Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:20 PM
Lord All Mighty!
Everyone needs to lighten up a bit about the Bears. I'm so tired of the Chicago media, national media and bloggers alike, shrieking like little girls who've had a frog thrown at them. OH MY!!! Grossman is horrible, terrible...ahhhhhhhh!!!! The defense is falling apart! Injuries, missed tackles, no pass rush...ahhhhhhhhh!!!
Lovie Smith doesn't adjust! 300+ yards let up per game for the last few games, the Saints, the Eagles...ahhhhhhhh!!!!
All the media needs is a pair of ruby slippers and a little black dog to compliment the drama queen image.
All this over a team that posted the second best record in the NFL. All this over a team that was far and away the best team in the NFC. All this over a team that won home field advantage throughout the playoffs. All this over a team with a quarterback that won offensive player of the month for September, offensive player of the week just two weeks ago, brought his team from behind against Minnesota and the Giants and has more (7) 100+ ratings games than ANY other quarterback in the league (yes, and more -40 ratings games). All this over a team that beat just about all the teams it was supposed to, while losing to the highly touted, Brady led New England Patriots by just four points in what could be a preview of the Super Bowl, while winning back to back road games against the Jets and the Giants. All this over a defense that had been one of the best in the league until recent injuries to Tillman, Johnson, Vasher, Harris and the troubles of Tank, while losing defensive leader Mike Brown early. All this over a team that really hasn't had much to play for the last couple of weeks, with the Coach pulling players to keep them rested.
Come the playoffs, the defense will have most of their starters back in the fold, rested, fit as can be expected this late in the season and ready to beat on whoever shows up in the lake front wind blown, frozen natural grass stadium that is Soldier Field in January.
They will have one of the best running duo's in the NFL, rested from splitting time at the position, waiting to unload on unsuspecting teams (Thomas Sanders and Cedric Benson account for better than 1850 yards on the ground).
On special teams they have quite possibly the most exciting returner in the NFL in Devon Hester who set an NFL record with six returns for touchdowns this year while tying the NFL record for the longest return with a 108 yarder earlier this year (tied with fellow teamate Nathan Vasher). They also have the top rated kicker in Robbie Gould.
So, what are we complaining about? It would seem that the complaints are about, well... I guess - How they win? Is that what this is all about? HOW THEY WIN??? You must be kidding me. The way to tell a good team from the rest of the pack is that they win the games they are supposed to, and then they win the games that seem lost. This is the Chicago Bears.
As far as Grossman is concerned, he will be fine. This is a quarterback who has more confidence than he has a right to, and is blessed because of that attitude and a howitzer for an arm. Let him play, let him throw, let him fire all of his guns. And if it goes bad? Well, you still have Griese in the background, waiting to earn his five million a year.
Prediction? Bears in the Super Bowl, handling the NFC with ease, but probably losing against either Baltimore or San Diego, although beating either of those teams is certainly not improbable.
All year, week after week, we have listened to the so-called experts express their opinions on who were the best teams in the NFC. Week after week the Bears kept winning, but were tossed to the side while we heard that the newest, best team was... Dallas, yes! Dallas was now the team to be afraid of! No, wait, the Eagles! Yes! The Eagles... No..uh..wait... the Saints! We are sure its the Saints! And game after game, week after week, the Bears did what all these other teams couldn't. They just won. With offense. With defense. With special teams. With coaching. With play calling. With grit. With sweat. With attitude.
So to all the "experts", I say, pull your skirts down off of your faces and quit running around in little circles, the Bears will be fine.
Just watch and see.
Everyone needs to lighten up a bit about the Bears. I'm so tired of the Chicago media, national media and bloggers alike, shrieking like little girls who've had a frog thrown at them. OH MY!!! Grossman is horrible, terrible...ahhhhhhhh!!!! The defense is falling apart! Injuries, missed tackles, no pass rush...ahhhhhhhhh!!!
Lovie Smith doesn't adjust! 300+ yards let up per game for the last few games, the Saints, the Eagles...ahhhhhhhh!!!!
All the media needs is a pair of ruby slippers and a little black dog to compliment the drama queen image.
All this over a team that posted the second best record in the NFL. All this over a team that was far and away the best team in the NFC. All this over a team that won home field advantage throughout the playoffs. All this over a team with a quarterback that won offensive player of the month for September, offensive player of the week just two weeks ago, brought his team from behind against Minnesota and the Giants and has more (7) 100+ ratings games than ANY other quarterback in the league (yes, and more -40 ratings games). All this over a team that beat just about all the teams it was supposed to, while losing to the highly touted, Brady led New England Patriots by just four points in what could be a preview of the Super Bowl, while winning back to back road games against the Jets and the Giants. All this over a defense that had been one of the best in the league until recent injuries to Tillman, Johnson, Vasher, Harris and the troubles of Tank, while losing defensive leader Mike Brown early. All this over a team that really hasn't had much to play for the last couple of weeks, with the Coach pulling players to keep them rested.
Come the playoffs, the defense will have most of their starters back in the fold, rested, fit as can be expected this late in the season and ready to beat on whoever shows up in the lake front wind blown, frozen natural grass stadium that is Soldier Field in January.
They will have one of the best running duo's in the NFL, rested from splitting time at the position, waiting to unload on unsuspecting teams (Thomas Sanders and Cedric Benson account for better than 1850 yards on the ground).
On special teams they have quite possibly the most exciting returner in the NFL in Devon Hester who set an NFL record with six returns for touchdowns this year while tying the NFL record for the longest return with a 108 yarder earlier this year (tied with fellow teamate Nathan Vasher). They also have the top rated kicker in Robbie Gould.
So, what are we complaining about? It would seem that the complaints are about, well... I guess - How they win? Is that what this is all about? HOW THEY WIN??? You must be kidding me. The way to tell a good team from the rest of the pack is that they win the games they are supposed to, and then they win the games that seem lost. This is the Chicago Bears.
As far as Grossman is concerned, he will be fine. This is a quarterback who has more confidence than he has a right to, and is blessed because of that attitude and a howitzer for an arm. Let him play, let him throw, let him fire all of his guns. And if it goes bad? Well, you still have Griese in the background, waiting to earn his five million a year.
Prediction? Bears in the Super Bowl, handling the NFC with ease, but probably losing against either Baltimore or San Diego, although beating either of those teams is certainly not improbable.
All year, week after week, we have listened to the so-called experts express their opinions on who were the best teams in the NFC. Week after week the Bears kept winning, but were tossed to the side while we heard that the newest, best team was... Dallas, yes! Dallas was now the team to be afraid of! No, wait, the Eagles! Yes! The Eagles... No..uh..wait... the Saints! We are sure its the Saints! And game after game, week after week, the Bears did what all these other teams couldn't. They just won. With offense. With defense. With special teams. With coaching. With play calling. With grit. With sweat. With attitude.
So to all the "experts", I say, pull your skirts down off of your faces and quit running around in little circles, the Bears will be fine.
Just watch and see.
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