David

I'm sure you're right. I didn't even figure it (still haven't), just assumed it after a quick look at their totals.

I don't think the Eagles' defense is nearly as good as it has been in past years. But, they do bring a lot of pressure, which is the one biggest thing that has caused Grossman to struggle. The Eagles aren't what they were with McNabb, but Andy Reid is a great coach, Jim Johnson is a great defensive coordinator and they manage to win even with some really good players out of the lineup. If I were a Bears fan I'd rather play another team like the Giants or Falcons, because those teams don't rush the passer as well and they aren't nearly as well-coached. Exactly my thinking.

Wow... 5-1 in that division and no playoffs.. That's just sick.

I voted just now, and it showed Manning at 42% of the vote, Grossman at 34. His numbers are definitely better. Manning definitely had a good week too, just not as good as Rex. I'm okay with the Bears being underrated, as long as people shut up when they're the last ones standing in Miami. Eh, in truth, Manning's numbers last night were probably better.. same amount of completions in fewer attempts, 4 TD's to Rex's 2... On the other hand, Rex did have a better yardage total and yards/attempt. Good to see that Rex is slowly catching up, though. He only had 32% earlier.

Appearently. And with the monumental loss of Tank Johnson our team will simply fall to pieces, unable to even imagine winning a playoff game. Don't forget RMJ and Hester will be their starting corners in the playoffs will certainly help make the team fall to pieces. It's ok, I like that the team will be playing with a chip on their shoulder. The Bears wish they lost 4 more games this year, that would mean they'd be on a relative hot streak by winning late in the season, and proving themselves against other near .500 teams. At 12-2, their record in the past 7 games is just 5-2, worse than their overall record. If they were, let's say, 8-6, and won 4 of their last 7, that would mean they would be on a hot streak, compared to their first 7 games, when they were just 4 of 7. Winning 3 in a row is not impressive when you've won 7 in a row already this season. 3 in a row would be really good though if you had lost 3 in a row at one point as well. Philly must play Dallas this week, so one of those clubs is going to be coming out the new ESPN golden child, and the other will now be "finished" or at least no longer the latest hot commodity. I hate to say this, but go Cowboys (and Falcons, I guess?).... I hate Jeff Garcia... and Philly's defense scares me more than the Giants' or Falcons' entire team.

I'm glad to hear that. If they make it clear to Tank this is his absolute last chance, then I think we can all be satisfied if he still won't clean up and we need to let him go. Looks like they might not let him play the rest of the year. I know of few, if any, other franchises that would so seriously hamper their chances at a championship. Well, the prevailing speculation that I've heard is that they'll deactivate him for the rest of the regular season, and that he very well could be back for the first playoff game.

http://www.nfl.com/partners/fedex Vote for Rex

That's the exact quote I was trying to find. Thanks, cheap.

I believe they're generated based on the Bill James projections for next year.

Just started reading it.. Not liking what I'm hearing so far... Already talking about being "up there" in stolen bases and giving the green light. Gotta love giving away outs... EDIT - FWIW, I do like the approach with regard to Prior and Wood (but that's not something we didn't already know), and I like that he recognized the big problem with our pitchers (too many walks).

Bump in honor of Rexy bringin sexy back... (Just a disclaimer - I hate that freakin song)

Serenity now! BTW - You might wanna rethink the "In Lou we trusty" in your sig...

I'm joining this party kind of late, but is someone suggesting that Glendon Rusch is a better option in the rotation than Rich Hill?? EDIT - I should probably add that this was meant as a joke since I probably wont be around to defend myself later....

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-061217bearsbrite1,1,2947063.story?coll=cs-home-headlines Well, this pretty much confirms what we've all been saying about good Rex and bad Rex. Amazing that he's had more really good games than any QB in the league, but his bad ones are so bad that they seem to completely overshadow that.

Hopefully he can keep it up in the playoffs. Definitely. Still, it's good to know that good Rex was still around somewhere.

Grossman since the miserable game against the Vikings... 42/67 539 YDS 4 TD 0 INT 62.7 Completion % 8.04 Y/ATT 107.7 Passer Rating Not a bad rebound.

I saw that little segment on The OT where he was criticizing Grossman. It was some funny stuff. The guy definitely has some problems with the Bears and Chicago as well as Grossman in general. It's not a surprise to me that Buck would say that the Eagles have a better chance in the NFC than the Bears. I definitely think that he is a closet Eagles fan. I definitely think he's a closet something.

I don't think it's wanting to kiss his ass as much as it's them wanting to burn all bridges with Sammy. Sad. There's no reason they can't ask him to take another number. This organization has no class.

Wow. Crumpler could not have been more open.

Not looking so bad since TT and BG came in. EDIT - Anytime you get Adrian Griffin off the court, you're in better shape.

One could say Michael Jordan had bad judgment who had that poker game with a convicted felon who were later killed by associates I wish it were that easy to throw a best friend to the curb, i know it would be extremely hard to do it in my case When that best friend is just hanging around to mooch off your wealth, and is causing MAJOR problems for you, what good is he? It's like staying with a lying & cheating girlfriend just because it's too hard to break up. Whos guns were they? Johnsons If Johnson dosent have a problem with him mooching off his wealth, it dosent matter what anyone else thinks. Last night aside, what has this guy done that has caused Johnson major problems. If Thursday never happened, things would be completely different I'm done with this. If you want to continue to defend Tank Johnson's stupidity and terrible judgement, so be it. We're thin on defense and need him as a player, and I hope he winds up playing for the Bears this year. But there is no defense for his unbelievably bad judgement. None.

I always thought it was a bottle of rum.

One could say Michael Jordan had bad judgment who had that poker game with a convicted felon who were later killed by associates I wish it were that easy to throw a best friend to the curb, i know it would be extremely hard to do it in my case When that best friend is just hanging around to mooch off your wealth, and is causing MAJOR problems for you, what good is he? It's like staying with a lying & cheating girlfriend just because it's too hard to break up.

For people with remotely good judgement, it is.

Unless he goes to prison for a long time, there will be plenty of teams who would pick him up in a heart beat so no his football career isint probably over Maybe teams will give him a chance, but he doesn't seem to want to change his gangster ways. Honestly, I'm not sure what last night's incident showed about his "gangster ways" (unless we know more information about what happened). It just continued to show how bad his judgement is/that he doesn't think. His lawyer was just on WGN and said he was only in this club for 8 minutes, he didnt even have a drink or sit down yet. That doesn't really mean anything. It just means it happened 8 minutes after he got there instead of a couple hours/few drinks in. He still went out with this guy when the Bears had told him not to be involved with anyone like this anymore. If the employer you work for told you not to go out with your "best friend" would you listen? If that employer was paying me millions of dollars to play a sport, I have no other way of making millions of dollars, and that friend is a convicted felon who just helped get me into a world of trouble? Yes. Then again, I would have had better judgment than to associate with people like that in the first place.