Where Will Chicago Bears Fans Get a Football Fix…
I was in Miami the past few days and met up with a fellow Chicago Bears fan (@pocketditkas on Twitter). He’s a heck of a guy and we had a wonderful talk about many things including football. One topic we discussed was college football. He’s a Florida fan, so he will have the Gators to enjoy.
But what about me I was thinking? I went to DePaul that doesn’t have a football team (and some might suggest the lack of a basketball team). My wife went to Northwestern and I’ve adopted them as my college football team. Others in the area have the Big Ten and Notre Dame. But, my experience with most Chicago Bears fans is we really aren’t huge college football fans. While some of us like college football, it isn’t like SEC country.
Maybe Chicago baseball will make us happy. But I’m not holding my breath. So what do I do? Are my football weekends going to involve teams I really am not emotionally involved with? It’s like settling for the ugly girl because she’s available.
We need the NFL to figure out this labor deal and pronto. Even thinking about life without NFL football has me worried. While some of you are huge college fans, I just enjoy the game as a distraction until Sundays.
In the end, we’re the losers. Both sides fight over money and our hearts are being ripped apart. It’s just not fair.
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Orton’s go-to guy(s), Lloyd and Forte?
After three weeks, wide receiver Brandon Lloyd appears to be the Bears, or at least Kyle Ortons, go-to wide out. The six foot receive leads all bears receivers in yards and yards per catch with 216 and 16.6. respectively. Lloyd’s ability to adjust to deep passes by not necessarily running by guys has been a great option to Orton, whose deep ball is not always on target. Ron Turner, coach of Lloyd at the University of Illinois, always new he had great talent and was not afraid to bring him to Chicago during the off-season despite a poor 2007 season in which Lloyd caught only two balls and caused several problems within the locker room.
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After three weeks, rookie running back Matt Forte leads all NFL running backs in carries with 73 touches. Forte has carried the load for Chicago early in the season, which should cause teams to bring more men into the box opening up the passing game. Forte’s 304 rushing yards ranks him fourth in the league, and he ranks second in yards from scrimmage behind Frank Gore with 405 total yards. And Lovie Smith says his work load isn’t going to decrease anytime soon, “He’s young right now with a lot of energy. Whenever Matt isn’t on the field, it isn’t really good for us.”
First round draft pick Chris Williams returned to practice for the first time Wednesday since his surgery. Williams put the pads on and everything, but was limited to individual and conditioning drills. No time table is set for Williams return, and Run Turner believes it will take a while for the rookie to get into full team practice as he had no training camp or pre-season.
In other news around the division, the Detroit Lions have finally let go of general manager Matt Millen. During Millen’s tenure with the Lions, the team finished has more loses than any other team.
