"Jerry Angelo had a lot to say before the Bears calamitous appearance on Monday Night Football, including a remark that read like a confession. Has this team been built on a faulty premise?

"It's hard to play defense in this league,'' the Bears general manager said in the press box in Detroit. "That old adage doesn't apply anymore. Defense keeps you in games, offenses have to win games for you. And you have to help the defense. It's hard now, what has been going on the last 10 years with these rules and these kids are coming out much better, particularly at the skill positions based on what the colleges are doing.''

The old adage in question is that defense wins championships. The Bears, of course, are built on defense. If offense is king, guess who's the jester?"