Bears 30, Browns 6

Perhaps WFLD-TV sports anchor Corey McPherrin put it best last night when he said, and I'm paraphrasing, that Sunday's win by the Chicago Bears over Cleveland was the least-impressive 30-6 victory he had ever seen.

Maybe the NFL should follow the NHL's lead and adopt a points system to determine its teams' place in the standings. Most victories could count as two points in the system, and victories over teams as bad as the Browns could count as one. It really doesn't seem right to even count the win among the four the Bears have now recorded on the season.

While Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson might not be able to hit his receivers if I was covering them, it was a nice bounce-back game for the Bears defense and their secondary in particular. Charles Tillman had one of his worst games as a Bear in the previous week's loss at Cincinnati. Again, you deserve only so much credit for doing anything against the Browns, but Tillman returned an interception for a touchdown and also recovered a fumble. Danieal Manning also had an interception and a fumble recovery, Nick Roach forced a pair of fumbles and Adewale Ogunleye also had a fumble recovery.

As for the Bears offense ... well, at least it was the best offense on the field, if only by default. You know Matt Forte is having a poor season if the announcers feel the need to sing his praises on a day that he averages 3.5 yards per carry. It wasn't all Forte's fault, just as it hasn't been all his fault all year, as the offensive line continued to struggle with Josh Beekman in at left guard for Frank Omiyale. Jay Cutler was under fire all day, and the result was another mediocre performance, and a bloody tongue, from the high-priced QB.

At least Cutler won't have to hear how much better off the Bears would be with Kyle Orton for a change. Orton and the Denver Broncos finally lost, meaning the former Bears QB is only two 2009 wins better than the current one. If only Cutler could play Cleveland every week...