Bear Down Baffa

Just about every game in the NFL is a must-win, and this game was no different.  Going on the road facing a back-up QB, this would be a great chance to steal a W, and a really bad scenario if we lost.  And after being down 13-0 only 18 minutes into the game, and going down again by 2 with 5 mins to play after a Cutler fumble, we came back and won on a Cutler-led, 6 play, 86 yard scoring drive – on which he was 3 for 3 for 48 yards including the game-winning TD pass.  With the win, the Bears advance to 2-1 for the first time since ’06 (the year we won the SB), and only the second time since ’02.  And we scored our first NFC win.  All we need now is our first division win, which could come next week when we host Detroit before heading into our bye week.  (more…)

We never doubted the Bears would win this game at the Bear Down Baffa blog.  Not when we learned that Urlacher was out for the season, not when we refused to mention it last week, and not even as Pittsburgh lined up for each of their two missed FG’s.  After a staff meeting early last week, we learned that Pitt’s best player, Troy Polamalupadupu, was out.  And the simple math there is that Polamalu is better than Urlacher.  So the injury advantage goes to the Bears.  You add in the fact that this was our home opener and we had a big loss last week, and I was convinced it was a done deal.  (more…)

Hopefully you didn’t read any of the papers or online reports about the Bears season being over already.  Because it’s not.  We were supposed to lose this game on the road.  GB had our number last year, especially on offense.  But our defense pretty much shut them down on Sunday.  GB only scored the one TD at the end of the game against our D, with the other one coming after an INT was returned to our one yd line.  So even with all the INT’s and our lack of offensive potency, we only lost by 5 points, and we were leading with just over a minute left.  It didn’t look to me like GB played much better than we did.  (more…)

April 2, 2009 – mark it on your calendars, folks.  It will go down as one of the greatest days in Chicago Bears history.  After decades of question marks, the Bears jumped into the fray and acquired Pro Bowl QB Jay “I’m a Bears Fan” Cutler from the disheveling Denver Broncos.  In doing so, the Bears dropped their drawers and finally exposed what was long thought to be a non-existent scrotal sack.  And in one fell swoop, they became the favorite to win the NFC without taking a single snap on the field.   (more…)