Quote of The Day

Ok. I realize it's pointless to complain about what happens in preseason games, because all sorts of slop happens in preseason games. It's a time for teams to work out the slop so that they're in top form when the actual season starts. Only in preseason can Oakland and Cleveland look good, Dallas look mediocre, and New Orleans actually look kind of stinky. 

Still, it makes me sad when I see (or in this case, hear on the radio) games where the Bears, even the Nth-String, Bargain-Basement Bears, completely roll over and croak (in this case, vs. the San Diego Junior Varsity Chargers). It doesn't really tell us anything about the team as a whole* because it's just garbage time for rookies and has-beens, but I still cringe when I hear that the Bears have a series that includes like, two sacks and a blocked punt where the ball flies out the back of the end zone. And then exchanges like this occur:

Significant Other: The Bears are God's team, you know.

MC: Yeah, why's that?

Significant Other: Their offensive line is looking pretty hol(e)y. 

At least they're not St. Louis. Bradford got nailed so many times by the Vikings that I'm starting to think it happened on purpose as part of a hazing ritual.

Power Rankings part deux to come soon.

*Beyond that the offensive line is out to lunch, the right half of the defensive backfield doesn't know what its left half is doing, and Brian Urlacher likes hitting people. A lot.