PPS -- I see the Browns have hired another head coach. Are they determined not to win? Maybe Rod Chudzinski is a diamond in the rough. Vince Lombardi was not well known when he went to work for that team in Wisconsin. Supposedly fans still make pilgrimages to the small house he lived in and ask if they can play touch football on the lawn. Chudzinski, I'm not so sure. His chief credential is he was the offensive coordinator for the Panthers. They ranked 15th, which I guess is better than the team as a whole did.

There is major drama here about the Bears' new head coach. I am among those who wonder whether it was fair to fire Lovie Smith after leading the team to a 10-6 record and missing the playoffs on a tiebreaker. There was just a sense of Lovie fatigue after 9 seasons with only one trip to the Super Bowl. There were also some Chicago sportswriters who were actively trying to run him out of town. Jerks. Chicago has the most vicious sports media this side of Boston. What have they missed in Bears history that makes them expect the Bears to be perennial Super Bowl contenders?

Here's to a 2013 postseason in which da Bears and Browns meet in the Super Bowl ;-)