Paul Bixby , Bears Super Fan

Everyone seems to have taken a small break from blogging, even the Bears Business ladies. I'm back from mine.

Honestly, it was hard to write. I had hitched my wagon to Rex so much that it was painful to watch him Hex out so much. I couldn't find anything to say other than Kathee was right. It seems that since his 1.3 QB Rating outing against Minnesota Rex has found his niche a but more. At the beginning of the season he was flashy and lucky, and then he hit a patch where he was flashy and unlucky. That took all the flash out of him and he just barely survived the Minnesota game.

Finally, last week, Rex began to trust his receivers a little more, the receivers earned that trust and the Bears focused their gameplanning on the running game more which took pressure off of Rex. We saw Rex pump fake, run for 22 yards and throw the ball away when there was nothing to find.

This week, Rex has been the same steady, less flashy player, taking his shots when he could find them (even though Moose dropped a big-yard-potential play). The story now is the defense.

As I write this, Tampa Bay has just tied the game at 31 points. What has happened to our Vaunted Defense? Injuries and stupidity. 4 major injuries and Tank Johnson's stupidity has deprived our defense of 5 starters. Unbelievably, the Defense has allowed Tampa Bay to score 4 touchdowns (4?!) to a team who has not scored an offensive touchdown in six games? (Is that what they said?) I can't believe we might be looking at an overtime situation when they were up by 14-21 points. It's time to shut these bums down. I'm afraid that there has been a regression to the mean. As Rex has improved, the defense has declined.

Tampa is taking the ball over at 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, it's time to see this defense force a turnover for once this game. Get pressure on the quarterback, make him miss, grab a ball, strip a ball, do something! The offense has done a tremendous job against a weak defense, the defense has done a LOUSY job against a weak offense.

Let's go defense!

Tipped pass, but no good result