Crabtree? No, the Niners have a bad case of VD!

It's a rare Thursday night edition of a Bears preview, just over an hour before kickoff, so I know most of you aren't going to catch this before the game. Going to skim over a couple storylines to keep an eye on if you catch it during the game.
The main storyline between both the Bears and 49ers during this short week was what was said by Vernon Davis about the Bears defense. Is this guy really an idiot giving prime bulletin board material saying his team is going to shred the Bears defense? No wonder fans in SF are buying shirts like these about both Davis and Michael Crabtree. DAMN! All I can say is keep your head on a swivel Mr. Davis because you're going to get a couple shots tonight! He does present a hell of a matchup problem for the Bears as other than Lance Briggs I don't really have faith in the other two linebackers and putting a safety on him is out of the question because he'll just post up like a basketball player and take him to school on the low block.
Speaking of Briggs, this is the first time the Bears have played the '9ers since the tampering allegations when he was set to become a free agent two years ago. Here's what he had to say about the matter. I was so pissed at him when it was all going down, but was relieved when the Bears were able to sign him.
Of course there is the Niners coach, Mike Singletary, a Hall of Fame player with the Bears who has his No. 50 retired playing his former team for the first time. I have oodles of respect for the man. He runs his team the right way and you can do nothing but root for the guy to do well. That is of course, except for this night. I am going to enjoy watching him get fired up on the sidelines. A trait he no doubt got from Mike Ditka.
Finally, this is a make-0r-break game for the Bears as the talk all around Chicago is that Lovie Smith is on the hot seat. It's an idea that I shot down completely a couple weeks ago after the Bengals mangled his defense for 45 points. Well after another 41-point outting by the Cardinals the whispers have turned to screams and his head is being called for my the millions (AND MILLIONS!) of Bears fans in the greater Chicagoland Area (Sounds like a line from Wayne's World doesn't it?).
Well Lovie isn't buying any of it and his players are backing him. That's what you want to see. And if anyone wants to see Coach Lovie rolled out of town in two pieces, don't hold your breath. Simply not happening people. First, that would cost the Bears $11 million over the final two years of his contract. Oh yeah, remember that contact he signed before the 2007 season after taking the team to the Super Bowl? That gives him a mulligan here. And second, there is a certain someone this defense was built around that makes the Cover-2 scheme fly and his name his Brian Urlacher. Where is he at these days? That's right, he's sitting on the sidelines eating a towel like Jerry Tarkanian. It's proven that a GREAT middle linebacker makes the Cover-2 roll and the Bears just don't have it right now. They have good players trying to play the position, but not GREAT like Urlacher.
The fact of the matter is this: at 4-4 the Bears are at a point where it is make-or-break for the season. That goes for Lovie and the rest of the players who are being evaluated by management, just like Lovie, as the team tries to figure out who stays and who goes in 2010.

Alright, since this game is the first on the NFL docket this week, I went ahead and made my NFL picks. Had a mediocre week last week and kept pace in my pools. Here we go. Winners in bold.
Bears @ 49ers
Saints @ Rams
Bucs @ Dolphins
Lions @ Vikings
Jaguars @ Jets
Bills @ Titans
Bengals @ Steelers
Broncos @ Redskins
Falcons @ Panthers
Chiefs @ Raiders
Eagles @ Chargers
Seahawks @ Cardinals
Cowboys @ Packers
Patriots @ Colts
Ravens (28) @ Browns (6)

Staying on an NFL trip. Found this video on today's Hot Clicks on SI.com, which made it official that The Who will be performing at halftime of the Super Bowl (Who decides this shit anyway. AWFUL!). That's not what this is about. It was linked by Chris Cooley in his blog and it absolutely hilarious. Jared Allen plays for the Vikings so I should hate him, but he is just too good... AT EVERYTHING he does!



On a non sports front, this is one you just have to watch. Carrie Prejean is that pageant Nussie that we got behind when Perez Hilton blasted her. Well, now she is just proving the theory that most women are just "Nussies 'til proven innocent!" I mean really you dumbass?! Even Larry King wants to drop kick you now!



Alright, she is most certainly not Nussie Hunter worthy, but this next girl is. She was on the Howard Stern Show Wednesday and was saying how she got breast implants AFTER winning Playmate of the Year in 2007. She was so insecure she would have sex with her boyfriend with her bra on. Really? Take a look at her now here. Then take a look at this pic from back in the day (Which just so happened to be a Thursday, btw!).