One Second. One Loss.

Of course many of us Bears' fans might be saying after this heart breaker game that the Bears should have punted the ball after scoring a touchdown and obtaining the lead for the first time in the game. But let's face the facts the Bears did not bring their whole "A" game sort-to-speak.

The Bears were trailing the Falcon's entering the half 3-9 and managed to score a field goal and a touchdown to have the lead 20-19 with 6 seconds left in the game. Unfortunately the Bears luck came to a halt. The Bears special teams made a short punt kick to run off the rest of the time remaining in the game. This gave the Falcons field position around the 40 yard line. Then Matt Ryan threw a pass to wide receiver Michael Jenkins who goes out of bounds after the reception at the 38 yard line leaving 1 second to go on the time clock. This allowed Falcons' kicker Elam to kick a 48 yard field goal and give Atlanta the win 22-20.

The Bears just didn't bring all of it in this game. It just seems like the Bears were off by just a little bit. It seems that they were just a step off on the defense and offense. The Bears defense did a wonderful job of containing Atlanta's offense to just 9 points in the first half when it could have easily been 24-0. But the Bears have to tighten up on the passing game. Their were a lot of open throws for Atlanta's receivers that gave them first downs and kept their possession alive. I also expected the defense to get to Matt Ryan more often. He seemed to run away from the Bears blitz and come up with a first down throw every single time. It drove me crazy in my living room. I was waiting for the Bears to break out. I was waiting for that big play either a sac, fumble, interception, or a big throw by Kyle Orton.

The Bears' offense was also off. The Bears' offense played pretty well in the fourth quarter but it was too late too little after the other three mediocre quarters they played. They just didn't get a roll on the ball until their was about 4:30 left in the game.

There are also some positives that come out of this game. We see how well the Bears defense can hold a quality offense to a couple field goals and I was very impressed how Kyle Orton handled himself in the fourth quarter. In my mind I was thinking with 4 minutes left in the game with the Bears having possession of the ball "I hope they don't go three and out and punt the ball like the countless times we have seen in so many Bears' comeback attempts." That possession really showed the character the Bears' offenses was carrying themselves with, and it really shows that they are improving offensively. Let's just hope next time the Bears put it all out and put the "W" in the bag. I know they will and you'll see it this Sunday.

GO BEARS!!!