Bear Down Baffa

There are 256 regular season NFL games each year.  That means 256 wins – and 256 losses – to go around.  On rare occasions both teams get a tie, but 99% of the time, 1 has to lose.  And on Monday night, that was the Bears.  But no matter how bad a loss is, it only counts as 1 loss.  So I’m not sure why Bear fans are all flipping out?  We were on the road facing a team that’s won 37 of their last 54 (.685), and played in the SB 20 months ago.  So I’m not panicking just because we scored our fewest points all year (10) and allowed our 2nd most (24).  We got licked by a better team.  It happens.  We’re still 5-2, a ½ game out of 1st place, and tied for the most wins in the NFC.  That’s WAY better than anyone (other than our blog, of course) predicted.  So quitcherbellyachin and enjoy it!

The Rams spent so much time in the Bear’s endzone
that ESPN let the cameramen just setup shop in there

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Boy, that didn’t take long.  After falling in the standings 2 weeks ago, the Bears jumped right back into first place by beating up on Carolina and putting together our first complete and commanding win of the year.  And Green Bay got shellacked by Tampa, proving that the Pack isn’t as great as everyone (including me) feared, and that our beating Brady in week 5 is as monumental as it felt.  The Bears have now won 5 of 6, and appear to be peaking.  And before you start arguing that we haven’t beaten anybody yet, our opponents’ combined records against non-Bear teams is 10-13.  That’s not great, but it’s not shabby.  The bottom line is that the 2020 Bears are for real for real, folks.  And if you still doubt them after this smackdown on the Panthers, well, then that’s on you.

Carolina passing on their last chance to forfeit

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It took us 6 tries, spanning some 18 years, but the Bears FINALLY beat Tom “Goat Of Goats” Brady.  It certainly seems to have helped that we dealt a 4th-round pick for Nick “Boy, We Really Bargainista’d That Deal” Foles.  We targeted him because of his big wins in Philly, including beating Brady in the 2018 SB, and the Bears in the 2019 double-doink playoff game.  But this win was still a bit of a surprise.  We all knew that Brady could beat the Bears, and that Foles could beat Brady.  But now we know that the Bears can beat Brady – as long as we have Foles.  Does that make us a good team?  No, not necessarily.  But because the goal is to win games, if we keep winning, at some point we’ll just “become” a good team.  So, even though all rational thought keeps saying that the Bears stink, the actual smell emanating from them right now is a pleasant blend of Old Style, polish sahsage, and a freshly cleaned Lombardi trophy.

It also helped that kicker Cairo “Head Shoulders Knees And
Toes, Knee” Santos went 4 for 4, including this game-winner

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Whew!  I must admit I’m a tad relieved that we finally lost, but only because I’ve been holding my breath for 3 weeks now.  The 2020 Bears were playing with house money, and we all knew their luck would run out soon.  So, despite Indy calling in our marker, at least we can go back to breathing normally (like Trump, who has definitely NOT been on oxygen).  But we’re now 3-0 with Mitch “Wait, Yawl Talkin’ ‘Bout Trading Me?” Trubisky as our starter, and 0-1 with Nick “I Think We Need More Time To See How This QB Competition Un” Foles.  And I can’t explain it, at least not logically, or without screaming.  But this game came down to some simple math:  the Bears didn’t allow themselves to fall behind by 16 points soon enough.  So we fall to 3-1, making us just 8-8 since we flew to London to get trounced by the Raiders a year ago.  And so the Bear’s never-ending rebuild continues…

Same shit, different QB

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