In what might be one of the staunchest cases ever of people performing not to be fired, the Bears, playing with heart and conviction for maybe the first time all season, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 36-30 in overtime tonight. Lovie Smith is glowing. (more…)

Don’t you just love how the events of today’s 21-14 loss to Green Bay — at Soldier Field no less — did such an admirable job of summing up exactly all the reasons why this isn’t going to work any longer? And by this, I’m of course referring to the current direction of the Bears — coaches, personnel, scheme, everything … (more…)

It’s not like this visit to the Metrodome was my first. I’ve been to a couple Twins games, a few Gophers baseball games, and hell, I played there twice as a college baseball player. I’ve never made it down for a Gopher football or Vikings games until today. And now I know that God was just looking out for me. God did not want me to go to my first ever Bears game at the Dome, and I failed to heed His warning. (more…)

Midway through the fourth quarter and the Vikings have a rather comfortable 30-10 lead over the Bears. To be honest, I’m not really in to the game, but from the little pieces I have picked up, the following milestones have occurred: Favre threw his 500th career touchdown pass, Cutler threw his league-leading 20th completion to a non-teammate, and for the third-straight week, Lovie Smith made a halftime phone call inquiring about the availability of the head-coaching job at Bethune-Cookman. (more…)

Jay Cutler didn’t throw an interception until 45 seconds were left in tonight’s 24-20 loss to the Eagles, which tells me just one thing: The kid is improving! Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of another game in which the defense showed up and the offense did not. At 4-6, the Bears may be out of the playoff hunt, but at least they don’t have any draft picks for the foreseeable future. (more…)

In a way, aren’t you thankful that the Bears didn’t win what was a phenomenally bad game to watch? At least now, the ghost that was their “playoff aspirations” will no longer insult your intelligence. I still love the Bears as much as ever, but if Jay Cutler connects with Greg Olsen/Earl Bennett there at the end, are you seriously riding that “13-10 win” deep into January? More to come, but while I  finish the healing process a.k.a. topping off this six-pack of Newcastle — please, use us as your outlet.

Sixty-five seconds into today’s 41-21 drubbing courtesy of Arizona, Tommie Harris decided the best way to right his increasingly uncertain situation in Chicago was to punch a man in the face. The defense then proceeded to give up touchdowns on four straight possessions and the rest was awful, cursory history. Sounds like the worst game plan ever! (more…)

The best thing about beating a team like the Cleveland Browns is getting to wipe the arrogant, holier-than-thou smirk off all of their faces; showing everybody that even the little guy can win for once; sticking it to the privileged kids. Really, who the hell do they think they are? … Oh, wait. They’re the Cleveland Browns. (more…)

And let the Brett Favre love affair continue. Walking–albeit, a little slower than he used to–into the place that he built, Favre threw four touchdowns in a Vikings 38-26 win over Green Bay. Thus, the Vikes improve to 7-1 and, more importantly, are one step closer to an insurmountable lead in the division.

Me: Denver Broncos fans do not appreciate Jay Cutler. You: How unappreciative are they? Me: They’re so unappreciative, their insistence on vehemently booing and stomping their feet every time Cutler took a snap in the first half caused the stadium, and thus the television cameras, to literally shake. Hey! What did he ever do to you, man? (more…)

Second game: much better result. Matt Forte looked every bit of the “fantasy stud” he’s been anointed, carrying nine times for 58 yards and one seemingly effortless touchdown. One of the other team’s running backs did quite well, too … running through Brian Urlacher more than just once; which, understandably, is codeword for twice. (more…)

There’s arguably worse ways to start an era. He could have displayed poor decision making, exhibited mechanics that would make you think Rex Grossman should have his own video teaching series, or even blamed one of his own receivers for a self-inflicted interception. But no, Jay Cutler did none of these things. Okay, okay: he did all of them. (more…)