Bears Rant

Ok, if you aren't a sports fan, skip this. Or read it, and be reminded of why you don't care about sports.

The Bears got humiliated by the Packers yesterday 37-3. It was ugly. Absolutely ugly. I don't even know where to start? Trotting out a QB with one leg because your back-up is so useless that you don't want to risk him in the game? (Until there is about 3 minutes left.....why then? Did you really think you were going to overcome the deficiet and come back?)

Or a defense that, not only can it not pressure the quarterback or defend against the pass, it cannot stop the run without committing 8 guys into the "box." 145 yards rushing by a guy who'd been having a crappy year! The front four didn't even get close to touching Rogers (or anybody else this year.) Backup linemen on good teams have more sacks then the entire Bears line COMBINED. COMBINED!!!!! Awful, just awful.

Our corners have apparently forgotten how to cover. Vasher is useless. Yes, he was hurt, but supposedly he's not hurt now, he just can't cover. Tillman would make a great safety, except he's needed as a corner. Mike Brown is a good strong safety, but not so good on coverage, just like Payne...hmm...think that's a problem? Briggs is decent, Urlacher actually showed up a bit which was nice.

The team is a mess. We don't have a number 1 wide reciever. Heck, on good teams we wouldn't even have a number 2 reciever. We didn't dress, DRESS EVEN our #2 running back even though Green Bay is weak against the run and we were going to run a lot against them. (Supposedly.)

Even special teams continued to suck.

Bears fan, get used to this. This is a team in disarray. We have no recievers, no defensive secondary, a defensive line that can't get to the QB, and things aren't looking good for the future. If you think its bad this year, wait til next year. Unless there are some amazing moves in the off-season, or some guys really step it up, well, we could be looking at a dismal future. Dismal.

A win is a win...

Well, the Bears did it. They beat the Colts in convincing fashion. That's good. Always good to start off with a win against one of the top teams in the league, even if they are a bit beat up. I am NOT complaining!

I'll start with what impressed me:

Defense, our defense was good! We put pressure on Manning, and we created turnovers. We tackled! It looked like our 2006 defense making hits and taking the ball away very good.

Special Teams, always good.

Offense: The O-line was good, Forte is very good, and our TEs are good. Orton also did fine, nothing fancy, but no screw-ups. That's ok.


Now, what concerns me. Our wide recievers, or lack of them. Unless we throw to our TEs a LOT (which we should) I'm concerned we won't really have a passing game which means we soon won't have a running game.

That said, well, we won, against the Colts! Yay!! I'm looking forward to how the year turns out.

What a Super Bowl!

Wow. Really, what else can you say but, WOW. The Giants beat the Patriots. And not just stole the game at the last second. But beat them for pretty much the whole game no matter what the score said. What the Patriots normally did to a team that competed with them, stayed close and beat them at the end (when they weren't running away with it already) the Giants did to the Pats!

Tom Brady got pounded, just pounded by the D-Line of the Giants. And Eli and the Giants offense just worked the clock and wore down the Pats defense. And I'll just say it now. Where were the Pats linebacking core? You know, that vaunted group of experienced veterans? They got OLD fast! The Giants moved the ball well. They just were the better team on Sunday. It was impressive.

Switching gears, I hope the Bears management and coaches saw what ALL Bears fans saw. What the Bears need was on the field in the form of the Giants. The Giants play, offensively especially, but defensively a bit too, what the Bears keep saying they want to do. But here's the difference, the Giants have the talent to do it.

Eli is a much better QB than the Bears have. Now, you don't have to have a HOF QB, but if you don't, you need HOF recievers and line, which the Bears don't have. The Giants actually have running backs. They have the big bruiser and the more finesse guy. The Bears have...well, they are paying people to fill that position. I'll leave it at that. They O-Line did a good job of protecting Eli. The Bears O-Line was a sieve. The Giants wide recievers made great catches and fought through coverage. The Bears also pay people to play wide reciever. Occasionally they get open and occasionally they make great catches. Occasionally. But Muhsin Muhammad says he's a bargain at the money he's making. Sure you are Moose. Keep saying that. Free agency is going to show you differently.

Defensively the Giants front 4 DOMINATED the O-line of the Pats. I mean just pushed them all over the place. The Bears, well, Tommy Harris is great if he's 100% (hopefully he will be this year!) and Adewale Ogunleye is darn good. Mark Anderson is a great pass-rusher. But he's undersized and got punished lots because Lovie tried to use him as a starting DE. Not smart! Our secondary is a disaster, I can't even start, and we're going to lose Lance Briggs at LB. Maybe Urlacher can rest his back enough over the summer to be healthy next year. So, yeah, our defense doesn't even compare.

And the Bears think they are "Almost there" as they keep saying. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Maybe both.