To say that the Bears start to the 2007 season is a disappointment is a huge understatement.  Some where George Wendt is drowning is sorrows in his 18th beer after today's loss to the Vikings.  The easy culprit at the beginning of the season was Rex Grossman who clearly has more guts sometimes than brains.  Rex seems to have all of the natural gifts to be a quality NFL QB but just makes inexplicable decisions that leave Bears fans choking on their deep dish pizza.  Lovie Smith finally did the right thing and turned the reins over to 10 year veteran Brian Griese.  Griese is not going to be mistaken for another Michigan Quarterback that is busy writing his resume for a hall of fame career, but he has the experience and is efficient in the passing game.  The two games since the disaster in Detroit, Griese has been good, if not great, and the offense is playing well enough for the Bears to win. 

However, 3 out of the last 4 games the defense has given up 34+ points in each game and has lost the ability to stop the run that they displayed so impressively in their first two games.  The Bears just spent this past Sunday handing Adrian Peterson the Rookie of the Year award by allowing him to run all over and around them for over 200 yards (2 runs of better than 65 yards).  An obvious problem to point to is their injuries and the Bears have had their share.  If you throw in the loss of Tank Johnson before the season began it is easy to point to the fact that the Bears are playing a bit undermanned.  However, after watching the Cowboys pick them apart, the Packers run on them and now the Vikings it becomes evident that the bears frequently look out of position and, frankly, they look slow.  The first signs of these problems were seen last year when they had trouble stopping the run and it was blamed on the absence of some key defensive linemen.  That fact aside, what did the organization do to fill those holes (even though the Tank came back, they knew he had a suspension coming at the start of the season)?  What has the coaching staff done to make adjustments?  Injuries are part of the game and the Bears are quickly taking themselves out of the playoff race because they cannot stop anyone with any consistency.

The Bears just gave up 34 points to a team that has scored 17, 10 and 16 points in its previous 3 games and this frustrated, but loyal, Bears fan wants to know why and when are we going to see the 2007 version of the Monsters of the Midway?

Bear down!