It was October 17, 2017 when Bobby Portis’ punch was heard around the Berto Center. The beatdown of Niko Mirotic was so bad he had to go to the hospital. Two bones in his face broken. Add a concussion as well. Immediately Bobby Portis was sent home on a timeout. The league then suspended Bobby Portis for 8 games. Since then Niko Mirotic has been recovering. He is able to do some light workouts. Only when the team is not present. Meanwhile Bobby Portis served his 8 games and has come back and played very well. Seems like the rest of the team are giving their support to Portis. While stories out of Mirotic camp are he wants to be traded one day and the next day he’d like to play for the Bulls.

“Both Niko and Bobby are on our roster right now and Niko’s getting cleared to do more. This obviously is coming to a position where it’s going to have to be resolved between the two.”

Words spoken by the Bulls President of Basketball Operations, John Paxson. Again since October 17 and it’s the middle of November now and the Bulls do not have this situation taken care of. BRAVO again for a job not done. I guess Bobby Portis tried to reach out with texts and voice messages. Nothing has happened. The Bulls way is let it linger instead of cleaning the stink out and moving on to the regular season and day to day basketball operations.

I know the Bulls are in position just to release their players as it’s a team with a lot of young and unproven players who need time to get better. Both Portis and Mirotic will have to be on the court at some time. Bobby Portis is a young player that has still been developing so not really a trade market on his ability as player yet. Meanwhile Mirotic had some interest from other teams in the off season but not much as no one offered him a big contact. They kicked the tires on him and left him to another lot down the block. No one is going to want damaged goods either. If Mirotic wants a trade, he will have to get on court and show the whole league he can rebound after his face got beaten in and play well like he did towards the end of last year’s regular season. He’s got a very good stretch of games where he caught on fire.

Seriously what in the world does John Paxson or Gar Forman do over there? They should have  handled this already. I know the players are adults they are dealing with, but some way they should have these two in the office and lay out all the facts for them and tell them how this will play out. Where’s the Coach in this? Is Fred Hoiberg’s job only to come up with offensive schemes to shoot the ball from the outside? If you have to lock these two guys in a room until they kiss and make up, then do that. Maybe the Irish way, go out have some drinks and sweep this mess under the rug, so the story goes away.  I do not expect them to be riding a tandem bike singing “my buddy.” However they just need to coexist on the court and take it from there. Meanwhile someone put a sign on the Berto Center, “HELP WANTED apply with in” to take over Bulls’ management. I would even take the guy that runs the local Dairy Queen. He might be off at this time of the year as it’s their off season. Dilly bars for everyone when the team scores over a 100 points.  DILLY DILLY!!!

 

STRAIGHT UP WEEK TEN PICK EM PREDICTIONS

SUNDAYS SLATE                          OUR WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

BENGALS AT TITANS                             TITANS

BROWNS  AT LIONS                                LIONS

PACKERS  AT BEARS                                DA BEARS

CHARGERS AT JAGUARS                          JAGS

VIKINGS AT REDSKINS                             REDSKINS

SAINTS AT BILLS                                         BILLS

COWBOYS AT FALCONS                             COWBOYS

JETS AT BUCCANEERS                                 JETS

STEELERS AT COLTS                                    STEELERS

TEXANS AT RAMS                                        RAMS

GIANTS AT 49ERS                                         GIANTS

PATRIOTS AT BRONCOS                              PATRIOTS

MONDAY NIGHT

DOLPHINS AT PANTHERS                            PANTHERS

UPSET OF THE WEEK

BUFFALO BILLS OVER NEW ORLEANS

MY THREE LOCKED DOWN GAMES

RAMS OVER THE TEXANS

STEELERS OVER COLTS

LIONS OVER BROWNS

BEST SURVIVOR PICK FOR POINTS

LA RAMS

READ OUR POWER RANKINGS. WE TELL YOU ABOUT EACH TEAM, THE WILD SHAMROCK WAY. WE THROW CONVENTION OUT THE WINDOW SINCE THE NFL IS SO WATERED DOWN. IT’S A FREE FOR ALL. WE MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT.

OUR FIRST POWER RANKINGS OF THE SEASON. I HOPE YOU ENJOY

RANKING TEAM                  Record             comments

#1.  PHILADELPHIA     8-1     Does Donavan McNabb understand the overtime rules yet from his playing days?  Stellar defense/ adding Jay Ajari gives their back field a thunder & lighting combo with smoking Blount. I want a team of all guys from the Dakotas like the Eagles Quarterback. Can you imagine the supply of chewing tobacco and spitoons you would need on the side lines?

#2.  LA RAMS               6-2    How pissed I would be if I lived in St. Louis right now. Oh they are texting each other WTF. They need to bring back Fred Dryer and make a new Hunter. Maybe bring him back as a coach. Rams are for real. They are firing on all cylinders. Goff is making Buffalo reject receivers look like all pros.

#3.  NEW ENGLAND     6-2  WHY CAN’T THIS TEAM GO AWAY!!! Brady is still a menace. Maybe Bill Romanowski has giving his secret case of vitamins to Brady to keep him performing at this kind of level. Sammy Sosa called them Flintstones Vitamins. With Belichek scheming in his sleep, he gets that defense into shape. Bunch of bastards.

#4. DALLAS    5-3     OH MY GOD!! I HAVE TO SAY IT,  HOW ABOUT THOSE COWBOYS? Will their running back ever serve his suspension.? He probably still would play even if he’s wearing McFadden’s jersey. Cowboys are looking well balanced and playing some excellent  football. I say Jerry Jones and the Commissioner battle it out to the death in the Thunder dome since both them are not getting along.

#5.  PITTSBURGH  6-2  They need home field advantage in playoffs. Do not trust them on the road. They seem to have figured out what to do on the National Anthem so that will help. They have to put a muzzle on their bitchy receivers. At least they have some bitches playing that position, not like the ding dongs in Chicago.

#6.   KANSAS CITY      6-3    Zack on Saved by the Bell says time out and Kansas City can enjoy a bye week. They have plenty of work to do because they’ve been free falling like the great Tom Petty would say   I’m giving these guys a high ranking still because the Walrus Andy Reid will get them playing strong when they return from their bye week. They are a team that will string six to seven in a row like how they started the season.

#7.  NEW ORLEANS  6-2   The Saints are marching right now. They have a thing called a defense.  Is Bounty gate back ? They found some ballers that can play defense. Drew still got the high powered offense rolling like a well oiled machine. In a division with dirty birds and a Superman who’s been sniffing the kryptomite and Tampa Bay in the toilet they can steal their division.

#8.    MINNESOTA     6-2   THEY GOT SPUNK!!! I HATE SPUNK. Not a very impressive div. Taking advantage of Rogers being out. I like the defense. However they’re playing who’s on first with the quarter back position as Bridgewater is back practicing.

#9.JACKSONVILLE   5-3   FINALLY WITH ALL THE TOP DRAFT PICKS THEY HAVE COLLECTED, ARE DOING THINGS. The Jaguars coach Doug Marrone will probably quit after he gets the division title.

#10. SEATTLE   5-3  Raise your hand if you hate Pete Carol. Lots of thugs lead by that slime bag Richard Sherman. Talk about such a Jekyll and Hyde team. One week they score 40, the next week they can’t get of the teens. Overall I do not trust this team. It’s another team I would love to see go away.

#11. BUFFALO  5-3    They played their first bad game of the year last week. I love them at home where they have been taking it to their opponents. This is a team where they need to have the lead to win the game. Do not trust Taylor when he’s down a few scores. He has precision with the dink and dunk passing. But when it comes to throwing down the field he sucks. If they want to get to playoffs and break that long drought, they need to step up their game quickly. They need to rebound from the loss and beat a tough Saints team coming in hot. Hopefully the Buffalo temperatures can freeze the Brees. Oh do I miss Jim Kelly.

#12. CAROLINA  6-3    They traded one of their best receivers away. However they are still in the thick of things. Their quarterback may be Superman but is lacking the spidey senses. Loved when the Bears defense kicked  Newton butt all over the field and did their best imitation of their superman pose. Poor Newton will go make fun of a female reporter when the times are grim or walk out of press conferences when the questions are little tough.

#13 TENNESSEE   5-3 Nashville has a factory of country bombshells of beautiful long legged blonde girls walking the streets. Music City is ringing in my ears as I think they will get into the playoffs this season. Dick Leabeau has the defense playing well. Love linebacker Woodyard, he’s one of those grinders that never gives up on the play.

#14.ATLANTA 4-4 What the hell happened to the Falcons? The NFC south seem like they take turns every year. Last year the Falcons this year the Saints and maybe in 2018 we give the Buccaneers a whirl. They need to start winning now, it’s do or die for a team with that amount of offensive talent to be at 4-4.

#15.WASHINGTON  4-4 Another team I have no idea what they are going to do every week. I’m still shocked Kirk Cousins does not have a long term contract. The guy is a very good quarterback especially when you got rid of all his receivers from last year.

#16.DETROIT 4-4  The Lions had a great start to the season. They still have hope after Rodgers is out in Green Bay. They need to string a few wins together this second half. Stafford can not do it himself. They need to get some kind of a running game established to be a well balanced attack, especially against the Vikings defense.

#17. OAKLAND 4-5  Who can cause more damage, a Mack truck or Mack on the Raiders defense? He seems like the only guy on the defense this year. I think this team will claw their way back with Carr. Not impressed with the skittlles addict Lynch, as the other running backs have done a lot better recently. They are on their bye week so they have time to iron things out and come out strong in the second half of their season.

#18. LA CHARGERS 3-5 If Rivers continues to have the amount of kids he has. Plus when his kids have kids. Will LA’s second team or are they the soccer team in town have established a big enough fan base to stay there?

#19. NEW YORK JETS 4-5 If it was not for the play of journeyman quarterback McCown, they would be at the bottom. I loved McCown when he was with the Bears doing some great things when he took over for Cutler. However the Bears stuck with Cutler. The Jets have been in every game. They could have a few more wins as they lost some close ones. Look at them to continue to rise in the charts. I’m Dickie Kasam.

#20. CHICAGO 3-5 DA BEARS!!! The defense has been playing lights out. They have no receivers but the rookie Trubisky continues to improve. They have a weak schedule this second half. The way they started, this team I thought would win one game. But I can see them getting to 500. They get a chance to kick around the Packers at home this weekend, so let’s hope it does not come down to Connor Barth kicking the game winner for the Bears as he has sucked.

#21.DENVER 3-5 The music chairs of quarterbacks continues. As their old friend who could not manage to stick with the Browns will get his second start of the year. Osweiler who took 70 million dollars away from Houston gets the nod over the guy they drafted a few years ago. Talk about things to do in Denver when you’re dead.

#22.CINCINNATI 3-5 The team with the most convicts. At least AJ Green continues to scratch and fight as this team has no pulse. Bengal fans are better to watch reruns of WKRP in Cincinnati instead of watching the rerun of the Bengals play each Sunday. It’s time to clean house there. Enough of the Pacman Jones and the head coach has to be axed.

#23. MIAMI 4-4 When you put all your eggs in Cutler you’re dreaming of a white Christmas in Florida which is not going to happen. A playoff team last year have already waved the white flag after trading their star running back to Philadelphia.

#24.ARIZONA 4-4 Their offense has gotten ancient. Maybe they need to move from Arizona and come back to Chicago play at Guaranteed rate field where the arrow is always going down. Actually I knew one person from Chicago that was still a Cardinal fan since they moved decades ago. That bar now is out of business where this guy was. I wonder what he will do now? Another bar or does he hope the owners will relocate?

#25.HOUSTON 3-5 HOUSTON WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM AT QUARTERBACK. This city saw a Hurricane wipe out their city. They seen Watt go out with another year ending injury. Then they were hopeful when Watson was lighting up teams. Then he falls to a season ending injury. Pour salt on wounds as people want you to sign Kaepernick. At least the Astros won the World series.

#26.BALTIMORE 4-5 Where is the offense? It’s like asking the question where’s the beef is what they are dealing with in Baltimore. You pay Flacco the most money on the team. Maybe it’s time to pull the plug on him.

#27.Green Bay 4-4 When the Bears are favored to beat you this week, you know you have hit skid row. Christmas came early in Chicago this year. Anybody for some Cheese whiz?

#28. TAMPA BAY 2-6 Only if they played the Bears every game this season. If Winston is out, at least Fitzpatrick can continue to pad his stats for the most games played by an Ivy league quarterback. Plus he is good for a few picks a game as well.

#29 INDIANAPOLIS  3-6  NO LUCK THIS YEAR. One of the worst rosters assembled, but they have three wins. The owner is a moron. Bright spot Jacoby Brissett. Usually when QB’S leave New England they are horrible. This guy has been pretty good. Could be a valuable back up to Luck when he returns next year.

#30. NEW YORK GIANTS 1-7 The fall of the G-MEN is perhaps another bright spot of the season. Bunch of dogs at the receiver position. Beckham actually pees on the goal post after touchdowns. Brandon Marshall continues to bring teams down. This year it is probably not his fault but still look at the resume.

#31. San Francisco  0-9 Maybe they should bring back Colin Kaepernick. They trade for Jimmy Garoppolo and they seem like they are not going to play him. The Niners and the Browns are at the bottom for idiots running the show while they both have not won a game.

#32.CLEVELAND 0-8   They continue to hit rock bottom as they forgot to file some paper work in a trade for a quarter back. Sell the team to Bernie Kosar. At least he could parade his hot porn daughter in the press conferences. Weekend at Bernie’s is always a cult favorite.

 

When it comes to the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers, it has been a one sided affair. Green Bay has owned the Bears. Sure the Bears got lucky on a Thanksgiving and stunned the Pack that year. Even the year they took out Rodgers, the Bears managed to win the game. Bears fans can count on their fingers how many times we beat them over the years. While Green Bay fans know it’s a easy win on their schedule. If you ask people from Wisconsin who their rival is, they will tell you it is the Vikings. They say it’s the NFL’s best and oldest rivalry. the Bears and Packers. I would agree on oldest, but best no way, it’s been one sided since 1980’s. That’s when the Bears won the decade over the Packers. You have to go way back in time when these two teams played each other regularly when both teams were evenly matched up. When both teams fought each other for every yard on the field. When both teams spilled blood and whatever team bled the least, won the game.

This week with the warden out of the game and most likely out for the year, the Packers find themselves doing hard time. The Bears have been doing life with no parole it seems for years. Jay Cutler, Kordell Stewart, Henry Burris, Cade McNown, Jonathan Quinn, and then Mike Glennon are a recipe for a chain gang, not a leader of a football team. While the Packers trot out Farve and Rodgers for decades and go to Superbowls and make the playoffs almost every year. While the Bears hibernate for the playoffs in their cells.

Could this be the week where the Bears finally turn the tables? The Bears are favored to win this weekend over the Packers. When was the last time this has happened? When Ronald Reagan was in the White house? Maybe in 2006 when the Bears found their way to the Super bowl? The Packers are coming to Chicago. The Bears have played very well at home this season. The Bears are coming off a bye week while the Packers just played the Lions on Monday night. The Bears defense has been playing tough this year as they held the Saints high power offense to only 20 points. But the biggest difference in this game is we have a better quarter back in this round. Mitch Trubisky has been getting better every week since he took over for Glennon. Meanwhile Brett Hundley has not been very Packer like.

This game could be the get out of Green Bay Packer jail card. We know Rodgers will return next year. If the Bears win this game Sunday and Mitch Trubisky is a big part of that win, it will grow the young quarterbacks confidence. Then you still have multiple games left on the schedule this year to continue to grow and play with a higher ceiling of confidence. By the time next season rolls around, maybe the Bears front office will add the weapons needed for Mitch Trubisky to throw the ball down field and have guys that can catch the ball. Rodgers is getting older. Former QB Tony Romo broke his collar bone. He came back then to get injured again which then Dallas already made another plan at QB. Tony played one more game and could of played with another team but chose to retire and head to the broadcasting booth. If Bears win on Sunday, perhaps you can mark this game down as the inmates have taken over the prison as the Houston Texans owner likes to call his own players and the league. The Rise of Trubisky and the fall of the Cheeseheads.

The Chicago Bulls organization reminds me of high school. The management would not be the principal or the teachers either. The Bulls front office is broken up into groups that can not get along. Your typical high school groups such as jocks, stoners, greasers, the socials, and your out casts. I see these groups walking the Berto center or even the United Center whispering the latest gossip. I see them trying to rough up some people in the bathroom for stepping on one group’s turf. In high school it always comes down to a gal where a fight will break out. In the Bulls world we can say a draft pick. As the semesters go on the more back stabbing is done at Bulls High. I can see two teenage girls saying, “Oh my god do you believe what Gar Forman was wearing?”

I really don’t want to know what that slut Forman was wearing. Right before the Bulls season tip off Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic were involved  in a fight. Probably two key guys you need on the squad in a rebuilding year. This was not your typical scrap that was broken up and swept under the rug. Nikola Mirotic is out 4-6 weeks with some broken facial bones. Meanwhile the league and the Bulls have to suspend Portis for 8 regular season games.

“FOR US THAT IS INEXCUSABLE IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE” said by John Paxson.

Yes the same John Paxson who had a throw down with former Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro. This fight occurred after school by the bike rack where Paxson reportedly threw a few punches and actually choked him. Ladies and gentleman this is your President of Operations.

The Bulls are in a big time rebuilding as they traded their best player in Jimmy Butler. They had to buy Dwayne Wade out and send him on his way. Now the team has a lot of young guys and they were told hard work would be noticed and awarded. The young guys would show up and work out every day and practice their game. At the same time Nikola Mirotic was a free agent and he would work out but not participate in the basketball part of it. The Bulls finally signed Mirotic to a two year deal and they penciled him in as a starter. Plus Mirotic and the Portis feud has been going on for years as I take it they might be from two different groups.  Maybe one’s a jock and one’s a stoner who knows.

This has been going on for years so who has the responsibility to take care of this mess. I would say it should be handle by Fred Hoiberg. Known as the Mayor down at Iowa State. He went to school there and he became head coach of the basketball team. He played with the Bulls a long time ago as well. Mr. Popularity roams the halls as everyone likes him and he’s BFF with all because he’s the mayor. He has gotten Iowa State to the NCAA tournament however never advanced past the first round. He’s the puppet that Paxson and Forman can control. It seems like Fred sends his team mixed messages. This is not the first time someone has said that. It has happened last year. Maybe he says something which he thinks is right, but then has to look over his shoulder and change his answer when Pax Forman don’t like what he said. However Fred gives his assistant coach Jim Boylen power to handle the bad boys in class. Jim is one of Gar’s henchmen who I guess they would call the Jug master. Meanwhile Fred continues to high five people walking the halls so he can think about his three point attack offense with no defense.

Then lets not forget the GOOCH, Gar Forman. The Gooch was the bully you never saw on the show Different Strokes. He was the guy Arnold Jackson was afraid of at school. Gar Forman is the guy that smokes in the bathroom The guy that will settle his fist of cups in the stall where he will corner you and demand you do not say things about him or the Bull’s organization. Years ago when Jeff Van Gundy was announcing the game and stood up for Tom Thibodeau, his friend, and let the Bulls management have it. Rumors were swirling about how the Bulls could not handle Tom Thibodeau. They did not like how he won games and a guy like Bill Belichek on the Patriots kept his foot down on the pedal until the final buzzer sounded. They did not like his ideas in the draft room. He was the new guy at school and a free thinker. Did things his own way and they hated him for it. He was the John Bender of high school. Did not care what others thought of him. As Jeff Van Gundy is taking a leak, the Gooch sneaks up from behind on him. Very Bulls like.

Jerry Reinsdorf is like the clueless principal Mr. Weatherbee from the Riverdale High.  He let them fire the best coach since Phil Jackson in Tom Thibdeau. I predict you will see Minnesota Timberwolves get to the playoffs this year as Thibs has full control of the basketball operations. You will see him get his team farther and quicker to a championship than the meat heads you have running the Bulls now. If they ever get this boat afloat you will never see a big name free agent want to sign with the Bulls. The Bulls are the same organization that did not give Jackson and Jordan another year to defend their title until they actually lost in playoffs or a championship. It’s time to fire the little skirts you have running your team. Just because John Paxson played for three of the championships does not give him a life time job. I used to like him as a player but now he makes my stomach turn. His brother failed in the Celtics front office. They are not cut out for front office work. The Gooch should be put down at the pound. At least neuter him if he’s going to bite people in the bathroom. I do not know what it will take to pull the plug on the front office and current coaching staff. Right now they are the worst franchise in Chicago. Before I thought the Bears as they runs things like the Dinosaurs were still around. Only way things change is if people hurt their wallets and not buy overpriced tickets to watch a inferior product on the court. They might be the only game in town. However people will wise up.

It was supposed to be the year of Mike Glennon. He even said that “it’s my year”.

The 2017 NFL season was going to be like the summer of George in Seinfeld. Glennon signed a three year deal with the Chicago Bears in the off season. Eighteen million big ones guaranteed in the bank. This is his big chance to be a full time starter in the NFL. Finally get out of backing up number one draft pick Winston in Tampa Bay. Life was looking good as Mike was probably whistling Dixie. Getting another opportunity to start and show that he can be a full time starter in the NFL. The games he has already started, his numbers were very respectful. Way more TD’s thrown to interception rate. He was a guy with a reputation that did not turn over the ball. He was replacing Jay Cutler who was a turn over machine. Glennon was probably the best available in the off season which helped get a nice payday for the former Buccaneer.

Then in April, Glennon is invited to the Bears draft party. He’s meeting all the higher up in the front office. Hanging out probably with former Bear greats as well. In his mind he’s probably thinking, “What am I going to get from Santa Claus?” Will it be a tight end? How about a receiver. He will learn later on that the Bears don’t know what a Receiver looks like. Maybe he did not remember ex-Bear Muhsin Muhammad saying “Chicago is where Receivers come to die”.

If he did think about Muhammad’s words he might of thought that was all in the past. The Bears have the right people in place nowadays. That thinking was probably Glennon’s first mistake. The Bears front office has been off the charts horrible. Saying they hired Dave McGinnis when he did not accept the job was mind boggling and that was years ago. Then passing on Bruce Arians to hire Mark Trestman was all time dumb. As the night goes along, Mike Glennon probably laughing it up hoping for an offensive tackle to protect his bum. Then the Bears announce they have drafted Mitch Trubisky. GUT PUNCH!!!!  The Bears moved up one spot and gave away some draft picks for moving up one peg. Yes, another year with out a wideout, the Bears Christmas party theme will be.

So now in Mike Glennon’s mind, no worries I’m still the starting quarter back. The better I play, the number one draft choice will sit. He could of been thinking if he does play well he could start for another team after the season is over. Because you know the writing is on the wall. The media, the fans… would be asking when Mitch is going to play. The Bears probably hoped Glennon played well so they can use him as a trade chip. Plus have Mitch sit for one and soak in all the knowledge, was probably the plan of the year for the Bears brass. They were probably high fiving and patting each other on the back, saying “How do like us now bitches?”

However, you know and I know the wheels on the bus are going to start coming off in Bears world. In preseason, Glennon was not doing well. He had some good drives but he was showing us his imitation of Jay Cutler with picks six to other team. We’ve already seen that show. Somebody switch the channel to Barney Miller or WKRP because that Cutler show is very very bad. Then Mitch Trubisky showed everyone what a quarter back looks like in his preseason play. It was like seeing the eclipse. It was like seeing Haley’s comet in the sky as you have no words you just enjoy the moment in hope of seeing again.  Now that opened up the biggest can of worms and the biggest amount of pressure for Mike Glennon.

Then Glennon played decent in the first game of regular season. They actually should of won the game. However the Bears wideout comes into play. You run the pattern and then you catch the ball. However the Bears wide out can run the pattern but can’t complete the sequence in catching the ball. Then Glennon played awful in the next three games. It’s like if Cutler took over his body awful like. He did win against Pittsburgh. I think Pittsburgh was still confused on what the team was going to do for the National Anthem that game. The confusion spilled out on to the field as the Bears ended up winning. Early Christmas gift from the steel curtain.  Then finally the Bears are making the switch as Trubisky will be the starting quarterback this Monday night.

Did Glennon get a raw deal? YES. However it shows me one thing. With all that pressure on Glennon, how would he do in the playoffs or the Superbowl? He would go into a fetal position sucking his thumb as the other team walks all over us. I know it would be close to impossible to lead the present Bears offensive to the playoffs. Even though overall the whole league is watered down. If Glennon showed me toughness and not turn over the ball. If his leadership skills help his unit stay in every game. If he made the team around him better then I would say he’s a quality quarterback. However when he played in Tampa Bay those years before Winston, he had no pressure on him. They were a losing team. Lots of players can play better when they are out of contention with nothing on the line. He had a good opportunity. Maybe it would have been better for Glennon if they did not draft a quarterback that high. But it showed us that he is not the guy to lead the Bears to the promise land.

Last Sunday the Bears blocked a field goal attempt at the end of the first half. The ball was quickly picked up by the Bears’ Marcus Cooper Senior who raced down the field. It was a guaranteed touchdown. But right before the end zone, Cooper slowed down to do a little showboating to the home crowd. This year the NFL has made a rule not to flag a player celebrating after scoring a touchdown. The words after you score the touchdown. As Cooper was strutting his stuff a Pittsburgh player caught up to him and knocked the ball out of his hands. Guaranteed 6 points taken off the board for the Bears against a tough opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The kicker knocked the ball out of the end zone. This gave the Bears some life at the one yard line to punch it in. False start penalty backs up the Bears and they have to settle for a field goal. Instead of 6 guaranteed points with most likely an extra point to make it seven, the Bears settle for 3.

The Steelers did come back in this contest to tie the game at 17 to 17. I wish I could have been in the mind of Marcus Cooper to see what he was thinking. Was he scared to be cut? He did not get benched. Did he get yelled at for making a bone head move like he did He played the rest of the game because actually he probably is the best corner back they have. Plus after Mr. Slick fumbled the ball, many Bears gave his stunt a high five and pat on the back. He probably felt no shame as he went on and played the second half.

Does anybody show these players the Leon Lett play back in the 90’s? Cowboys just destroying the poor Bills then to see Leon Lett another jack ass a bigger one than Cooper slowing down holding the ball out like a loaf of bread strutting his stuff. Then Don Beebe knocked the ball out of his hand before he got it over the pay dirt. Even though the Cowboys killed the Bills that game, a hustling Don Beebe never gave up on the play even down by a ton. Don Beebe is a football player. Leon Lett and Marcus Cooper should take their act to the circus. I will even say the Pittsburgh Steeler who knocked the ball out of Cooper’s hand deserves some credit for not giving up. Even the punter for Pittsburgh for knocking the ball out of the end zone so nobody from the Bears could land on the ball and still get the touch down.

If Cooper were on the Patriots he would have been cut at half time. His bags would have been packed and sitting on the curb. If the Patriots were on the road they would have probably given Cooper a bus ticket to get himself home from the road game. Since the Bears are not deep when it comes down to the roster, they have to keep him. They have to build up his confidence and coddle him so he can still play corner back the rest of the game and the remainder of the season. Since we do not draft well at many positions, we will probably have to put up with goof balls like Cooper until they are positive they have someone to replace him. Maybe when he’s about to retire we can finally give him his walking papers.

What happened to players like Walter Payton? All business all the time. He wanted to get in the end zone and win the game for the team. When he did get in the end zone he acted like he has been there before and will be there many more times as he handed the ball to the ref. This is not the first time Cooper has tight roped the end zone line strutting his stuff. He has done it as an Arizona Cardinal. Maybe that’s why he’s now a Bear. When is Bears management going to put a stop to these players? A few years ago Lamar Houston is dancing after he sacked Brady late in the game when the Bears were down by a ton of points. Then the stupid idiot hurts himself on the grand finally of the sack dance and boom he’s out for the rest of the year. The Bears need to build a culture that this behavior should not be tolerated. Draft and sign football players, not circus acts. Since the Bears’ management and your teammates won’t say anything, to Marcus Cooper Senior, I will let Red Foreman sum it up to you with his words.

I feel like the little old lady in the old Wendy’s commercial saying “Wheres the beef, the beef?” when it comes down to the Bears receiving core.

We have all bun no hands. Last year we saw Josh Bellamy, wide open, drop a ball against the Titans in the end zone from Barkley. Which cost the Bears a win by the way. In week one of the 2017 season opener the same scenario occurred. Bears are driving and Mike Glennon makes a great throw and rock hands drops the ball. Maybe they keep Bellamy around for special teams as that might be his specialty. Why is he even in the line up at the end of the game? Many reasons.

You draft a quarterback as your first pick in the draft, a definite position you want to upgrade. However you got hosed by the 49ers in giving up draft picks just to move up one position to get Mitch Tribisky when you could of had him if you stayed put at number three. Extra picks could of went for a position called the wide receiver. Before that you overpaid for quarterback on the free agent market in Mike Glennon. Love you are trying to upgrade your quarterback position that has killed the franchise forever but it’s like getting a sports car and parking outside on the street instead of in a garage. These guys need someone to throw to instead of Rock hands in crucial parts of the game.

Time to cut the ties with Kevin White. How many times will you keep hoping that he stays healthy enough to play more than a few games a year? I know he is a first round draft pick but the man should have the word fragile stamped on his uniform. Handle with care as the white wine flute is tackled and has cracked his stem and is out for the year again. He has never showed me anything. He catches the ball and is immediately tackled. No yards after the catch. “You are the weakest link good bye…”

Your number one receiver gets hurt in Cam Meridith and you do not do anything. LA Rams traded for Sammy Watkins in the preseason. Buffalo was able to get Matthews from Philadelphia. Pick up a phone. Text another GM. I think if I was another team I would gladly wheel and deal with Bears as they probably would give the cow away for some beans so that might not be the best thing. The Bears rely on the dollar bin. Cruz did not work out. Kendall Wright is a nice pick up. But he is not a number one receiver. You cut Tanner Gentry and were very lucky no other team picked him up. Tanner would of caught the ball instead of Bellamy.

When the Bears made the trade for Jay Cutler it was the same situation. It took a few seasons to surround the guy with some weapons. Now with Mike Glennon behind the center everything he does is under the microscope because Mitch is waiting in the wings. Glennon’s first start in years and first start with the Bears kind of reminded me of a Kyle Orton performance. He made no mistakes. He relied on the running game with a short passing game to move the chains. He had an 86.8 QB rating in which he was 26-40 for 213 yards and one touchdown. However people are focusing on his pocket presence which he did take some sacks. Would Mitch have been better? He does have the ability to use his legs and get out of trouble and also can throw on the run. If the Bears had won this game against the Atlanta Falcons, who almost were the Super bowl champions last season, would the conversation have been different about Mike Glennon? Maybe only for a week as everyone is dissecting his game. They are looking for anything as they slice him open like a frog in the biology lab. Because Mitch is the future. Shame on the Bears for not getting these quarterbacks proper weapons. Glennon’s performance was not exciting off the chart like. But it was better than the opponent running for a winning touchdown off a stupid pass to cost you the game. If the Bears only had a brain. Time for the Tin Man to take over the operations instead of the scarecrows we have been used to all these years. No wonder they are the franchise in Chicago that have been on the longest streak from winning a title.

Bears seem to get a real quarterback in the amount of time it takes Haley’s comet to show itself in the skies. That’s every 17 years so that can’t be right. Would the eclipse be a better measuring stick? Probably not because Sid Luckman played in the 40’s. Jim McMahon helped win Chicago’s only Superbowl in the 80’s. You ever notice some people go through cars like underwear? While some people have had two cars in the same period of time that still look brand new like they were just driven off the show room floor. Since Jim McMahon, the Bears have had a hard time filling his shoes, while Green Bay has had the position behind the center cemented. Look at all the clunkers and total wrecks the Bears had to tow or send outright to the junk yard. All while Green Bay is driving a premo sports car that has just been waxed for another division title.

Since Jim McMahon was traded to the San Diego Chargers, the Chicago Bears have had a list of players behind center longer than Santa Clause’s naughty and nice list. Jim McMahon was the last Bears quarterback to make it to the pro bowl. Since 1989 we had some good quarterbacks that had some pretty good years. I loved Eric Kramer, Kyle Orton and Jim Miller. We even made it to the playoffs a few times.

We even made the Super Bowl with good Rex and bad Rex in the same year. How we missed Lovie Smith saying week after week that Rex Grossman is still our quarterback. It was like that toy you pull the string and the cow says moo. They had all the farm animals on this toy with each saying what the animal says.  Lovie’s string would be “Rex is still our quarterback.”

But all the garbage we had to sit and watch week after week. Year after year. From Cade McNown stealing people’s handicap placards. Then that hack Jonathan Quinn who was collecting pay checks for years until he finally got on the field. He was like that guy from Unnecessary Roughness telling the ref to blow the whistle as defenders were chasing him. The great Rick Mirer in which we had a cow and then traded it away for some beans. Peter Tom Willis and that super smart guy Craig Krenzel who’s probably finding cures right now for cancer. Then washed up quarterbacks like Kordell Stewart, Chris Chandler and even David Krieg. Oh we had them all. While this was going on, Green Bay went from the Magic Man, Don Majkowski, to Brett Farve, the Aaron Rogers during that time period. Just makes you sick to the stomach thinking about it. We also did have Henry Burris which will not make me feel any better. Throughout the hard times of the Cutler experiment that continued to go wrong, finally a quarterback has emerged from North Carolina, Mitch Trubisky. It’s where the Chicago legend Michael Jordan came from.

Are we really going through with this Mike Glennon experiment? We paid big money for Glennon as we did not save big money at Menards for him. That’s a lot of cheddar we are paying for a bridge type quarterback. Hoyer would of been cheaper. He knew the system as he played here last year. We did not know the Bears would go after a quarterback in their first pick in the first round. Obviously Glennon did not know that either. I feel bad for Glennon. In Tampa Bay, he becomes the starter and then they draft Winston. Now in Chicago, Glennon has to be feeling the pressure of Mitch fever. He has to be waking up in cold sweats every night. Like he’s waiting on death row until the warden or the Coach says it’s time as Glennon will be toast and Mitch Trbisky will guide one of the oldest franchises back to glory.

Watching Mitch Trubisky throw that perfect pass to Tanner Gentry was something out of this world. In Chicago you’ve never seen a throw like that in a Bears uniform. Of course you would see your opponent do that to your defense. I don’t know how many times Bears corner backs have been on highlight reels. But it has always have been teams that have a quarterback. During the preseason I was amazed watching our young quarter back.  The precision passing. Getting the ball to receivers in stride. Pocket awareness. When to abort the mission. Most rookies will run if their main check down is covered. Mitch is eye balling the whole field looking at all options before he runs. He can throw on the run. He has showed some quickness with his feet. All the intangibles that make an excellent recipe for a great quarterback. Yes, Sid Luckman had all the greatness. We might be seeing the resurrection of the great Sid Luckman. I was not alive seeing that legend play. But of course I saw the bum Cutler break lots of his records. If Sid was around present times in a happy pass- friendly league his numbers would of been off the chart and no way a weasel like Cutler would of came close. Could Mitch be the next Luckman in Bears history?

Will Mitch be our starting quarter back this season with Glennon? After they drafted Mitch everyone from the papers, radio to the television and even people from their bar stool were saying Mitch has to sit the whole year and just learn. Now seeing him play, people’s eyeballs are popping out of their sockets and want him in pronto. Did Mitch get enough time with the number one team in preseason? Was he playing against enough number one units on defense when he came in? The beginning of the Bears schedule is brutal. You’re playing Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, and Carolina. Many of these teams have solid defenses. I would not throw him out to the wolves. They should make him the number two though. No need to make the butt fumbler Sanchez your number two. Let Mitch soak in as much knowledge as he can from the sideline. I think Glennon will be better then any of the quarterbacks we had last year. I think he will be out to prove a lot because Mitch is on the sideline. I do not see Glennon having a winning record after the first six contests. I think patience is a virtue here as we waited so long for a quarterback to walk onto Soldier’s Field. We just don’t need to ruin his confidence early in the season where he might not get it back. This is the Chicago Bears we are talking about. They have never been this close to the sun. Let him learn and then mid season hand the ball over to Mitch and let him sling the rock around the field. The second half might be one of the best halves a fan could watch.

YEAR	QUARTERBACKS
2016	JAY CUTLER, BRIAN HOYER AND MATT BARKLEY
2015	JAY CUTLER AND JIMMY CLAUSEN
2014	JAY CUTLER AND JIMMY CLAUSEN
2013	JAY CUTLER AND JOSH MCCOWN
2012	JAY CUTLER AND JASON CAMPBELL
2011	JAY CUTLER, CALEB HANIE AND JOSH MCCOWN
2010	JAY CUTLER AND TODD COLLINS
2009	JAY CUTLER
2008	KYLE ORTON AND REX GROSSMAN
2007	REX GROSSMAN, BRIAN GRIESE AND KYLE ORTON
2006	REX GROSSMAN
2005	KYLE ORTON AND REX GROSSMAN
2004	CRAIG KRENZEL, CHAD HUTCHINSON, JONATHAN QUINN AND REX GROSSMAN
2003	KORDELL STEWART, CHRIS CHANDLER AND REX GROSSMAN
2002	JIM MILLER, CHRIS CHANDLER AND HENRY BURRIS
2001	JIM MILLER AND SHANE MATTHEWS
2000	CADE MCNOWN, SHANE MATTHEWS AND JIM MILLER
1999	SHANE MATTHEWS, CADE MCNOWN AND JIM MILLER
1998	ERIK KRAMER, STEVE STENSTROM AND MOSES MORENO
1997	ERIK KRAMER AND RICK MIRER
1996	DAVE KRIEG AND ERIK KRAMER
1995	ERIK KRAMER
1994	STEVE WALSH AND ERIK KRAMER
1993	JIM HARBAUGH AND PETER TOM WILLIS
1992	JIM HARBAUGH, PETER TOM WILLIS AND WILL FURRER
1991	JIM HARBAUGH
1990	JIM HARBAUGH AND MIKE TOMCZAK
1989	MIKE TOMCZAK AND JIM HARBAUGH
1988	JIM MCMAHON, MIKE TOMCZAK AND JIM HARBAUGH

 

Mike Vick, Kordell Stewart (Slash), and RG3 are quarterbacks that had some success as a running quarterback. Steve Young and Randall Cunningham were running quarterbacks that had taken their game to higher levels as they could stay in pocket and pass the ball. Steve Young and Randall Cunningham had great careers as they flourished over a decade in the NFL. Mike Vick, RG3, AND Kordell Stewart had some good years. They showed some flash as they ran all around the field gaining lots of yards making tacklers miss. They even completed passes as they all had some talented years. However when you’re outside the pocket and running quarterbacks turn into running backs and they get popped a lot. Teams catch on to a running quarter back and they are well prepared. They want them to pass as they contain behind the center. As they hold on to the ball just a tad longer they get popped from behind. The hits mount up. The yards decrease. The passes sail too high, too low, or right at the defender. The ball suddenly flies out of the quarter back’s hand as the hit takes them in tomorrow land. What group do you thing Colin Kaepernick belongs in?

I love writing my own blog about a variety of things. However I wish I could write for a newspaper. Even though I have never sent out a resume or even a sample of my writing to one. If I got turned down maybe my fan nation would rally for me and protest all the periodicals across the nation until they hire me. I would not expect people to get me a job. I would not want people to rally and protest to get me a job. I will eventually get to a level where I will get a great job doing the thing I love to do in the world, write. I will do it on my time schedule. I will do it the way I want to do it. I will still write this blog as well.

However August 23, 2017 everyone is invited to New York city. We are going to have a rally in front of NFL headquarters. Spike Lee might even be there. If Colin Kaepernick signs with a team before that, then I believe we will have to catch a show or something because the rally will be cancelled. However, looks like it should be still on as every NFL team has not picked up the phone to sign Kaepernick as one of their quarter backs. Yes we need to get together and find Kaepernick a NFL job. Because he deserves one.

It appears when the Dolphins signed Jay Cutler, the Kaepernick nation took it as a karate judo kick to the groin. Cutler who was going to be in the broadcast booth and walk away from the game he gave two craps about, took the money and another job. He will be starting for the Miami Dolphins leaving Kaepernick washing his Police are pigs socks on Sundays. So now the rally is on. Spike Lee will be there with bells on, but claims he did not organize the upcoming rally. He tweeted, “united we stand.”

Is Kaepernick being black balled by all the NFL teams? Did the commissioner send out a memo to all the teams saying you can not sign Colin? If you do sign Colin Kaepernick would it cost your franchise? Would you lose draft picks? Is this some kind of  conspiracy? Does Kaepernick deserve a second shot playing quarterback with someone?

Teams in the NFL have always signed questionable players. Even in some cases players who have gone to extreme measures by beating up their wife or girlfriend. Drug offenders have even been swept under the rug. Mike Vick came out of jail after he was busted for his role in dog fighting. So why wouldn’t a team take a chance on a guy who kneels during the national anthem?

All of the issues from drugs and beating up your girl to organizing dog fights have come off the field. Kaepernick stand is taking place on the field during the national anthem. His socks he wore making fun of the Police department were worn during practice. If he did not want anybody to see him wearing them, then why show them off during a practice where cameras are rolling? Plus they are different colors than the 49er uniform so it’s very obvious. As a celebrity he is using company time to express his beliefs and opinions about topics going on across the United States. The singer from U2 always uses the stage as his own personal soap box. However it’s his band and he can do what he wants. When he plays and gets paid by San Francisco, he should not use their logo and talk about what he stands for. In your own job you cant do that or you be warned and if you kept doing it you be terminated. Why couldn’t he do that on his own time? The NFL and most businesses are about the mighty dollar. Some people probably applauded his stand. While lots of people did not. However, the bottom line is whether fans don’t want to come back to watch football games because of Kaepernick’s stand, then the team will lose money. The fans pay his salary.

The quarter back is the most important position on the field. It’s usually the face of the franchise. They usually get the most money. The teams that are most successful have a great quarterback. Tom Brady, example A. To be a great quarterback, it takes talent and leadership. Brady’s offensive line would probably walk barefoot over burning coals for him. Kaepernick only saw like two dudes kneeling with him on his big stand. If Kaepernick was a Rogers or a Brady the whole squad would be kneeling together.

This is not that mind boggling. First thing first I will say Kaepernick is better than many of the quarter backs in the league. However I do not think he’s better than most of the starters in the league. Colin wants to be a starter as all quarterbacks do. I hear people in the media saying Colin should be a starter. Never hear they would want him starting on their team though. Seriously they play both sides of the coin. If you say he’s a bad quarterback, people might say you’re Donald Trump like. Because Kaepernick walks a fine line on his stand with the kneeling for the National Anthem, it makes it a story where most people will say he’s a good quarterback that should start because they don’t want to be Donald Trump like. Take his National Anthem kneel out of the equation he would be a back up somewhere. I do believe he would also get another chance as a starter if something happened to the guy he was backing up. Sometimes it’s about waiting for chance to come again.

I think Kaepernick falls into the RG3, SLASH, and Mike Vick group. Teams are on to him. Nobody will pay him to be their starter. I think he brings too much baggage to the locker room. No team wants the great divide to happen. They’d rather have a journeyman like Josh McCown who can help the other quarterbacks as well as keep the locker room intact. Or teams want young guys to develop. Jay Cutler had history with the head coach of the Dolphins which is a no brainer signing Cutler over Kaepernick. Lots of teams do not want to change around their offense just to fit Kaepernick’s strengths. I think he fits perfectly in Seattle’s system. But Kaepernick walked out of their headquarters unsigned. To me, I’m not paying good money to have this clown on my team. Overall his skills are declining. He would bring the circus with him everywhere you go if he was on a team. You might lose money from people not wanting to even see this bum play. I don’t think the NFL has black balled him. I think it’s buyer beware. Only way he comes back to play is if a team suffers multiple injuries behind center and then someone will give him a ring. Let the games begin on August 23, 2017. Let’s make sure we get a new rule and clause in that every NFL team has to sign a player with his own Side show or Police pig socks.