Tommie Harris wants to be a Bengal

Other subjects I was considering:



Wake up, Mr. Shanahan – Bob Virene might be onto something

Troy Aikman – One astute broadcaster

They’re called holes, linebackers – Fill them!

Olin, Olin, Olin – What The ____?

It’s still Bears season.



OK. Here we go. Tommie Harris wants to be a Bengal. He obviously has seen the success of Ced Benson, who did just enough to get kicked off the Bears, but not enough to land in jail. Also, look at Tank Johnson – again just enough to get kicked out of here, but not in jail. Tommie is doing just enough to get kicked off the Bears without winding up in jail… While on the subject, how is it that all of Urlacher’s indiscretions and that swept-under-the-rug Lance Briggs crashing his car while drunk incident has not gotten them kicked off?



Wake up, Mr. Shanahan – Bob Virene might be onto something. For the first time since Lovie has been head coach (and now subsequently taken over as defensive coordinator as well) do I start to see ever so slightly that Lovie might be starting to lose this team. But that’s as far as I am going for today. He still took most of these Bears to the Superbowl.



Troy Aikman – one astute broadcaster. If you haven’t already read about them or heard about them, look up the Aikman Efficiency Ratings. These look at offense statistics the correct way. They do not included points scored by the special teams or points scored on defense. If he was truly the architect of this system, then I’m all in. I was never a large fan of Aikman as a QB. I feel that he was a by-product of having worked behind one of the best offensive lines in recent history. You know them all, Larry Allen, Nate Newton, Mark Tuinei… But I digress. Aikman said it best and I am paraphrasing here, “Either you play with purpose and try to win the game or take Jay Cutler out of the game.” Hats off to Troy, those was a very poignant statement. The Bear were not playing to win the game, they were playing slow, even while still in the game… Nice work, Troy.



They’re called holes, linebackers – Fill them! Not much else to say there.



Olin, Olin, Olin – What The ____? Again, nothing much else to say there. You all know where I stand on Mr. Kreutz.



It’s still Bears season. I did not get one single response from last week’s Bears recap. Not one. I just want to remind everyone that it is still Bears season, even though the Hawks are playing well, Toewser and the new guy will be skating real soon for the Hawk. For those Bulls fans, bummer about Tyrus Thomas – he was starting to play well. Again, the Bears are still playing, right???



Next up - San Francisco coached by Mike Singletary.