Any Bears Homers ?

input on the game tonight? 

I believe redskins will be hungry on primetime and 6 points seem like a lot to be giving in this game. Trubisky hasn't shown anything impressive and I am a bit confused as to the line movement... 

Bears facing their first opponent they should probably put up some points on.  

Most of the games in his career that he's had everyone believing he can turn it around are against the teams and defenses like the very ones he's facing tonight when everyone assumes he will be awful...

Mitch Trubisky has been historically bad in prime time matchups. Could it be he played against good defenses? Who knows, but tonight he is facing a Redskins Defense that is bad. To make matter worse the Redskins are very thin in their already bad secondary. Quinton Dunbar is hurt, Josh Norman has been beaten this year, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie just went on IR, they released Stroman earlier this year and the secondary has been lost. Trey Burton is working his way back to form for the Bears and I believe Trubisky has a rock solid night tonight. The Redskins are not as bad as their record. This team has put up points, but they can’t play four full quarters and have a tendency to give up any lead they have. I think the Bears are an overall better football team and over four quarters should pull away. I am not sold on Jay Gruden being a head coach in this league. The NFL had a conference call on holding penalties over the weekend because the Thursday Night Game was unwatchable. This weekend holding calls were down which is huge for offenses in this league. 41 points is low in the NFL and I would only consider taking an under with two good defenses. Washington’s Defense is not good. I think the Bears can put up 30 points tonight. Chicago played two pretty good defenses to start the year so I am not concerned just yet with them moving the football. I think this is a perfect scenario to play the side and total.

Gucci's cousin?

"For those of you who are more comfortable knowing where a handicapper stands, without any blurred line, this is rarely and issue with me. Like most, I hang around the pool awhile before testing the water, but when it comes to picking a side or total in a particular matchup I have a feel which prop I will be supporting before digging into routine of breaking down team vs. team and player vs. player.

There is, very little to like about the Washington Redskins, in terms of believing and trusting that the management of the roster can execute a game plan that will get me, you, us the end result we are looking for. In the case of the Redskins it will, on most occasions this 2019 slate, result in adding a handicap to their total game score.

Neither of these two NFL franchises are going to be playing football after the holidays. Not at a professional level. Tossing the Nerf around the yard with the kids, family and friends maybe. Preparing for January postseason. Without question not this current Redskins group. And Chicago is a longshot without the defense scoring a touchdown per game in the team's 14 remaining events.

Chicago is the more capable of the Week 3 Monday night matchup. Chicago took down a spry Broncos group at Mile High last weekend and by all measure the Bears and the Broncos are more alike than either fan base wants to admit.

In short Washington has a middling offensive line. Their No 1 receiver and running back are a combined and the best receiver I write of, Jordan Reed, has been ruled out tonight due to head trauma. In my opinion it is unlikely that Reed will play another NFL snap.

And in defense for those whom are only 29 years old, there is a big difference between real years and NFL years. Reed's 29 years of age in your and my time and space is equal to how I myself feel after having a handful too many Mescals on any given night. The "how" in the equation references the next morning. And I am no spring chicken. How do you expect a 59 year-old with a no-doubt about-it CTE issue to feel after sharing a bottle of cactus juice with friends and family in the Fabulous Vegas open air until 2 a.m? Four hours later on the same patio in the same orbit with coffee pot in one hand and cup in the other?

Let me answer that for you.

Not great but never, and I am not just typing never... I mean NEVER...

Never too old not to remember the good convo and company just hours ago and do so with a smile. Followed by long slow drag of air into my lungs fighting a tinge the anxiety that I won't have the chance to do it again. "It" being spending time with friends, family, kids.. wife of 25-years that has put up with a liberal product of the 60's that would rather return to ponytail and Mexican dirt weed than face another Fox or CNN breaking news story that our president.. this morning alerted all of us who didn't know... that he [Trump] would be issued the Nobel Peace Prize if they awarded it fairly.

The previous paragraph alone should paint the picture of that "deep intake of air" and silent but real sigh of relief - that by the grace of God - I may get another chance to fulfil my desperate desire -- for another day and night to with those friends and family once more. I do my best to "hang" with the friends and family I am describing because they are good people.. far exceeding the percentage of humanity that resides in the blood in my veins. To a man, woman and dog... they are damn good people.

I have rambled on far too long about an analogy I can put in two sentences. I have drawn out the point I am attempting to make in this game analysis.. This squad of Redskins, from coach to practice squad , are a group of good people. They are just not as good a playing football or as young with fresh legs as those on the Chicago sideline.

Before I break the "not as good at football" statement -- straight to the F'ing truth.

Reed, AP, coach Gruden, his staff and all of the Skins that are dressing out when they should be.... enjoying life.

Join me, my family and friends poolside at the Finn residence. Enjoy simple but good food, drink and friendship.. You can root for the Skins while I root to feed my family and have the wherewithal to fund another Monday Night Football gathering...

Reed is an old... damn old 29. My CTE is from 12 years of football. The Washington All-Pro tight end's is from 12 years of football at the highest level and absorbing blows to the head, neck and legs from Herculean warriors whose sole aim in life, at that moment, is to hurt you.

The Redskins running back has exceeded the life expectancy of an NFL'er at his position by nearly a decade. The average NFL running back has a career that spans 4.5 years.

Yes. You read that correctly. Four-and-one-half-years (4.5 yrs).

AP will start as the Skins lead back tonight and do so at 34 years of age.

The Washington Redskins starters tonight are a group of middle-aged used-to-bee’s who are teamed up with a group of back-ups that are as a whole want-to-bees.

The Chicago Bears are the young, stronger and more athletic of the two teams in Landover tonight.

When pitting two teams that are, due to circumstances that are for the most part out of their control, a skill set, that is offensively challenged the group that is most capable of defending their 49 yards of turf is the most likely winner.

The Redskins can't run the football effectively. They are not staffed or equipped to - inside of the 60 minute football time clock - to average more than 3.9 yards per carry. They don't have a receiver on the team that an average NFL fan can name and they are starting their fifth different quarterback in a span of just over 20 games.

Toss this aforementioned football ingredients on the grass at FedEx Field tonight and the results are... equal to that salad you put in your fridge three-days ago.

I believe you get my point.

Terry McWho? Starts on the outside along with Trey Quinn and Paul Richardson Jr. in the slot and opposite side of rookie McWho [McLaurin].

I understand that you all have a deep desire for me to continue breaking down this game with hilarious tid bits and analogies between life and football but I respectively decline. In truth, I am under direct orders from the powers that are at WagerTalk to write less and win more.

This is as good a place to start as any.

When all is said and done tonight in Maryland the Bears will have earned 2019 victory number three. The Skins will still be winless. And without feeling it, knowing it or even believing it Chicago will have dominated the Skins in all phases of tonight's Monday Night Football party.
CHICAGO BEARS -3.5"

I've lived in Chicago for 44 years myself and your response is spot on for a typical douchebag Chicago fan.

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