Kickoff to the Bears; into the end zone.

1st and 10 from the 20 – Bears to run for a short gain.
2nd and 8 – Grossman completes his first pass for about 5 yards
3rd and 3 – Running play to Jones who gets an easy first down. Rats.
1st and 10 – End around and BAM! Peterson gets a great tackle but not until they got 8 yards.
2nd and 1 – Jones to run and we stuffed him!!! Hill tackled and kept tackling until help came to get Jones down! Very nice!
3rd and 1 – Jones to run again, right down the middle and he gets the first down. Same 3rd down play of the first series.
1st and 10 – Grossman to pass but it’s too high.
2nd and 10 – Bears to run to Jones again, bad camera angle, hard to see what happened.
3rd and 10 – Grossman to pas. Goes long, bobbled, caught and a nice run after the fact. That was a lucky play. We had good defense but Chicago had better concentration to follow through on the bobbled pass. Aaauuuggghhh. Babineaux gave good effort.
1st and 10 from the 15 – Running play.
2nd and 8 – Jones to run.
3rd and 4 – Jones to run right into the end zone, right down the middle. I think they found our weakness. Every time they needed a big run it was down the middle.12 plays 80 yards.

Chicago 7
Seahawks 0

Bears to kick off to the Seahawks. Burleson to run, has GREAT return!! We’ll start at the 47 yard line! WOOOOOOOOO Seahawks!!!

GREAT commercial: “Dad got hosed!” I love it!

1st and 10 – Hass to throw. Near interception. REALLY bad pass. Not even close!
2nd and 10 – Shaun to run for next to nothing. Tried to run wide.
3rd and 10 – Hass to pass, in and out of the hands of a defender and into the hands of Darrell Jackson! Jackson falls sort of the first down however.
4th and 1 – Punt. I think we should have gone for it. It would have been risky and I suppose it’s way too early to be doing that but if Chicago plays as well the entire game as they did on their first series, we’re going to need every opportunity we can get.

1st and 10 – Chicago starts inside the 10 – Jones to run. He’s going to be tired by the end of the game!
2nd and 5– Jones to run again. Peterson gets a nice tackle.
3rd and 2 – Pass complete.
1st and 10 – Pass for a moderate gain.
2nd and 3 – Jones to run for next to nothing – and it was right up the middle, too.
3rd and 4 – Blitz, sack, they’ll call it an incomplete pass but the ball fell out.
4th and ? – Punt. Burleson field the punt and is tackled immediately.

1st and 10 – The Seahawks will start at the 29. NICE pass to Jackson. It was low but he held on for a 24 yard gain.
1st and 10 – Pass to Will Heller.
2nd and ut-oh – Hass is holding his fingers. He’s hurt. He hands off to Shaun who runs for the first down. Is Hass hurt? He’ll try to hide it, no doubt.
1st and 10 – Shaun slips. Chicago must have put some of that pre-treatment chemical down that the City of Salina used! ?
2nd and 10 – Hass to throw. Goes long and wasn’t even close.
3rd and 10 – Shottun. Pressure. COMPLETE to Jackson for a first down!!! YES!!!!!!
1st and 10 – Hass goes long and it goes way into the endzone.
2nd and 10 – Shaun to run for a nice gain.

***** END OF FIRST QUARTER *****

3rd and 4 – Hass to throw, has time, Burleson TOUCHDOWN!!! Beautiful!!!! I LOVE IT!! Burleson stretched forward for the score! We better get the extra point off fast. We did, the touchdown stands, and the extra point is good! We’ve got a tied game!

Chicago 7
Seahawks 7

We kick off, ball rolls. Hester runs all over the place for 20 yard gain. He’s a threat every time.
1st and 10 – Grossman to pass. Has all day. Goes long. It’s complete and a touchdown. Wow. 68 yards, 1 play. Who was in coverage? Rookie Kelly Jennings.

Chicago 14
Seahawks 7

Chicago to kick off to the Seahawks. Burleson runs it and gets another great return.
1st and 10 – Shaun to run. He slipped again. Someone fix his cleats.
2nd and 12 – Hass to throw. Has time. Throws to Branch as the checkdown.
3rd and 7 – Shotgun. Hass audibles. Has time. Goes long. GREAT defense to knock the ball away. Could have been INT though because Urlacher was in better position to receive the ball. That was a dangerous pass.
4th and 7 – Seahawks to punt. Hester calls for a fair catch and then has to roll around to field the punt.

1st and 10 – Grossman to hand off to Benson who runs for a first down after a couple of missed tackles.
1st and 10 – Run by Benson, pretty much stuffed.
2nd and 8 – Grossman to pass and it was a bad pass. Too bad we didn’t pick it off! ?
3rd and 8 – Pressure. Grossman throws incomplete. Bad pass. Tatupu came with pressure. That was a good defensive stand.
4th and 8 – We don’t field the kick.

1st and 10 – Seahawks start at the 24. Hass to throw. Pump fakes. Throws short to Shaun Alexander who runs for a first down. Gain of 12.
1st and 10 – They’re saying Shaun has gone to a different cleat. I think. Maybe he started with a different cleat. Joe Buck doesn’t know fractions. Pass to Will Heller. Short gain.
2nd and 8 – Mo Maurice to run.
3rd and 7 – Shotgun. Complete to Jackson. They called it a catch, then said he didn’t control it in bounds. Waved off. Hmpf.
4th and 7 – Hester nearly fumbled the ball. He let it hit the turf, then he went after it and missed it. He did recover it however.

The Bears are having some sloppy moments. If we could capitalize on their problems maybe something good would happen. I’m so nervous.

The Peyton Manning commercials are awesome, too.

1st and 10 – Bears to run. He pushes an entire team of defenders an extra 3 yards.
2nd and 1 – Benson to run for a first down.
1st and 10 – Blitz. Incomplete. That should be grounding. We don’t get the flag.
2nd and 10 – Short pass, great tackles after the catch.
3rd and 5 – Gorssman to thorw. Incomplete. FINALLY! We held them again. Bradley for the Bears appears to have an ankle injury.
4th and 5 – Burleson fields the punt; nowhere to run.

1st and 10 – Mo Maurice to run. Why isn’t Alexander playing? Is he hurt?
2nd and 5 – Hass to D-Jax for a short gain.
3rd and 2 – Hass to Jackson, behind him and we miss out on the first down.
4th and 2 - Hester bobbles the punt again, it falls to the turf and he recovers.

1st and 10 – Jones to run for a yard.
2nd and 9 – Short pass.
3rd and 7 – HOLD THEM, Seahawks! HOLD THEM! Come on, come on, HOLD THEM RIGHT NOW! Grossman ot pass. Blitz. Ball is loose. WE RECOVER!!! Peterson on the Blitz, Darby on the recovery! YES! YES!

1st and 10 – Seahawks start at the 26 – Shaun to run and he gets the first down and a little bit more.
1st and 10 – Hass has all day to throw, goes to the corner of the end zone to Engram but it’s too far. Good defense by Chicago anyway.
2nd and 10 – Shaun to run for a short gain.
3rd and 3 – We MUST have a touchdown on this possession. We must. We must. Oh please. Shaun to run. Should be a first down. He had a lot of effort on that one to try for the first down. Not sure if we got a good spot. Short by inches. We’re going for it.
4th and inches – TOUCHDOWN ALEXANDER!!! WA HOOOOO!!! GOOD CALL MIKE HOLMGREN!!!!! GOOD EFFORT, SHAUN!!! YES! YES! YES!

Chicago 14br> Seahawks 14

Squib kick; good return by a tight end of the Bears.
1st and 10 – Run, short gain.
2nd and 8 – Nice long pass. 21 yard gain.
1st and 10 – Nice pass and good run after the pass. Good grief.
1st and 10 – Davis for the Bears is hobbling, too. This turf is no good. They resodded the field this week so it’s very loose turf. Bears at the 16 yard line. We need a INT to prevent a TD. 1:26 left in the half. Grossman has all day but there’s a flag. First flag of the day, the announcers say. Is that right? No illegal contact. QB was out of the pocket.
2nd and 10 – Arm was hit, ball hits the turf, incomplete pass. Flag. Flag fell out of umpire’s pocket. NO FLAG! HOW FUNNY!
3rd and 10 – Pass; short of first down. :52 left. Less than a yard to go for first down. Grossman is going back out on the field. GOOD DEFENSE.
4th and inches – COME ON SEAHAWKS! HOLD THEM!!! HOLD THEM!!! Now Seattle takes a time out. Touchdown. Rats.

Chicago 21
Seahawks 14

Chicago kicks to the Seahawks. :48 left. 2 timeouts. Wow, those were some rough tackles on Burleson. I’d like to see a replay. And a couple of flags! ?
1st and 10 – Hass has all day to throw, then finally is sacked. Looks like we’ll run the clock down now.
2nd and 10 – Mo to run. That was a silly call. I’m not sure I agree with our decision to run the clock out.

***** HALF TIME *****

1st and 10 – Pass to Engram.
2nd and 3 – Shaun to run for a first down.
1st and 10 – Hass to Engram for a first down and more! GREAT!!! +17 yards!
1st and 10 – Hass to Engram in the middle.
2nd and 2 – Shaun to run for a first down.
1st and 10 – Shaun to run for a yard.
2nd and 9 – Matt to pass. Steps up and runs for it. Short of the first down.
3rd and 1 – Alexander creamed for a loss. BUMMER.
4th and 2 – Josh Brown to try for a field goal. 40 yards, and it’s good.

Chicago 21
Seahawks 17

1st and 10 – Jones to run for 3.
2nd and 7 – Incomplete pass. Flag on Babineaux. First they said it was against the Bears. Now they call it on us.
1st and 10 – Gorssman to pass. But Wistrom had Grossman by the ankle and he goes down! Loss of 6.
2nd and 16 – Jones to run. Slips.
3rd and 16 – SACK! Rocky Bernard to get the sack.
4th and 21 – Burleson to field the ball. Flag. I don’t think they gave him a chance to make the reception. 15 yard penalty.

1st and 10 – From the 49 yard line, Bears show blitz. Flag. False start on Mack Strong. Bummer
1st and 15 – Shaun to run. He ran to the outside but couldn’t turn it up.
2nd and 15 – Pass to Branch for his first catch of the game, I think.
3rd and 4 – Shotgun – Has had all time and threw to Branch. They call that his third catch of the game, so I must have forgotten about one. My bad.
1st and 10 – Shaun to run for a first down.
1st and 10 – Good defense! Hass to the corner of the end zone to Stevens but it’s tipped away at the last moment.
2nd and 10 – Hass to throw to Stevens. Pass is tipped.
3rd and 10 – TOUCHDOWN ALEXANDER!! Patient running yet again!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!

Chicago 21
Seahawks 24

Seattle to kickoff to the Bears. Hester to field the ball after it bounces on the turf a couple of times. Cooper on the stop. Who?
1st and 10 – Pass for a first down.
1st and 10 – Grossman threw a long pass for 21 yards. Aaauuuggghhh. Can’t blame Jennings too much. He’s inexperienced.
1st and 10 – Incomplete. Flag.
1st and 10 – Jones to run.
2nd and 6 – We need an interception NOW. Pass, but no first down. Oh good grief, now they give him a first down. No way it was. Grrrrr.
1st and 10 – Jones to run. Stuffed.
2nd and 9 – Reed for a pass and short gain.
3rd and 4 – HOLD THEM, SEAHAWKS!!! Meanwhile, Fisher comes off the field walking slowly. Throws a pass and he’s way behind the line. That’s 0-7 for the last third down attempts, compared to 5-5 earlier in the game.
4th and 5 – 31 yard field goal attempt. Flags. Defensive player moving. First down Chicago. Oh my gosh. That was AWFUL. I think they missed the field goal, but anyway, it’s now first down for the Bears. What a rotten thing to have happen.

***** END OF THIRD QUARTER *****

1st and goal – The Bears should send us a thank you note for this gift we gave them. Jones to run for not much.
2nd and goal – Flags. False start on Chicago.
2nd and goal from the 14 – Dumps off to Jones when there is pressure. Babineaux on the tackle.
3rd and goal from the 10 – PICKED OFF BY HUNTER!!!!!! The loan officer gets the INT!!!!! (Hey, if the announcers are going to play off the fact that two weeks ago he was a loan officer, we can too!)

1st and 10 – And then Hass gives it back. DUMB play. He had all day, he had an open field. GOOD GRIEF. I can’t believe Hasselbeck did that. It was such a turn of momentum on our part to get that INT and prevent a TD. Good grief, good grief.

1st and 10 – Let’s get it back again. Benson to run. Tackled by Bernard after a gain of 1.
2nd and 9 – Berrian dropped the ball. We are SO lucky because he was wide open.
3rd and 9 – Incomplete. Bad pass by Grossman.
4th and 9 – Field goal attempt; no, pooch punt. Delay of game instead.
4th and 14 – That was a super defensive series. They punted the ball out of bounds.

1st and 10 – Seattle starts at the 7 yard line. 12:26 left in the game. Shaun to run and he’s stuffed. In fact, he gets slammed for a loss.
2nd and 11 – Hass slips but he gets the pass off. Stevens to catch his first pass.
3rd and 1 – SACK
4th and 1 – Hester runs in for a touchdown. But there’s a flag. What is it???? Illegal block in the back. The touchdown comes back. Hester had bobbled the ball. I thought he stepped out way back when he fielded the ball but I guess now.

1st and 10 – I’m about to get sick. This is way too much action! From the 29 yard line, Gorssman to throw. Checks off and throws a pass and still gets 9 yards.
2nd and 1 – Benson to take a pass for the first down and more. +11. HOW did we let them do that?
1st and 10 – Grossman really is having a good game today. For all the bad press, he’s done well. Gross man to pass. Thankfully Benson dropped the ball that hit him right in the hands. When Seattle drops passes, they put up stats. How come we’re not seeing that for the Bears today? They’ve dropped many.
2nd and 10 – Benson to run. Nice gain.
3rd and 2 – And we let him go. Another 11 yard run. Grrrrr.
1st and 10 – 7:42 left in the game. Benson to run and we tackle him after a 4 yard gain.
2nd and 6 – Missed tackled again. Should have been a huge loss but we missed tackles.
3rd and 2 – Will we let them have 11 yards again? HOLD THEM SEAHAWKS!! He did NOT get the first down. It was close, but no way. No first down. Oh good grief. They brought on chains and gave them the first down.
1st and 10 – Benson to run for no gain.
2nd and 10 – Blitz; throws the ball away
3rd and 10 – Nice defense.
4th and 8 – Field goal attempt – 41 yard attempt. It’s good. BARELY but it’s good. We have a tied game.

Chicago 24
Seahawks 24

Oh, my heart. Maybe Burleson can run the kick-off back for a touchdown with no flags on the field. 4:24 left in the game. Burleson to field the kick-off and got a 20 yard return.

1st and 10 – Shaun to run. Looks like a loss but he keeps his feet moving, runs to the outside and gets the first down.
1st and 10 – Shaun to run again. Loss.
2nd and 11 – Pass to Branch. Short of the first down. Scary pass in traffic!
3rd and 1 – Shaun to run. Short.
4th and 1 – We’ll let the clock run down to the two minute warning.

***** TWO MINUTE WARNING *****

4th and 1 – I think we have to punt. I’m not sure what Mike will do, but I think we have to punt. Nope. They say we’re going for it. We’re at mid-field. I don’t know about this. I don’t know about this. I don’t know if I can watch. Bad snap, handoff to Alexander. Bears take over on downs.

1st and 10 – Ut-oh. Fisher is struggling after knocking down the pass.
2nd and 10 – Pass to Jones. Lack of tackling.
3rd and 7 – 1:49 left. DO SOMETHING STUPID, GROSSMAN. Blitz. Batted ball. Goes up in the air. Falls incomplete.
4th and 7 – Chicago punts. It goes into the end zone.

1:38 left. Seattle has 3 timeouts.

1st and 10 – NO MISTAKES!! Hass goes WAY long. Incomplete. Scary, and incomplete.
2nd and 10 – Alexander to run for a first down. Nice big hole. Time-out Seahawks.
1st and 10 – 1:24 left in the game. Shaun to run for another 1st down.
1st and 10 – Shaun to run again. Time-out Seahawks.
2nd and 9 - :54 left in the game. Stevens out of bounds.
3rd and 1 – Shaun to run. First down.
1st and 10 – Spike the ball to stop the clock.
2nd and 10 – Shotgun. Nearly picked off. Hass lofted the ball. It took a long time to get there.
3rd and 10 – Sacked.
4th and 10 – I don’t agree that we let the time run off the clock. We’re in overtime.

***** OVERTIME *****

Seahawks win the toss.

Bears to kick-off. Burleson gets a decent run back. We’ll start at the 30 yard line.
1st and 10 – The announcers say we can take a deep breath now? Oh really? NOT FOR ME!! Alexander to run. 10 yard gain.
1st and 10 – Alexander is out this time. Seattle to hand off to Mo and he’s stuffed.
2nd and 12 – Shaun is coming back into the game. Hass to throw. Has time. Dumps a pass to Heller for a nice gain.
3rd and 2 – Good coverage. No receiver opened up.
4th and 2 – Hester is back to field the punt. Short punt out of bounds.

Bears to take over at the 34 yard line.
1st and 10 – Run, stuffed.
2nd and 10 – Pressure on Grossman, he dumps it off incomplete. Had a chance to pick it.
3rd and 10 – HOLD THEM, SEAHAWKS!!! Long pass. Complete. They are almost in field goal range. +30
1st and 10 – Run, ball comes loose, Seattle has the ball. Referees rule the ball down. We need a replay. Nah, it’s their ball.
2nd and 10 – Benson to run. They’re in field goal range.
3rd and 5 – Threw it away.
4th and 5 – They’re going for the field goal. 49 yard attempt. It’s good. Our season is over.

Now I can sigh. The season is over but it was a respectable one.

Chicago 27
Seahawks 24

Go Hawks!