Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson

We can easily blame the referees for fucking the Bears on the final drive. And I assure you, that was a horrible non-call. But there were no guarantees the Bears would have scored. They had the previous 58 minutes to do something and didn’t.

Instead, blame the defense for being trash nearly the entire game. Even on those fourth down stops, the defense was absolute trash. A bad throw or three was the reason for those stops. Not because the defense was great. The receivers for the Dolphins were open all day game. HOW HARD IS IT TO COVER A RECEIVER? I’ve been screaming about that forever now.

The offense had the last two drives to do something and they didn’t. Fields had the game of his life and just seemed to have been let down by the offensive line once again.

I am not going to recap certain drives or plays as I’m too exhausted. Feel to add your thoughts. For what it’s worth, the almighty Lions are up next.

Have a great night everyone.

Here is my Saturday in sports:

The Blackhawks get their asses kicked and yet, another goalie injured.

The Illini lose any chance they had of clinching a spot in the College Football Playoff by losing to a shitty team.

Dusty Fucking Baker gets a World Series. And this is another reason why I hate baseball now. It’s the most cruel sport out there. Fuck him.

Fuck sports.

This was a few weeks back. But I texted my internet dad and loyal reader, Jimmy D. His Packers are also suffering and while I am happy to see that, he is also hurting. And in return, that hurts me. I sent him a couple pictures of well-known media personality and prostitute, Sarah Spain, in attempt to cheer him up. I think it worked. For the new folks here, over a decade ago, she used her “appearance” to break into the media business and had the audacity to claim my “report” of her offering herself for Super Bowl tickets was false despite major media outlets saying it wasn’t.

But I do have some respect for her. Despite her being with a guy who looks like a total douche, her knockers are real and spectacular. So here they are. Enjoy.

Why do I say that after the Roquan Smith trade today? Simple. Ryan Poles has proven to be inept at drafting even after one year. Look at the picks. Joquan Brisker sucks. Kyler Gordon is trash. Velus Jones can’t hang onto a ball. And I am not even going to start talking about the others who are irrelevant by not playing, cut from the team (already!) or are hurt. Fuck it.

What makes anyone think that with all of these draft picks the Bears have that Poles will find competent football players? So he can have all 15 picks or whatever it will be this coming offseason. None of them are going to be good because he has proven in just one year that he cannot evaluate talent.

In short, it’s a lose-lose situation. Smith wasn’t going to re-sign and there was no way the Bears are going to turn things around this season. So I guess it’s great they got two draft picks. But again, those picks are going to be trash because of Poles’ ineptitude.

That’s all I have for now. Your thoughts in the thread.

This recap is early because quite frankly, I have better things to do with my Sunday. The lawn needs to be mowed and I want to eat lunch.

The defense can’t stop a nosebleed. The “I-Pass” defense is reigning supreme. The offense is back to the same old shit.

I knew this game was over the second the ball was kicked off. The Bears were already done.

I’m out. You all can comment on the remainder of the game for your own recap of sorts.

Does it even matter? History tells us that this trade will mean nothing either way. If a competent general manager was in charge, then maybe the pick is exciting. But no general manager in the last 30 years has done anything to convince us differently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQOAWqUVsfs&ab_channel=BestInTheSmoker%27sWorld

(Turn the volume all the way up in the video.)

Who here thought the Bears would win this game?

Those who raised your hand are liars.

Every year, there is that one game where nobody expects the Bears to win. Before the season started, I didn’t pick this one to be that game. The Bears played nearly perfect all game long on both sides of the ball. The conditions weren’t easy either as there was some moisture in the air. There were fumbles and slips. But holy shit. There was even a dude on ESPN saying the Bears had no chance to win. Holy shit.

Offense | What have I been screaming about all my life about it being 3rd and inches? QUARTERBACK SNEAK. I think there were three sneaks and all went for first downs. It isn’t rocket science, folks. Sneak it in for that half yard and start a new set of downs. It took the Bears the entire duration of my fandom (30-plus years) to finally have common sense. Justin Fields was running for his life and somehow made it work. The pass play to Herbert after a pump fake went for a touchdown. The replay made me shit myself seeing Fields get sandwiched. Fuck. But hey, look at the running game. Montgomery and Herbert did their thing. It really is refreshing to see a team finally run the ball when needed and not get stupid with tricks. Nothing stupid really happened tonight.

Defense | You know what else I have been screaming about my entire life with this team? COVER YOUR RECEIVERS. And what do you know? The Bears did it. Three interceptions. Why? Because they actually were following receivers around when a play was going on rather than play the coveted “COVER WHO?” defense we were so accustomed to. They also got a fumble recovery. I admit that it became concerning after Zappe went in and got two touchdowns in a manner of six or seven plays. But when the Bears got that touchdown and field goal going into halftime, the Patriots were already having their backs against the wall. The defense did something great for a change and that was not giving up any points in the second half. There I was all second half waiting for them to blow it and they didn’t. WOW.

Special Teams | Cairo Santos. He’s earned every penny of that contract. Four field goals.

Halftime | Okay. One negative. I usually find myself needing to take a shit at halftime and it seems like after I finish, the second half has already begun. 12 minutes is ridiculous. Give me 15.

The Cowboys are up next. I really do pray this is the start of something great. But again, these are the Bears we’re talking about. We’ll see what happens.

Go Phillies!

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-playoffs-astros-yankees-alcs-game-4-lance-mccullers-jr-nestor-cortes-jr-aaron-judge-184947056.html

It’s great having a Sunday where the Bears aren’t playing. I actually get to do other things around the house or for work. This Sunday will be another where they won’t play. Unfortunately after, the remaining ten games are noon starts.

I feel so awful for forgetting this. Shitty Bears football makes us forget to appreciate a person who actually did some good for the franchise. He was before my time, but former general manager of the Bears Jerry Vainisi, who was in charge during one of the few times when the Bears were relevant, passed about ten days ago. Some of the readers that were around that time probably have great things to say about him. Yes, Jim Finks built the team before that. But Vainisi drafted The Fridge, William Perry and it helped the Bears win their only Super Bowl. He also added Wilber Marshall and Kevin Butler. I’d say that’s pretty amazing that he got three great players in one draft unlike some general managers that came after him who couldn’t draft one good player in a given year.

And today, we lost Hall of Fame pitcher Bruce Sutter. Again, before my time. But growing up, I heard nothing but great things about him as a pitcher. He played with the Cubs in the 70’s and early 80’s before going to the hated Cardinals. He was the pitcher who gave up the homeruns to Sandberg in ’84. Even though baseball sucks now, I definitely have an appreciation not only for how the game was when I was growing up, but how it was before that. It was surely a golden era of the sport when he was playing.