The Bears defense needs to play like they did in the first half of the season if they want to get to the Super Bowl. (photo courtesy of AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

In a season of anomalies and happenstance, it’s hard to believe in trends, but the Chicago Bears defense is starting to be a concern.  While, we all know that they can change games with turnovers and big plays, those have been few and far between recently. Take away the five turnovers they had against the Minnesota Vikings two weeks ago, and they only have four turnovers since Week 12.  They are also giving up 23.2 points, 368.2 yards and 21.4 first downs per game to opposing offenses. This is not the Bears defense that we are used to.

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A special thanks to Matt for sending me this pic.

In the rat race that is the Chicago Bears season, there is one guy that Bears fans hate to see on field.  Brad Maynard.  Of course, it means the Bears are punting and I, for one, have seen enough of him.  The worst part is that quality of most of his punts has been awful.  I know that distance doesn’t tell the whole story but he is averaging a career low 38.7 yards per punt, netting only 34.7 yards, both lingering near the bottom of  the NFL.  Also, keep in mind that 36 of his 47 punts have come from the Bears side of the 50.  His below average numbers can only lead me to believe that at age 35, Brad is, well, getting old.  And he’s going to need more than Dr. Scholls to fix the problem.

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Lovie being Lovie.

Lovie Smith is my new sworn enemy.  I’m a guy who normally believes that you make your own luck but Lovie is a jinx.  He said after the Redskins game that the Bears “weren’t lucky.”  I think he needs to look in the mirror to see who has the bad luck.  Each week, just when I think that it can’t be worse than the week before, Lovie’s Bears find their way into the record books on the wrong side of the page.  For those of you who have blocked out most of Lovie’s tenure with the Bears, let me refresh your memory.

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