The season is over, and it couldn’t have come soon enough! The 2009-10 Bears sucked, though we somehow ended up 7-9 (and 3-3 in our division). Sure we finished strong, but we finished strong the last two years, and that doesn’t seem to have gotten us anywhere. But I do like the fact that we are now 1-0 in 2010.
Our staff has given it a lot of thought, and we determined the reason we sucked this year. It’s not Lovie, though he’s about as animated as drying paint, and it’s not Ron Turner, though he should be executed by any means cruel and unusual (preferably something involving a potato peeler and his flesh). And it’s not Jay “The Butt Nut” Cutler. No, our season ended with the Week 1 injury to the world’s greatest linebacker, Brian Urlacher, who happens to be crazy fast for a 6-foot-4 cracker. The Bears record when he has been injured over his career has been dismal, and this season was just a reminder of how invaluable that mofo really is.
The Cutler Ultimatum
The Butler had his second highest QBR of the year (122), and the fifth highest of his career. He also threw 4 TD’s for the second week in a row (the 3rd and 4th time in his career), and didn’t throw a pick. After having 19 TDs and 25 INTs in his first 14 games, he had 8 TDs and 1 INT in his last 2, finishing with more TDs (27) than INTs (26). That will be HUGE for his psyche (as well as ours) in the off-season.
Tell Them That It’s Human Nature
I’m not inclined to reference the drug addicted, child molesting, gloved wonder, but when they say why, why? Tell them we were sans Urlacher.
Go 2010 Bears!!
© 2010
Bear Down Baffa 
Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:53 am |
STANimal,
I for one, loved your weekly “truths” about our beloved Bears. I have learned at least one thing in my life (which is saying a lot since I went to Bradley) and it’s that when you are a Chicago fan, you expect this kind of heartache, anger and team failure. But for 2 years, ’85 Bear and ’05 White SAX.
We should know we will be exposed to this kind of garbage, year in, year out, day in, day out, and at the end of the day, you just give your best effort, but we didn’t execute, and that starts from the top down, and we should all be held accountable. I mean, you just write this stuff, but we have to execute it. You can’t blame the Head Blogger. You can’t fire the readers, and someone has to take the fall.
You can run, but you can’t hide. These last 2 games, the Bear figured it’s better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm, and I’m not talking about Ryan. With an uncapped year approaching, we won’t be able to rob Peter to pay Paul. We’ll just have to tough it out. You don’t think the Bear will just dump Lovie, and the $11 mil they owe him, at the drop of a hat, do you? Hey Turner, the check is in the mail. The reality is we all put on our pants one leg at a time. Except when the Patriots or Steelers do it, they walk home with a Lombardi trophy in their hands.
This is my last blog-within-a-blog for the year, and I realize that it’s all over the map. That I may have pulled the old bait and switch, and that the bottom is falling out. But let’s just keep in mind, that if it weren’t for Stan’s blog, we all would be drinking the Angelo Kool-Aid. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. To sum it all up, in the words of the great Troy Aikmen, “I thought they played high school football on Friday nights.” Ouch.
Peace, Love, Dope, now get the hell out of here.
Donny G
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Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:02 pm |
Is Urlacher that great? Guess we’ll see later this year, huh? And Donny G…..love your comments too. Most weeks I enjoyed Mark’s blog more than THE game!!!
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Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:59 pm |
Sorry for the bad year but I greatly appreciate the draft pick as a Broncos fan.
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