Update Dec 26th: Glad I was wrong- the Bears DID score 24 points like I wanted and did comport themselves like a playoff team. Kudos! - TLR -At four pm Central on Christmas Day, the oldest rivalry in the NFL is renewed. The circle of life has dictated that the Bears be on the upswing this season, having now won ten games and lost only four, mainly because of the ravenous animals they call their defense. The Packers are mos def on the downswing, with a decimated offensive line, receivers that can't catch and an old cajun at quarterback.
This reporter feels the Bears are overrated as seven point favorites and that they will not cover. The offensive Bear offense may be just the meat the Packers defense craves this week. The emotion of playing on Christmas, at home, for pride only in front of a National Tee-Vee audience may carry this band of green and gold assassins to victory over the Chicagoans. Remember, when the Bears have the football they are the most boring team in pro sports. The Chicago QB is a somewhat talented and somewhat injury-prone youngster who has not played a full game in two years. Grossman may well be fagged out by the end of the first half, and that is when the injury man comes-a-callin' I am telling you what.
The Bears know that if they win, they will clinch the NFC North title, so that may be enough emotional incentive to help them overcome the insult of having to be in Green Bay on Christmas. But I doubt it. I cannot believe in this team until they show they are capable of putting up 24 points a game on a semi-regular basis. Prediction: Green Bay 13 Bears 12
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