You could say
that the Falcons did unto the Packers as General Sherman did to Atlanta back in
1864. Talk about a torching, 44-21 in
the NFC Championship game Sunday.
Personally, I like it when Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has his
grumpy face on. Now you know how most
Bears’ fans feel most every game, Aaron.
But the real
story for Bears’ fans comes from the AFC, where the Patriots will be going to
the Super Bowl, again. This time, New
England got there with sizable contributions from two ex-Bears, tight end
Martellus Bennett and linebacker Shea McClellin. Bennett was always good, and he knew it,
which made for a problem. George Halas
always liked his players humble, talented and dumb, two of which Bennett can’t
do. So, off he went in a trade because
the Bears’ front office is nothing if not ruled over by the ghost of old man Halas.
The real
surprise is McClellin, a first-round draft choice in 2012 who flopped first as
a defensive end (too skinny) and then as a linebacker (Halas dumb but not
good). So, McClellin became a free agent
at the end of 2015 and signed with New England, where he got good.
The last year
both Bennett and McClellin played for the Bears was 2015, when they finished 6-10. Without those two, the Monsters of the Midway
finished 3-13 last season. Any
correlation is all in the imagination.
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