This could be a long month for the Ursines

It may well be that more than Jay Cutler's thumb broke last week. If Caleb Hanie can't rise above his performance in yesterday's 35-20 defeat at the hands of the eminently-beatable Oakland Raiders, the Bears' chances of playing in the post-season may be broken beyond repair.

CBS chose for some reason to show the Denver-San Diego game in this pagan part of the country. I was disappointed. Reading about the game, though, it seems that I might have been lucky.

Fortunately we're still in the AFC West for the next three weeks. But Hanie has to turn it around- and fast. I do not relish the thought of Josh McCown running the Ursine offense.