I would really rather not write about the futility of the Bears last evening, but this is a Chicago-centric blog, and damn it: It’s our duty to give you mediocre commentary.

Look: Some were pretty hard on Charles Tillman’s coverage blunder in the first half, the one that lead to a 99-yard touchdown catch by Bernard Berrian. And while it certainly was a bit of a bone-headed play, it was really about the Bears’ sequence before that. They didn’t punch it in in four straight chances from the goal line, and what was almost assuredly a 14-3 lead for the Bears turned into a 10-7 deficit. That was pretty much your ball game.

And Kyle Orton, the man we’ve anointed the new king of Beartopia, well, he sort of sucked last night. This is OK, though: After not throwing a pick in 205 pass attempts, odds were he was going to have a downfall at some point. But, one would have hoped he wouldn’t have thrown three interceptions in the second half with so much at stake.

The defense everyone has thought has crumbled this season, looked strong out the gate. But when Orton is turning the ball of in Bears territory all second half, it’s not as easy to stop the bleeding, especially when Adrian Peterson is on the other side of scrimmage.

And for as up and down and around as the Bears have been this season, (and oh have they been) there’s still a chance to win the division, as after the Vikings take on the Lions next week, they run up against the Cardinals, Falcons and Giants the last three weeks of the season.

The Bears have not made things easy for themselves, though. Welcome to Monday. Welcome to typical Bears football.