Blah Bears

After the Christmas Eve Family Mass yesterday afternoon, everyone went over to Grandma and Grandpa’s for a dinner of barley soup and meatless pierogi. This is what the inn keeper provided Joseph and Mary out in his stable. Leo was happy to play with the Tootsie Toys I bought as part of his gifts. For the uninitiated, these are hand-sized cars and trucks, very detailed, made from steel back in the day, my day. I bough a tow truck; a flatbed; and a car carrier with four cars. We were driving everywhere, up my shoulders, along the living room wall. I saw enough of the Bears-Cardinals’ game to shake my head. Twenty-one unanswered points midway through the second quarter, and they still had to hang on, 27-16? Typical Munsters. Our boys ran the ball thirty-nine times for 250 yards. Danger, danger, because that means they didn’t throw the ball much and/or for much yardage. Yup, Justin Fields went fifteen of twenty-seven for 170 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. But, hey, he ran nine times for ninety-seven yards! Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy did what Luke Getsy does, call any number of questionable plays. Head coach Matt Eberflus did what Matt Eberflus does, jibber this and jibber that in his postgame comments. Thank God for the Tootsie Toys.