It was fun while it lasted… enough of that. After the win over Green Bay on Thanksgiving, we had a week and a half to enjoy (by the way, that joy will never go away). We had a week and a half to dream… big things, like winning out, like making the playoffs, like… now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
It was a brand new situation for the Bears to be in this past week. They were actually expected to win. This was probably the first time all season everyone felt so confident… I mean everyone. From all the experts on TV/radio, national and local to the people who picked the Bears for the first time in their confidence pool. This game was in the bank. No more of this underdog stuff… nobody giving us any chance to win… The tide had turned. It was OUR turn to inflict some punishment… to get back to .500… to make a run at the playoffs. Time to get back in line.
I’m not totally devastated by it. Think about it… After losing the 1st 3 games, people were saying the Bears were the worst team in football; we knew that wasn’t right. After beating the Packers, people (like me) were saying we had a outside shot at the playoffs; I should have known better. Maybe I did know best way back before the season started when I picked the Bears to finish a very average 8-8… That’s more likely than anything else. That really seems about right.
What went wrong? Where do I start? Let’s start with Cutler… who essentially was outplayed by Gabbert in a game the Bears needed. Sound familiar? For all the things he’s done right this year, like beating the Pack in Lambeau for the 1st time in his career, he went back to old Jay in this game. A pick 6 was normally a regular prediction in this blog; this week, it was a commenter who was looked at as maybe being too negative… maybe too realistic. After stifling the 49ers on offense, we breathed life into them with the Jay audible, and predictable throw that was brought back for 6 points. Game on. Struggles in the red zone continued. Does this all fall on Cutler? No, not all of it… for all the great game planning, and game calling I feel the Bears have shown this year, there have been some questionable ones; the red zone has been the dead zone.
The defense played OK… until the end of the game. Like the Detroit game, like the Minnesota game… we were up by 7, late in the 4th quarter. We couldn’t hold it. We let Colin… wait… Blaine Gabbert run right down the middle of the field for a 45 yard TD. Please anybody feel free to tackle him. Then, in OT, the game winning TD pass was a little too wide open. So Gabbert DID end up killing us. I still can’t believe it.
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Then there’s Robbie… the most automatic kicker in Bears history. He missed one early in the game from 40; it was close, it’s understandable. But the game winning kick from 37 that was lined up perfectly for him??? It wasn’t close. I haven’t seen Gould miss a kick like that… that bad… ever. It’s almost like Vegas got to him. You remember Mike Vanderjagt? Great, great accurate kicker, until that playoff game, when he kicked one about 20 yards wide right? Things that make you go hmmmm…
It was that kind of weekend… The last of the big free agent pitchers went by the board and neither the Cubs or Sox were in on them. Celebrating John Lackey & Alex Avila just doesn’t feel right… The Bulls losing to the Hornets… again… this time, at home. We get to the end of the game, and have no idea what to do. It all adds up to a case of the Mondays, except for…
22 in a row for Patrick Kane and a Blackhawks win. We salvaged the weekend. The Blackhawks saved us again. This has pretty much been the battle cry since 2010. The one team consistently picking us up has been the Hawks. Where would we be without these guys and their 3 Stanley Cups? Enjoying the one playoff win 7 year Cutler era? Enjoying the 2 baseball teams battle for most 100 loss seasons? Seeing the Bulls totally blow their window with help from their superstar’s myriad of injuries… then firing one of the best coaches in the NBA? And it’s Monday!!!
Take a breath… it’ll be OK. Watching the Blackhawks yesterday afternoon was like eating that comfort food. Making you feel all warm inside. For all the positivity that I have, it’s games like Sunday’s Bears game that brings a hammer down on it, crashing me down to reality. But I’ll be good… I feel better already. And hey, we did beat the Packers this year, and like I said, ain’t nothing going to bring me down from that glory…
Roger Guerra
As a faithful follower of your daily posts, I have to say I am rather disappointed in your celebration of medicority. There’s is no such thing as a personal super bowl victory only NFL Super Bowl victories count. A win against Green Bay doesn’t qualify as good season. It’s reasonings like suck that the Beats organization doesn’t do much to get better.
JEFFK
As a faithful follower of this blog, you should understand how much I hate the Packers. In general, a Bears victory over the Packers is better than any regular season victory of any of our other Chicago teams. Then, to beat them on Thanksgiving night, on the same night they were retiring Brett Favre’s jersey… yeah, it ranks up there as one of the best regular season wins EVER. So, yes, it does not equal a Super Bowl victory… nothing equals a championship win for any of our teams, but outside of that, any win, specifically THIS win over Green Bay ranks pretty high up there. That’s like the gift that keeps on giving… it will bring me joy every time I think of it… and until another Bears postseason appearance, this is all I got.
MK
Bears brought us all crashing back down to earth. At the end of the day and season, this Bears team is well coached and gives effort, but the talent is not fully there, and that is what wins games that should be won. I mean, gabbert??? REALLY??? And robbie was fool’s gould yesterday. 2 fg misses under 50 yards is unacceptable…just the bar you set, robbie. So yes, we fall back on that cheese grating from Turkey night. By no means is that settling for mediocrity, but rather enjoying the big regular season victories that bring true Bears fans joy as well as a little bragging until we can experience the ultimate again…a Super Bowl win!
BEAR DOWN!!!
PKane
So how long do I need to continue this point streak until accepted in the eye of the public again???