Bears Bites: Bye playoffs, Bye week
The Bears lost to the Detroit Lions Sunday 16-7
Holiday bite: The Bears wore orange jerseys in honor of Halloween. It was a fitting uniform choice, given few things are scarier than the team's showing thus far this season.
Statistical bite: Teams that begin the season 3-5 only make the post season 2 percent of the time.
Best bite: Bears tackle Tommie Harris asked for fans' patience and guaranteed the team will make it to the playoffs. "That's how much I believe in my teammates," he said. "Sometimes it's better to believe than understand. St. Augustine said that."
Upcoming bite: The Bears have a bye next Sunday, meaning fans won't have to suffer through another lackluster effort or repeated footage of a football floating in Lake Michigan.
Apathetic bite: Bears running back Cedric Benson averaged 3.8 yards per carry Sunday. If you don't understand that statistic, look at this way: There are comatose patients who are more engaged with their surroundings than this guy.
Questioning bite: So Kyle Orton, whatcha doin' on Nov. 11?
Painful bite: Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher told FOX reporter Jay Glazer that he has been suffering from an arthritic back. No word on his heart, which also seems to be lacking this season.
Surly bite: When asked about his back after the game, a testy Urlacher said fans should go to Foxsports.com for information about his condition. He answered all other media questions with a terse "not sure" or a bitter "probably." Looks like Brian's ego is as banged up as his back.
British bite: FOX announcers claimed to have experienced "goose bumps" after hearing "God Save the Queen" before the Giants-Dolphins game in London. Here's betting these jokers wept during "Bad News Bears Go to Japan," too.
Sound bite: "Right now as a football team -- offense, defense, special teams -- we're not playing well," Bears Coach Lovie Smith, winner of this week's Captain Obvious award.
Overused bite: In case you missed it the first 2,323 times FOX broadcasters mentioned it, Lions Coach Rod Marinelli said the best way to prevent Devin Hester from scoring on a kick return was to "kick the ball into Lake Michigan." Not a bad plan, all things considered.
Optimistic bite: Quarterback Brian Griese vowed not to dwell on Sunday's pitiful performance. "You lay down and you bleed for a while," he said. "But then you get back up and you go back to work. And you work on the things that you need to work on and you got to get better at. You take what's promised you -- and that's the next game."