O’Sullivan’s Brilliance Downs Bears

Although preseason games are hardly an indication of what a season will hold, Chicago Bears fans saw an interesting game against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday where the Niners downed the Bears 37-30.  Kyle Orton did exceptionally well and showed the Bears why they chose him as the starting quarterback, but the Bears defense seemed unexpectedly lackluster.  Coach Lovie Smith told Larry Mayer, “On the defensive side of the football, I was just completed disappointed with the entire effort. We’re a better defense than that. I thought after last week we would get that swagger back and come out strong. Every indication I got this week said that we would do that, but we didn’t get it done. We’ll go back, make the corrections and try to go from there. “

It didn’t help that the come-out-of-nowhere 49ers quarterback J.T. O’Sullivan had a nearly perfect game, completing 7 of 8 for 126 yards, a touchdown and a quarterback rating of 158.3.  Both Bears backup Rex Grossman and 49ers backup Alex Smith faltered.  Both were supposed to be stars at the helm of their teams by this point in their careers.  See how the Bears comeback from a slow preseason by getting Chicago Bears tickets at StubHub.com.

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