So Suh Him

In sweeping the Lions this season, the Bears have needed every second of every drive, and every extra hard-fought yard to secure the W on both accounts. Also in both cases, the Bears have used substantial help from the employed zebras to make sure that the silver and blue didn't end their 19-game NFC North losing streak against the Bears. We all remember that sunny Sunday in September to open the season when the Bears nearly lost to the Lions, but one of their few talented players, Calvin Johnson, made the insurmountable mistake of simply not holding onto a game-winning TD pass after he had already caught it. Fast forward a few months, and a few starting Quarterbacks later, and the Lions once again had a shot at winning Sunday at Ford Field, and shoved it away with disgust. In this situation, it just so happened to be the only other remotely skilled member of the Lions football franchise, Ndamakong Suh, that made the mind-bending misstep late in the 4th frame. Don't get me wrong, without the 15 yard walk-off that ensued when the Lions were penalized, they still would have had to march the length of the field down 7 behind the trusty arm of 3rd-stringer Drew Stanton, who was busy meandering the sidelines in a moisture-wicking visor carefully contemplating how he was going to answer post-game interview questions for the first time in his NFL career. It would have been a highly unlikely scenario to see the Lions bravely pull out the W, there's no doubt. But shouldn't they have had the opportunity? Was Ndamukong Suh's two-handed bulldoze of Cutler necessarily an illegal play? Are roid rage and premature baldness finally playing a part into how Sunday's referee, Ed Hochuli, impulsively officiates the game? All debatable points.

Imagine your Ndamukong Suh. I can foresee this as an idea that might be a bit difficult to tackle (no pun intended) considering none of you are 6 foot 4, 307 lb. Cameroon-born defensive lineman with a 7 foot, 3 inch grandfather (true story). Still, I'm sure you have all dreamed weirder dreams rolled up in the down cotton comforter of your twin bunk bed. So there is Suh, sprinting at full-speed and sees perhaps the world's most arrogant, smug little worm, Jay Cutler, tip-toeing towards the first down marker. Would I have held up and properly form tackled Jay if I were Suh in the given situation? Hell no, I would have laid him out with one of John "Bradshaw" Layfield's vintage "clotheslines from hell". But Suh didn't, he simply chased down Cutler at full speed and pushed him over like a 4th grade girl in an unnecessarily violent game of tag in the playground wood-chips. Sure, it looked bad from Hochuli's angle because Cutler hit the field turf at Ford Field like a sack of wet laundry. But is it Suh's fault he can embarrass a chubby QB without using his legs? According the NFL rulebook, I guess it is. And as a result, Lions fans will have to once again drive home from their state of the art facility with silver face paint running from their cheeks after shouldering another demoralizing loss in their Chris Spielman jersey. You know what that is? Pure.....Michigan.

As for Pick of the Day, thanks to avid blog follower, Doug "Alize and Hennessy" Wynn, for the tickets, myself, the Pulse Man, Jack "the Body" Groot, and good friend and absolute psycho Matt Poklop (if you don't believe me, follow him on twitter at www.twitter.com/unclepdog)will be attending the Bulls/Thunder game tonight at the UC. With that in mind, although it is undoubtedly a bad bet with the Durantula in town and Carlos Boozer playing like a Hispanic immigrant who just received citizenry, the Pulse Man likes the Bulls giving 4.5 to OKC.

Pick of the Day: Thunder @ Bulls (-4.5)-BULLS

Record:(36-25-0)

Now I'm done. Rack me

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