The Bears beat themselves due to their unexplainable, piss-poor coaching decisions and Barber making 2 critical mistakes.
There was a series of like 10 events that needed to happen in order for the Broncos to have a chance, and by some stroke of luck it happened.
First off, why would the Bears intentionally go 3 and out twice when there was still like 7-8 minutes left in the game? Horrible decision there, but I'm not at all surprised since the Bears play not to lose instead of playing to win. They are so conservative it's sad and ridiculous. This isn't the 1950's anymore.
Next, why was their defense playing 40 yards off the ball and leaving the RB checkdown open
every single time? On the Broncos TD drive, all Tebow did was check down to the RB and receivers who were wide ass open since the Bears were playing so far back. That RB had at least 20 yards of real estate in front of him every time he caught the ball. A 3rd grader could complete that pass...
Then there's the blown coverage in the end zone leaving a receiver wide open. Again, anyone can complete that pass.
Finally, if Barber just got down instead of going outta bounds, the Broncos never woulda got the ball back. Then if he hadn't fumbled later on, they were in scoring range already and were about to win. I'm not putting this on Barber at all because shit happens, but the coaching staff should have never been so fuckin conservative and let it get that close. You should
never blow a 10 point lead with 2 minutes left no matter who the hell you're playing.
At the end of the day, the Broncos victory tonight was due to a breakdown in coaching by the Bears and their field goal kicker and defense comin through again. Every game the Broncos have won so far has been because of the defense, running game, and the field goal kicker. Tebow is getting WAY too much credit for this shit.
And if you can't tell, I'm a Bears fan (for how much longer I don't know) which is why I'm heated about the whole thing. They are one frustrating team to be a fan of.