Chicago Bears Shutout The Miami Dolphins 16-0 In South Beach

November 19, 2010   ·   Jake Perper   ·   Jump to comments

The Bears put together their first shutout victory since 2006 last night. They defeated the Miami Dolphins 16-0, but most importantly shut them down completely in all aspects of the football game.
They allowed the Dolphins to convert only one third down conversion out of 11 attempts. They held the Dolphins under 200 yards of offense for the entire game.
The Dolphins' gameplan might have been questionable considering they ran the ball seven times for a total of 12 yards. They gave third-string QB Tyler Thigpen the ball and said throw it around. Thigpen was 17-of-29 for 187 and one interception. Thigpen was also sacked six times, three of which came in garbage time.
Considering the Bears had the ball for 37 minutes of the game and ran 68 plays in that time that didn't allow the Dolphins to run many plays. The Dolphins actually ran only 48 plays in the entire game.
The Bears defense and running game took this game over. They took advantage of the Dolphins confusing gam...

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