correct spelling. ... Harrington throws incomplete. ... Harrington unloads just before Alex Brown arrives and goes down with the ease of a South American soccer player. No yellow card for diving. ... Third down and Harrington avoids Colvin and throws on the run to Schroeder. Great Favre-esque play there for a first down. ... Stewart runs twice and picks up another first down at the Bears' 30. I just realized I hadn't saved in a while. I apologize if you were refreshing and nothing was happening. ... Schlesinger is stuffed by Urlacher and Colvin sacks Harrington for a loss of eight. ... So, third and 16 and Harrington throws down the sideline to Anderson, who comes back inside Jerry Azumah on the underthrown ball and makes a great catch inside the 5. ... Stewart once for nothing and twice for a couple. Third and goal from inside the 1. ... Harrington fakes a hand off, rolls right and in an attempt to dive for the pylon, loses the ball, It flies out of his hand and out of bounds. A loss of about two. Bryan Robinson took a great angle there and chases the QB down. ... They're going for it ... Harrington rolls right again, stops and then fires back against the grain to Crowell for a touchdown. No taunting and no dirty looks from the coaching staff.
Lions 10, Bears 7
That was a 15-play drive that took well over 8 minutes.
Marty from Milwaukee writes in with a question about that diving attempt by Schroeder, a play that also featured a holding penalty on Detroit:
Bears 7, Lions 0
Summerall, of course, called Robinson Booker. And then did it again right before the commercial.
To quote Summerall's Golden Tee both partner, Peter Jacobsen, "Wrong again, Pat."
On the ensuing kickoff Eddie Drummond breaks a decent return to the Detroit 39. I'm not sure I've ever used the word "ensuing" not referring to a kickoff. But that's just me. ... Play action to Stewart, Harrington has all day and tries to fire it to Schlesinger. But Colvin breaks it up. ... Bryan Robinson bats Harrington's third-down try and the Lions will punt.
The Bears start at their own 25 after minimal return by Leon Johnson and go three and out on a combination of short passes and no-gain runs. ... Brad Maynard's punt rolls inside the 25 on the other end of the field. Back and forth.
Harrington hits Bill Schroeder for a five-yard gain and then finds Germane Crowell, who spins and bounces his way to the first down.
In the midst of a discussion about Ed McCaskey, Summerall attempted to sing "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" and started with "Fight on, Chicago Bears..." before trailing off after realizing he butched the first line.
Harrington throws incomplete twice and then goes downfield to Ricks. Ricks trips and flags fly. Mike Green is called for pass interference. Their feet got tangled but because Green really did initiate the contact. That moves the ball inside the Bears' 30. ... Harrington finds Scotty Anderson on a crossing pattern down to the 17 and then dumps a screen to Schlesinger, who follows an escort of blockers down to the 5. ... Schlesinger gets nothing on first and goal and then Harrington throws high for tight end John Owens in the end zone. ... Brian Urlacher read Harrington all the way and knocked down the ball intended for, I believe, Crowell. Again, don't hold me to that. ... Jason Hanson's short kick is good.
Bears 7, Lions 3
It's nice to see McDonald's has brought back some characters not heard from in years, like Grimace and the Hamburgler. But in yet another effort to desensitize anything mildly frightening for our children, the new Hamburgler, who used to be sinister and shady, looks a like a Backstreet Boy. Mayor McCheese has called a news conference to address this.
Bears tight end Dustin Lyman just had his helmet ripped off near the Lions' bench. I didn't see how it started, but that's never good. The Bears pick up two straight first downs. Thomas runs for five and then Chandler finds a sliding Booker. ... Chandler hits Johnson for a short gain and Thomas picks up a few on second down. So, third and short, but first the two-minute warning. ... Two-minutes later, no, wait, that's not how that works. Anyway, Chandler hits Booker beyond the marker, but offsetting penalties bring up another third down. ... Chandler pumps once and then lofts another nice ball over the shoulder of White. But White can't get both feet in bounds and so the Bears will punt.
Fox is still going with the hang-time clock. Is there any purpose to this? By the way, Maynard's punt hung up there 4.7 seconds for those of you keeping record of this. The Lions are called for two penalties on the punt and that--or those--backs--or back--them up to their own 5.
In the first meeting the Bears made journeyman James Stewart look like Gale Sayers. Stewart ran all over the place for 172 yards. Stewart resembles George Bailey in this one. He was just stuffed twice. But on third down, Harrington finds an open receiver for a first down and then calls timeout with 14 seconds remaining in the half. But then the Lions run Stewart and the half ends. What was the timeout for? We'll never know...
Third quarter
The Bears coming out running the ball and quickly face third and short. ... Chandler fires one but it goes in and out of the hands of a Lions linebacker. Detroit's Drummond muffs the punt but falls on top of the ball. I didn't get the hang time on that one.
Harrington throws on first down, to whom, that's anyone's guess as the ball hits the turf and skids out of the picture. ... Harrington goes deep on second down and Schroeder makes a tremendous diving, finger-tip catch. The Lions are called for holding and the catch is ruled incomplete, so it's third and 10. .. Harrington throws high to Crowell, who stretches to make the catch and takes a big hit in the midsection from Mike Brown. Crowell gets up and gets right in Brown's face. Brown turns to the official, throws up his hands, like "What do you want from me?" And the yellow flag flies. Taunting on Crowell. Crowell goes to the sideline and gets an earful from the Lions special teams coach (no idea on the name there) and --I hate typing this name--Mornhiweg comes over, takes off his headset and says something to the receiver, we can only imagine along the lines up, "What the heck are you doing?" Mornhinweg is the correct spelling. ... Harrington throws incomplete. ... Harrington unloads just before Alex Brown arrives and goes down with the ease of a South American soccer player. No yellow card for diving. ... Third down and Harrington avoids Colvin and throws on the run to Schroeder. Great Favre-esque play there for a first down. ... Stewart runs twice and picks up another first down at the Bears' 30. I just realized I hadn't saved in a while. I apologize if you were refreshing and nothing was happening. ... Schlesinger is stuffed by Urlacher and Colvin sacks Harrington for a loss of eight. ... So, third and 16 and Harrington throws down the sideline to Anderson, who comes back inside Jerry Azumah on the underthrown ball and makes a great catch inside the 5. ... Stewart once for nothing and twice for a couple. Third and goal from inside the 1. ... Harrington fakes a hand off, rolls right and in an attempt to dive for the pylon, loses the ball, It flies out of his hand and out of bounds. A loss of about two. Bryan Robinson took a great angle there and chases the QB down. ... They're going for it ... Harrington rolls right again, stops and then fires back against the grain to Crowell for a touchdown. No taunting and no dirty looks from the coaching staff.
Lions 10, Bears 7
That was a 15-play drive that took well over 8 minutes.
Marty from Milwaukee writes in with a question about that diving attempt by Schroeder, a play that also featured a holding penalty on Detroit:
