Bears Postgame.

OK, my Bears thoughts...

This is probably their toughest game on the schedule, they aren't going to go 16-0 which means they have to lose a couple of games here or there, so just chalk this one up to their 15-1 season.

The bad taste in my mouth about the loss is all too familiar, though...
Defense works their collective tails off for 60 minutes and the offense just sputters. Benching the starting tailback for fumbling at a crucial time, and yes... Benson was benched. The Offensive Line seemed old and slow, huh, hard to believe because... they ARE old and slow. It all comes down to blocking and tackling. The defense did their part in tackling, but the blocking was just not there. No one would have been able to run through the non-existent holes in the offensive line.
And... Rex did alright considering, I mean the sacks that he had - no one would have been able to avoid - I am actually surpised that he did not fumble the ball... And, the turning point in the game was the fluke turnover on the punt return, your defense needs to rush back out onto the field right after stopping their offense...

Who would have thought that the Bears would be in sole possession of LAST place in the division (at any point in the season) - looking up and GB, DET and MIN.

The worst part of the weekend... the absolute worst part... and the one thing I feared most... was that Mike Brown is lost for the season - without much depth behind him.

So... next week we have KC in our home opener. KC is coming off a really bad loss to HOU and will be fighting mad. They do not want to start the season off at 0-2 just as much as the Bear do not want to start 0-2. The Bears will have their hands full again trying to stop Larry Johnson. So, looking forward... if the Bears Defense can match the performance turned in in week 1 against KC and the Bears offense can perform up to their level of talent, they have a real good chance of winning.

- Slim Tim