Perfection

I watch the Bears for two reasons: 1) it gives me something to fill up the time when I’m on the exercycle; and 2) it’s a way to get back at people I don’t like who root for other teams. Yesterday, the planets aligned, and both reasons came to pass in a Bears’ 25-24 win on the road in Seattle. I won’t reveal the names of those disagreeable Seahawks’ fans, but I will point out the irony of winning a game behind a quarterback who was so 2020. With the end of the 2021 season in sight, the Munsters gave Nick Foles his first start of the season. And this Sunday? Maybe they’ll pick a name out of a hat. But it won’t belong to Russell Wilson, whom the Bears’ “brain trust” wanted bad, only to be rebuffed and then going with rookie Justin Fields in the draft. Wilson turned 33 at the end of last month, and he looked every day of it on the field against the Bears. By beating the team with the quarterback they wanted with the quarterback they didn’t want anymore, the whizzes of Halas Hall pulled off matching 5-10 records for two struggling franchises. How quintessentially Bear. And let’s not forget soon-to-be ex-coach Matt Nagy, who in the postgame talked about “emptying the cup,” whether a “full cup” or “half cup,” because “when we all empty our cups,” there’s a “damn’ good chance” of winning. I’m going to miss Nagy gibber. Just kidding. He can exit stage left, cup in hand, anytime he wants.