That Was Fast

You've gotta like it when you have the family all settled in for an afternoon of playoff football. Some sweet and sour meatballs are ready. A pizza is in the oven. Some chili is ready to slurp down. And some Costo caramel apple pie and carrot cake left over from the Giving of the Hebrew Name to the Little Girl last night to finish it off.

And then, 75 seconds later, the football game is over and all that's left to do is eat.

I thought there was a possibility that the Bears could get blown out. I figured it would happen if Jones fumbled twice and Grossman threw three picks.

I never figured it would happen on 430 yards of offense. And if anyone wants to point Brad Maynard which way is forward, before next season would be nice.

We sat here all afternoon trying to decide if we had seen a team that came in so overconfident that they laid an egg or if we saw a team that was as fraudulent as the 2001 team. Perhaps a little of both. But what do you take away when your opponent is down to their #3 running back?

Ah, well. 30 days to spring training. Another 90 for Dusty to get launched. Things to look forward to.

Other thoughts:

You're nuts if you think sitting the starters hurt them. They lost this one in their heads. The Minny ha ha game was irrelevant.

What's the line on Ron Rivera getting a head coaching job now?

Hey Lovie. Down 8 with 3 minutes to play, how about some hurry up offense? Even if you get the TD, if you miss the conversion, don't you need some time to go onside and get the field goal? Or were you that afraid of letting your defense back on the field?