In a feckless display of inept defense, poor receiving and general mismanagement, the Bears lost in spectacular fashion to the Bengals in Cincinnati, 45-10.
Former Bear and I-told-you-so finger wagger Cedric Benson, motor mouth Chad Ochocinco and pigskin slinger Carson Palmer ripped apart the Bears defense as the Cincinnati Bengals clocked a seemingly effortless 45-10 victory Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.
Benson, a 2005 Bears first-round draft pick (and fourth overall pick), rushed for a career-high 180 yards and a touchdown against his former team.
Ochocinco, who spent the entire week smack talking on twitter, caught 10 passes for 118 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Palmer, in a game expected to be a shooutout against Cutler, completed all but four of his 24 passes, registering 233 yards and five touchdowns before resting -- resting! -- the second half of the fourth quarter.
As for how the Bears "played"...
Cutler threw three interceptions.
The Bears turned the ball over four times.
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Chicago didn't even score until shortly before the half, when kicker Robbie Gould hit a 22-yard field goal to put three on the board. At halftime the score was 31-3.
In the third quarter, Ochocinco kept his word when, after a 13-yard touchdown pass from Palmer, did a samba in the endzone. The score was 38-3.
The Bears only touchdown of the game with 11:48 remaining on a 5-yard pass from Cutler to Devin Hester to cap off an eight-play, 60-yard drive. The score was 45-10, and Chicago's embarassment was complete.
