Morning Box Score: Bears Cut Down Giants 17-3

By Benjy Lipsman in Miscellaneous on Aug 23, 2009 4:30PM

In a Soldier Field full of fans anxious to see our prized new quarterback, Bears fans got quite a show on Saturday night. Jay Cutler led the team to scores on each of the three posessions he played, and the Bears defeated the New York Giants 17-3. On the field for 25 offensive plays, Cutler completed 8 of 13 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown -- a passer rating of 117.8. Now that's the Cutler we hoped to see! On the team's first drive of the evening, Cutler found Earl Bennett, Devin Hester and Greg Olsen for completions while driving the team into field goal range for Robbie Gould. Matt Forte capped an 80 yard drive with a 32 yard TD run. On his final drive, Cutler connected with Desmond Clark on a one yard pass, set up by a 38 yarder to Devin Aromashodu, to finish off a 10 play, 92 yard drive.

Meanwhile, the Bears defense looked much improved compared to their subpar showing in Buffalo last week. The Giants only score came following a Bears fumble that put them in field goal range. They only moved the ball 4 yards closer before settling for three points. However, the defense had trouble tackling the Giants bruising running back Brandon Jacobs.

Since the preseason's more about determine the roster and depth chart than winning, what's perhaps most important is who helped themselves and who hurt their chances in Saturday night's game. But there are still two more practice games for guys to win their way onto the roster. The next game should have special significance, as the Bears head into the Mile High City to show off their new QB and see how their old one looks. Should be interesting...