Special teams save Bears, offense helps...

All I could say at the end of the game was "astonishing".
Jerry Azuma on the post game show the Devin Hester was the closest thing in the NFL to cheating and it rang true on so many levels.

Anyway ignoring the stellar special teams effort.

The defense was hot and cold, there were big stops on drives, but they gave up big plays. The combination of injuries and depleted talent at tackle and in the secondary are really showing.

On the offensive side prior to the 4th Quarter, the Line was like a revolving door, and passes we're dropped or penalties nullified gains. But the offense had two big drives, one at the end of regulation and one in OT, to help win the game.

Grossman threw an interception early, it was a long throw, not particularly well delivered, but Berrian didn't do him any favors by falling over rather than at least trying to make a play on it. He fumbled twice, one on a designed QB draw where he just dropped it while trying to swap hands to protect the ball (go figure) and one on a sack. What the stats fail to show is how many time he was pressured, and how many times he threw the ball away. All those throw aways count as incompletions, but for the most part they were good plays and something we didn't see much of in the first 3 games from Grossman. All in all even without the last couple of drives where the offense stepped up I though Grossman had a tolerable game, including those drives it was certainly passable.

Benson of course was hurt and lost for the Year. All those Adrian Peterson fans got to see him as an every down back, and his average looked like Bensons earlier in the year, although his 4yd pile pushing run was impressive. Benson had started pretty well and frankly I think he'll be missed. Whether he's the back of the future for the Bears, who knows, I suspect unless the injury raises long term questions, his contract and the salary cap situation will dictate that he's back next year.

The Bears are still in the hunt for a wild card spot and they play the Giants this week, a loss to the Giants will pretty much eliminate them, but every time I watch the Bears play I see flashes and if they play a good game they can beat the Giants.