Fie.

The Bears should have won 35-21 last night.

You can't turn the ball over three times in the red zone and beat a team as good as the Falcons. And yes, the Falcons are a good team.

Last year, the Bears lost to Atlanta  because of an incomprehensible decision by Lovie to kick short after Robbie Gould knocked through what should have been the game-winning field goal. The decision gave Matt Ryan the field position to set up what really was the game winning field goal with a single completed pass.

This year, it was Jay Cutler throwing the ball to people wearing the wrong color jersey at the worst possible times, the usually sure handed Matt Forte being unable to hang on to said ball at the most critical possible moment, and Orlando Pace picking exactly the wrong point in the game- seconds to go, deep in Atlanta territory, and fourth and one- to jump early and make it fourth and six instead.

I'm not giving up yet. With all respect to Pastor Esget, I fully expect Brett Favre to self-destruct as usual late in the season. But the Bears are now two games back. I think they can beat Minnesota once. I don't think they can beat them twice.

Right now, I'm looking at 10-6 and a possible wild card. Next week they play the 4-1 Bengals, who are, as their record indicates, no longer pushovers. A loss against Cincinnati would be disastrous.

You have to to better than this, guys. You are better than this.

One more thought: when opposing QB's have a quarterback rating of only 40 on one side of the field, and of over 100 on the other side, it's time to get a new cornerback. Fast.