The NFL Begins

I planned on posting a game-by-game breakdown of how the Bears projected out this year. 9-7 looked about right. Now, after beating Green Bay and seeing Detroit and Minnesota play?

Detroit - W
at Minnesota - L
Seattle - L
Buffalo - W
at Arizona - W
San Francisco - W
Miami - W
at N.Y. Giants - L
at N.Y. Jets - W
at New England - L
Minnesota - W
at St. Louis - W
Tampa Bay - W
at Detroit - W
Green Bay - W

The Seattle game seems to actually be a win, but, you generally screw up at least once at home. So, seeing the defense play well tacked on three wins in my book.

Other weekend thoughts:

If Fox wants to have their show on the road every week so Joe Buck can do the show and the play by play, maybe build a soundproof set? And... And... And... get the mikes... mikes... mikes... to stop with the reverb... reverb... reverb...

If WBBM insists on having Jeff Joniak and his castrato voice do the play by play, I have to make sure I sue Comcast to watch the games. See, for me, the radio was 2 seconds offset from the broadcast. That ensured I didn't have the radio on.

Also a note to Joniak. Stupid, stupid nickname attempt for Devin Hester. It will not even be repeated here for fear it might get accidentally catch on.

Oh, and about Devin Hester? Suh-weeet!

While it is fun to beat the Packers, it's not as much fun as it was 15 years ago. See, back then the Pack was trying to get good and their fans wanted to beat the Bears for validation. Smacking them down then was good because it kept them feeling miserable.

Today, the Packer fans are already miserable. All smacking them does is confirm what they already know. In the 80s and 90s, it was denying them advancement. Today, beating them changes nothing. Beating the Packers is taking Doyle Lonnegan for $500 grand. It's not enough, but it's close.

Lastly, the Tender Gitles got off to a 1-0 start as Jeremy Shockey caught one of Eli Manning's stupid waste-of-precious-time-at-the-end-of-the-game passes. I win on a stupid, stupid play. If that doesn't summarize the bastardization of the NFL by fantasy sports, nothing does.