Your NFC North Not-Showdown Thursday Night Football Open Thread

Can you smell the weekend? What does it smell like? For some that experience that thing called “seasons”, it may have the odour of raking leaves. For you youngsters out there, perhaps the aroma of a failed bar pickup is invading your nostrils. For others, perhaps a trip to Bed, Bath And Beyond is stinking up your soon-to-be  Saturday afternoon. My weekend is beginning to smell like delicious, delicious ‘by myself-ness’. So sweet… TO THE GAME!

Chi/GB-So it’s come to this. The Bears versus the Packers. Your narrative will be all about the history of this matchup because this game isn’t compelling. Despite the Pack missing rb’s Lacy and Starks, cb Shields, te Cook, wr Adams and a sense of purpose, they should pull this out. The 4th-rate backfield of recently-signed Knile Davis and recently-converted wr Ty Montgomery should get things done against a Bears D that gave up the ghost long before All Hallows Eve. With 5 losses at this point, the Bears are staring at a 1-7 mark heading into their bye-bye week because they get Minny next time around. The rarest of all sports-related phrases can now be uttered by the denizens of Chicago-“Well, at least we have the Cubs”.

There you have it-TYPE LIKE THE WONDERFUL RAGAMUFFINS YOU ARE!