The Bears were due for a bad game. They were achin' to reach .500, a milestone for middleness. Not that good or not that bad. At any rate, ten games into the season, the Bears are simply mediocre. Green Bay at 5-5 is also .500, but they played like a 7-3 team. And, the Pack put the Bears in their place.
The final score of the game was 37-3 and that should tell enough. The Bears couldn't run the ball, pass the ball, or stop the run. It seemed like the game against the Titans was a mirage. Holding an undefeated team to just 20 yards rushing. It seemed like the Bears read the press clippings about that game, which was a loss, by the way, and said, "Well, we'll stop Green Bay, who can't run the ball anyways." Green Bay, with Ryan Grant running over the Bears for 145 yards, steamrolled the Bears defense. If the Bears finish below .500 for the season, look at this game. The Bears faced a real team, pumped to face its arch-rival on its home turf, and the game wasn't even close.
So, if the Bears can't mount a better effort against Green Bay, then when are they are going to play a decent game?
Actually, a decent game, won't get you too far in the gritty NFL. So, the Bears are tied with Minnesota and Green Bay for the Division lead. Let's say the real deal: this won't last for too long. By the end of the month, the Bears will be exposed, as a mediocre team, and will spend December in a bobbling weave, assaulted by snowflakes. Bears will wear those long Bears coats, and tip tap the ground with their cleats, as the wind, pierces the cloth. A couple of hits, oh, a completion. Ah, an interception. Drive stalled.
It doesn't sound pretty. But at .500 what can you do?
