So on Sunday the oldest rivalry in football kicks off again in Chicago. Bears vs. Packers, Lombardi vs. Halas, Butkus & Nitschke, etc. etc.
These two teams met last year for the NFC Championship game.
But something's missing this year. The excitement level is curbed.
Reality has set in for the Bears fans.
The giddiness of the week 1 win versus Atlanta was beaten out of the Bears and their fans by the Saints. It wasn't that they lost, but how they lost.
Cutler looked like a dog toy in the mouth of a rottweiler. The realization that the Bears don't have a wide receiver who can get open or who could start for any other NFL team has settled upon the fandom. When people start critiquing Dane Sazenbacher (undrafted NFL free agent) as the Bears WR, you know you're in trouble.
HERE COME THE PACKERS!
Here they come, great QB, two good RB's, 6 receivers who would be the #1 on the Bears team. A Tight End that catches the ball down the field.
And worst of all, that Dom Capers defense. Blitzing, attacking, with a secondary that has feated on Jay Cutler.
So the buzz is down. It would be 180 degrees different if the Bears had won last week, but I think the Bears fans know that this team is fatally flawed on the offensive line. The wound might not kill the Bears this week, but to be a serious contender, the Bears would need to find 2-3 offensive linemen at the nearby Walmart.
The Bears might win, might, but I'm guessing Packers 30, Bears 20. I hope I'm wrong
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