Empty Win for Bears Over St. Louis

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Published: December 6, 2009

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... that wasn't decided until 17 seconds were left in the game.

Forgive me for not streaking down the street screaming "We Won!" A win is a win, but shouldn't this one be filed under the "moral loss" category?

Granted, we did some things well; it was nice to see us decide to play defense on third down this game.  

But for the most part, nothing we did today made me feel like we can win more than one game the rest of the season (I love playing the Lions twice a year).  Let's take a quick look at the stats.  

We had 126 rushing yards on 35 carries against the 28th-rated rush defense in the league.  It was nice to see us establish the run and stick to it.

On our second touchdown drive, we ran the ball 10 times and passed it three times.

We still didn't have any breakout runs, though.  Forte had a long run of 15 yards, and Bell had a long of just 9.

Remember just two years ago, when we all knocked Benson for dancing around too much in th...

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