Nobody does Sunday Night Football humiliation quite like Da Bears.

Once again, we had a game that was completely winnable, up until the last minute. Once again, we had 21 points of touchdown passes that SHOULD have been made. And once again, Ron Turner abused our offense with horrendous play calling. (Note to wRONg Turner: The Hester WR screen doesn’t work–calling it five times in a row won’t change that). 

Our defense played really well last night.  We forced 3 turnovers!  Charles Tillman was ricidulously good.  Even Tommie Harris showed signs of life (making plays, not punching players).  It was classic Bears football, on the defensive end. 

This loss belongs to the offense.  Cutler looked timid and terrified…honestly, he looked a little bit like Rex Grossman.  I could almost see the tape reel playing in his mind:  don’t get picked, don’t get picked, don’t get picked.  And he didn’t get picked (until the very end) because he overthrew every ball to a place where no one could possibly catch it.  He looked like a shell of his former self.  Maybe this period of tribulation will be good for Cutler’s quarterback development. Or maybe Cutler’s daddy will come out this week and talk to the press about how the Chicago Bears Management is ruining his son’s career.  Either way, Yoda McNabb had a few choice words of inspiration for our very own JayJay at the end of the game.  “Just stick with it, son, and stay positive.  Remember the rules of Overtime, have your mom do some soup ads, and it will all work out in the end.  You too can have a lackluster career like mine.”

Our running game sucked as usual, but had a bright spot.  Kahlil Bell came out of nowhere (literally) with one dynamite run, and I was thinking we should use him more, but then wRONg Turner would get his hands on him and ruin his career, like so many before him.  I’d rather keep him as a back-up weapon.

The final drive of the game, as always, was the exclamation point on our trainwreck season.  Hester, giving Janet Jackson a run for her money, got de-pantsed by Eagles defender Dimitri Patterson.    Cutler threw an interception and sulked back to the sidelines.  The game was over.  We lost by 4 points in the most em-bare-ass-ing way possible.

And that, my friends, pretty much sums up our season.