Dec 28 2008
Mourning of the Bears Season
Taking a slight shift from the usual Cubs talk and the latest on the NHL Winter Classic…
As I am sure many of you have started to get the sense, I am a big fan of all Chicago sports team. Therefore, I feel that it is only appropriate to mourn the end of the Chicago Bears season today. I think that the Bears were a mediocre team as evidenced by their late collapses early on in the season (see: Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Bucs, Atlanta Falcons, and close wins against Minnesota and Detroit). I think many of us should be surprised that the Bears were still in this thing in the last week.
Sure, it’s easy to go back and point at specific plays, games, or moments that defined the season. I still think that the amount of games that we lost in the final seconds is very balanced to the games we won in the final seconds. Basically, the Bears were pretty much a .500 team and managed to win some close games and lose about the same amount of close games.
I think that it is unfair for Chicago sports fans to be upset with the Bears after today. Obviously, the Vikings won so the Bears could not have won the NFC North. Assuming Dallas wins this afternoon, the Wild Card would have been closed off as well. I think that the bottom line is that the Bears really made it an entertaining season… and that is what these players are paid to do. Of course, it sucks we are not in the playoffs, but I will admit that I was more excited about the Bears in the last few weeks than I have been all season— why? Because of the intensity and importance that was placed on each of the games in the final weeks. I won’t forget that game last week against Green Bay and how exciting it was after winning that game.
Anyway, call it a “loser mentality” if you must, but I enjoyed the ride. I hope that you did too.
Now all that is left is the Chicago Bulls (who have nothing likeable about them besides Derrek Rose) and the Chicago Blackhawks (who have a lot likeable about them) until late February when Spring Training begins!
