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The Good, the Bad, and the Horror: 1990-2017 Chicago Bears All-Time Team

INTRODUCTION: We all knew when this thing started so many days ago that it would eventually break down into an endless series of long, boring position-by-position breakdowns. So I’m just going to go ahead and begin the latest in my life’s long and unending series of online projects that I’ll never finish, which is the ULTIMATE POSITION-BY-POSITION BREAKDOWN. A position-by-position breakdown so vast, it’s actually four position-by-position breakdowns rolled into one. A position-by-position breakdown too large for a single blog post; a position-by-position breakdown to both please and horrify the gods themselves. My god, it will be beautiful. Of course, I’ll never finish it.

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Hello, This Will All End Badly

You know, I almost did it. The NFL almost beat me, or more accurately, I almost escaped the NFL. It was all too much:  I couldn’t take another season of endless truck commercials, another season of nonsensical and inconsistently-applied rules, another season of mindless flag-waving, another season of pink footballs that will never help anyone, or another season of wondering how many players on the field will die before they hit fifty.  Most of all, I couldn’t take another season of disappointing Bears football.  But I thought 2017 was another disappointing season?  Quiet, Voice in My Head; I’m getting there. Continue reading Hello, This Will All End Badly