Back to Reality

I was talking to my son-in-law’s dad last week, and he told about all the Bears’ fans—he’s a Packers’ guy—talking it up at the gym the day after the Munsters beat the Commanders, 40-20. One group talked about the march to the playoffs while the other group talked about that and all the help the Bears would be getting in the 2024 draft. The gym is probably a tad more somber this morning after the Munsters laid an egg vs. the visiting Vikings, 19-13. This is really all you need to know about the institutional mindset of this team—absent their top three running backs, the powers that be still opted to run the ball xx times. When he threw the ball (just ten times in a little over 2-1/2 quarters), Justin Fields managed all of fifty-eight yards with an interception. The offense actually picked up when undrafted D-II rookie backup Tyson Bagent ame in after Fields suffered a thumb injury to his throwing hand. And I say that even though Bagent was strip-fumbled for a touchdown and threw a drive-ending interception late in the fourth quarter. I wonder if this is a good time for the McCaskeys to discuss personal seat licenses for their new stadium (the odds are those won’t be transferable), wherever and whenever that project gets built. Maybe the Heirs of Halas should wait until their team‘s next victory, or next season, whichever comes first.