With the return of the NFL our Sundays have been set aside to watch football. Cal and Cam watch every game and even purchased the Red Zone so that they never miss a touchdown on YouTube TV. I always know when something exciting has happened as Cal will run up from the basement looking for Doug just as Cam runs down from his bedroom with the same news. Tom Brady switching to the Buccaneers, Cam Newton signing with the Patriots and Patrick Mahomes landing the biggest contract in NFL history have all been big news, but the best part of their Sundays so far has been watching the Bears play.
For the past several years there has been a lot of debate between David and the Heinisch family on which team was better - his beloved Lions or our family favorite - the Bears. The two teams met in the first game of the season this year with the Bears breaking David's heart when they came back from a large deficit to beat the Lions in the fourth quarter. As happy as my guys were that the Bears won during week one, they were even more pleased when Chicago also defeated the Giants the second week of the season.
The Bears victory last week got a lot of press in the news media. There were several polls asking who was the worst 2-0 team in the league was. Chicago got 80% of the vote. A side story developed, however, involving their opponent in today's matchup, the Atlanta Falcons. Due to some poor coaching decisions by the Falcons recently Charles Barkley and Stephen A. Smith both labeled them as the "dumbest team in NFL history." It looked today that they would finally be able to shake that title. Atlanta took a 26-10 lead over the Bears into the fourth quarter. As the final period got ready to start both Cal and Cameron let me know that the Bears were downright awful. Doug didn't say as much, but had been so incredibly frustrated with the Bears play that he left to get a pop from McDonalds so that he didn't have to watch the ending.
I was used to the disappointment that the guys had expressed being a Bears fan and turned my own television back to "Disney's Advertising Can Get Wild" on Disney's Food Blog. Pretty soon I heard Cameron run downstairs. He said that the Falcons had made some terrible play calls and that Chicago had a chance to come back and at least tie the game. We quickly turned it over to the game and waited for Doug get home. He had been listening on the radio and hurried back just in time to see the Bears score to take the lead 30-26. The Falcons had one last play attempt, but an interception gave the ball back to Chicago and proved that both Barkley and Stephen A were right. Everyone was happy and stunned all together. It was fun to see their reactions and I was glad that the Bears won. I did feel a little bit bad, however, when I realized that somewhere out there was a wife/mother of a Falcon's fan trying to console her loved one.
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