The Chicago Bears proved they were more than ready for primetime when they trounced the defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks 37-6 in a Sunday night nationally televised contest last night.
The Bears used Sunday’s match-up to make a statement to a national audience. No one expected the game to be so one-sided, even with the Seahawks playing without Shaun Alexander, who missed the game because of a broken bone in his foot. NBC’s announcers — John Madden, Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth (in the studio) — seemed so stunned by the how dominant the Bears played that by the fourth quarter, they were scrambling to find things to talk about.
At 4-0, the Bears are now the only unbeaten team in the NFC and are the frontrunners to make the Superbowl, although I think it’s still too early in the season to make any bold predictions about the Bears' future. There are still a lot of games left to be played, including the next four against Buffalo, Arizona, San Francisco and Miami, whose records don’t exactly make your knees shake.
The Bears may be riding a super-high today, but they must guard against a let-down against these lesser teams. They need to maintain their intensity for all of their opponents, not just their divisional rivals or the top contenders in the league.
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