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At the risk of being called a "troll" (you're welcome Mad), the relevancy is that people keep making the claim that the Bears played 'two playoff teams' from a year ago but forget to mention that neither won their respective playoff games. If they were teams like SF, Seattle, Denver or Baltimore then maybe it would be something worth comparing. My 'counter' came at the expense of Cracker's comment about all the giddyness of what has occured thus far. Don't get me wrong I'm thrilled to see our team do as well as they are (in fact I'm still hoarse from yelling so much on Sunday) I'm just guarded in my optimism.

And the Bears haven't beaten anyone that actually WON a playoff game last year. Just keeping things in perspective. Like Stinger said the team has an upward trajectory but they did last year too. One game at a time.

To help stifle the giddyness a little, something to put into perspective was the team went 7-1 last year before "flaming out" to 10-6 AND not make the playoffs. So, it's WAY too early to celebrate. "That's why they play the game." And one other thought; these "two playoff teams" everyone keeps talking about we're one and done in those playoffs. And the Vikings had the same record as the Bears (only made it because of a tiebreaker). And as it stands currently these two teams are currently 0-3. Although by the end of tonight will probabaly be 1-3. Which means the Bears will be squaring off with an 0-2 Steeler team next week. I'll pass on the kool aid, thanks.

Drunk already?

Oh bother...what will I ever do?

Yes indeed. Right now the Bears are lucky to be 2-0. But, they are 2-0.

Dude don't be such a douche

Now THAT was a SPECIAL play. Nice work Costanzo!

I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!! THANK YOU JAY AND MARTELLUS!!!!

I thought they got rid of J'Marcus...oh wait that was Bushrod.

Uhmmmmm....3 turnovers (1 resulting directly in the other team scoring) certainly does have an affect on the overall game. Nice try.

Now THATS funny . I don't care who you are.

Look up the phrase 'cause and affect'. I believe that is what az is referring to. Don't be so minimal.

Wow, how about that Offense?!?!?! Mad....the kool aid is spoilt.

Good call Marc

Yeah like at the rate they're going that's not a possibility. McCown is similar to Orton in that he would be a game manager, not a chance taker.

Maybe time for McCown.

So far the weak links appear to be Cutler and Bushrod...as Cutler is almost sacked again.

Is anyone else having issues with the video feed? Feel 'old school' with only sound. .... And they cut to halftime. Weird

Think its still going to be a sloppy game. As the defense and offense are still trying to set their foundations. AP will probably get in the neighborhood of 150 yds and 1-2 TDs but that's it. Ponder will not play as well as Dalton did and despite it all (and perhaps themselves) the Bears will win 24-17(ish)

Here's a link to get it if you want. I may consider it. I'm always looking for good 'leadership' example material. http://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Life-Le...k/dp/0978780930 Might have to wait and see how this plays out. Early reports on Trestman (to me) are that he is similar in his style to Tony Dungy who I really admired as a coach. And I read his book. Be that as it may, I feel "Trestbooks" will be all the rage though if things go well in Chicago.

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FWIW I too recommend Ditka's if you can swing it. Was there a few years ago. Great food, great enviornment. They have a 'blue collar' menu and a not so blue collar menu. And I hear Ditka is there pretty frequently (Wasnt the night I was). But my wife grabbed me a sweatshirt and I get a lot of cool comments on it - especially here in the great North. I envy you, sounds like it'll be a blast. Have a great time!!!

At the risk of being flamed (and I have been tossing this back and forth) despite their winning, I don't know that the Bears are the better team of the two. In fact, because this poll and ESPN have it just flip flopped tells you that I'm not alone in this thinking. I believe one analyst on NFL Network (Willie McGinist I think it was) even said that he thought the Bengals would have a better overall season, despite their losing. Posittion to position is a veritable tie: QB - edge to Cincy RB - Chicago WR/TE - probably even OL - ? DL - Cincy LB - Cincy DB - Chicago ST - Chicago Now of course there are A LOT of variables still to be factored in, the largest being that this was only the first game and a heck of a lot of games still need to be played. But watching the game on Sunday I still feel that Cincy came ready to play. (Better prepared). Thankfully for our team there was a second half as they were able to put it together and get the win. I mean when you're talking the diffence in this game being a 59 yard field goal the differences are paper thin. Ultimately, Cinncinnati beat themselves. (Emphasis on IMHO). The Bears are going to have to be more prepared as the season plays out and I think they will. Only time will tell.

I follow Nebraska a lot because we have many alumni in our family from there. He was not like this before, at least not nearly. He's since become a pretty disgraceful player. Oddly enough, when on camera he puts on an air that he doesn't understand what everyone is upset about. Says things like "I'm just playing as best I can" and I like playing football. So to him, he got it in his mind that stupid hits are what playing in the NFL is all about. What's worse is how the NFL is almost encouraging this type of play. Where they can summarily penalize a guy for a very questionable hit during preseason (Bostic against that SD receiver) but little or nothing about a hit like Suh's? And, like others have mentioned, this is not his first time in doing it. All things being equal, he should seriously be a candidate for a suspension.