Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson

I was on a plane watching the first half of this game. I spent the second half watching it from my car before heading home. I refuse to listen to Jeff Joniak.

If this was any other team, I highly doubt the Bears win by this same score. Yeah, I am going to complain about Ben Johnson’s display of stupidity with the play-calling and clock management. 2nd/3rd and 1 and this fucking guy is calling pass plays? I am tired of seeing this shit. One of those drives, Santos misses the field goal. Another instance was before halftime where it was 2nd and 1 and two straight pass plays go for nothing. Then, the Bears got the ball again before halftime and Ben Johnson ran the clock all the way down instead of driving to get closer for either a field goal or Hail Mary.

Thankfully, the defense showed up when the Browns didn’t. Shedeur Sanders was picked off three times. It didn’t seem anyone other than Myles Garrett wanted to be there. The weather was awful and whoever had the better running game was going to win. The Browns couldn’t get much going and Sanders was forced to throw often. Many passes didn’t even reach the intended receiver.

These last three games are probably the most difficult of any team playing. Packers, 49ers and Lions. The Bears must win at least two of these to make the playoffs. Anything less and they will be watching them from home.

It’s been a rough go lately for my teams. The Blackhawks are in a downfall, especially after what happened on Friday with Connor Bedard. The Bulls are back to being shit. The Illini basketball team is fucking horse manure.

These are all bad omens. Like some kind of cloud hovering over my superstitious self. When it rains, it pours. And of course, here are the Bears. I felt after last week that it was basically over barring a miracle. That miracle needs to happen today. -10 wind chill. BEAR WEATHER ACTIVATED. I can just hear Mike Ditka ask me “Who ya crappin’?” after talking about BEAR WEATHER.

I woke up today and just had a bad feeling. And it was appropriate. It was awful from every side of the ball. The defense couldn’t stop anyone. They couldn’t get one damn yard on the final drive. Just wasting time and on 4th down, they pass? Just awful play-calling. Nobody should be defending this shitty coaching.

The defense couldn’t cover anyone. When the offense finally got going, the defense never woke up. Yet, there the Bears were with a chance to tie it and poof. It’s gone.

There is no way they go to the playoffs when the Packers, 49ers and Lions are waiting for them and they still need to play the Browns. They have dropped all the way down to the last playoff spot.

It’s over.

I’ve been nervous all week about this game. With the Lions winning the other day, the margin for error is extremely thin. As I said last week, this is a must-win game to just have a chance of going to the playoffs.

Yep. I am still pissed. This was a battle of who was the dumber head coach. Usually, I vouch for a coach who has won a Super Bowl. But this year, Nick Sirriani has displayed so much stupid. Thankfully, he out-stupided (I am not sure that’s a word) Ben Johnson. The Bears somehow held onto this game. It was primed to be a disaster if it wasn’t for the defense doing just enough to seal the deal.

How many fucking times has it been 2nd and 1 or 3rd and 1 with Caleb dropping back only to scramble around to throw it nowhere? Just this game alone, there were three or four occasions. This is called putting your team in a position to fail. This is called Ben Johnson being a fucking idiot. The Bears were driving up 10-9 and what happens? 2nd and short or whatever and Caleb throws an interception right into a defensive lineman’s hands. The Eagles were in prime position to take the lead until Nahshon Wright saved the day once again. The running game was working all day. They didn’t need to keep passing in those short situations.

Then late in the game, the Eagles score again with ease. Seriously, can’t the defense just put this full game together? They cannot keep doing this. Yes, I am happy Kevin Byard got an interception and Nahshon Wright getting that huge strip of Jalen Hurt’s on the tush push. The Bears should have easily had 20 points at halftime and at least 38 by the time the clock had all zeroes. Instead, we are seeing these games still be too close for comfort.

Nick Sirriani as mentioned, was the dumber head coach today. On the last touchdown the Eagles scored, he called for the two-point conversion. I had no doubt the Bears would allow the two points to be scored. And somehow, Hurts missed on that pass. Knowing how the Bears are, that two points gets scored and the Eagles get the ball back a minute or two later to take the lead. That’s how lucky the Bears are to escape this clusterfuck. If I am any of those players, I gather the other 52 guys and take Ben Johnson to the toilet to give him a swirlie for this stupidity.

The biggest game of the season is next against the Packers. First place will be on the line. Either stop this fucking chaos of stupidity or miss out on the playoffs. It’s Ben Johnson’s call.

In what use to be a tradition of college sports being played today, Roger Goodell and the owners are doing their thing again for the third year in a row by having a game on Black Friday.

The Bears are hanging onto first place by the slimmest of margins. While the Lions are starting to slip, the Packers aren’t going away. A win here brings them closer to a playoff spot and a loss could have them fall out of playoff position. Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon are back for this game.

I am still trying to calm the fuck down after that one.

This had all the makings of a long afternoon. Even the first drive for the Steelers, it just seemed the Bears were in for a bad day. Nahshon Wright saves the first drive. But the next? 95 yards right down the field. I don’t care if it’s Mason Rudolph or John Elway. If a defense gives up a 95-yard drive with ease, they are fucking rotten. Timely takeaways saves the day again. Grady Jarrett and Jaquon Brisker saved the team on the last drive with the tipped passes.

All these football “experts” continue to say these aren’t the old Bears. False. I will continue to say “same old Bears” until the defense can cover receivers and win 35-10 for a change. All of these come-from-behind victories and holding on like today is not sustainable. The defense can’t give up nearly 200 yards rushing like today. They can’t let receivers roam all over the field wide open. They can’t get stupid penalties (Nick McCloud on a pass interference).

Poor Caleb Williams. This guy has been put in a position to fail and yet, finds a way to generate five scoring drives. Yeah, the last couple offensive drives were pretty fucking stupid with him throwing incomplete passes. Thankfully, an injury on the Steelers cost them their last timeout on the final drive. But this stupidity ultimately falls on Ben Johnson. Instead of running the ball, they have Caleb rolling out and putting the game at risk.

The fucking around needs to stop. The Super Bowl Champion Eagles are next on Friday.

I can only think about that cold Monday night 15 years ago when a bust by the name of Corey Wooten sacked Brett Favre (who was playing for the Vikings) and it ended a 17-year nightmare for the Bears. Favre never played another snap after that. It was the only thing worth a damn that Corey Wooten ever did. Unfortunately, two years prior, Favre was succeeded by Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. When that happened, more futility ensued. Heartbreak after heartbreak. Ass-kicking after ass-kicking. Favre tormented my childhood and Rodgers tormented my adult life.

Today, if Rodgers is indeed playing, the Bears have an opportunity to do the same thing: End the 17-year nightmare.

This had deja vu written all over it. When it was 16-3, the score was very similar to the season opener when the Bears were up by the same exact score and preceded to shit down their legs. I expected this to happen. Cairo Santos missed a field goal in the opener and the wheels fell off. Today, the same exact thing happens. Yet, somehow, someway, they find another way to WIN. But it should have never reached this point.

The defense was outstanding the first three quarters. Getting three turnovers and only resulting in three points is fucking inexcusable. Then, as par for the course, they collapse in the fourth. Ben Johnson is still proving to any logical fan that he has no fucking idea what he is doing. It almost cost this team the game (again). And yes, Cairo Santos is to blame as well for giving the Vikings life. But it should have never reached that had the play-calling have been better. The Bears should have easily had 30 points today and ran away with it. Instead, it was another cardiac moment for all of us.

Ben Johnson should be buying Devin Duvernay dinner for the rest of the week. He saved this dipshit from another humiliation.

And back to the defense, is this mental thing with these assholes? It’s been the same result for the last 20 years where they just fall apart when it matters most. Did the missed field goal fuck up their psyche? I have reason to believe that could be it. It’s just like the offense in the past years where as soon as they take the field, they are already down 7-0. Then it becomes 14-0. I just want this entire team to put together four full quarters of playing well and being in-sync.

I just feel like it’s time to bring back Jake Moody to kick. Santos has not been that consistent and again, today could have been costly. Shit like this can make a team collapse. The team is 7-3. The Bears need to make this change while they still have a chance to contend this season.

Opening night against the Vikings: The Bears promptly shit all over themselves. Here we with a rematch. Let’s pray the defense covers the receivers.