I almost went to to bed at 10:30EST when you were stomping the piss out of my Bears. I couldn’t watch it anymore. Grossman looked gross man. Worst game ever. 6 Turnovers that were all his. There’s no way the Bears can recover from the momentum of being down 20-3 at the half! Right?
Wrong.
The Cards gave up an astonishing 21 points to the Bears defense and special teams (that’s right kids, Chi offense never scored last night) in the last 16 minutes of the game with mishap after mishap and let the Bears keep their undefeated streak going.
What started out as a Disney movie turned into the biggest choke in recent memory.
AZ QB looked pretty good though. Other than that they better start looking for new jobs.
While it was a colossal collapse (which I had the benefit of watching as flight after flight was canceled on me), I thought that labeling it as one of the greatest choke jobs ever (as Peter King did) was a bit much. For two reasons:
It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, even if it did give me a small series of heart attacks. I don’t know if it was a choke though. Maybe the AZ kicker choked when he missed that field goal, but the rest of the result was just excellent football and extraordinary luck for the Bears.
Anyone else catch Okafor flipping the bird to someone in the stands after the game?
The Bears aren’t my team, so I did turn it off, then on ESPN Radio on the way in I hear they returned to punts and a kickoff? Did I hear that correctly? Has this ever happened before? Holy cow, what a stunning choke.
I firmly believe if you took the 1985 Bears or any great team, put them in Arizona in Cardinal uniforms, they would be 6-10 at best. Has any running back ever done so little (56 yards) with so many carries (36)? Why are you giving someone the ball 36 times when they are averaging 1.5 yards a carry? How can you lose when you get six turnovers? How do you give up 24 points on no offensive touchdowns? How do you let them strip the ball from you when you know that that is all they are going to try to do each play? I say contract this team and put a new franchise in LA. No one cares anyway- half the fans were in Bears colors.
First let me say, Joe Theisman is a sanctimonious moron. The entire first half, he was bent over for the Cardinals and Leinart, but he switched jerseys fast there at the end. I forget when it was, but during one play, Joey (Hey look out Joe! It’s LT, a 'comin for your knee again!!) said the phrase “I really have no idea…”. The Comcast DVR is an amzing thing, I replayed that little phrase over and over.
And over.
And I agree, that was half choke, and half amazing play by the Bears special teams and defense. I liked Uhrlacher’s interview after the game, when Tafoya asked him what helped his big late game surge, and he said “well, they just stopped blocking me” with that grin. Priceless.
I saw the finger too, I wonder if the league office saw it?
Grossman looked awful, but that’ll happen. And the TEAM pulled it out. This isn’t a one note team like last year. There’s still an offense, they had a crappy night, but the tools are still there. The D looked a little porous to start, but came to play late, and plucked it out.
For the record, I’m STILL not sold on Devon Hester. When he decides to run instead of dance, he’s scary-good, but he’s way too inconsistent for me.
Denny Green’s post-game press conference. Did he BUY a home in AZ, or is he renting?
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‘‘The Bears are who we thought they were,’’ Green said. ‘‘That’s why we took the damn field. If you want to crown them, just crown their ass. We let them off the hook.’’**
I once saw Jamie Morris (Joe’s brother) carry 38 times for 88 yards for the Redskins, and thought that was the worst example of most carries least yards- no longer!
Man did anyone hear Denny Green’s tirade afterwards? It’s been a long time coming, but I think it’s finally time to get him fitted for a straight jacket.
Wow, I understand that you guys are happy that you won and everything, but as an unbiased observer (actually, I like the Bears more than most teams)… were we watching the same game? I wouldn’t call that amazing football. I’d call it a bad team kicking the Bears’ asses for about 20 minutes, and then tightening up and trying to kill about 40 minutes of clock and subsequently blowing it. I’m not trying to rain on anybody’s parade; it’s just that this was the first time I’ve seen the Bears this year, and frankly, they didn’t look very good, even taking the comeback into consideration. How many teams are going to be leaving your most productive pass rusher unblocked from the blind side on their own ten yard line, you know?
And what I heard from Theismann during the first half was repeated warnings that the Cardinals weren’t scoring enough, and that it was going to bite them.
I am really starting to love Tony K., especially when he does the coolest thing ever, calling Joe T. out when he, like all dumb braocasters, make contradicting comments in a two minute span (Tony: Joe, a minute ago you criticized Arizona for running, now they pass, you criticize that- which is it, should they run or pass?) I love it, but wonder if their apparent animosity is real or for show.
I’d have concern too if I was a Bears fan. To claim to be the real deal and then not to be able to score a single TD on offense against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night was a choke in and of itself.
And there was Grossman smiling after the game. Dude, you choked as hard as the Cards. And you were the overwhelming favorite. You shouldn’t be smiling.
That game was crazy. I turned it on about mid-second quarter, saw it was 17-0 or whatever it was at that time, yawned, and was about to turn it off when I realized THE CARDINALS WERE WINNING.
I couldn’t seem to communicate to my wife (a horror-movie fanatic) how astonishing this was until I put it in horror-movie terms: “Imagine if two teenagers played by no-name actors are having sex in a car in the first five minutes of the movie, and the psychokiller sneaks up to the car with a machete, and THEY kill HIM.”
I love the Bears as much as anyone this side of the Mississippi, but even I agree they stunk up the field last night. I’m suprised Grossman didn’t get hurt, he was trying to long ball way too much. The D wasn’t that great in the first half, and somehow managed to put it together last night.
Joe Thiesman is an asshole. Don’t forget the lube next time you go to AZ, Joe!
They should put in deductions for Edge’s paycheck. You would think running out the clock would be easier than that. If it weren’t for the occasional Bears mis-guess, he would have even less yards. I totally called the 2.1 yds/carry. However, I was actually over-estimating for most of the game.
Matt Leinart actually looked pretty good, as did the rest of the Cardinals. I don’t understand how they can’t put a win together.
Dennis Green needed that tirade. I hope he doesn’t get fined. I actually like the dude. However, he’s wrong when he says that preseason game meant something. Let’s see what the Cards do on a nice brisk Sunday afternoon in Soldier Field.