Bears 16, Miami 0

The Chicago Bears are 7-3. They beat the Dolphins on Thursday night football in a convincing win that featured great defense. The Bears are one of only two NFL teams this year to shut out an opposing team. Robbie Gould had three FGs and an extra point. Cutler did alright, but the game was clearly a defensive game. The Bears defense showed up, sacking Miami third-string QB six times.

Some say that there is no reason for celebration because the Dolphins were starting their third-stringer. I would not say that this single game is reason to celebrate, or even the whole season, but it is perfectly acceptable to sit back and be satisfied with the Bears' record at 7-3. The Bears are in a good position, they are in first place with the Packers going into the Metrodome this weekend, a place that is tough to play. If the Packers lose the Bears would have sole possession of first place record-wise (they had it last week because they had the tiebreaker over GB).

The win Thursday Night gave the Bears their 700th all-time win, the most of any franchise, the first franchise to reach 700. Congrautlations to the organization, especially to the Halas-McCaskey family. It is amazing that the team has stayed in one family's hands for so long, and they have done a great job. The Chicago Bears have brought memories to people for ages: thank you for doing such a great job running the Bears.

The Bears have Philly next week, but it is too early to think about that. Watch the games on Sunday and don't think about the Bears. It will be good for the Bears because it is like a second bye week. I don't care how much momentum they have, the rest will benefeit them. Hopefully Minnesota can pull it off against the Packers, and then we'll start thinking about the Eagles. Go Bears!