Good As Gould
"A year ago I'm pounding nails. Now I'm hitting game-winning kicks and going to the NFC Championship Game," Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould said. "I didn't even watch the end of it. I hit it right where I wanted it to go."
Gould kicked a 49-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Bears to a 27-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, setting up a Sunday afternoon date with the New Orleans Saints next week. The stakes? A trip to Miami and the Super Bowl.
This was my very first NFL playoff game, but surprisingly, it wasn't that much different from a regular season game. Obviously, there was more media covering the game, but I don't think things were any more difficult for photographers. I guess the difference with football is that we are pretty free to roam around the sidelines, so you can increase the number of people shooting the sidelines without really much effect. Other sports like baseball can't really support the increased media coverage... which was why at the World Series I kinda got screwed and was relegated to the upper concourses, into a non-assigned position (of course, as you remember, I had sweet stuff anyways!).
Anyways, back to the Bears. This team has become so frustrating. Everybody in Chicago knows from the first few weeks of the season, that this team can be dominating on both offense and defense. Especially defense. However, these days, the team has been so maddeningly inconsistent, you don't know who will show up and play a good game. The offense has been pretty spotty with Rex Grossman at quarterback, but the defense has arguably been equally inconsistent.
This playoff game was no different. The defense showed flashes of brilliance that they had displayed in the early part of the season...
But it also displayed some huge lapses of concentration, resulting in some big plays for Seattle...
However, woah, where did the offense come from? By putting up 27 points, they really bailed out the inconsistent defense. If it weren't for solid running by Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones, as well as clutch performances from the wide receivers and quarterback Rex Grossman, the Bears probably would have been "one-and-done" at home in the playoffs. Again.
Celebrate now, Bears fans... here come the Saints!
Gould kicked a 49-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Bears to a 27-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, setting up a Sunday afternoon date with the New Orleans Saints next week. The stakes? A trip to Miami and the Super Bowl.
This was my very first NFL playoff game, but surprisingly, it wasn't that much different from a regular season game. Obviously, there was more media covering the game, but I don't think things were any more difficult for photographers. I guess the difference with football is that we are pretty free to roam around the sidelines, so you can increase the number of people shooting the sidelines without really much effect. Other sports like baseball can't really support the increased media coverage... which was why at the World Series I kinda got screwed and was relegated to the upper concourses, into a non-assigned position (of course, as you remember, I had sweet stuff anyways!).
Anyways, back to the Bears. This team has become so frustrating. Everybody in Chicago knows from the first few weeks of the season, that this team can be dominating on both offense and defense. Especially defense. However, these days, the team has been so maddeningly inconsistent, you don't know who will show up and play a good game. The offense has been pretty spotty with Rex Grossman at quarterback, but the defense has arguably been equally inconsistent.
This playoff game was no different. The defense showed flashes of brilliance that they had displayed in the early part of the season...
But it also displayed some huge lapses of concentration, resulting in some big plays for Seattle...
However, woah, where did the offense come from? By putting up 27 points, they really bailed out the inconsistent defense. If it weren't for solid running by Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones, as well as clutch performances from the wide receivers and quarterback Rex Grossman, the Bears probably would have been "one-and-done" at home in the playoffs. Again.
Celebrate now, Bears fans... here come the Saints!
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