The Extra Point 1.17.21

The Bears’ Circus Show The Bears season ended last Sunday with an embarrassing 21-9 loss to the Saints during Wild Card Weekend. The Bears could only muster 11 first downs on 239 yards of offense. It was easily the least interesting game of the weekend. Bears DC Chuck Pagano announced his retirement and officially became…

Read More

The Extra Point 1.5.21

The NFL Playoffs Are Here The NFL season concluded on Sunday and the playoffs are now set. The Packers earned the #1 seed in the NFC while the defending champion Chiefs got one step closer to defending their crown by claiming the #1 seed in the AFC. Here is the bracket: The Packers clinched the…

Read More

The Extra Point 12.13.20

Bears’ Guns Too Fast For The Texans The Bears wasted no time looking like a professional football team today against the Texans for four full quarters. The result was a 36-7 throttling of the woeful, hapless Texans. Dubbed The Ryan Pace Bowl, Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky(24/33 for 267 yards, 3TDs) outgunned the QB most Bears…

Read More

The Extra Point 10.18.20

Bears Smoke-N-Mirror Show Goes On The Bears improved their record to 5-1 with a 23-16 win over the Panthers but it was another mess of a game for the Monsters of the Midway. For the 6th straight week the offense looked ineffective and unsure of themselves throughout much of the game. The offense could only…

Read More

The Extra Point 9.21.20

Escape From New York The Bears started their Week 2 matchup with the Giants looking as though they would blow them out. What ended up transpiring was another uninspiring lapse in play that saw the Bears hang on to beat the Giants 17-13 after another last second stand. It was a tale of two halves…

Read More

The Extra Point 9.14.20

Just BEAR-ly Getting By Through 3 quarters of the Bears season opener there was nothing I saw to suggest the Bears had any chance of winning their game against the Lions. The defense looked a step slow and unable to get pressure on Matt Stafford. Adrian Peterson and the Lions corps of running backs were…

Read More

Random Thoughts 9.7.20

The NFL Is Back…. Hooray? The NFL is back… and I might be the only person in America who is not excited that they’re playing. Don’t get me wrong — football is my favorite sport by far but given the circumstances we’re living in right now I just can’t sink my teeth into the upcoming…

Read More

Random Thoughts 7.2.20

#BlackLivesMatter… Sort Of In the wake of the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd & Rayshard Brooks, the Black Lives Matter movement has finally gained ground. Several companies have pledged money & time to supporting the cause while Ben & Jerry’s specifically called for an action plan to end white supremacy. The state…

Read More

The Extra Point 5.22.20

Sports Are Coming Back… Sort Of With states across the country slowly reopening the major sports organizations are doing the same. Major League Baseball hopes to get started in July with a truncated season and expanded playoff with no fans present. The NBA is also planning to resume its season though it seems to be…

Read More
Back To Top