Today, Chicago Bears Hibernate While Marathoner's Freeze Their......

you know what's off........ with the city in the thralls of global warming, it's going to be a nippy day for the folks running the Chicago Marathon taking over the city for a good part of the morning.....(road closures)

Temperatures will hover in the mid-30s Sunday at the 7:30 a.m. start of the Bank Of Amigo I mean America Chicago Marathon, in sharp contrast to last year's 66 at the start and the debilitating 75 degree open of the heat-shortened 2007 race.
 
 And with a healthy 3 and 1 record the Chicago Bears have a bye this week, so we'll take the time today to catch up on other things and teams ....

Here's today's matchups and more at NFL.com

Washington at Carolina, 1:00 PM

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 1:00 PM

Dallas at Kansas City, 1:00 PM

Oakland at NY Giants, 1:00 PM

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:00 PM

Minnesota at St. Louis, 1:00 PM

Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05 PM

Houston at Arizona, 4:15 PM

Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:15 PM

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Has to be Denver, who now goes to a perfect 5 and 0 this evening in overtime against the New England Patriots winning  Twenty to 17 ( two isn't working on my keyboard)  which is now their fourth come from behind victory this year, keeping them among the league leaders after 5 weeks into the season already!

A feat which, better yet, is being done with former Chicago Bear quarterback Kyle Orton at the helm of the Broncos,  who went to Denver in the now infamous trade for new Bears "franchise quarterback"  Jay Cutler who is 3 and 1 with the Bears who had the day off today.....