Ingratitude

Pity the poor Chicago media.  They’ve abandoned all objectivity in covering the Bears—pages of space devoted to the opening of camp, film coverage that virtually leads on the early news broadcasts.  And how do the Bears react?  They announce new rules to limit media access to practice.  No filming of drills, no blogging or tweeting anything the team considers to be privileged information during practice.  Supposedly, everything goes back to normal come the second exhibition game.

“You might be shooting a specific guy, but perhaps there’s something [interesting] going on in the background,” a team official told the Trib this morning.  “There are tells [!] throughout the league, and the coaches and scouts are pretty savvy.  We want to make sure we protect ourselves.”

From what, exactly?  News of offensive schemes that don’t expose Jay Cutler’s weaknesses?  Defensive schemes that show an actual defense?   Somehow, I doubt Bill Belichick and the Patriots will go sneaking around Bears’ camp, unless they’re looking to post comedy shorts on YouTube.  Remember the old saying—sleep with dogs, and you wake up with fleas.   Rub up to the Bears, and they jerk your chain.