BigSlick

What, you mean you don't like the washed out highlights on "BEARZ BLITZ" and other Comcast Sports Net fine programming? Haha, I don't even have Comcast. I can watch lots of Cardinals stuff though on FSN Midwest :\ I get both here in Champaign, IL. All the Rams coverage is puzzling, considering I don't think most St. Louisians even root for them.

What, you mean you don't like the washed out highlights on "BEARZ BLITZ" and other Comcast Sports Net fine programming?

I have to say I'm dissapointed in this thread. I expected it to be at 100 by one week, but I'm sure it'll be near 150 when we get near the Super Bowl as the hype constantly builds.

How does one pronounce Woj-alphabet's name anyway?

The Harmon Forecast uses the same software and has predicted the opposite outcome, which is weird because Harmon uses Accuscore technology. Check cbs.sportsline.com I'm quoting this because again, I'm realy confused.

The Harmon Forecast uses the same software and has predicted the opposite outcome, which is weird because Harmon uses Accuscore technology. Check cbs.sportsline.com

A good amount of people think the Bears victory was a turnover-fueled fluke. They think the Saints just gave us the game with their mistakes. Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion. HURRRR REX GORSSMAN, WORST QUARTERBACK IN THE SUPERBOWL ERA HOW COULD THIS TEAM EVEN WIN A GAME HURRRRRRRR

The problem is every play can't be looked at objectively. A 15 yard TD run by Thomas Jones in the last 8 minutes of an 18 point ball game isn't worth the same as it would be in the first half, for example. We were kinda "padding our stats" at that point.

I think he was being sarcastic, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true. He basically said the Bears got lucky that the Saints decided to give them the game. I thought he was being sarcastic as well. Yeah , I Guess, but he's still sorta implying he doesn't have to come up with any reasons why the Bears can win. Lazy ass reporters. Can't they stop being sheep sometime?

I think he was being sarcastic, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true. He basically said the Bears got lucky that the Saints decided to give them the game. The Bears should be happy they scared the Saints into giving them 195 yards rushing. Damn its cold out there. That homefield advantage thing is just unfair.

Wow, Dr.Z is really infuriating. He flat out said that if the Bears win he wont give them respect and it'll just be virtue of luck. We can't even prove the guy wrong with a victory? Thats absurd. :lol:

Ouch. Ah well, he'll be laughing all the way to the bank. And then he'll be out of the NFL. I sorta feel for the guy, but honestly, he's a pretty horrible QB. He's also made an ass of himself enough times that he should have the self-respect (or the shame?) to quit getting lit in public. So this guy has to hide in shame because there are pictures of him being drunk? And this hasn't happened to every other college student ever? Why should he be publicly shamed?

Ouch. Ah well, he'll be laughing all the way to the bank. And then he'll be out of the NFL. I sorta feel for the guy, but honestly, he's a pretty horrible QB.

That's just silly. You can't expect the media to miss a day of hype. Plus, with an 8:30 pm interview session they might miss dinner. :lol: It's still silly. If I were the Colts, I'd arrive an extra day late just to make 'em more mad. What's the penalty for showing up late I wonder? The opposing team automatically starts every drive at the offending team's 25 yard line :D Good, more time for the Colt offense to be on the field. 8-) 25 yards? No room for Rextacy to throw bombs to Berrian. We'd just come up with 42 yard field goals on every drive. We'd lose 42-18 or something. (All 18 points are on field goals)

No so fast, my friend.

What's mean about a discussion? If I was posting OML REX GROSSMAN WURST EVAR!*&!% maybe I'd see the point. It was a little tongue-in-cheek buddy.

I'd like to say that Saints fans were nicer to our Qb than you meanie Colts fans. Lay off him! You don't want to be put into the same situation with egg all over your face from the "worst quarterback ever to play in a Super Bowl" Sexy Rexy is winding up boys. He's got nothing to lose if you declare him the worst QB in the Superbowl era. Whats stopping him from whipping it all out?

It's unbelievable... Look at the names on that list. It's ridiculous. Yet, some people would still have you think that there is no national media bias against the Bears. Obviously the people in that poll disagree with you (considering Grossman is winning)-while I am not sure that Grossman is one of the worst QB's ever in a Super Bowl, he is definitely one of the 2 or 3 worst in the last 10 years- Look at this list 2005-Big Ben, Hasselbeck 2004-Brady, Mcnabb 2003-Brady, Delhomme 2002-Brad Johnson, Gannon 2001-Brady, Warner 2000-Dilfer, Collins 1999-Warner, McNair 1998-Elway, Chandler 1997-Elway, Favre 1996-Favre, Bledsoe 1995-Aikman, O'Donnell Before that we had QB's like Aikman and Kelly, and names like Montana and Elway that were in several of the SB's the years before that. The SB has always been populated by great QB's. The only QB's you could even put Grossman next to on that list are Big Ben, Brad Johnson, Dilfer, Collins, Chandler, and O'Donnell. I just looked up all their stats, and Grossman is worse than all of them in important stats like completion percentage and TD/INT ratio (I didn't look at rating, but if Grossman is behind in those, he likely isn't above any more than 1 person at most in rating also, since those stats are key in compiling the QB rating). This is no national media bias-Grossman is growing and will be a very good QB one day, and has had many very good days-but when one looks at his stats compared to other QB's, he deserves to be on the list of the worst QB's to ever play in a Super Bowl. Edit: If Bob already cleared up your question, I'm sorry. I didn't see his response till after I wrote this, but I did find the analysis interesting, so I'm going to leave it up as it is. Its very unfortunate (in Grossman's case) that the last 10 years, very strong Qb's have made it to the Super Bowl, but before that, many many MANY mediocre to bad quarterbacks were littering the Super Bowl. I'd like to think Grossman is better than Trent Dilfer anyway.

I love how the only difference between this years team and last years team is Rex Grossman starting 16 games. Guess what: We win homefield advantage, start blowing out teams instead of slipping past them, and we go to the Super Bowl. Heck, our defense played a bit worse than last year, and we still do it. Its absurd how much flak this guy gets. Especially since he's what, 26?

Poor Zoom deserves a ring if the Bears end up winning the Superbowl. Its a shame what happened with him.

laaaaaaaaaame

How is Bob Sanders? Can we kill him somehow?

A large part of that is simply the variability of pro football. Look at the Bears/Seahawks games and Colts/Patriots games for example. Did the Bears and the Colts really prove they were the better team? They deserve to go and possibly be called champions, definitely. At the same time, both of those games were so close that 1 play changed the outcome of the game entirely-when that's the case with teams, it's hard to say that somebody was really off by picking the other side. Isn't it amazing to think that if just 1 or 2 very small things go differently, this could be say a Chargers-Saints SB? I can tell you one thing, I'm glad that for this year, those things did not go differently :D. Saints Bears was close?

Probably not a first rounder, but he might get you a 2nd rounder. I wonder if any team would be interested in Jones and Wale together. How old is Jones? I wouldn't trade much for a backup RB as they are probably the easiest thing to find. Jones came into the league the same year as Urlacher, so he has been around a little while. I think he is definitly worth a #2 though. He is not a back-up running back. He would start for a lot of teams. 1300-1400 yard running backs are not that common. He did it last year, and he would have done it this year, but the Bears gave Benson a lot of carries towards the end of the season. Also if he can play well next Sunday and the Bears win the Super Bowl, his value goes up. The demand always seems to be higher for guys coming off a Super Bowl win. I think Wale can get us a 2nd round pick as well. Why would we trade Adewale anyway? We need to reach a decision on Alex Brown at least, this guy seems to get by getting 5 sacks a year, and 4 of them are against the Giants.

Uh oh. Accuscore, the best expert that ESPN currently employs has picked against the Bears in a fairly close 24.3-23.4 game, obviously decided by a .9 point field goal by Vinatieri in the final seconds. Harmon Forecast predicts the Bears to win pretty easily, something like 27-23. (http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/features/writers/harmon/forecast) I'd like to see the formulas on both of these. Both predicted the Bears wins in the previous playoff games, btw.