The Extra Point 11.7.21

The Bulls Are Fun Again Despite back to back losses to the 76ers, the Chicago Bulls have started the NBA season with a 6-3 record. There is a level of excitement about this team that hasn’t been seen since Derrick Rose’s MVP season in 2011. The offseason acquisitions of G Lonzo Ball and F/G Demar…

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The Extra Point 9.26.21

Browns Bury Bears, Fields My expectations for rookie QB Justin Fields wasn’t very high given the Bears were up against stiff competition in the Browns but my low expectations quickly turned to utter frustration. The Bears were trounced 26-6 in Cleveland and HC Matt Nagy did Justin Fields zero favors with his lack of imagination…

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Bottom of the BEARrel

The Chicago Bears entered this critical offseason still reeling from an embarrassing Wild Card playoff loss at the hands of the New Orleans Saints and boat loads of questions. Would this be the end of the Ryan Pace/Matt Nagy era? Would this be the end of the Mitchell Trubisky experiment? Would the Bears re-sign their…

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The Extra Point 3.14.21

RIP to The Marvelous One… The boxing world lost an icon and arguably the greatest middleweight boxer of all-time on Saturday as Marvelous Marvin Hagler passed away at 66. During his illustrious career Hagler amassed a 62-3-2 record while holding the WBA, WBC, Ring & IBF Middleweight titles. For me personally Hagler was my favorite…

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The Extra Point 1.17.21

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…

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The Extra Point 1.5.21

The NFL Playoffs Are Here The NFL season concluded on Sunday and the playoffs are now set. The Packers earned the #1 seed in the NFC while the defending champion Chiefs got one step closer to defending their crown by claiming the #1 seed in the AFC. Here is the bracket: The Packers clinched the…

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The Extra Point 12.13.20

Bears’ Guns Too Fast For The Texans The Bears wasted no time looking like a professional football team today against the Texans for four full quarters. The result was a 36-7 throttling of the woeful, hapless Texans. Dubbed The Ryan Pace Bowl, Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky(24/33 for 267 yards, 3TDs) outgunned the QB most Bears…

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It’s Time: Reboot The Bears

Four weeks ago after the Bears dropped their 3rd straight game I declared the season was over and it would be time to think about blowing this team up & starting over. After today’s shocking & embarrassing 34-30 loss to the Detroit Lions, it’s not only time to blow up the team but it’s long…

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