The Bears’ Circus Show
The Bears season ended last Sunday with an embarrassing 21-9 loss to the Saints during Wild Card Weekend. The Bears could only muster 11 first downs on 239 yards of offense. It was easily the least interesting game of the weekend.
Bears DC Chuck Pagano announced his retirement and officially became the fall guy. It’s no secret the Bears’ defense took a couple of steps back from their 2018 season. In 2018, the Bears were giving up a minuscule 4.8 yards per play. They forced 36 turnovers(27 interceptions & 9 fumbles), sacked the QB 50 times and gave up a league best 17.7 points per game. They were #7 against the pass & #1 against the run. In 2020, the Bears gave up 5.4 yards per play, forced only 18 turnovers(10 INTs & 8 fumbles), got only 35 sacks and gave up 23.1 points per game. The Bears ranked #12 against the pass & 15th against the run.
Of greater concern was the Bears lack of offensive prowess. They ranked 22nd in passing, 24th in scoring and 25th in rushing offense. The lack of a strong offensive line played a part in the lack of a running game but it was the play of the quarterbacks that sunk the season. Both Mitchell Trubisky & Nick Foles were wildly inaccurate and inconsistent.
Fans were waiting on the Bears on make the necessary changes after the season ended but instead we got a clown show of an end-of-season press conference:
The Bears are hopeless at this point. If what was said by George McCaskey, Ted Phillips, Ryan Pace & Matt Nagy sounded familiar that’s because we’ve heard this schtick by another Chicago sports franchise. The Bulls pulled similar tricks to try & explain away the team’s short comings.
Face it Bears Nation… we’re in the season of the GarPax Bears.
WWE Musings
- WWE Champion Drew McIntyre revealed before last week’s RAW show that he has tested positive for COVD-19. He’ll be self quarantining until Royal Rumble when he takes on Goldberg for the title.
- Universal Champion Roman Reigns appeared to taking on WWE show runner Adam Pearce at Royal Rumble thanks to the Tribal Chief’s counsel Paul Heyman forcing Pearce to enter the gauntlet match to determine Reign’s opponent. Shinsuke Nakamura outlasted Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn, Rey Mysterio and King Corbin only to be stomped out by Reigns & Jey Uso. Pearce was forced to the ring & declared the winner after Reigns knocked out Pearce, laid his body over Shinsuke and forced the ref to count to 3. Pearce one upped Reigns a week later by announcing that due to injuries suffered he would be unable to wrestle and Reigns’ actual opponent will be… Kevin Owens.
- WWE went full on slap-stick comedy to announce the venues & dates for WrestleMania 37, 38 & 39. Observe:
NBA Musings
- This just in: the Bulls are doing exactly what I thought they would be doing. They are just exciting enough to make things interesting. They notched a 117-101 win today over the Mavericks to improve their record to 5-8 on the season. They’re also just maddening enough to make you pull out your hair after Friday night’s 127-125 loss to the Thunder. What was most irritating was the fact the Bulls blew a 20 point lead in that game against OKC. The Bulls currently sit 0.5 games out of the #8 spot in the East.
- James Harden was traded to the Nets before the weekend started and fans couldn’t help but notice the stark differences in Harden’s appearance.
- Theories are that Harden was wearing a fat suit to continue his push to force a trade out of Houston. If that is the case then one has to wonder why Harden would go through such a stunt. It adds more fuel to Harden’s detractors(me being one of them). Imagine if he put that same energy into being a leader & a better player on both sides of the court as he put into wearing fat suits and other childish acts. Again… he is not elite.
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