After Chicago lost in Green Bay, spirits were low for many Bears fans. Now that the Bears defeated the Steelers, spirits are high. The proper emotion is probably somewhere in between. Always necessary in life, balance is essential in football too. Balance of emotions on the field and off, and balance in the offensive gameplan. The Bears have the emotions in check, at least seemingly. The gameplan, however, is definitely off center. Ron Turner needs to work on his scripted ...
As disappointing as it was to see history seem to repeat itself last night, I saw a lot of reasons to be hopeful. The defensive line seems to be completely rejuvenated under Marinelli. While Ogunleye got the rewards, I noticed very good push from everyone, making a double team (or even chip blocks) an impossible situation. Al Afalava played well, and Payne did too (with the exception of one tackle). Vasher, save for one very costly slip, didn't play bad. Daniel Manning ...
Don't you love summer? Happens every year. You can still bank on it. Kids finish off the school year, the herd at work starts to thin. Yep, it's time for the annual ritual known as Summer Vacation. Mine starts in a week. Then, it's (nearly) 3 weeks of sun, surf, sand and ice-cold Singha Beer. Actually, it's Tiger Beer. I prefer Tiger (a Singaporean brew) over Singha (a Thai pale ale) , but I'm only going to be in Singapore long enough to catch ...