Lions Bears Week Two Preview (Courtesy of the NFL)

WEEK 2—SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

DETROIT LIONS (0-1) AT CHICAGO BEARS (1-0)

SERIES

LIONS BEARS

LEADER

85-62-5

STREAKS

Past 2

COACHES VS. OPP.

Marinelli: 0-0 Smith: 2-2

LAST WEEK

L 9-6 vs. Seahawks W 26-0 at Packers

LAST GAME

10/30/05: Bears 19 at Lions 13 (OT). Chicago CB Charles Tillman returns INT 22 yards for

TD in OT.

LAST GAME AT SITE

9/18/05: Bears 38, Lions 6. Chicago RB Thomas Jones rushes for 139 yards & 2 TDs. Bears'

defense intercepts 5 passes.

BROADCAST

FOX (12:00 PM CT): Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan, Jay Glazer (Field reporter)

STATS

PASSING

Kitna: 21-37(T3C)-229-0-0-75.2 Grossman: 18-26-262-1-1-98.6 (3C)

RUSHING

K. Jones: 14-35-2.5-0 Jones: 21-63-3.0-0

RECEIVING

Furrey: 5-55-11.0-0 Muhammad: 6-102-17.0-0

OFFENSE

251.0 361.0

TAKE/GIVE

0 +2 (T2C)

DEFENSE

264.0 267.0

SACKS

Hall, S. Rogers: 2 (T2C) Three tied: 1.0

INTs

0 D. Manning (R), Tillman: 1

PUNTING

N. Harris: 43.0 Maynard: 47.3

KICKING

Hanson: 6 (0/0 PAT; 2/3 FG) Gould: 14 (T2L) (2/2 PAT; 4/4 FG)

NOTES

12 OF PAST 16 IN SERIES DECIDED BY 8 POINTS OR LESS

…Head coaches ROD MARINELLI (DL) & LOVIE SMITH

(LB) spent 5 seasons ('96-'00) as assts together in TB…

LIONS: QB JON KITNA has 15-4 (.789) record as starter all-time

when posting 100+ passer rating…

RB KEVIN JONES avgs. 74.7 rushing yards per game as starter vs. NFC North… WR

ROY WILLIAMS

had 16 TD catches in 1st 2 seasons, most in franchise history. Faces former Texas teammate in Bears CB

Vasher

. WR-PR-KR EDDIE DRUMMOND is 2nd in team history with 4 PR TDs & tied for 2nd with 2 KR TDs…With 311

career receptions,

TE MARCUS POLLARD ranks 3rd among active TEs, trailing TONY GONZALEZ (658) & KYLE BRADY

(329)…

DE KALIMBA EDWARDS has led club in sacks in 2 of his 4 seasons…Rookie 1st-round LB ERNIE SIMS started &

tied for team lead with 10 tackles…Since joining Lions in '03,

CB DRE BLY ties for 5th in NFL with 16 INTs… K JASON

HANSON

(1,426) needs 14 points to pass JIM TURNER (1,439) for 14th in NFL history… BEARS: QB REX GROSSMAN is

4-2 (.667) as starter vs. division opponents. His grandfather,

REX, played 4 games at LB for '50 Lions… RB THOMAS

JONES

has rushed for 387 yards (96.8 avg. per game) & 4 TDs vs. Lions since joining club in '04…WR MUHSIN

MUHAMMAD

(48) needs 2 TD catches for 50 career. Was all-state RB & LB at Lansing, Michigan's Waverly HS & college

star at Michigan State…

TE DESMOND CLARK (1,973) needs 27 rec. yards for 2,000 career…5-time Pro Bowl C OLIN

KREUTZ

has started every game he has played in (103) for club since '99…Club seeks to post consecutive shutouts for 1st

time since 11/17-11/24/85 en route to SB XX win…

ADEWALE OGUNLEYE seeks to become 1st Bear DE with consecutive

10-sack seasons since

RICHARD DENT ('90-'91)…BRIAN URLACHER has 6 career sacks vs. Det, tied for most vs. any

club. With 32.5 career sacks, needs 4 to pass

OTIS WILSON (36) for most ever by Bears LB.