I'm Not Even Going To Mention His Name...

I've seen a lot of football over the years. More specifically I've seen a lot of Bears Football over the years. I've seen some incredible victories. I've seen some woeful defeats. After all those victories and defeats, I can honestly say I've never seen anything like this game.

I'm literally and figuratively sick to my stomach after this Bears overtime loss 13-10 to the Jesus Freak Cult aka the Denver Broncos. So much so, I'm going to take a pass on my conventional breakdown of this game.

This was not a game we as Bear fans can learn anything from. This is nothing more than a freak occurrence. Some silly people would be arrogant to call this a "miracle", but then again the Denver QB is suffering from a Messianic God Complex.

Simply put, the Bears played outstanding for 55 minutes given their circumstances. Defensively, they were very prepared for that college offense Denver runs. They were solid in their pass rush, disciplined in their run stops, and changed up coverages very well. Offensively, they did what I asked by strongly emphasizing the run game in the absence of both Jay Cutler and Matt Forte.

The Bears did everything they could to secure the victory....for 55 minutes.

Then things got very strange. The Bears fell for the same thing every other team has fallen for. They let up. The defense played nothing but Cover 2 shell, and left plenty of openings underneath for Denver to move the ball which came back to bite the Bears in a major way.

Still, even though the Bears allowed a late touchdown, they had a chance to ice it. All Marion Barber had to do was stay in bounds, but we all know he didn't. Even in overtime, all Barber had to do was hold onto the ball, but we all know he didn't. Instead Barber chose to do his best Earnest Byner imitation and coughed up the pigskin at the most inopportune time!

Whatever. Deep down Denver fans have to know they got another gift. They have to know the Bears gave them the victory. They have to know they were outplayed by a team missing both their QB and starting Tailback. I suggest they savor this for as long as they can because luck always runs out eventually.

As for Denver's QB, he had two things going for him heading into this game. First thing was that most NFL Teams hadn't seriously practiced to defend the Zone Read. The Second thing was that teams take the pressure off him late in games.

The Bears took away one of those two things tonight. It's only a matter of time before someone else takes care of the second thing...good luck dummy.