Bear Down Baffa

You can only beat the team in front of you on any given Sunday.  Well the Bears have now done that 5 weeks in a row.  And as we all start putting up our aluminum poles (with its “very high strength-to-weight ratio”) and prepping for Festivus, our 9-3 record gives us plenty to celebrate.  Though our last 5 opponents are a combined 23-37 (.383) and Detroit started a 3rd string QB with only 104 NFL passes under his helmet, a W is always a good thing – unless of course you’re talking about Hurricane Katrina or Iraq.  The Bears just won’t be hoisting any “Mission Accomplished” banners just yet.

Photo of My Uncle who Went Lion Hunting on Sunday

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The Bears came up big in our biggest challenge of the season.  Facing what some were calling the best team in the NFC (and certainly a dangerous offense with big play potential), the Bears played their best all-around game this year.  Bear players downplayed this being a statement game, but there’s no way around it – we put ourselves on the map Sunday.  And we beat the Eagles at their own game – we had 4 plays of at least 30 yards, Philly had 0.  You better start making your Supa Bow plans…

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In a game that Miami should have forfeited because they had more injuries than an emergency room on a Saturday night on Chicago’s South Side, the Bears absolutely dominated them.  Miami spent as little time in Bear territory as Lindsay Lohan spent in prison, and we pitched our first shutout in over 4 years, giving Miami only its second goose egg at home in 40 years.  For the third time in a row, we looked really good against a bad team.  And again, there’s really not much to celebrate other than the W – our third in 12 days.

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In a match-up that would lead to one team’s season ending, the Bears came up big time and not only kept their season alive, but revitalized it.  Despite 11 penalties, we put together a well balanced attack and took down a beast in both Favre and Peterson.  It seems hard to believe at this point in the season, but we haven’t lost in 3 weeks, and are now 3-0 in the division.  And the winning streak now stands at 2!   Read the rest of this entry »

Despite playing north of the US border, the Bears “hung on” to win against the only remaining winless team in the NFL, the now 0-8 Bills.  If we had performed like this against a good team, I’d be impressed.  But against a team whose last win came on Jan. 3, there’s not much to celebrate – other than the fact that we picked up our first W in four weeks, and that we’re now 5-3 instead of 4-4.   Read the rest of this entry »

Coulda, shoulda, woulda.  I gotta be honest, I’m sick of this season already.  Dropping good passes, throwing bad passes and throwing passes to the other team were the only things the Bears did well on Sunday, and they led to us beating ourselves yet again.  At 4-3, our record is slowly and surely crawling back down to reality.  And that reality seems to mean a 5-11 season.   Read the rest of this entry »

A seahawk somehow managed to take down a grizzly bear in Chicago on Sunday.  What’s next, is a pigeon going to eat an elephant?  The Bears blew another game, and lost for surprisingly only the second time this year.  And to a 2-2 team that lost to Orton’s lowly 2-4 Broncos, and who’s two wins came against the winless-until-today 9ers and the now 2-4 Chargers.  WTF!?  I’d like to blame someone, but with so much blame going to the players and coaches in recent weeks, I’m going to put this one on the fans.  Yeah, that’s right, I’m calling YOU out!   Read the rest of this entry »

It was like a Pop Warner game in a blizzard – neither team could throw the ball.  Except it was gorgeous out and there were highly-paid players tasked with doing just that.  I think this game would have been better if they had made it a “Let the Fans Play QB Day.”  They could have called out a seat number, let that fan run down the stands to the field (much like the audience does on The Price Is Right), suit ‘em up and let ‘er rip.   Read the rest of this entry »

Plain and simple, the Bears got they ass whooped.  Again.  Only this time, they scored fewer points and actually lost.  And it was an ass whoopin’ both figuratively and literally.  They were beaten in every aspect of the game, and battered like Guantanamo Bay prisoners.  And it’s about time!  Realistically, we haven’t beaten anybody yet.  And on Sunday night, it was like the dealer who’d been giving us free crack for three weeks came to collect – and we didn’t have any cash.   Read the rest of this entry »

Ho-ly Shit!  After being dominated in their last four match-ups, the Bears beat the Fudge Packers on a Monday night, becoming the only unbeaten team in the NFC.  That’s two NFC title contenders we’ve beaten in back to back weeks after “losing” to the worst NFC team on opening day.  It sure didn’t hurt that GB had more penalties (18) than they did points (17).  And after GB set a team record for penalties in a game, the NFL is considering changing the color of the yellow penalty flag to yellow and green.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Chicago Bears are officially back in business.  Unlike Joaquin Phoenix’s hip hop career, we are for reals.  Coming from behind twice against a solid Dallas defense, we were able to hold on and win for the second week in a row.  And this week’s win wasn’t due to a bad call at home against a terrible team without their starting QB – it was on the road against a Pro Bowl QB and what some experts called the NFC Super Bowl favorite.  Don’t look now but the Bears have won 4 in a row, and are tied with GB for first place at 2-0.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Bears were saved by an overturned Lion TD pass with less than a minute to play.  I don’t understand this new rule, but apparently in order for a pass to be considered complete, a receiver who goes into the air for a ball must maintain possession after he lands, stuff it in his pants, pull it out his sock and carry it onto the team bus.   Read the rest of this entry »

2009 was painful.  It was pitiful.  It was pathetic.  But the best thing about it – it’s past.

The greatest sports franchise in the history of the galaxy made some solid off-season moves, namely with the coaching staff, and most notably firing the worst OC in NFL history, Ron “Fuckhead” Turner, and hiring offensive mastermind Mike Martz in his place.  But before we get into 2010, let’s review 2009’s “Monstrosity of the Midway.”   Read the rest of this entry »