Week 5: Watching football with my wife

I root for the Saints. My wife roots for the Bears. She doesn't understand why I don't root for the Bears. Well, that's because when I was growing up in the 1970s, I don't remember anything but Bears losses. Who would want to root for that? I was originally a Raiders fan as a kid, but found a different team when the late Al Davis took his Raiders to L.A.

Sunday was a typical day of watching football with my wife. We watch silently, but have different reactions. We attended a kids birthday party early in the afternoon when the host finally turned on football as the party came to end. I was wearing a Saints hat, watching the end of a rare Saints game on the a Chicago market TV when the host asked me what team I root for. Believe it.

When I watch the Saints, I am usually grinning and have no other expression. When my wife watches the Bears, she is usually seething and has no other expression.

Which takes us to a bizarre Monday Night game for the Bears when my wife expresses disgust for Lovie Smith's decision making and I am smiling just a big when Jahvid Best breaks a big one against the Bears to help give me a 59-57 fantasy victory over Newt.

NEAR RECORD: The Brawlers scored 82 points in Week 5 to come within eight points of equaling Matt Simo's league record of 90 points for a single game in 1995.

One more thought from Eggers owner Mike Miazga on Week 5: "This is a win I was lucky to have. I thought for sure I would get killed given I left Janikowski and his 3 50-yard field goals and 1 40-yard field goal on the bench (24 points) as well as Bowe from Kansas City who had a big day (17 points, I believe). I went back and forth with Janikowski and Akers but went with Akers kicking at home. Bowe I also thought about quite a bit given I do not like starting two players from the same team. Roethlisberger (5 TDs) I did not even consider starting."