Groundhog Day, Your Chicago Bears

Make it go away, please.  I can’t stand the resurgence of Bears’ news along with everything else football.  For heaven’s sake, we’re all of seven days into May.

 

The dearth of real sports’ news has local sportswriters reverting to their worst habits, above all rah-rah coverage of our Munsters of the Midway.  All is forgiven, Ryan Pace, at least until Mitch Trubisky is recorded throwing his next errant pass.  No, for a team that had no picks in the first round of the draft, you did great.  Oh, and those free agent signings!

 

Let’s see, there’s soon-to-be 30-year old safety Tashaun Gipson, who says he came here in part due to the recruiting job done by ex- and now current teammate Buster Skrine.  Well, that has to be on a par with D-Wade enticing LeBron to Miami, now doesn’t it?  And let’s not forget 35-year old wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr., who’s certainly getting the benefit of the doubt from reporters.  Me, I’m connecting the dots between Ginn and that other recent addition, 33-year old tight end Jimmy Graham.  How old can you go?  The Munsters’ newest offensive weapons may depend on walkers.

 

What all this Bears’ hoopla proves is the Munsters’ are the default setting for Chicago sports, with anything else football as spackle where needed.  It’s May, we should be wrapped in baseball, but, No, we get breathless coverage of mediocre free-agent signings by a mediocre football team.  Not only that, we get to listen to Roger Goodell and whatever football blowhard who happens by a camera try to buffalo COVID-19.

 

The NFL commissioner intends to play a full schedule, and he sure would like fans to be there.  The athletic director at Notre Dame is all but refusing to play unless Notre Dame Stadium is filled to the rafters with fans, coronavirus be damned.  Be careful, guys.

With all that huffing and puffing, you could come down with something.