Rostradamus's four downs: Eddy Pineiro kicks Bears to win over Broncos

So, I guess you could say the Chicago Bears' demons have been exorcised.

Eddy Pineiro made two 50-plus yard field goals, including a 53-yard field goal as time expired, to help lead the Bears to a 16-14 win over the Denver Broncos.

After being largely ineffective for the first 59 1/2 minutes, the Bears' offense put together a quick game-winning drive

Chicago was aided by a roughing the passer penalty - which, yes, was highly questionable at best, but so was a personal foul penalty the Eddie Goldman committed against Joe Flacco that led to a field goal earlier in the field goal.

Refball giveth, and refball taketh away.

Mitchell Trubisky completed a clutch fourth-and-15 pass to Allen Robinson to set up Pineiro's game-winning kick.

Does all of this sound somewhat familiar?

After struggling in the first half of last season's NFC Wild-Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Trubisky led the Bears into field-goal range in the final seconds, but Cody Parkey's double doink heard around the world sealed Chicago's loss.

Since then, the biggest storyline for the Bears' offseason was the kicking competition, which came down to the preseason before Pineiro was chosen over Elliott Fry.

Clearly, the right decision was made there.

On his Twitter account, the YouTuber known as UrinatingTree had the following to state:

"You have to love the Chicago Bears offense:

"- Terrible playcalling

"- Complete underutilization of guys like Cohen and Montgomery

"- Uninspired and vertically challenged passing by Trubisky

"- Forcing the defense to stay on the field to be picked apart by checkdowns.

"2006 again."

Maybe it was the opponent we faced, but these Bears -- at least the ones who played this game -- remind me of a different team from the past.

Much like Tim Tebow used to do for the Broncos, Trubisky showed an ability to produce little before pulling off some clutch plays in the end.

It's not the first time he has shown this knack for Tebowing. After all, it was Trubisky who led the Bears into field-goal range last January to set up the double doink.

And the 2011 Broncos did have a solid kicker as well in Matt Prater, who did kick a 59-yard game-tying field goal and a 51-yarder in overtime to win a 13-10 game for the Broncos against the Bears.

Of course, the 2006 Bears did have a better defense, and they went further in the playoffs, so for the sake of Bears fans such as myself, I would hope that UrinatingTree's words are more prophetic than mine.