The season starts when?

Evidently the Bears have a different take on the NFL schedule from the other 31 teams in the league. I think what's most irritating about Smith's comments about the season starting over with six games to go is that I'm not surprised, or even really all that angry. I mean, this is a team that can't even manage a game clock, so why should anyone expect them to know how to read a calendar? Or maybe now is the time the Bears have decided to play like the team they claim to be - you know, the best team in the league. THAT'S what it is - the Bears have lulled the rest of the NFL in to thinking they're a delusional, overpaid, underachieving bunch of wasted talent, and now they can execute their master plan to show everyone who the best team in the NFL is! Or maybe it's more of the same old mealy-mouthed crap. I choose door number three, and if like me you think you've heard the beginning of this story before, you probably have a feeling the sequel is going t...