Hot Take Tuesday- NFC North Champs!

Hot Take Tuesday: The Incoherent Rantings of a Belligerent Bears fan.

Weeeee are the champions, we are the champions, we are the champions, of the North!

Everybody sing it!

Weeeee are the champions, we are the champions, we are the champions, of the North!

I woke up Monday morning, I stubbed my toe and I didn’t care. I brushed my teeth and guzzled some orange juice, it tasted like delicious nectar. I sat in traffic for two hours and it just made me smile.

Nothing is spoiling my mood, Bears fans. The Chicago Bears have won the NFC North and nobody, not even the biggest optimists, saw this coming. I’ve been guzzling Bears’ kool-aid for months and I told everybody on this blog that they were playoff contenders and enjoyed all the ridicule in the comments.

I truly never cared. I knew what was coming, and the rest of the commenters were just blinded by their own stupidity. They’ve all disappeared. Their disdain for Ryan Pace has proven unfounded. For those who believed, enjoy it with me! For those who didn’t, so sorry to disappoint.

I was as optimistic about this Bears season as I had been in years, and not even I thought the division was in their sights. This is truly remarkable. Enjoy this, fans. Enjoy telling the cheeseheads to shut up. Enjoy telling the Lions fans that said the Bears would be last in the division to enjoy the view looking up. Tell the Vikings fans to shove their Kirk Cousins contract. The Chicago Bears are NFC North champions and no one else.

It’s also time to see that the torch has reluctantly been passed. The Packers are no longer going to be an elite team in this division. Aaron Rodgers will always keep them competitive as long as his heart is beating and he’s in uniform but his best days are clearly behind him as some of these fun facts suggest:

That doesn’t scream elite QB. If he still is the best in the league, then think about how bad the rest of that roster is. Bad enough that it’ll take a couple of years to fix. By then, Rodgers will be 37, who knows what kind of player he will be at that point.

But this isn’t about the hapless Packers, this is about the beloved Bears who have entered a new era of Chicago Bears football and it’s going to be one we will all enjoy. This team is not a fluke, this is a team built for the long haul and if Mitch Trubisky becomes a top ten QB, this team will be constantly competing for division titles and Super Bowls for the next 15 years. Yes, that’s what I said.

Bag it, haters.

Just wanted to get that in there.

Who’s ready for a home playoff game, raise your hand! What an amazing season this has been.

The Super Bowl is a possibility. It won’t be easy, but it most certainly is within reach.

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Quick Hits

• Khalil Mack is so good that he sacked Aaron Rodgers with his butt.
• Khalil Mack is so good that he has more sacks than the Oakland Raiders.
• Khalil Mack is so good that he has more forced fumbles than the Oakland Raiders and LA Chargers.
• Khalil Mack is so good.
• If Mitch Trubisky plays at that level, the Bears are the best team in the NFL.
• The Bears running game isn’t humming every week, but it’s more efficient than it’s been.
• Kudos to the play of Sherrick McManis. He is going to be huge for this team down the stretch and into the postseason.
• Eddie Goldman has quietly earned every penny of his contract this year.
• All I want for Christmas is a January Club Dub.
• Okay, two January Club Dubs.
• Okay, three January Club Dubs.
• Okay, a February Club Dub.