Superfan Kahn's Final Thoughts for the Season

Alas, all things must come to an end.  The Bears had a good season, and exceeded most people’s expectations.  So congratulations to the Chicago Bears for even making it into the playoffs.  I must admit I am really disappointed right now that the Bears didn’t win today, but I expect the Bears to be an early favorite next year to win the NFC North.  They already have 21 of the 22 starters under contract for next year.  Thank you Bears for the exciting season and giving me something to write about.  Here are some final thoughts for this season.

• Is Steve Smith really that good, or does he just look that good against the Bears?  I don’t understand how a known threat can get so wide open all the time.  If the defenders are falling down, that’s definitely the time where you tackle the receiver as you’re going down and accept the pass interference penalty, instead of the touchdown.
• Today’s game had the potential to get out of hand really fast, but credit the Bears for keeping it fairly close and allowing themselves to have a shot up to the final possession.
• The comparisons of this year’s defense to the ‘85 Bears can officially stop now.  After this game, it was clear that they are most like the 2001 Bears.  I sure hope the 2006 team isn’t like the 2002 Bears though.
• After a slow start, the Bears’ offense actually looked halfway decent.  21 points should be enough to win most games for the Bears.
• Even if the Bears would have won this game, there were so many injuries piling up that I think it would have been hard for them to win next week.

On a side note, can you believe some of the calls that were going the Colts’ way in their game against the Steelers?  I counted at least three botched calls that ended up going Indy’s way.  There was an obvious pass interference on Indy early in the game that didn’t get called.  Then there was a crazy non-call on something that should have been an off-sides or false start.  Finally, there was the huge reversal of the interception by Troy Polamalu that gave the Colts life toward the end of the game.  I swear the officials really wanted the Colts to win this game.  Even with all the help from the officials, and the Steelers at the end, it was fitting that Indy’s “idiot kicker” missed a very makable field goal that would have tied the game.  Even the supposed best teams lose early in the playoffs, so Bears fans, try to take comfort in that.