Since their bye week, Bears have proven they can win with balance.

The 2010 fantasy season is over, and what a strange year it was. Here is a quick look back, and some thoughts for the future.

You know the old rule, fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, well then, you are a true fantasy football enthusiasts. The game is littered with players who continue to ride certain players even when they should know better. Ask anybody who suffered with Matt Forte this year. Had a slow start with Ryan Mathews this year. The list could go on.

A look at some of the most notable numbers, ongoing streaks and best performances from around the league, starting with Tom Terrific.

Think that your season is over just because you have been eliminated from the playoffs? That is absolutely not the case if you are still involved in a keeper league.

The weather could have a major effect on the first week of the fantasy football postseason.

Tim Tebow is technically a quarterback, he is still better than — fantasy wise — than Bears RB Matt Forte. Tebow vultured another touchdown this week, scoring on a 1-yard touchdown jaunt.

Here is the list of running backs who are better — fantasy wise — than Bears RB Matt Forte.

There were a fair number of fantasy disappointments in the — what we on the West Coast call — the 10 a.m. games. And a number of them are now on ‘the list.’

Panthers RB Goodson will have sleeper value in Week 10.

Raiders fans are known for their overreactions. Don’t believe me? Greyhound had to shutdown its servers last night because Raiders fans flooded the system booking travel to Dallas for the Super Bowl following Sunday’s beat down of the Broncos, which proved — beyond a shadow of a doubt — that greatness is in the future for the Silver & Black.

Matt Forte is having a huge game — and we’re only in the first quarter!

Look, if you’re down by 15 points going into the Monday night game, you’re opponent is done for the week and you’ve got the combination of Matt Forte and Greg Jennings, well, let’s just say I was optimistic.

By now, you’ve likely seen all the highlights and digested all the relevant fantasy stats from the first Sunday of the 2010 NFL season. Here’s a chance to dig a little deeper, with key nuggets from each of Sunday’s games, courtesy of crack NFL Network research guru George Li.

Here is the thing that gets overlooked in a game like the Titans blowout of the Raiders. RB Darren McFadden actually had a good game. Seriously. Well, at least fantasy wise.