Filed under: Bears | Tags: Bears, Cubs, Falcons, heartbreak, Kyle Orton, Matt Ryan, Michael Jenkins, Rashied Davis
I can’t watch baseball anymore. Therefore, I have turned my attention to football. And although I thought my Bears would be doomed this season, they are actually playing some good football in a horrible division. And unlike the Cubs, it’s not everyday that a Bears game is televised. Sunday’s game versus the Falcons in Atlanta was. Therefore, I took full advantage of the opportunity and watched them play.
First off, let it be said it was a great game. I have to admit I wasn’t feeling too confident about getting the win when we got the ball down by a score of 19-13 with only 2:43 left in the game. But I watched an offense that has been bad for years put together a beautiful drive led by Kyle Orton. Orton managed to squeeze a ball past a swarm of Falcons to hit Rashied Davis for a touchdown with only 11 seconds to go. I celebrated thinking my team had pulled off a come from behind victory that you can only dream about. My cell phone blew up with text messages that read comments like… “Cubs who? Go Bears” and “This win will give them momentum for the rest of the season.” Then disaster struck.
We kicked a horrible punt that allowed the Falcons to get much closer to the endzone then they should have. Then we allowed Matt Ryan to throw a bomb down the field to Michael Jenkins with only 1 second left. And of course, their kicker sailed a 48-yarder through the uprights for yet another Chicago sports team slap in the face as the Falcons won 22-20. I laughed this one off until today when it was brought to my attention that the clock started a second late on that final throw setting up the field goal. Had it started when it should have there would have been no time for a field goal regardless if Jenkins made that catch or not. Talk about uncalled for. You be the judge. Watch them hike the ball and that 6 seconds not tick away.
