I get it… Hail Mary… because it’s a prayer. Well, I’m here to tell you, after Sunday night’s fluke ass completion of this long ass pass which lead to a brutal Bears L, I’m not calling it that any more. Hail somebody, but not that.
How does that happen? It’s pure luck, let’s be honest. You got 8 defenders back there vs 5 offensive guys… the numbers are in your favor no doubt. But if the strategy on that play is to have a helmet on a helmet, boxing out like going for a rebound in the NBA, then somebody blew the assignment. Dude was standing there by himself as the ball just bounced into his hands. Can’t ever remember seeing that happen so easily before. I don’t ever think I’ve seen what our CB was doing as the ball was hiked on that play… The viral video is everywhere. Yes, it ain’t right, but… that didn’t cost us the game. He was there in plenty of time, unless… guarding that dude in the end zone was his responsibility? Yes, it looks bad, and coming off a loss like that, we want to kill somebody, but… How about the play before? Yeah, the one where we let the dude catch a 15 yard pass uncontested to put them in range? I’m more pissed about that. Or how about the handoff to the offensive lineman on the goal-line? Yeah, wtf? Or how about what ever the hell the offense was doing for most of the game before the 4th quarter? It was supposed to be an ugly win, but why so ugly? The defense didn’t give up a TD all day long until that fluke ass shit.
I was hopping around the house, all happy. The Bears were going to pull this one out of their ass; they had this game won… until they didn’t. When it happened, I was in disbelief. I just looked at my son on the couch, shook my head, and said “what can you say about that?” I turned off the TV immediately; we had to shift gears to study for one of his school tests this week. I felt like throwing up. What an absolute gut punch of an L. Thankfully, we have plenty of season to go to make up for this.
Yes, I want to find some silver lining here; that’s what I do. I want to spin it every which way to make myself feel better. It was a game we should have lost, then it was a game we should have won, until finally, it was officially a loss in the standings. It wasn’t the worst Bears loss I’ve ever seen; have I ever made a list of those? Well, this one would be on the list, but… top 10 maybe? Maybe if we’re not counting postseason, then it may push a little higher. I don’t know. I don’t want to know. I want to forget about this game; I want to wipe my memory clean and act like this bullshit play never happened. When we look at the standings, and see 4-3, we shouldn’t feel too bad…. if only we can forget about how we lost this last one…
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