Just imagine if the Packers organization faced the same type of media coverage big market NFL teams do. If you thought Ted Thompson took heat for the Brett Favre divorce, imagine if the Bears had let Favre get away. It's these types of columns that explain why coaches and GM's in other markets face faster hooks than in Green Bay. I was among those said the firing talk of Thompson last year was silly. In reality, in a larger market he very well may have been fired. That's not to say the papers up here never criticize the organization, but it's usually tempered to a large degree. That's also not to say that the Bears don't need to take a close look at everybody, from top to bottom.

I stayed up and watched Cutler throw the winning TD, and one of my first thoughts was: "gee, I wonder if the Chicago media will cut the Bears any slack now?" I must have been more tired than I realized....