Archive for October, 2010

Jay Cutler was a part of history at Soldier Field on Sunday, but it was a dubious distinction.  He threw 4 interceptions.  That’s not the historic part, that’s an average day at the office.  The historic part?  They were all thrown to DeAngelo Hall.  Check em out: Wanna know the best part?  Cutler would go after Hall again.  No, I’m not kidding.  I saw the press conference.  Here is an exchange of Hall talking about the picks and Cutler saying he’d go at him again.

When you lose a game by three points, there is plenty of room for second-guessing, Monday Morning Quarterbacking, etc. The latest Bears loss, a 17-14 defeat at the hands of the Redskins is no exception.  So let’s replay one critical sequence and see what went wrong. The Situation – Bears up 14-10 with about 12 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.  Earl Bennett catches a seam route from just inside of midfield and takes it down to the 1 yard line.  Check out the highlight here. The Blunder, Part I – Lovie Smith challenges that Earl Bennett had scored on [...]

The Bears are full of surprises this season; some good, some bad.  Lately, they’ve been mostly bad.  The unexpected wins in Dallas and against Green Bay have been negated by miserable back-t0-back home losses to Seattle and Washington.  The Bears head into their BYE week with a 4-3 record and heading the wrong direction.  Check out NFL.com’s breakdown here.  I use the words highlights loosely. I will preface my instant analysis with the fact that I could only half watch the 2nd half because I was watching my 20-month old while Mrs. Beargoggleson was at a wedding shower.  I think [...]

After some weeks, it is nice to sit back and look at the bigger picture of your “betting” overall outcomes.  If you were  regular bettor in Vegas, this would be imperative to  do.  Last year when I was in Vegas, I was like a kid in a candy shop and practically bet on not only every game, but almost every over/under as well.  That’s okay for a one week blast (especially after being up $1200 for a blackjack table), but not if you want to be a grinder.  If I lived in Vegas, I’d be a grinder.  My ultimate goal would [...]

Our guy Sam coulda told you the Bears would lose last week.  He rubbed his Madden 11 crystal ball and it was right there for him.  Believe me, I’m not happy about it, but when you get an upset special right, you’ve got to brag a little.  On to the Week 7 matchup with the Redskins. Donovan McNabb makes yet another trip to Soldier Field, but this time he leads the Washington Redskins.  The game starts off slowly, with only two Robbie Gould field goals in the first half to account for the Bears scoring.  Ryan Torrain’s 10 yard run [...]

It was another rough week for our Madden 11 simulator, missing on 9 of the 14 games, but bonus points for hitting on the Steelers-Browns result exactly and sadly predicting that the Bears would lose to Seattle.  It’s another week for the Bears and another week for the simulator.  On with the predictions hot off the Madden 11 simulator and our expert Sam. Titans 24 Eagles 10 Falcons 24 Bengals 19 Browns 16 Saints 17 Dolphins 22 Steelers 17 Rams 31 Bucs 24 Panthers 17 49ers 21 Cheifs 37 Jags 13 Ravens 35 Bills 12 Seahawks 34 Cardinals 17 Raiders [...]

Editor’s note: Since our guy The DeCon is wandering the desert for 40 days and 40 nights, his buddy Hunter is filling in.  I’m posting on his behalf. So I’ll try and fill the shoes of the DeCon this week and, Man, those are big shoes to fill. As most of you know, it doesn’t help to tell you to play your studs where I subscribe to the philosophy you start no matter what the matchup unless there is a real health concern. But I will tell you, don’t play any Jets, Colts, Lions or Texans this week. Since the [...]

If you grew up idolizing the 1985 Chicago Bears, this is the Bear Goggles On contest you cannot miss!   As we’ve mentioned here numerous times, Da Coach is getting the band back together for a one-night-only Chicago Bears jamboree that will bring virtually all of the ’85 Bears together for a one-night lovefest to bask in the glow of that magical 1985 season one more time and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bears’ Super Bowl season. Thanks to the fine folks promoting Allstate Glory Days, we have a voucher good for a pair of tickets to attend the November [...]