At the top of every Bears fan's holiday wish list is a Super Bowl victory.
But with the Bears having a 5-8 record heading into Monday's game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field, that would require Santa pulling off the impossible after how this season has gone.
Judging by Monday night's 16-point loss against the Saints, fans might as well scratch off their lists any Bears-related gifts they want too.
But if your list included going to a game in the middle of December and not having your beer freeze or have inches of snow pile on your shoulders, well, then Santa said you're welcome. (To be fair, you probably didn't ask for a game without rain.)
As we all know, Santa checks his list twice and finds out who's naughty or nice. So RedEye thought it'd be fun to be Santa's little helper and point him in the right direction of which players should get coal in their stockings and which ones should get presents.
FIRST QUARTER
Nice: With fumbles, incomplete passes, penalties, interceptions and short field goals, the scoreless first quarter seems to be a battle over which team stinks the most. Luckily for the Bears, the Saints don't put up any points.
Naughty: Who throws an interception and nearly gets sacked in back-to-back plays? That'd be Jay Cutler. And who throws the ball on the third down with 1 yard to go? You guessed right: Cutler.
Nice: Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy shows his Chicago pride wearing a Bears jersey as he sang the National Anthem.
Naughty: Saints kicker Shayne Graham tries to make a 51-yard field goal and it comes up short. Womp, womp.
Score: Bears 0, Saints 0
SECOND QUARTER
Naughty: The Bears defense fails to keep the Saints from scoring an 8-yard touchdown early in the second quarter and again with less than a minute to halftime for a 9-yard touchdown.
Naughty: With a total of 92 yards for the Bears compared with the Saints' 245 yards for the first half, the Bears offense should be embarrassed. And fans let them have it with a round of boos.
Nice: Gotta give credit to Saints QB Drew Brees for completing 18 of 20 passes for 226 yards. Cutler doesn't even come close, completing 6 out of 14 for a total of 56 yards.
Nice: Patrick O'Donnell gives fans a boost with four minutes left-He punted the ball 56 yards to the 5-yard line to make it tougher for the Saints to quickly get the ball down to the other end of the field.
Score: Saints 14, Bears 0
THIRD QUARTER
Naughty: Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, it does. Bears stay scoreless while Josh Hill (above) scores again to make it 21-zip. Then a 25-yard field goal with 16 seconds left leaves the Saints up 24 to nothing.
Nice: Safety Ryan Mundy sacks Brees early on for a loss of six yards. The Bears need to take some comfort in one good play, right?
Naughty: Cutler throws his third interception of the game. That gives him 18 for the season. And there's nothing nice about that at all.
Score: Saints 24, Bears 0
FOURTH QUARTER
Nice: No longer scoreless! Marquess Wilson scores the Bears' first touchdown of the game with a one-yard pass from Cutler. Fans rejoice as Bears dodge a shutout.
Nice: Martellus Bennett grabs the two-point conversion to make it 24-8.
Nice: Cutler runs the ball for 20 yards to the 46-yard line. There we go. Why hasn't the team run the ball more? Better late than never, right?
Naughty: Despite that run, the next few plays include a fumble although recovered and Cutler's sixth sack of the game. Don't forget about that 5-yard false start penalty committed by Wilson.
Nice: Alshon Jeffery catches a 7-yard pass scores with 30 seconds left. But it's too little, too late. Bears lose.
Final Score: Saints: 35, Bears 15
But with the Bears having a 5-8 record heading into Monday's game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field, that would require Santa pulling off the impossible after how this season has gone.
Judging by Monday night's 16-point loss against the Saints, fans might as well scratch off their lists any Bears-related gifts they want too.
But if your list included going to a game in the middle of December and not having your beer freeze or have inches of snow pile on your shoulders, well, then Santa said you're welcome. (To be fair, you probably didn't ask for a game without rain.)
As we all know, Santa checks his list twice and finds out who's naughty or nice. So RedEye thought it'd be fun to be Santa's little helper and point him in the right direction of which players should get coal in their stockings and which ones should get presents.
FIRST QUARTER
Nice: With fumbles, incomplete passes, penalties, interceptions and short field goals, the scoreless first quarter seems to be a battle over which team stinks the most. Luckily for the Bears, the Saints don't put up any points.
Naughty: Who throws an interception and nearly gets sacked in back-to-back plays? That'd be Jay Cutler. And who throws the ball on the third down with 1 yard to go? You guessed right: Cutler.
Nice: Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy shows his Chicago pride wearing a Bears jersey as he sang the National Anthem.
Naughty: Saints kicker Shayne Graham tries to make a 51-yard field goal and it comes up short. Womp, womp.
Score: Bears 0, Saints 0
SECOND QUARTER
Naughty: The Bears defense fails to keep the Saints from scoring an 8-yard touchdown early in the second quarter and again with less than a minute to halftime for a 9-yard touchdown.
Naughty: With a total of 92 yards for the Bears compared with the Saints' 245 yards for the first half, the Bears offense should be embarrassed. And fans let them have it with a round of boos.
Nice: Gotta give credit to Saints QB Drew Brees for completing 18 of 20 passes for 226 yards. Cutler doesn't even come close, completing 6 out of 14 for a total of 56 yards.
Nice: Patrick O'Donnell gives fans a boost with four minutes left-He punted the ball 56 yards to the 5-yard line to make it tougher for the Saints to quickly get the ball down to the other end of the field.
Score: Saints 14, Bears 0
THIRD QUARTER
Naughty: Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, it does. Bears stay scoreless while Josh Hill (above) scores again to make it 21-zip. Then a 25-yard field goal with 16 seconds left leaves the Saints up 24 to nothing.
Nice: Safety Ryan Mundy sacks Brees early on for a loss of six yards. The Bears need to take some comfort in one good play, right?
Naughty: Cutler throws his third interception of the game. That gives him 18 for the season. And there's nothing nice about that at all.
Score: Saints 24, Bears 0
FOURTH QUARTER
Nice: No longer scoreless! Marquess Wilson scores the Bears' first touchdown of the game with a one-yard pass from Cutler. Fans rejoice as Bears dodge a shutout.
Nice: Martellus Bennett grabs the two-point conversion to make it 24-8.
Nice: Cutler runs the ball for 20 yards to the 46-yard line. There we go. Why hasn't the team run the ball more? Better late than never, right?
Naughty: Despite that run, the next few plays include a fumble although recovered and Cutler's sixth sack of the game. Don't forget about that 5-yard false start penalty committed by Wilson.
Nice: Alshon Jeffery catches a 7-yard pass scores with 30 seconds left. But it's too little, too late. Bears lose.
Final Score: Saints: 35, Bears 15