It really is remarkable. Pat Kirwan wrote a book with watching the lines in the title but Dan thinks he's dropping knowledge on the world with the way he watches the game.

What does focusing on Stephen Paea tell me?

Exactly how stupid Americans are for making football the most popular sport.

Exactly how stupid Americans are for making football the most popular sport.

Last nights game was every bit as boring as an average baseball game.

Except without the nuance.

I'll give him this. I did watch the lines and it always did lead back to the ball...because it was usually in Cutler's hand.

We've gone through the Mike, Sam, Will stage. We moved on to the three technique era. Now we are on the watch the lines epoch of Bernstien superiority to you.

How can you not watch the line? That's all they show.

Hank, I had the opportunity to go to a Bears preseason game this year courtesy of some free tickets. I had only ever been to two in my entire life and never to a college game. I contend that football is best viewed in the comfort of one's home. In any case, it is amazing how slow the game is and it really comes through when you see it in person. There are endless stoppages and tv time outs. The seconds between snaps even seem long because you do not have announcers explaining stuff from a replay. I told my wife I never realized how boring football actually is. I think this is why I like hockey more as I get older. I have always loved baseball because by nature it is a slow and subtle sport. Football seems like high activity when in fact it is mostly downtime.

Exactly how stupid Americans are for making football the most popular sport.

And we're back on the same team again ...

Hank, I had the opportunity to go to a Bears preseason game this year courtesy of some free tickets. I had only ever been to two in my entire life and never to a college game. I contend that football is best viewed in the comfort of one's home. In any case, it is amazing how slow the game is and it really comes through when you see it in person. There are endless stoppages and tv time outs. The seconds between snaps even seem long because you do not have announcers explaining stuff from a replay. I told my wife I never realized how boring football actually is. I think this is why I like hockey more as I get older. I have always loved baseball because by nature it is a slow and subtle sport. Football seems like high activity when in fact it is mostly downtime.

Last year it was the Wide 9 that he became an expert on.

Ah yes. Can't run a Cover-2 without an excellent three-technique.

Anyway, this year's is shaping up to be "stop demanding that the Bears blitz more/the Bears need to put more pressure on the quarterback."