Bear Down Baffa

Godammit, another fucking loss to the country’s largest exporter of cheese, and largest importer of fudge.

The problem wasn’t yardage.  The Pack gained 5.7 yards per play, the Bears 5.6.  The problem surprisingly wasn’t Cutler or our offensive line either.  The problem was that Green Bay ran 17 more plays (69-52) because they played keep away with the ball all day.  We lost the time of possession battle by 15 minutes – that’s like splitting time for the first 3 quarters, and then giving them the ball for the entire 4th quarter.  Add in our typical slow start against the Pack, Martz’s lopsided play calling and an inept receiving corps that couldn’t catch a pass if it were covered in partially dried elephant semen, and it’s a recipe for losebagedness (for definition, click link).

Young Bears Fans Practice Dropping Passes – Like Their Heroes

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If this was a game of “Clue,” I’d have to say the Butler did it in the Superdome with a candlestick.

The first 3 games our season (ATL, NO, GB) rate us as having the toughest starting schedule in the NFC.  No one would have been surprised if we started 0-3, so 1-1 wouldn’t seem all that bad – if we weren’t certain to be 1-2 after next week’s blowout at the hands of Green Bay.  We’ve supposedly got the 4th easiest schedule the rest of the way.  But the way we played Sunday, that’s like saying Michelle Bachman has a chance to win the Republican nomination because there’s no clear leader yet.

Cutler Trying to Separate his Helmet from the Turf

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September 11, 2011 was a special day in Chicago – and not just because the Bears became the front runner to win the Super Bowl.  Sunday’s game marked the 10-year anniversary of an historic event – one that has changed the lives of so many.  You may remember the Bears lost their first game of the 2001 season on Sunday, 9/9/01.  Two days later, two planes hit the twin towers, and the NFL postponed the next week’s games until 9/23.  And it was after the Bear’s victory over the Vikes in that first game back that I changed the world by writing my first official Bears article and emailing it to a lucky few of my closest Bear friends.

Ooooh, Pretty Colors!

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I don’t know why the media has caused such a hubbub, and why Bears fans don’t seem happy with last season’s performance.  We won our division and hosted the NFC title game, losing to the eventual Super Bowl winner.  Last time I checked, that’s a bronze medal in a 32-team tournament.  And we did it without an offensive line or top tier receiver, and with a new offensive scheme without the personnel for which it was designed.  I have to say I was quite pleased with the end result.  So I’m confused (and a little pissed off) by the seemingly general consensus that the Bears sucked.  So, as Rick Perry enjoys his 15 minutes, I’ll quote him and call the negative talk a “Ponzi” scheme. (more…)