Abandon Ship

Maybe I missed one or two, but I’m pretty sure NBC made use of just about every Bears’ cliché there is during its broadcast last night of the Munsters’ visit to Greenbay—images of George Halas and Vince Lombardi, Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus, Sid Luckman, my god, Sid Luckman. For extra measure, the cameras showed the matriarch of the McCaskey clueless, principal owner Virginia McCaskey. For reasons best known to herself, Madame drove up for the game. Did I mention the sideline reporter citing Matt Nagy on how this was the best quarterback Mitch Trubisky has ever looked in practice? Yeah, apparently that was important. Then came the iceberg known as Aaron Rodgers. The final score was 41-25, Greenbay, and it pretty much could’ve been whatever the home team felt like making it. Akiem Hicks didn’t play, again, which at least cuts down on the number of stupid penalties per game. Khalil Mack did play, though you’d never know it from the way the Packers o-line kept him away from Rodgers. And, of course, Trubisky played, which you could tell from the two interceptions and the fumble run back for a touchdown. After the game, Coach Happy Talk said something along the lines of “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Yeah, and turnovers are never a good idea, either. The consensus seems to be that general manager Ryan Pace will be on his way out, so that’s a silver lining for sure. Bear down…