There's Great Organizations Like the Packers, and There's Boneheaded Ones like the Bears

Chris Brooks (left) Tyrique Stevenson (right)
            Once again on Sunday, we saw the difference between a great organization and a bad one. The great obviously being the Green Bay Packers. The Packers in the face of adversity, gutted out another victory against the Jaguars without Jordan Love. Everyone’s talking about the game-winning field goal from Brandon McManus, but another man deserves some serious recognition: running back Chris Brooks, an undrafted second-year player. Signed to the Packers’ practice squad in September after a stint with the Dolphins, he suited up for only his second game on Sunday. Brooks has performed great in the snaps he's gotten for the Packers as a blocker, pass-catcher, and runner. He also has never scored an NFL touchdown, and at the end of the game, he had his chance on his last carry. Instead, he chose to go down around the 3-4 yard line, letting the clock tick down so the Packers could control the last snap for the game-winner.

What more can you say? That is the Green Bay Packers culture through and through thanks to great coaching. It’s a team-first ball club, and Brooks defined that on the second-to-last play of the game. Not a lot of organizations play like this, and as a Packers fan, I’m pretty damn thankful ours does.

Meanwhile, Sunday also gave us a perfect look at what a bad organization looks like, courtesy of none other than the Chicago Bears. They lost on an insane Hail Mary on the last play against the Commanders. On that final play, Bears defender Tyrique Stevenson was taunting the crowd right up until the snap. And if you don’t believe in karma, this will change your mind. On the broadcast, it looks like Stevenson tipped the ball backward right into the hands of Noah Brown, who he was supposed to be covering. 

What’s that one saying? It ain’t over till it’s over. Guess the Bears never heard of it. We know the Bears’ coaching staff is a joke, and this play showed exactly what kind of culture they’re promoting in Chicago. The sad part? This isn’t even surprising for the Bears. The team has a certain stink, and who knows if they’ll ever shake it. This was just another display of why the Packers will always be the big brother to the little brother Bears.


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