Whiplash Bears Fans: Welcome back to the Bandwagon
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 29, 2009 11:53 AM CDT
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PrintWhiplash Bears Fans: Welcome back to the Bandwagon.
You know who you are. Mere milliseconds after the Week 1 loss in Green Bay, you initiated your own local chapter of the He-Man Cutler-Haters Club. Even though 2 of his 4 INT's could be attributed to receiver error, and the Bears' QB was not on the field for either of the crucial Chicago mistakes in that contest.
After Green Bay, you and your mindless buddies went directly to Apocalypse-Level Panic Mode with such urgency that you left tire tracks, giving yourself whiplash in the process. You took to the airwaves and webwaves with a virtual avalanche of blogs, twitters, and texts, not only declaring the trade itself a complete bust, but also writing off the entire 09 season as a total loss.
After one game.
One game that also happened to be Cutler's first game in a new system...with a new team...at Lambeau Field. Your fragile mind may have blocked the memory, but don't forget that the Bears held a 2 point lead with under 90 ticks remaining. Somehow though you convinced yourself that the loss was completely due to Cutler's incompetence at QB, and decided to fall on your sword immediately.
Fast forward a week, and your expression certainly changed pretty quickly, didn't it? Led by the Object of Your Dejection himself, the Bears scored ten unanswered 4th-quarter points to complete a possible season-saving win against the defending champs, via a last second field goal.
Fast forward another week to Seattle, where Cutler orchestrates another game-winning 4th-quarter drive (on the loudest field in football mind you), ending in a go-ahead TD pass with less than 2 minutes to go.
So now here you are today, performing yet another whiplash-worthy, 180-degree flip-flop. In love with Cutler once again, you're now in a full sprint, chasing after the very same Bears Bandwagon that you so quickly and prematurely abandoned just 14 short days ago.
Luckily, you are welcome back aboard the bus. But only under one condition.
You must realize, understand, and accept that a single game, 4 interceptions or not, does not change anything for a talent like Cutler.
Be reminded that his 4,526 passing yards last season were the 17th best total of all-time.
Yes, all-time. Now that doesn’t put Jay Cutler into the Hall of Fame tomorrow, but the man's not just going to up and forget how to play the position well.
So, please, repeat the following aloud, until you really believe it:
- I overreacted.
- The sky is not falling
- It never was.
- The Bears will be fine
- Jay Cutler will be fine.
So once again, Whiplash Fans, welcome back to the Bears Bandwagon. You'll notice that its much more comfortable in here than out there...
...even with a neck brace.
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Welcome to the blog TeamJerkStore.
It’s not too often we promote someone’s first post to the front page, but good job to ya.
Be nice. Flag comments that you think are offensive. Use the "reply" button. Drink plenty of water. Compliment others. Rec (wreck) comments and posts you like. Don't call people names. If you don't like someone's comment, attack the comment and not the commentor. Learn the difference in your/you're, then/than, to/too. Exercise. Relax. Stretch often. Find good in the world.
Just because it can be done on Madden NFL does not automatically make it a viable option in real life.
by Dane Noble on Sep 29, 2009 12:07 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks!
I graciously and respectfully thank you for putting my post on the front page.
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 30, 2009 1:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Fantastic job
But one more for you- will the running game make a showing this week and beyond?
"Repetition is only good when you've been winning." - Valet
running game
or run blocking, to allow the RB’s some space to run?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
All of the above
It’s a combination, but Forte does a look a little slow-footed. Not sure if it’s a lingering hamstring injury or what.
"Repetition is only good when you've been winning." - Valet
Forte
I agree that he’s looked somewhat sluggish the first 3 games.
Granted, he hasn’t been given an excess of great holes or running lanes
But he does seem to be lacking that quickness / balance / body control that he had last year, where he way able to pop past the line and get into the secondary quickly for double digit yardage.
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 30, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I love this post!
By the by, this post is so great that I would cheat on any other posts I have previously loved with it, marry it, and raise a family of tiny little posts.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 29, 2009 12:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I guess
tiny little posts run in your family ;-)
by rdent4hof on Sep 29, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ba dum cha!
I should have seen that one coming, but was blinded by the chance to throw out a Dr. Cox semi-quote.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 29, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 29, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh come on, this is petty
What’s really worse, the sky-is-falling crowd, or the self-important lord-it-over-you crowd?
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 29, 2009 12:26 PM CDT reply actions
The sad fact is...
Some folks are in BOTH.
Maybe that's why TeamJerkStore is a new account
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 29, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
i think we need a full account of jerkstore’s activities over the last 3 weeks before we can rec this one. what was your username on the night of sunday, september 13th?
by genetic on Sep 29, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hmm, something smells fishy
yeah i think we need a full account of jerkstore’s activities over the last 3 weeks before we can rec this one. what was your username on the night of sunday, september 13th?
10 bucks his username was Blou.
by Chitownproduct on Sep 30, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd take that bet!
This post is loaded with optimism and TJS doesn’t call anyone a c***! I’d take that in a heartbeat.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 30, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions
You just might be on to something.
Could be GeoMak.
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 30, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
I dunno
They may be more bipolar, but they’re a lot less smug
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 29, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think the REAL Bears fans overreacted after the Green Bay loss
Just the Dungys and Moras of the world… And the Cutler haters, in general (mainly Denver fans and some bandwagon jumpers in the media).
When/if this teams’ offensive can gel and start to run block better, this club could go pretty far…
Denver fans need to get over it
they got Elway in the same manner we got Cutler. If they want to embrace Elway, who demanded a trade out of Baltimore (Colts) when drafted, they should not continue to try and drag Cutler thru the mud.
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Yeah seriously
My girlfriend (Bronco fan) and I were at B-dubs watching the game(s), and some yahoo Bronco fan told me sharply “I’ll root for the Bears’ defense, but I can’t root for Jay and the offense.” I reponded by saying “I’ve heard it all before, and I don’t give care!!” Needless to say, he must have respected me for it, decided to shake my hand and said that’s cool. I agree though, there are still sour grapes times 10 with Donkey fans.
"Repetition is only good when you've been winning." - Valet
Sir, your post is
WRECKED.
Love it. Keep it coming.
by sabbath999 on Sep 29, 2009 12:29 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
lol I wondered if anyone else caught that.
“Yeah? Well, I had sex with your wife!!!”
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
Good Post. Especially for your first one.
I think most of us never fell off the Bandwagon. We’re still partying on DA BUS!
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
Yes but who's driving the bus?
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh you know...
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 29, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Bears bus by a mile
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Normally,
I would be with you on anything Ditka related.
Unfortunately Iron Mike jumped off the bus for a while too.
Ditka picked Greenbay
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebook?page=sundaycountdown09/week1
Ditka picked Pittsburg:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebook?page=sundaycountdown09/Week2
and finally,
The driver jumps back on the bus.
Ditka picks Chicago:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebook?page=sundaycountdown09
Just because for his job...
he has to pick games, doesn’t mean he’s not still a fan. I get what you’re saying but just because he thinks the Bears might not win a game doesn’t make him less of a fan.
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 29, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Da Coach
is much like Chuck Norris, he picked wrong, just to let the other analysts look good.
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Now that is just good logic right there. :)
You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 29, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought Dikta didn't pick...
he just tells the teams how it’s going to be.
by portlandcubfan on Sep 30, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
don't they have to pick against the line as well
not just wins and loses?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
if ditka is going to drive that bus in the indy 500
then i like da bears
by reefermadness3 on Oct 1, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I will reserve judgement...
…if and when we are eliminated from playoff contention.
"Chance favors the prepared mind." - Pasteur
Hilarious
And have you noticed how the national media isn’t writing about the Bears anymore? Cutler’s not doing bad, so it’s apparently a non-story.
by jake1823 on Sep 29, 2009 1:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I think the Bears are a playoff team. But not a Super bowl contender yet.
I have to admit that I was pretty shaken up after the Packers loss but they still had a chance to win that game and probably should have. That was a tough week. I really wanted to see how they responded and there was a time during the first half of the Steelers game where I was ready to call it a season. I was starting to look like 2007. The Bears where getting run over by the Steelers and then they got a few breaks and kinda just started playing better.
So my point is they could very easily be 0-3 and the could very easily be 3-0. I’ll take 2-1.
Personally I think next season will be their best chance for a Super Bowl in Dallas.
To me this is a gel season. Then you get Urlacher back and you have a good draft. I think they could very well win next season before Urlacher gets too old. But they have to stay healthy. The defense and offensive line might need to be tweaked a bit with some free agents. Garza is 30, Kruetz is 34, Pace is 33 damn they look older. On defense Ogunleye is 32. They could use some younger players stepping up and taking some jobs. I think the Right end needs to be addressed this offseason. I think they should let Walley go and put Mark Anderson in for a year and maybe sign a free agent.
But I like the direction the team is headed I just think they need to start drafting Kreutz and Urlachers replacements soon. Or should I say Pace’s replacement. I think Beekman will end up replacing Kreutz. Or maybe Roach turns out to be a stud. Im just really excited about the weapons that Cutler has so far. Hester, Knox, Bennett, DA(if he ever plays) Olsen and Davis look like a nice group for Cutler. I think you draft some O-line studs and bring in a second running back and good things could happen.
Derreck Rose, you’ve gotta be flat-out kidding me. Double overtime! Triple overtime!- Chuck wack on crack
Given the prospect that J Peppers might be available
but i never followed the Playoff good doesnt equal SuperBowl good.
If you’re there, you should have what it takes to make the big show… unless you were the vikings last year
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
You have just been reading my mind today. Lol.
I’ve always thought this would be more of a gel season. Am I saying we can’t go to the Super Bowl? Of course not, but everyone needs to get used to what we have first, IMO.
"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton
by Ashley Czuba on Sep 29, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Our O-Line still sucks
They don’t get any push for our running game. They don’t give Jay much time in the pocket. If they protected him a little better in that Green Bay game, we’d be 3-0 right now. I don’t think it’ll be getting any better anytime soon.
You sure you want those bandwagon jumpers back?
There are a whole bunch of idiot fans of Chicago. You don’t believe me? Just tune in to 670 from 1-6 PM, for some reason they all come out of hibernation and call in to Boers and Bernstein. Some nut says she’s unhappy with Cutler because he doesn’t celebrate TD’s the way Favre does with Percey Harvin. Where am I going with this? Don’t be so quick to take these “fans” back, as they’ll likely go nute after the next 2 or 3 interception game, and believe me, there will be a few more of those.
wow if she wants to see a Favre celebration be a minni fan
If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.
she can
cheer for him midway thru season when he is on bench after his body gives out from the beating he is gonna take
If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.
That was on the Danny Mac show....
Terry and Dan would’ve exploded had that woman called them.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
Oh I know
But had it been live, I’m fairly sure they would’ve self-combusted right there.
That lady’s good for a laugh……I hope she calls in the future.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
I don't get to listen too often,
but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard her call in before. Ranting about the Sox or something Ozzie related. Not sure though.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 29, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Honestly
I love listening to B&B. They make good points, but dakoose is right…..all of the numbnuts come out of the woodwork and call up. Which, inevitably, makes me feel better about myself. :)
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
Sometimes I think(know) they're just baiting Bernsy.
(As embarassed as I am to say this, my brother and a buddy of his(they’re only 19) sometimes call in just to piss those guys off.)
And it’s not just the idiots, but the freaks and crazies like that Rusty feller that used to call in. To be fair, Terry is mentally disturbed in his own right, so maybe they follow him in, but whatever the reason may be, they get more idiots than any other show currently on the air.
I agree with Chifan, they make good points and ofter entertainment as well, as opposed to their competition down the dial, where sports take a back seat to the entertainment part of the business.
Oh yeah
I know some people bait those two….sometimes those people are the best. Some guy called last Friday and said that there were no really good coaches in any sports. It was comical.
Terry….yeah, he’s a goofball. He makes it fun at times, but mostly, Bernsy is the only one with intelligent thoughts.
For as much as people hate B&B, I think if those folks would actually listen to them, they’d find that those two have excellent, insightful thoughts.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
Jumped off the B&B bandwagon
a few years ago. did not like North, either. Murph’s OK Holmes is Good, and I listen to Mully and Hanley in the AM.
Has John Paxson traded for or signed D-Wade yet?
by BigKdiddyDaddy on Sep 29, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
Outside of North, we’re polar opposites. I hated North. The combination of too much non-sports talk plus his general lack knowledge made him nothing more than a nice morning show host, not a sports talk show host. He was, and still is, a meatball. Murph was awful, awfully strange, and awfully nauseating. Worst show of all time. I’d rather stick my head in a microwave than listen to two seconds of “what’s your beef” or hear Murph cream his pants talking about Brwn’s chicken. Holmes is good, when talking football. As a host he just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe down the road he’ll improve, but I doubt it. Mully and Hanley are aight, and I suppose I could listen to them more often and give them more of a shot, but hell, I’m in college and won’t be able to sleep in for that much longer, so I won’t be hearing much of M&H.
The times that I've listened to M&H
they’ve been awesome.
Other than that, all your points ring true for me.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
I heard that caller too!
To her credit, she sounded a few french fries short of a happy meal. Not sure that’s to her credit, but hey…
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 29, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
The cheese slipped off the cracker. She was a pickle short of a big mac. The elevator didn't go to the top floor.
I could go on for hours. I think its great that mental illness/deficiencies is to a fans credit! ;)
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
Being a fan of Chicago sports teams...
can lead to severe mental illness I’m afraid
"They better get another quarterback cuz we're comin"-#58 Wilber Marshall LB Chicago Bears
is this the one they call
Da Na Na?
Has John Paxson traded for or signed D-Wade yet?
by BigKdiddyDaddy on Sep 29, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Please stay away
All of you bandwagon fans we don’t need you you will only kill the posistive vibe.
Just remember at one time almost every fan jumped on the bandwagon.
That’s how a lot people become fans. Its the ones that always jump on and off that drive me nuts.
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
you should only be allowed to jump on once
and you should in most cases be under the age of 10. i moved out of chicago in october of ‘85 and i’ve never fallen off.
Agreed. But everyone jumps on the bus at some point.
Even if they were raised that way. Raised on a bus….. hmmmmmm.
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
It's kind of ironic
when a new poster posts a piece ripping bandwagon jumpers.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
Good point
And hey, I wish I’d discovered this board sooner, but hopefully being a new poster does not equate me with being a bandwagon fan.
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 30, 2009 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions
No, but
it does make it difficult for you to rip so-called bandwagon jumpers.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Sep 30, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd agree...
But he’s not exclusively calling out people on this site. I’m speculating on his motives, but I was assuming that he’s talking about the complete spectrum of bandwagon Bears’ fans. Where the demise of the Bears’ season was widely broadcast by fans and media types all over espn, yahoo, the trib, the score, et cetera, et cetera.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 30, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
I am not speculating as to his motives or impugning them
just commenting about the irony of his post.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Sep 30, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I guess I read things differently...
I’d still tend to side with TJS that being a new member to a blog doesn’t make them a bandwagon jumper. However, I now see what you’re saying.
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Sep 30, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
I just heard Brian Bilick call Hester a bonafide number one reciever
and then he said " I guess all you Cutler haters are second guessing yourselves".. Wow he might find himself without a job if he keeps up this positive Bear talk..
I'm sure
he mutteres Favre’s name the obligatory 5 times though… which probably saved him
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
*d
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 29, 2009 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Nobody's bandwagon here.
Most of us have been talking football on WCG for the whole year and prior. Where have you been?
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Sep 29, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions
I know
I realize I’m preaching to the choir here with this post.
Just wondering how many of you guys ran into fans like this who mentally bailed on Cutler halfway through the Green Bay game…?
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 30, 2009 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Also.
“The Jerk Store called…they’re running out of you!”
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Sep 29, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions
Well I has sex with your wife!!!!
ROFL!! Best line of all time.
They got this deleted scene
where the Jerk Store line really works, and well…… here it is. Good stuff.
Nice!
Somehow, I was unaware of this deleted scene. Thank you for showing me the light though. Seinfeld really is the gift that keeps on giving.
by TeamJerkStore on Sep 30, 2009 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions
nothing that is that impressive
I’m not jumping on or off any bandwagon here. I don’t like seeing the Bears lose more or less than any other Bears fan. I can remember screaming at the TV after watching Mike Tomczak throw another interception against Denver and wanting to pay for his ticket to Siberia. I have been hoping that the Bears would finally get a QB that can not only get them back to the Super Bowl but win it. Not only once but many times. I thought that was the case when they drafted Rex Grossman. But what has happened over the last several years is that I have come to believe that the QB is not the problem. It is as it has been for some time. The offensive line. What I have seen so far this year though leave me scratching my head. Watching the other teams defense chase our QB all over the field means something bad is going to happen. And with bad offensive lines it usually does. Rex Grossman may not have been the answer but if the Bears do not do something to protect Cutler he will be in the same boat. No matter how good he is. And the Bears will once again be looking for a battered defense to save them.
by darwinatridge on Sep 29, 2009 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
were talking about how all the people paniced after the first game
Other than kreutz and garza everyone else is new i think they need time to gel as a group i think around week 6 or 7 all of us will be very surprised with the chemistry they build
I still liked Cutler but I was mad after that game.
I’m glad he proved that he can be really good with the team after what he has done so far.
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