The Bears are Better Than The Broncos, the Scoreboard Says So
The Bears are Better Than The Broncos, the Scoreboard Says So
Alive and Kicking
September 18, 2019
Mile-High Monsters
Bears 16, Broncos 14
Eddy Pineiro is writing a book with the working title The Dead Don’t Miss. It’s about a football team that wins a game when its kicker boots a 53-yard field goal to prevail, 16-14 even though the game was already over.
And it was over, girls.
Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky stepped up in the pocket and rifled a clutch, gutsy 25-yard pass to clutch, gutsy receiver Allen Robinson and the Bears called timeout with one second left on the clock in Denver, setting up Pineiro’s heroics.
Except there is no way there was time left. Not even a mile-high second.
But somehow there was. Bad officiating, thin air, clueless Broncos, a goofy clock, the ghost of Vladimir Kondrashin, whatever it was, it gave the Bears a reprieve from the grave and granted Eddy Pineiro, the man who emerged from Chicago’s offseason kickathon, the chance to be at least a temporary legend, and Special Teams Player of The Week.
Not bad for a dude who wears two earrings.
And so the Bears won and now they are 1-1 and they’ll win a bunch more games this year and we shall be happy. We believe this is so because Chicago’s defense is stalwart, their running game is developing (David Montgomery!) and the schedule is starting to look a bit easier all the time.
Does someone want to talk about the struggling quarterback? Our answer to that is go to hell, Mitch is awesome.
Quarterbacks, like Gerard Butler movies, make too much money when they’re bad and too much money when they’re good.
Sorry, we just wanted to write that previous line.
Trubisky, whom is often referred to in bars in Cicero and Waukegan as Falsebisky, is getting more scrutiny these days than a naked man at Macy’s on a Friday. It’s deserved. His passes are often still off target, his decisions can be indecisive and his quarterback rating is lower than Pat Mahomes’ jersey number (almost.)
But let us not dwell on the little bits of hell that sprinkle our victory highway. This year’s Bears crew is shaping up to be, if not Mack’s Attack or Akiem’s Dream, then possibly Matt’s Gnats - tenacious and nasty little things that just don’t go away.
And no matter the lack of style points, the Bears, going back to last season, continue to provide some of the most compelling bits of gridiron action the NFL has seen in years when you consider this: The Bears never get blown out. Last year’s five defeats, including the playoffs, were by a total of 15 points. Their two games this year have been decided by a total of nine points.
Virtually every Sunday is a street fight with these Bears and the more street fights you’re in, the better you get at finding that broken bottle.
The Redskins are next and they stink.
Keep Calm and Bear on, baby. --TK
Wednesday, September 18, 2019