They were who we thought they were

I guess the real question is — What did Dennis Green think we were?

The assessment embedded in the late great coach’s famous postgame press conference following the legendary 24-23 come-from-behind Bears win over the Arizona Cardinals is that the 2006 Chicago Bears were, at their core, a sloppy and untalented team easily dispatched so long as they didn’t produce a historic comeback anchored by three non-offensive touchdowns.

But that’s bogus for two reasons. First, though the Bears offense was freakishly anemic against the Cards (168 total yards, 6 turnovers, 3 points), they’d been brilliant thus far, 1st in the NFL in points per game at 31.2 (with only one non-offensive TD) and 3rd in yards.…