Time for Bears to face reality, rebound
Mike Mulligan: There comes a point in every season for every team where you either stand up and make a move or you fade away and die. The Bears reached that point Sunday after a dreadful 37-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. It was a wretched game in which nothing went right and a couple of truths were painfully revealed.
Smith blind to Bears' collapse
Greg Couch: The only beauty in this is that the Bears can stop pretending now. The disarray started in full last week, when the Bears were blaming each other, pointing fingers.
Hard to find silver lining in Bears' awful loss
Rick Telander: This, my friends, is why God invented metaphors. The 37-3 thing that occurred Sunday at Lambeau Field was a festering hunk of road kill. It was a light bulb in a trash compactor.
Three takes
Mike Mulligan analyzes key aspects for the Bears
Brothers in arms square off as Orton, Rodgers duel
Brad Biggs: Kyle Orton has hustled back from his injured right ankle in time for an important division game and to begin a rivalry with old buddy Aaron Rodgers. With any luck, the two will be at the center of Bears-Packers games for the next decade.
Packers can't dodge Brett Favre's shadow
Mike Mulligan: You can add envy and jealousy to the turbulent mix of emotions in Green Bay these days. Brett Favre's success with the New York Jets -- after an overtime victory Thursday at New England moved them to 7-3 and alone atop the AFC East -- comes as an affront to some fans in troubled Cheeseland.
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Improving Orton probable for Pack
It's not often in the last decade that the Bears have looked forward to the quarterback carousel spinning around. Count Sunday's game at Lambeau Field as one of those times. Kyle Orton was listed Friday as probable on the injury report and is expected to start against the Green Bay Packers with first place in the NFC North on the line.
