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A day after Thursday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman said Jay Cutler “is our quarterback.” As if anyone else might be. The Bears have former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen as their backup. He’s not a particularly good NFL QB. Which seemingly is the way Cutler likes it. At […]
OK, perhaps I may be a bit biased, but the Chicago Bears’ performance — offense, defense, special teams — Thursday night vs. the Dallas Cowboys reaffirms the obvious: The franchise needs to take a bold step. Namely, bring back the Honey Bears! At the very least, couldn’t the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have been at the […]
Thursday thoughts (or unreasonable facsimiles thereof) while wondering whether the Chicago Bulls are the only NBA team with a winning record overall and a losing record at home (OK, the answer is yes; they are with 2-4 at home and 12-7 overall): * Based on their road/home won-lost splits this season, maybe the Bulls should […]
Midweek musings: It’s easy to criticize a basketball player who — with his team leading by three points in the finals seconds of a game — fouls a three-point shooter. So naturally, we might has well do that. The defender (or offender, depending on how you want to characterize him) was the Chicago Bulls Kirk […]
Random thoughts (or something close to them) while wondering how many carries Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte will have Thursday night at Soldier Field against the Dallas Cowboys: * Forte on the importance of a ground game (or at least the semblance of one): “It’s of the utmost importance, especially if we’re playing outside […]
Monday meanderings: With a 102-84 victory Sunday at Brooklyn over the Nets, the Chicago Bulls ended their road trip with a 4-3 record. If that doesn’t scream NBA championship, nothing does. OK, maybe nothing does scream — or even whisper — an NBA title this season for the Bulls, but their performance has been impressive […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls play the Nets on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn. Meaning it’s the last chance that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has to use his allotted minutes for Derrick Rose in November games. Even though Rose may have accumulated minutes by being injured and missing games, something says it would be unwise for […]
The Chicago Bears placed veteran linebacker Lance Briggs on injured reserve on Friday because of a groin injury. Meaning his season is over. Also quite likely meaning his career with the Bears is over. And quite possibily meaning his NFL career is over. Then again, there are those who would say Briggs had checked out […]
With a 34-17 loss to the Lions on Thursday in Detroit, the Chicago Bears unquestionably took a step backward as well as closer to the 2015 season. The question becomes who — if anyone — took a step closer to the exit door for being around next season. * Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was 31-of-48 […]
Thanksgiving offers such wondrous possibilities. There is the gathering of families — dysfunctional and otherwise (and if you happen upon a non-dysfunctional family, congratulations for that’s a rare breed indeed). There is the food, time-honored traditional and otherwise. There are the parades (never mind that such events can send family members hundreds and thousands of […]