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The Chicago Bears…and then a true hero

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….

For the second time in 14 calender days yesterday afternoon, the Chicago Bears looked like they could use a hero. In what seemed like a rerun of the game against Cincinnati two weeks earlier, they got pummeled by a rather mediocre team. Yeah, the Arizona Cardinals made the Super Bowl last year, but they were an 8-8 wildcard team that got hot at the right time. This year, they play with more confidence, but it’s the same roster that went 8-8. Last week, Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner threw 5 interceptions.

This week, we made him look like Joe Montana, John Elway, and Dan Marino all rolled into one.

All of the usual components were there for the Bears. Jay Cutler led us to the usual 7 points entering the fourth quarter. And all the announcers and analysts would say was how bad the Bears defense was. Which it was. Atrocious. Horseshit. Embarrassing. Unacceptable.

But I’m sick to death of Jay Cutler still getting a free ride. The same announcers and analysts would rightfully knock the defense and then go on to say that the offense has been playing relatively well and they just need a chance to run their gameplan rather than play catch-up. The very last part of that statement has substance. The first part of that statement is a tired old song. And usually inaccurate. An offense is not doing “relatively well” when they put up 7 points thru 45 minutes of play against a decidely average defense. I’ve documented before how many times the Bears enter the fourth quarter with 12 points or less on the scoreboard. Mark down another week.

And then these fourth quarter scoring flurries may fool the highly paid announcers and expert analysts in the studio. But always having to throw the ball throughout the 4th quarter because your team is always trailing is not how a QB should get his numbers. Cutler had 369 yards and 3 TDs yesterday. Sounds like his greatest day as a Chicago Bear, doesn’t it? But those are only the inflated numbers a QB achieves when his team has gotten its ass kicked. Like happened yesterday.

When we needed Cutler to lead drives and match the Cardinals score-for-score, he couldn’t do it as usual. He threw an interception right into the open arms of a Cardinals safety to kill all hope at the end. He even contributed a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty for screaming at an official too loudly for pass interference. But in fairness, Cutler wasn’t the only weak performer yesterday. Like all of these ugly-ass losses, there are several goats who contributed.

I’ve said previously that for all of his Pro Bowls and his big contract, we only seem to hear Tommie Harris’ name about once per game. And yesterday was no exception. In the opening two minutes of the game, he punched a prone player on the field and drew an ejection….in addition to the 15 yard penalty. So that was it for him. We heard his name once and that was Tommie Harris’ contribution to the week. As always, Thanks Tommie !!

The defensive backs couldn’t cover a high school kid out there. Lovie Smith demonstrated his usual motivation skills. He also showed his crap-ass clock managing skills in the second half. Even “old reliable” Robbie Gould missed on a long field goal attempt—and then the Cardinals ran it back a good 50 yards on the sleepy Bears after having caught the short kick and returning it from the endzone.

This team needs a real honest-to-goodness hero. Someone with guts and determination. Someone to restore pride. Someone who sees a situation that needs fixing and runs toward it.

I don’t think that Kimberly Munley has actually gotten enough recognition thus far for her bravery and heroic shootout with the Ford Hood maniac. I’m not usually in the habit of praising police officers and their job on the street. Often their conduct is abominable. But this woman responded faster than anyone else to the barrage of gunfire and shot the assailant four times. She was wounded herself in the exchange.

This woman belongs right up there with our old buddy Sully the airplane pilot who landed in the Hudson, the courageous people who gave their lives protecting others at places like the Virginia Tech shootings and Columbine, and the 9/11 emergency crews.

It seems like so far, she is getting a lot of credit, but not actually enough. As a habit, news media focuses more on the negative than the positive. And so now the intensive focus is all about the shooter’s background and any shady ties he ever had in his life. But I feel there should be a little bit more celebration for Kimberly Munley’s efforts. She should be a household name like Sully.

We get an overdose of villains every single day. True heroes….and we’re not talking Alex Rodriguez or Derek Jeter here……true heroes only come along a handful of times per year. Kimberly Munley is one. I thought she deserved some recognition here.

Maybe when she recovers, she can play nose tackle for the Bears. I’d rather have a hero like her out there than Tommie Harris.

Someone I can really count on.

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