Soul

Has it ever.

Huh, I thought she was indeed due Sunday. Wasn't that what brought the issue up in the first place?

Definitely have to do something early to keep the pressure off. Carimi and Webb are gonna be in for a long day. HOU ranks dead last in ST in the DVOA's. I highly recommend a couple Hester return TDs, and another blocked punt. That'll take some pressure off everything :)

Must be a slow news week in the NFL for this to become a debate in the national sports media.

That Giants game back in 2010 sticks out. We gave up a lot of yards to Ahmad Bradshaw, on 20+ carries. Jacobs added in a few more carries for good yardage. We've given up big yardage to teams, but looking back, some of them were due to a really long single run.

Can't they give her some kind of drug to keep it in? Come on now. Priorities people.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-deangelo-williams-20121106,0,3953004.story "Real" officials not much better than the replacements.

KC/PIT on Monday night. Ugh.

I'm going to go: Bears 24 Texans 20 I think the Bears' D limits the Texans offense just enough. They hit the end zone a couple times. Bears get just enough O and other points to get it done at home. Close, entertaining game all the way through. Prepare for a long night Sunday. You aren't going to bed early.

Agreed but it'd be downright scary to know we'd be playing GB, NYG or SF in the 2nd round Bears will need to go through one of those teams regardless. So....which one would you prefer? I vote SF :)

Weird...thats the same thing he said last week. Guess a 31 point drubbing didn't affect his views. Well than what about the Bears having the best point differential in the lead? How about 5 of the Bears 7 wins being by 16 points or more (most in the NFL)? Simmons is just like any other analyst in that he stereotypes NFL teams, and those stereotypes are likely influenced by one or two particular games. For whatever reason the Lions and Panthers games have stuck in his head and have now defined the Bears in his mind. I understand that its nearly impossible for someone to have their finger on the pulse of all 32 teams at once, but at least do a little research before you go on the air. Maybe Barnwell can tell him whats up since Bill seems to get most of his NFL insights from him. I am pretty pessimistic when it comes to my teams and their chances, but it still pisses me off when the national media disrespects them for annoying reasons like this. Like you said, they have had more blowouts than seemingly every other team in the league, and yet, when the panthers keep it close against them it goes back to "well see the bears aren't that good." Never mind the fact that the Panthers have lost every game but 1 by less than a touchdown. And the teams that get tons of respect like the giants are seemingly in a close game every other week, but the bears are disrespected by being in a close game at the half with the Jags when they ended up winning by nearly 40. I find it annoying that guys like Simmons are allowed to maintain their illusion of being experts, despite not having much knowledge. But, the reality is, his impact is non-existent. Nobody who really knows anything allows something like that to pass unchecked. I wish he didn't get to pull down a salary for it, but it's not really any skin off my back.

3, and everyone goes oooh, ahh. oh, and then we win anyway.

Being an Eagle fan has got to be horrible right now.

Biggs' thoughts after yesterday's game: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-biggs-10-thoughts-bears-20121105,0,1852191.story Izzy won't miss time, that's good. Hardin is 100% physically even though he can't play this year. Lots of S/Ts talk, with Toub's strategy & methods at the core. Interesting stuff. Jay saying that Tice needs to learn how to call the screen better -- in that not-so-thinly-disguised Jay way.

Nooo. I want him to pick against the Bears again.

They are already a nice story, I could see that continuing. We'll see.

Yeah....I think it's going to be up to Tice to create a solid "we're getting blown up and cutler has no time to throw" game plan to turn to when we get blown up and cutler has no time to throw. He was talking about their O-line vs our D-line. I'm more concerned about the reverse. If Houston blows holes in our defensive line consistently, I'll congratulate them. I'm not conceeding that until I actually see it happen.

Looks like Bud Adams has had enough: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/11/04/titans-bud-adams-disgusted-after-bears-loss/1681947/ There's a quote in there from Sen'Derrick Marks about it feeling like an away game and it was the worst experience he's ever had. That was a trouncing on all levels. Even Bear fans trounced the Titan fans.

it absolutely showcases urlacher's coverage skills. the fact that opposing teams haven't been abusing the middle of the field passing-wise speaks to his continuing ability to get the job done. you think the defense would look like this if they had some guy can't play patrolling the middle of the field? come on, rumors of his demise are greatly exaggerated. His speed is greatly diminished, but while people will talk about how slow he looked running that INT back, they'll miss how quickly he read & got into position on that play. Without that, the INT doesn't happen in the first place.

He's really been out there today, in several places.

Johnson can run a TD against our soft, 4th quarter, up-by-a-ton defense. Hurrah Titans!

We've all been watching football a long time. Never seen anything like P-Nut.

Sheesh.

Heh, I hadn't seen that Black Ops commercial. Fun.

At least they tacked on points, and had a good long-yardage pickup.