Chicago Bears vs. Jaguars: Dammit Lions!

The St. Louis Cure made its way back this week. The Bears faced another poor team and did what they had to do: win. Unfortunately, the Lions couldn't pull through with a victory over the Vikings. The Bears need to essentially win out and hope the Vikings lose two games (we lose on a tie-breaker with the Vikings because they beat the Falcons and we lost). Anyway...

1. Kyle Orton looked great and bad. He reminds me a little too much of Rex sometimes. But then you also forget that his best WR is Devin Hester, who's best position is as a slot receiver or as the 2nd WR. Orton also kind of reminds me of a third-world country's poor man's Peyton Manning. He's a smart guy who reads the defense, talks a lot at the line of scrimmage, throws an imperfect spiral but still manages to hit receivers, and is kind of weird looking. I guess that's what Orton is: a Tibetan poor man's Peyton Manning.

2. The defense played well today against what is still an okay offense. MJD and that running game are tough to stop. Its a good thing Jacksonville still has not heard of the forward pass.

Players: Forte again. He just does everything. He's already over 1000 rushing yards this year and accounts for over a third of our offense. Devin Hester, DH our Designated Hero. People have been hating on him all year. But he's not a bad WR. His minature size limits his ability to be a #1 WR (man the BEars were stupid to suggest that he was and paid him as such). But, I'd take him as my #2 or slot receiver any day over the cast of characters we have on offense. If we had a legit #1 WR, DH would be even better. To be honest, I'm fine with him just returning punts and being our #2 WR (He did a fine job of it today, minus the muffs). I can't stand the Bears completely relying on special teams to win games.

Lastly, the defense: especially Idonije. Just a solid effort. We'll see what they really have when they play the Saints on thursday.

Haters: Its tough to hate on anyone here. Orton had a so-so game. I didn't like the conservative play calling in the 3rd quarter by Turner either. But all in all, no one played terribly. Well except for Rashied Davis of course. But, you already knew that.

P.S. I'm going to the game on thursday. Anyone have any extra gear left over from their Everest trip?