It’s About Time.

FINALLY. It takes special skills to fuck a play up this badly: pic.twitter.com/fu8j8Bv36G — Deadspin (@Deadspin) September 29, 2017 BENCHED. On Thur night, Glennon became the only #Bears player in 40 years to commit 3 turnovers in one 1/2 twice within the first 4 games of a season — Draft Dr. Phil (@FulphilO) October 2,…

Winning Ugly

On a day when the football world was standing against a belligerent tyrant, the Bears stared down perhaps their greatest nemesis:  Themselves.  There are fewer teams in the NFL more prone to getting in their own way than the Chicago Bears, and recent history has painted an ugly portrait of a team that rarely plays…

A Mission of Mercy

SCENE:  In the Chicago Bears locker room, quiet hangs overhead as the roster is joined by John Fox and the coaching staff.  Ryan Pace emerges from a door labeled PERSONNEL, trailed by a cigarette-smoking man in a business suit, a gilded label upon his visitor’s badge that reads “BEARS FANBASE REPRESENTATIVE”.  FANBASE:  Let me have…

The Old Familiar Places

Mike Glennon is not a good quarterback, but at least he’s not Jay Cutler. Mike Glennon can’t extend plays with his legs, but at least he’s a nice guy. Mike Glennon can’t go through progressions with his targets, but at least he doesn’t have a punchy-face. Mike Glennon misses open receivers, but at least he…

The Process

Following the Bears, especially as an amateur enthusiast who lives vicariously through Twitter Journalism™, sports talk radio, team releases, press conferences, and beat writers, can be profoundly frustrating. This is not specifically to point fingers at Fox, Pace, or players – they were not hired for their warmth and transparency with the media.  Their hiring…

It’s just one game…right?

It was like something out of a bad dream. Under duress from the Broncos pass rush, new Bears quarterback Mike Glennon sailed a pass badly into triple coverage, resulting in the Soldier Field crowd groaning as they watched what feels like an all-too familiar sight:  The other team returning interceptions for touchdowns.  Isn’t that what…

Preseason? Preseason!

It’s that time of year again, folks! Prepare your bodies for the inevitable rush of feeling that comes along with every football season, as its once-gentle trickle back into our spheres of consciousness has been relegated to a modest flood of NFL overload, weeks before the season even formally begins. What with the juggernaut that…

Butt of the Joke

The other day, my morning began with the usual firing up of my computer, opening TweetDeck, and seeing what the world is up to.  Typically there is little new or exciting going on, but on that particular morning, I was treated to an extremely unusual sight:  A photo of a naked Jay Cutler staring out…

The Bargain Bin Bears

On March 8th, the Bears found themselves armed with $51 million in cap space, and with glaring weaknesses all across the roster, many fans were rubbing their hands in anticipation, waiting to read headline after headline of one big Bears acquisition after another.  Pace’s own words fueled the fire: “We’re going to be aggressive and…

Mike Glennon: The definitive Bears Quarterback

Mike Glennon isn’t much to look at.  He’s got the vacant stare of a Best Buy employee and the anechoic, uninteresting voice typical of career athletes.  His sparse, balding pate would be more appropriate on a guy named “Ray” or “Bart,” just getting done with a roofing job and heading to the local watering hole. Glennon, only 27…