Okay … Um … Let’s see … Geez.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. But I have a feeling the thousands of Packers and Vikings fans around the, you know, respective states of Wisconsin and Minnesota will disagree. Unless, they’re homosexual of course. Thanks to JerBear50 for the tip. (more…)

“I told you guys 30 years ago (sic) what an idiot that owner [Michael McCaskey] is, and maybe you guys have finally realized it.” … Soooo you’re saying we might be the new Raiders? But I thought the Raiders were the new Raiders. (more…)

No one likes to remember that fateful day in November 1986 when Packers defensive tackle Charles Martin (RIP), unnecessarily and late, slammed Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the hard artificial turf, ending his season and effectively putting quite the damper on any hopes of a repeat championship … But, apparently everyone does want to see the video. (more…)

So it hasn’t been the type of season everyone in Chicago had expected, you know, with the lofty expectations surrounding Jay Cutler and all. And yes, it is true that Cutler has particularly been error-prone while being watched by a prime time audience. But it doesn’t mean that NBC shouldn’t be allowed to put the whole mess together in one highly-edited, stylistic and dramatic three-minute presentation, does it? Oh, it does. (more…)

That’s Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who was visibly annoyed by Jay Cutler’s inability to make his defense look worse, after a fourth-and-goal incompletion. Cutler had to be held back from doing who-knows-what. Ryan then yelled something about sexual solicitation. It’s good to see that there’s no hard feelings left over from their days in the AFC West. Video after the jump. (more…)

It isn’t so much his role in the underachieving three-year stint he spent in Chicago that Cedric Benson chooses to focus on. Nope, instead it’s what everyone else did to purposely ruin his life. You know, like take Thomas Jones’ side on everything! Now, with the third-most rushing yards in the NFL, Benson finally feels okay to admit that the Bears weren’t necessarily the ideal work reference. (more…)

If you’re going to step on Brian Urlacher’s shoe, be prepared to be promptly asked to take it outside. However, if you’re surprisingly cordial about the whole thing… and a very talented MMA fighter, be prepared to be unremittingly forgiven. Our friend Zoner Sports has video of Bas Rutten recalling the 2006 incident that almost cost us are middle linebacker.

Don’t look now, but Mr. Cutler just totally pwned Bronco fans last week and took backhanded swipes at their devotion to their team. During a radio interview last week Cutler described Denver fans as a “6″ and Bears fans as a “9″ (69 dudes!!!) when talking about the voracity of the different fanbases.

I have to disagree with Cutler on this one. I mean, when your fans lustily boo the guy traded to your team and thrown in to replace Jay–through no fault of his own–that shows something right? “Hey Orton, you suck and I hate you for being traded here after our new coach destroyed anything left of a competitive NFL team. DIE!” (more…)

Washington Redskin wide receiver Keith Eloi was a guest on ESPN’s First Take this morning talking about his incredible truck jumping exploits and the attention he has received because of it.

Eloi seemed like a nice enough guy; humble when assessing his prospective NFL future, taking his new-found Internets celebrity in stride, and–considering he’s a long shot to make his squad–generally just displaying all of the characteristics of someone that you want to root for. (more…)

Depending on whose version of events you believe, Bucs tackle Jeremy Trueblood either acted like a dick, or was grabbed near his during overtime of the Bears 27-24 loss on Sunday.

Trueblood was visibly atop Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye, throwing elbows to his head, immediately after a third-down play turned up unsuccessful for the Bucs midway through OT.

The obvious infraction went uncalled, but led to a skirmish that resulted in a shoving match between Charles Tillman and Bucs wide receiver Michael Clayton. Tillman was subsenquently, and unfairly, called for unecessary roughness, giving the Bucs new life and eventually the game. (more…)

The Chicago Bears shipped Brian Griese to Tampa Bay this offseason essentially for rookie cornerback Zack Bowman. Now, the squinty-eyed quarterback would like nothing more than to get revenge on his former team as the starting quarterback of his new…er…former team.

The Buccaneers feature a strong running attack with Earnest Graham and Warrick Dunn averaging a combined 165 yards per game thus far. The talented trio of rookie Matt Forte, Kevin Jones, and Garrett Wolfe are responsible for 149 yards per game themselves.

Thus, don’t expect either Griese or Bears quarterback Kyle Orton to throw much. Considering the Bucs’ No. 1 receiver, Joey Galloway, is out with injury and the Bears don’t really have a No. 1, the winner of this game will be the team that exhibits the best run defense. (more…)

Well, okay. No, not really. As a matter of fact, in Tuesday’s Sun-Times, recently resigned columnist Jay Mariotti writes of a note Bears general manager Jerry Angelo left for him divulging quite the opposite.

Mariotti says the note emphasizes Angelo is not one of his biggest fans, but isn’t clear if the note actually said that. It most likely did, though. In Chicago, you can buy pre-addressed notes to Jay Mariotti that read “I’m not one of your biggest fans. From (blank)” at just about any cornerstore or 7-eleven.

The unfriendly gesture by Angelo leaves me to wonder why everybody hates Mariotti. So what if he looks like the 17th president of a shitty country you’ve never heard of. The man put in some odd amount of years at a well-established newspaper playing the role of the adorable Mr. GrumpyPants. Doesn’t that count for something?

Angelo would do well to make up with Mariotti, anyhow. When his tenure as GM is over, “Jay & Jerry” is going to make one hell of a buddy sitcom.

Jay exits stage left.