Bear Down Baffa

Well this season isn’t going the way a lot of us expected.  Coming off 3 straight wins, the Bears traveled light to London, leaving their mojo back in Chicago.  That’s a long way to go without your mojo, and if you ask me, the Bears got off easy.  We only lost by 3 (24-21), and we actually had the lead for almost the entire 4th quarter.  But the score doesn’t accurately represent how this game went.  This was an ass-whopping from top to bottom by “Captain And” Khalil Mack’s former team, the Raiders.  And while we were playing with backup QB, Daniel “Two First Names” Chase, it was our once dependable D who (like Biden’s son) really deserves the blame here.

Like expired Immodium, the Bears just couldn’t stop the runs

The Low Down
Matt “When I Have To Spend A Week Abroad, I Get A Little” Nagy decided to wait until Friday to arrive in London, giving the Bears less than 48 hours to acclimate.  Last year, Oakland followed that schedule when playing there, and they got their asses kicked.  So this year, Gruden flew his squad over right after their game last Sunday, giving them a full week to adjust.  The Raiders were in the UK so long, some qualified for British citizenship.  And it was clearly an advantage, as the Bears looked out-gunned for the first time in the Nagy era.  How else would you explain OUR defense getting blown up by a .500 team?!

Matt “Mad Dog” Nagy was PISSED –
probably at himself, for waiting til Friday to get there!

The final QB numbers were pretty similar, except for Chase’s 2 TDs and 2 INTs.  But in the first half, Oakland out-gained us 208 – 44 yards, getting 14 first downs compared to our 2.  The Bears actually lost yardage in the 2nd quarter, and we headed to the half trailing 17-0.  The defense woke up at halftime, though, forcing 2 punts and 2 takeaways to start the 2nd half, which enabled our offense to score 3 straight TDs in the 3rd quarter.  But at crunch-time in the 4th, OAK mounted a 90-yard TD drive, while Daniel threw the most critical pass of his career into triple coverage for his 2nd pick.

Chase trying to convince his line that the receiver was open

In the end, we finished with just 236 yards, and allowed almost 400.  We got ZERO sacks, while giving up 4.  And we committed 10 penalties to OAK’s 6, bringing our season total to 43 (for 356 yards).  We’re now averaging 8.6 penalties (and 71.2 yards) per game.  Not only is that NOT the stat of a Supa Bow team, but that SUCKS!  It’s a lucky thing for us that we’re heading into our bye week because we need a hiatus right now more than the Beatles did after recording Abbey Road!

I mean, even Daniel wants Trubisky back

Doubtlook
At 3-2, and back in a tie for last, we have a lot of winning to do from here.  But there’s still reason to be optimistic.  We started our backup QB; we were supposed to lose this one.  The Troubador may be back for our next game.  And the only time we lost in our final 10 games last year was with Chase Daniel (Game 12 vs. NYG).  So maybe we can hit a streak again.  As always, with our defense, we should be in every game.  And they’ve proven that they can even win on their own.  So, while we’re a game back, I’m not tearing up my Bears Supa Bow card just yet.

Daniel:  “Did you see that jive turkey trying to cover you?”

Quotes of Note
Announcer Mark Schlereth, to announcer Dick Stockton:  “You don’t mind if I call you Dick, do ya?  Because you and I are tight that way.” ~ That’s what she said.

Just like a non-football country to use an image of
“the Fridge” as a representation of the Bears.  Sad.

Schlereth, at the start of the 2nd quarter, when it was still 0-0:  “This is the first time I have watched the Chicago Bears on film get thunder-punched in the throat.” ~ Yeah, not only were we not our usual selves, but we got thunder-punched (not to be confused with thunder-munched, though you could make the argument that the Bears looked like they might’ve also been thunder-munched before taking the field).

The CDC says jet lag is the #1 cause of missed tackles;
2nd on their list?  You guessed it:  thunder-munching.

Stockton:  “This is a Bears crowd, without question.” ~ Well yeah, with all that thunder-punching and thunder-munching going on, what did you expect?!

1 white guy out-running 11 black guys all day?
The only logical explanation:  thunder-munching.

Nagy:  “It had nothing to do with when we came here and when we didn’t.  It’s about playing football.” ~ No, I think it has at least a little to do with when you arrived, coach, because you can’t call that football.

Nagy (who, based on his pic above, didn’t get thunder-munched),
was the only one who could bear to watch the thunder-punching

BEAR DOWN!

Supa Bow, Supa BEARS!

#ThunderMunchedInLondon

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