orange shoes, an infantile quarterback and da Bears

This past Sunday's game between the Bears and the Lions was fantastic. The Bears gave us fans something to get excited about. Devon Hester ran one back. The defense outscored the offense. Special teams did great. There was even a fight, not that I'm a violent person, but it was a lot better than some of the predictable, boring, run of the mill games that never live up to the pre-game hype.

I enjoyed seeing Earl Bennett in his orange shoes again. Personally I wouldn't be caught dead in those shoes, but he likes them, and orange is the Bears color. Bennett got fined $5,000 for wearing the shoes, so what does he do? He wears them again so he has now been fined $10,000. It kinda reminds me of a certain "punky QB" who wore his headband even when Pete Rozelle told him not to. The NFL organization can be pretty stuffy sometimes, and besides, those shoes look better than some of the other ugly stuff that the NFL makes the players wear. If the NFL commissioner had the idea that the Bears should wear orange shoes it would be a fantastic idea, but when one of the players wants to do it, well, that's a different story.

I'm happy. The Bears are playing better, and they're giving the suits something to sweat about.

Then of course there was the infantile, sissy, poor sport, helmet grabbing incident by Matthew Stafford. He was frustrated, feeling sorry for his embarrassing play and so he took a cheap shot to make his hurt ego feel better. That was one fine I was happy to see the league hand out.

I'm not happy to see our Colts bleeding like they are, but the Bears are putting on a show. I'm even happy for the Packers, momentarily, until hopefully, they are dashed to pieces by the Bears.