Soul

He did, he said it's impossible for them to determine which one loss team deserves to go over another. He predicts there will be a playoff system. What I really hope happens is Florida wins by 1, and Michigan destroys USC by like 25. Split National Championship. BCS collapso-matic FAILURE. TILT!! TILT!!

Yeah, I think all Bear fans are pretty much bracing themselves for the Tommie Harris news. It's likely going to be a bad day :(

I wish I could be encouraged by that, but unfortunately with those knee injuries, sometimes there isn't a whole lot of pain even though the damage is significant. We'll just have to see on Monday. I've got that sinking feeling though :cry: Hey, cheer up: my predictions have been pretty bad lately 8-)

....and since then, Denver has collapsed.

thats what I fear. I dont know what the problem is. Turner? Grossman's brashness? I dont get it. He was phenomenal early in the season, now just junk. I think he needs a mental break. He's still in his first full year starting so he's young. He's played more games this year than in the previous three combined. He's going to have good games and he's going to have bad games. This is why, at the beginning of the year, I didn't like when the media was going nuts after Grossman's first few games and were annointing him the next great QB in the league. It wasn't going to last. Now, the media has pulled a 180 and is ripping Grossman after a few bad games. He's not as good as he played those first few games and he's not as bad as he's played the last few games. Which leads me to Tony Romo. He's the media golden boy right now but you know that won't last. I doubt it gets as bad for Romo as it has for Grossman but as Romo proved today, he's going to have off games. He won't finish the year with a 110 rating. As for benching Grossman, I think it will happen but I'm not sure if it's the best idea or not. Didn't Rex play better than Romo @ NY though? Hmmmm...... In worse weather. Yeah, some of the facts just aren't fitting this convenient hypothesis that Rex just "sucks." It's all mental. Kid's got the skills, just needs to get his head right. Trouble is, with all the screaming I question whether it's even possible to focus and get back to where he needs to be. I really, really feel all this negative media is having an effect. I understand you've got to be able to deal with it, but still. Would be nice to see some more focus on the fact that the Bears are the first to clinch, and have the best record in the NFL. How often has this happened? You missed the point of my post. I wasn't comparing the play of the two QB's and I wasn't ripping Grossman. I was comparing the media's reaction to each of the QBs' play. If Grossman comes out the next four weeks (assuming he's still starting) and turns out four solid games, the media will love him again. On the year, Grossman has been an average QB. He's had good games and he's had bad games. He's a young QB and those types of things happen. Nah, I'm not really responding to just you. It's the whole general thing. Everyone seems to be saying that Rex just doesn't have it and never did---that he's just a terrible QB who couldn't ever get it done, yada yada. Certainly lately he's stunk, but I saw the kid play really good too----and I don't think those teams were just letting him beat them for the fun of it.

I disagree. Look at what happened since Mike Brown went down. Teams were suddenly able to run on the Bears. Now it gets even worse with Harris gone. Did you see the way Minnesota was able to run the ball after he left the game? It's frightening to think about. Really? Weren't they basically gashing us all game, even with Tommie in there? It was just bad all game long from what I saw.

thats what I fear. I dont know what the problem is. Turner? Grossman's brashness? I dont get it. He was phenomenal early in the season, now just junk. I think he needs a mental break. He's still in his first full year starting so he's young. He's played more games this year than in the previous three combined. He's going to have good games and he's going to have bad games. This is why, at the beginning of the year, I didn't like when the media was going nuts after Grossman's first few games and were annointing him the next great QB in the league. It wasn't going to last. Now, the media has pulled a 180 and is ripping Grossman after a few bad games. He's not as good as he played those first few games and he's not as bad as he's played the last few games. Which leads me to Tony Romo. He's the media golden boy right now but you know that won't last. I doubt it gets as bad for Romo as it has for Grossman but as Romo proved today, he's going to have off games. He won't finish the year with a 110 rating. As for benching Grossman, I think it will happen but I'm not sure if it's the best idea or not. Didn't Rex play better than Romo @ NY though? Hmmmm...... In worse weather. Yeah, some of the facts just aren't fitting this convenient hypothesis that Rex just "sucks." It's all mental. Kid's got the skills, just needs to get his head right. Trouble is, with all the screaming I question whether it's even possible to focus and get back to where he needs to be. I really, really feel all this negative media is having an effect. I understand you've got to be able to deal with it, but still. Would be nice to see some more focus on the fact that the Bears are the first to clinch, and have the best record in the NFL. How often has this happened?

thats what I fear. I dont know what the problem is. Turner? Grossman's brashness? I dont get it. He was phenomenal early in the season, now just junk. I think he needs a mental break. He's still in his first full year starting so he's young. He's played more games this year than in the previous three combined. He's going to have good games and he's going to have bad games. This is why, at the beginning of the year, I didn't like when the media was going nuts after Grossman's first few games and were annointing him the next great QB in the league. It wasn't going to last. Now, the media has pulled a 180 and is ripping Grossman after a few bad games. He's not as good as he played those first few games and he's not as bad as he's played the last few games. Which leads me to Tony Romo. He's the media golden boy right now but you know that won't last. I doubt it gets as bad for Romo as it has for Grossman but as Romo proved today, he's going to have off games. He won't finish the year with a 110 rating. As for benching Grossman, I think it will happen but I'm not sure if it's the best idea or not. Didn't Rex play better than Romo @ NY though? Hmmmm......

It doesn't help that the play-calling is so aggressive, but I agree wholeheartedly. It's really the tale of decline, and it's not because it's against good teams. However, I STILL don't see the point of starting Griese. Change the game plan, keep Rex on a leash, whatever, but Griese still shouldn't start. But the QB situation combined with the Harris injury has me very, very close to the panic button. That Harris thing is scary. If he's out for the season this defense will suffer. We're already struggling mightily up the middle.

Given the conference record of the Saints, however, I think it's more in the Bears interest if Dallas wins that game.

Mark it down, because I think for once most of us agree with Jimbo.

:roll: I was pulling for you.

Are you talking about the Saints or the 49ers defense being junk? I presumed you meant the Saints. Regardless of which of them you meant, I agree that the Cowboys v. Saints game next sunday night is going to be a huge game for the NFC. I was referring to the 49ers being junk. It would be difficult for Grossman to shred the Saints' defense since they aren't on the schedule... Well of course I know we haven't played the Bears, but I had to ask because in your previous post you had said: Not a fan of NO's defense. But they do have a wonderful offense. The 49ers are a bad team overall.

The boost they've gotten from Savard has to be encouraging though. I always find it amazing how an off field change (or in this case, off ice) can have such an immediate impact. But, on the other hand, often times the boost is short-lived. Hope that's not the case here. It's exciting right now in any case.

going to have to crap in both our cereal bowls Soul. NO and Dallas are tied, so the Bears will still have a little work to do after next week no matter what. plus, NO is closer in the tie breaker. I don't think that has enough playoff implications for me to root for Dallas though. Are they? Damn. Might have to root for Dallas then. It's really hard for me to muster up any desire to root for the Cowboys. "America's team." Ick.

Were they not amazingly bad? They came close to 3-11, ringing it up to 3-9. You've missed my point. You made it sound like you expected them to start playing better the past week when your previous comments didn't suggest that at all. Just struck by the backpedaling. I think using the first month as a measuring stick for this team is a mistake. I've stated my reasons why over and over again, and see little value repeating them at this point. I'm looking forward to watching this team continue to improve. The current four-game win streak with the next seven games at home bodes well, and I expect this team to finish strong once again. Agreed. We've been round and round so there's little point in repeating it. I will only say that I'm perfectly willing to be proven wrong and "backpedal." Any ego I possess is overriden by a desire to see my teams perform well.

Are you talking about the Saints or the 49ers defense being junk? I presumed you meant the Saints. Regardless of which of them you meant, I agree that the Cowboys v. Saints game next sunday night is going to be a huge game for the NFC. I was referring to the 49ers being junk. It would be difficult for Grossman to shred the Saints' defense since they aren't on the schedule...

Come on Cutler. Be good. Beat the Hawks.

Indeed, 375 total yards today WITHOUT Colston and Horn. That's a great great offense. Plus, they are becoming more deadly every week because Bush is finally figuring out how to play in the NFL; he's figuring out that you can't run side to side, but have to run down the field. Instead of relying so much on his speed, he's now utilizing his juking and avoidance ability for positive yardage. Their rush defense which had been their principle defensive concern looked great today, holding the Niners and Gore to only 57 yards. GEAUX Saints! The 9ers are just atrocious. Gore had a few games, but ultimately it's just a poor ballclub. If N.O. can beat Dallas, then I'll take another look. As it stands right now, I think that defense is junk and Dallas will tear them apart. Sometimes I'm wrong----I'll admit that. Their defense isn't total junk. Their pass defense is 6th in the NFL. Of course, their rush defense is bad, but they held a 100+yd/game rusher to around half that today. If they got into an offensive slugfest with the Cowboys, I think they match up pretty well. Saints have a better QB, but they have equal running back duos: Deuce/Bush and Jones/Barber, and equal WR's: T.O. and Colston, Glenn and Horn. They had a lucky game against the Boys. Grossman shredded them to pieces. They're junk. Sure they put together a few decent games in the middle of the season-----the worst teams usually still manage to do that. But they're back to their old, terrible, selves. Beating the 9ers means nothing in terms of how far N.O. is capable of going this year. The Dallas game definitely does.

You may be right, but if the a good opportunity came up to acquire Tejada or ARod, I think you would see Hendry fall out of love with him very quickly. Probably. Maybe Hendry is thinking Lugo in CF until Pie is ready, then deal Izzy? Maybe get lucky and Izzy does semi-decent which turns in to some trade value? I'm trying to think this through on Jim's behalf, but I'm having difficulty with the apparent infatuation with putting Lugo in CF... Izzy is a free agent after this season. Do it mid-season? I dunno man.

That's not really saying much. That's what I was going to say. But yeah, N.O. is top 5 NFC.

I still think it would have to be this week, or never. 4 games would be marginal to work in a new QB as it stands----veteran or not. 3 games? That's just too late. There won't be a game on the schedule that will even remotely resemble what will be seen in the playoffs, either. So it's a tough sell, even if Lovie wanted to make a change. Griese just has no experience with this team----no experience going through the wars, the tough teams. Well... They gave Rex 6 quarters of football to get ready for Carolina last season. He wasn't sharp against Carolina, but in his case he was coming off injury. Griese (thanks to Grossman engineered blowouts) has seen time this season. He would likely require less time to be ready. I think he would need to have at least a tough game or two, and there's none left on the schedule. It would be Detroit......Green Bay......Tampa.....then CAROLINA (or similar). I just think that's a recipe for a huge letdown.

Indeed, 375 total yards today WITHOUT Colston and Horn. That's a great great offense. Plus, they are becoming more deadly every week because Bush is finally figuring out how to play in the NFL; he's figuring out that you can't run side to side, but have to run down the field. Instead of relying so much on his speed, he's now utilizing his juking and avoidance ability for positive yardage. Their rush defense which had been their principle defensive concern looked great today, holding the Niners and Gore to only 57 yards. GEAUX Saints! The 9ers are just atrocious. Gore had a few games, but ultimately it's just a poor ballclub. If N.O. can beat Dallas, then I'll take another look. As it stands right now, I think that defense is junk and Dallas will tear them apart. Sometimes I'm wrong----I'll admit that.

i'm certainly not willing to trust an interpreter to the extent that his failure would result in my conviction of a serious offense. if you are, well, fair play to you, i guess. No criminal charges pending for Sosa. But I'll bet he & Big Mac will be tied to each other forever. In other words, no Big Mac in the HOF? No Sammy either. Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more. He'd be stooping from his current level (which admittedly is pretty low) to that Barry Bonds level where you play well beyond your years just to stick it to the world for a record you don't deserve. Sammy doesn't deserve 600 HRs. He didn't earn them, and his playing usefulness is long gone.

Yeah, that's a great story. That program has done all it can for a long time now. They'll be partying all the way down south.