Life In Blue
Life In Blue
The Good Times Never End
January 2, 2022
A Giant Distraction
The Chicago Bears began the New Year by unwrapping a late Christmas gift in the form of the New York Giants, a team that is actually even worse than them.
The Bears thumped those Giants, 29-3 at Soldier Field giving the Bears faithful a bit of joy in the final home game in a mirthless season that now has the Bears with a record of 6-10 after a second consecutive victory.
The Bears won this game because Giants quarterback Mike Glennon, whom the Bears threw about $20 million at four seasons ago in the worst business deal in Chicago since the city sold the parking meters, got sacked and fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and only got less effective from there.
The Bears played hard, played with verve and gusto, played with a purpose and all that good stuff. But of most importance, they played the Giants who were actually winners in this game even though they lost and would have been winners if they won, too, because they own the Bears first round draft pick in addition to their own so the worse the Bears are, the better things are for the Giants, and the worse the Giants are the better things are for the Giants.
And that previous paragraph is about as straight forward as a Mike Glennon pass.
It was nice to get a win at home. It was nice to see Bears coach Matt Nagy smiling in his final home game at Soldier Field. It was nice to know that Chicago can beat New York in something besides shootings and convictions for public officials.
It was nice to see Robert Quinn break Richard Dent’s team sack record.
But what did this game teach us? Nothing. It only reminded us just how bad General Manager Ryan Pace’s decision to sign Glennon was and how Pace has not gotten much better since.
Now, it’s on to Minnesota for a season finale that, if not meaningless, is certainly rudderless.
It’s a New Year. But for now, even with a lopsided win, they’re the same Bears. We will copy and save that sentence and hope we don’t have to paste it in this space a year from now. --TK
Sunday, January 2, 2022