The Arizona Cardinals moved to 10-2 with their 33 to 22 win in a sloppy Soldier Field, and at 4-8 the Chicago Bears are one step closer to being officially eliminated from the NFC playoff race. With any luck the networks will stop slapping the orange C at the bottom of their in-the-hunt graphics, because that’s just sad to see.
Chicago had the edge in most of the stats on Sunday, but I don’t care what the numbers say, because the Bears were never in this game. Chicago had more yards (329 to 257), more first downs (26 to 14), the time of possession edge (34:45 to 25:15), and less penalties (6-45 to 8-63).