However, you are wrong that I’m depressed because I have to put up with T.O. and his sideshow. I love T.O. (now that he has a Blue Star on his helmet), and the sideshow is largely a media creation (you should know it all about that).

I’m depressed because I have to put up with Bill Parcells and his sideshow. You know, the one that includes an endless parade of favored former players who have never won anything–Testaverde, Anderson, Johnson, Glenn (he did win with the Patriots, without Parcells), Bledsoe (he did lose with the Patriots, with Parcells). And they haven’t won anything yet. I’ll be shocked if they make it to 8-8 this year.

At least your Bears have a real coach, Lovie Smith. At least he’s game planning in the 21st century. And he always has his team ready to play at game time.

Well, almost always. The game this last Sunday being the one notable exception. Howbeit, he found a way to win, that’s all that really matters. But he had to depend on the other team making a mistake (missing a field goal) in order for that to happen. That’s my point.

Chicago may well do it all this year. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least. They have the talent and they have the coach. And they appear to have destiny on their side. I wouldn’t bet against them.

But if they play like they played on Sunday against any other team, especially in the post-season, all bets are off.

Why, I thought you were talking about the Bears there again.

Why get on my case? You make it sound as if I wrote that the Bears are super bowl locks.

You’re just depressed because you have to put up with that clown T.O, and his sideshow. Cheer up! Cowboys should make the playoffs anyway. Weak schedule and a good defense will see to that.

Funny, from the 101 loop (Glendale) you can see a big “1″ on the side of the stadium. Some people think it’s a gate number, I think it’s a prediction of the number of games the Cardinals will win in any given year.

I love the Phoenix area. I live in Glendale. It’s really a great place. What a shame we’re saddled with the NFL’s losing’est owner.

No point changing coaches or players, we need to fire the owner.

The Bears were outplayed, especially in the first half, by the Cardinals, with a raw green rookie at quarterback. The Arizona Cardinals, of all teams. And Arizona head coach Dennis Green said it all. “The Bears are who we thought they were! Now, if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But they are who we thought they were! And we let them of the hook!”

He’s right about that. The Cardinals lost this game. The Bears didn’t win it.

Not to take anything away from the Chicago defense and special teams, they made plays when they had to–two fumble returns for touchdowns, one punt return for a touchdown. But when a team with an offense that can only generate one field goal has to depend on its defense and special teams for a win, it doesn’t bode well for the future.

I guarantee you that if Chicago comes out flat in the first half, like they did on Sunday, against any other team, they’re toast. No way Grossman turns over 4 interceptions and 2 fumbles against any other team, and the defense and special teams salvage out a win. No way. Not against any other team.

The Cardinals are cursed. That does not mean the Bears are blessed.

Undefeated? Give me a break. No team will ever go undefeated in a 16-game season. It’s just not possible. But even if a team did go 16-0 in the regular seaon, they’d get knocked out of the playoffs real quick, because the amount of energy required to win every regular season game won’t leave enough for the post-season. This we all know.

But then, who am I to talk? I’m a Dallas Cowboys fan, and I’m in misery. I see the Cowboys’ chances of winning anything of significance in the near or even distant future as nill. As in none, zero, zip, nada. And it breaks my heart.

The Chicago Bears are a good team, a very good team. I would have to say a much better team than the Cowboys at this point. And they do have the talent and potential, and more importantly the head coach, to do it all this year. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least. (What would really surprise me is if the Cowboys post a winning season this year.)

But let’s get serious. Undefeated? I seriously doubt it.

Wow, what a game!