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Were you expecting a competitive Thursday night game?

I actually was expecting.

That's a bad job by me.

The Chicago Bears suck. They're terrible. The actually was expecting. That's a bad job by me. The Chicago Bears suck.

They're terrible. The game was garbage. And fortunately, there's like an hour delay in the middle of the game.

So I don't know how many people actually watch the rest of the Green Bay Chicago game. Welcome in the beginning of the Ben Malar show.

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Well, injuries are supposed to be a big factor in the game of football, but when you play

a team that had clearly checked out, it's not even the end of the year, and the Chicago

Bears just did not show up.

They did not.

And the Green Bay Packers, you think, well, they don't have their starting offensive tackles, right?

They have a couple of backups that are playing, other guys on Injured Reserve.

So a makeshift offensive line, you thought, well, the Bears defense is okay in the middle

at least.

No, no.

Of course, it doesn't matter anyway.

You got Mike Lennon as your quarterback.

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