Controlled Chaos

funny how that happens sometimes...you slip trip stumble and damned if that dvd pops right into the recorder. If you have lightscribe I have a dvd design for you. I have a dvd case insert as well. If ya want just ask. Bear Down!!!!!!!!

I heard Lovie on the news yesterday pretty much flat out deny the Urlacher on offense stuff, but who knows.

I think Briggs knows he will be a lesser player without Urlacher. They are a great tandem and I hope Briggs stays, but he isn't worth Urlacher money. If that's what Rosenhaus is looking for...c-ya. January 30, 2007 Briggs doesn't mind playing second fiddle By Larry Mayer Lance Briggs finished second on the Bears to Brian Urlacher with a career-high 176 tackles. MIAMI – Living in Brian Urlacher’s shadow hasn’t prevented Lance Briggs from shining. The 2003 third-round draft pick has been voted to back-to-back Pro Bowls despite being the second most popular linebacker in town. “The good thing about that is that I have games where I play well and games that I play bad,” Briggs said. “But a lot of people don’t see the games that I play bad. Brian usually takes the brunt of all that stuff. Maybe if I played in the shadows of a guy who’s a jerk it might be different, but I love playing next to Brian.” Briggs reached double digits in tackles a career-high 12 times this season while leading the Bears in tackles eight times, tying him with Urlacher for the team lead. The former Arizona star established a career high with 176 tackles, six more than he had last season. While Urlacher garners most of the attention, Briggs was named All-Pro in 2005 and repeated as a Pro Bowler this season. “I think for me, as far as working hard throughout the years, I’ve created a lot of respect from my peers and coaches and that’s where it all starts for me, especially on this team,” Briggs said. “The guys that I’ve played with, I’ve earned their respect earning the starting job and taking it another step getting to a Pro Bowl. Now it’s going even outside of just the Chicago Bears.” Playing alongside Urlacher has given Briggs a unique perspective when it comes to the perennial Pro Bowler. “His legacy speaks for itself,” Briggs said. “When he’s on the field, the plays Brian is able to make, even the plays when he makes a false step or a bad key, he makes up for because he’s so fast. It creates problems for teams because he’s so tall. “In a cover-two scheme you have to lob it over his head. If you lob it over his head, then you give the safety a good opportunity to make a play. He’s competitive. He’s got a high motor. There’s nobody like him in the league.” A job to do: Miami offers a lot of temptations, but Briggs isn’t concerned about partying until after Super Bowl XLI. “There is no point in working as hard as we have to get here and then not finish,” he said. “There are people asking, ‘How do you focus in Miami?’ You can focus because this is the biggest game of your life and no matter what’s going on distraction-wise it’s the Super Bowl.” No repeat performance: Urlacher enjoys watching the 1985 Bears perform the Super Bowl Shuffle, but the All-Pro middle linebacker doesn’t plan on starring on in a sequel. “That was sweet back in the day,” Urlacher said. “They still play it on the radio in Chicago and on TV every once in a while. You won’t see us doing any shuffle I don’t think. I think they did it before they even won the Super Bowl. It was cool. It was a funny song and a funny video to watch.” Easy does it: If you think that Urlacher prepares for games by banging his head against a wall or gnawing on raw meat, you’re in for a surprise. Asked about his typical pre-game routine, he said: “Every Sunday when I wake up, there is a saltwater fishing show on ESPN that I watch at 8, and then at 9 o’clock there’s another one and I watch that one until I have to go to the stadium when the game is at noon. This Sunday I’ll be able to watch the whole thing since (the game) is late. "I just kind of relax before I have to go over and get in the game mode. Then I go over to the stadium, eat a couple of cookies, relax a little bit and listen to my headphones. There’s something relaxing to me about watching fishing shows.”

I have it. It's a pretty good video. I think it's worth it. I can always copy it for you.

I'm pretty sure the Beras used Urlacher on offense when he frst came up. I think he even caught a TD. That said I don't see it happening this game. I do hope they add some wrinkles though.

Im thinking there is no way Berrian or Clark get it. If they have big games that means Grossman had a big game and I think he would get the nod just for all the adversity. I say it's either a QB, RB, or Defensive player. Hester is a wild card as well, but I don't see any other position player getting it. Same goes for the Colts. If Harrison or Wayne have a big game, I think it would go to Manning. Just for all the stuff he has went through with not being able to win the big game and all.

I hope Clark has that in his head all game. Stopping him will be a huge part of the Bears game.

I really think the Bears should add some wrinkles to the offense. Benson Jones both in the backfield. Hester in the game. Hester doesn't need to touch the ball...just be a decoy. The Bears run a pretty basic offense. The Davis reverse against the saints was about as tricky as we have been all year. Some wrinkles would really throw the Colts off balance. This is Turner's chance to shine. A couple of gimmicks could work against this defense.

QB or not QB -- that's the question Peyton vs. Rex looks lopsided, but history might not agree January 26, 2007 BY MIKE MULLIGAN Staff Reporter When it comes to the quarterback matchup in Super Bowl XLI, there is a terrible case of grid(iron)lock or blog clog or traffic congestion on the Internet. The information superhighway is jammed with stories about the mismatch in Miami between Peyton Manning and Rex Grossman. Forget the idea of Manning trying to win the big one; the real questions include: Is it the most lopsided quarterback matchup of all time? Is Grossman the worst Super Bowl quarterback of all-time? In one online poll, Grossman actually was voted the worst quarterback in Super Bowl history. Doesn't anybody remember the goose-egg passer rating of Craig Morton back in 1978? Have Tony Eason, David Woodley and Joe Kapp been completely forgotten? Bears coach Lovie Smith isn't the sort to jump on no-respect bandwagon -- at least not in a news conference. He said Thursday that any time a team makes it to the Super Bowl, it has achieved respect. Yeah, but is it really fair to compare poor, pitiful Rex Grossman to laser-armed pitchman Peyton Manning? Lovie sees it differently ''Is it fair to Rex? Yes, it's fair to Rex,'' Smith said. ''I mean, he's the quarterback on the opposing team. Each week it is the same formula -- our offense has to outperform their offense, our defense has to play better than their defense. Our quarterback has to play better than their quarterback. I have to coach better than their coach. It's the same formula each week. As far as the stage and all of that, we've handled that. But that's what it will come down to. ''So we give Peyton Manning all the respect that he deserves. He's a great player, and I've known him for a long time. But we expect Rex to lead us to a win.'' Wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad agreed with Grossman's comments from last week about how the Bears quarterback gets no respect in comparison to other former first-round picks because of the litany of failure the team has endured at his position over the years and the generally miserable offensive football they have played in the modern era. ''You have to be doing something right to be getting to the Super Bowl,'' Muhammad said. ''When was the last top-rated passer to earn NFC Player of the Month or Player of the Week in Chicago? Maybe people can't appreciate what he's done in his first year as a starter. But go back and compare it to some of these other guys.'' Indeed, Trent Dilfer once won a Super Bowl. Ditto for Jeff Hostetler. Exactly what does it take to become a Super Bowl-winning quarterback? Not as much as you might think. The lowest rating ever produced by a winning quarterback in the big game was a lowly 22.6 back in ... well, Detroit last year. The Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger completed 9 of 21 passes for 123 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in beating the Seahawks. In fact, it was former Thornton High School all-state quarterback Antwaan Randle-El who threw a touchdown pass on a gimmick play in that game. Big plays and an excellent running game can overcome inconsistency at quarterback, even in the Super Bowl. According to the Elias Stats Bureau, the lowest passer rating before Roethlisberger's was John Elway's 51.9 in a 31-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. Elway, who once completed 22 of 37 passes for 304 yards in a Super Bowl but still lost by 19 points, managed just 123 passing yards in his first Super Bowl victory. The great Johnny Unitas produced the fewest passing yards by a Super Bowl-winning quarterback when he threw for 88 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in a 16-13 victory over Dallas in Super Bowl V. His passer rating was 68.1. So, no pressure on Grossman There will be a lot of stories next week about the pressure on Grossman and the microscope he'll be under, but the quarterback who really is facing pressure is Manning. He's supposed to lead his team to victory. Grossman has nothing to lose. If he has the worst game of his life, he can't do worse than Morton managed against Dallas, when he completed 4 of 15 passes for 39 yards with no touchdowns and four interceptions. Grossman was at his calm, cool and collected best while meeting with the media Thursday. He insists he's unfazed by all the criticism he has faced and will be prepared and focused for the Super Bowl. ''I've had a lot of big games,'' he said. ''Sometimes the games have been bigger for me personally than actually our team. Anytime you have that experience and you come through with a good game, it only helps in these pressure-type situations.'' If Grossman is overwhelmed by the moment, he didn't reveal it as he discussed the pleasure he took in going over the Super Bowl game plan with offensive coordinator Ron Turner on Wednesday night, or the surreal feeling of practicing with a football that bore the Super Bowl XLI logo during practice Thursday. ''It would be fulfilling a lifelong dream, an unbelievable situation to hold up the trophy as the Super Bowl-champion quarterback,'' Grossman said. ''It would be really cool. That's what we're all focused on is [being] one game away from getting a ring, and that doesn't happen a lot, so we all know how big this opportunity is.''

This is stupid. Why don't the guy sell his Harley to buy the tickets like he said he would do in the video?? Perhaps he was speaking in jest just like Harris was. Dead story...

The only thing holding Urlacher back is time. When his career is over he will be the best to ever play the position. The impact he has on the game is so great and it doesn't always come through in the stats. He is accounted for on every play. Even if the play isn't to his side of the field, linemen are sent to block him leaving others open to make the play. These last two games linemen have left people like Briggs and Tank totally unaccounted for just to get a double team on Urlacher. He is THAT good. If you watch the game over and follow Urlacher you can see what teams try to do to him. You can see him get in on tackles that he has no business even being around. You can see him 30 yards down the field in coverage causing the QB to throw the ball away and you see him stuffing a run at the line. Butkus had that mean streak and he played like he absolutely hated you. I have seen some great NFL Films on Butkus. I just don't think he had the athletic ability that Brian has. Offenses game plan for Urlacher. They get in that room and ask, How do we stop Urlacher? He will be the best ever.

24-20 Bears. I think this is going to be a hard fought game and come down to the end. I agree this game comes down to the Bears Defense, but a big play by either team can turn the tide. A fumble by Hester, a return by Hester, a pick by either team. I think a big play is going to determine the winner and I'm hoping that big play comes by the Bears. Hester was real shaky catching punts last week. I thihnk the risk is worth the reward, but the boy needs to catch the ball first and foremost. Nothing changes momentum faster than a special teams turnover. The experts are gonna go with the glory pick...it's win win. I think they would favor the Bears defense if they were more consistent. They have picked Defense minded teams before, such as the Ravens, but lately the Bears haven't been defensive minded. This years team has been a mixed bag. At the beginning of the year it was offense and defense. Then they started winning with just their defense. Then towards the end of the season they were winning with their offense. I believe they can get back to the team of the first few weeks, but I can see how the experts wouldn't. Also, like you said, offense is sexier, it takes a dominant D to bring sexy to that side of the ball. Since most "experts" look at the last month or so the Bears have been hardly dominant. We need the D to bring sexy back and we're goin to the Superbowl. Bear Down!!

I've never seen a team game plan for Urlacher like the Seahawks did. They were determined to not let him beat them. He was double team by linemen all day.

Bears 30 Benson and Jones with a score each Grossman to Clark for a score 3 Gould Field Goals Seahawks 15 3 Brown field goals and a late meaningless TD to Stevens missed 2 point conversion. Bear Down

Grossman currently leads the NFL with seven games of at least a 100.0 passer rating this season. Rex has had some piss poor performances, but he could have and IMO should have made it over Romo.

I'm glad they got him out there for a play, but that was the dumbest play call for him they could have made. A quick slant can really get you popped by the LB. Not to mention it's a pretty easy pass to defend. If there's no safety back and theres 8 in the box then a quick slant can go for some big yards, but usually it's only good for a minimal gain across the middle. A fake reverse would have did the job....or just a fly pattern. On another note....Devin is unbelievably good when nobody touches him, but he needs to protect the ball better when he knows there's going to be contact. Lets hope he can continue to just be untouched

This could hurt.

I think this is the biggest thing. He is a weapon just being out there.

The offensive game plan was better than it has been in a month. Turner finally called a good game and Rex performed. If I also may give kudos to Berrian for breaking up a possible INT. Our receivers just haven't been doing that. Sometimes you have to go on the defense. An off interference call is better than an INT in most situations. Berrian is young too, and the coaches need to drill that in his head. The fact is receiver was our weakness coming in to the year. I know Berrian has speed and can get open on the deep ball, but our guys do not get much seperation on intermediate routes. Not to mention plays like the Bradley one where he makes the wrong cut. There's a reason the Bears were looking to upgrade that position in the offseason. I think Rex will be fine. He has the talent and he has the confidence. He may need to clean up some things, but he is very coachable and the desire is there.

Dude enough about Spurrier. It's like you have a personal grudge.

WRONG.... He figured he would slide and Brady deeked him instead. You won't here Brian make that excuse, but that's it. SLIDE came into his mind and that's all it took for Brady to get past him. He wasn't trying to kill Brady... Anyway regarding REX, I also agree 50% of this is Turners fault. I'm for keeping Rex in. It's not like he hasn't shown his talent....We have seen what he can do when he is on. We just need to get him comfortable and turned ON.

It's here at the 4:13 mark, but I'd watch the whole video anyway. Peanut and Hunter just leveled two guys. http://www.dabearz.com/multimedia/data/532/Bears_Giants.wmv This was a cool video too http://www.dabearz.com/multimedia/data/532/Produce_25.mpg

NFL Expert Dan Pompei Profile | SportingBlog | Archive | E-mail Pompei The Urlacher phenomenon Posted: November 2, 2006 The Pope is Catholic. The sun is hot. Rain is wet. And Brian Urlacher is popular. Sure, Urlacher is popular. He's a damn good player. Defensive Player of the Year last season. A five-time Pro Bowl selectee. In the Bears' Monday night game against the Cardinals, he might have played the best game anyone has played at any position this season. But there is more to it. He's more than just a guy who makes a lot of plays. It's how he makes plays with perhaps the most implausible size-speed ratio of any player ever: 6-4, 258 with a 4.5 40-yard dash. In an aquarium full of incredible specimens, he is the fish every kid points at. Even in Hawaii, the other Pro Bowl players are in awe of him every year. When the Bears review tape of their previous game, teammates routinely ask to see the play Urlacher made one more time. This is ... Brian Urlacher Favorite off field activity: Spending time with his three children -- daughters Pamela, 5, and Riley, 18 months, and son Kennedy, 15 months. Other sports: He loves to hunt, and he recently has been bitten by the fishing bug. He also likes to play hoops. He recently quit golfing because he was concerned about the "torque" his swing put on his back and hamstrings. On his iPod: George Strait, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Pearl Jam, Three Doors Down, Alabama, 50 Cent, Eminem, Tupac. Recommended movies: Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Old School, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface, Wedding Crashers. Inter-not: Urlacher is not a computer guy. He doesn't have an internet connection or an email address. —D.P. He plays middle linebacker for the Bears, which is kind of like playing Queen for England. The scepter has been passed from Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer, legend to legend. Bill George, considered to be the NFL's first true middle linebacker, gave it to Dick Butkus, perhaps the NFL's greatest player ever, who passed it to Mike Singletary, the heart of the NFL's best defense ever, who passed it to Urlacher. Chicago icons all. The Chicago area is home to 9.4 million people, which makes it the third-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the second-largest metropolitan area that fields an NFL team and the largest metropolitan area with only one NFL team. Taking into account these factors, as well as the tradition and history of the Bears, it's possible the Bears have more fans than any team in the league. Yes, he is the perfect player in the perfect place. But there is more to it. Crew cut. Bare-armed in the Chicago winter. No dancing, no trash-talk, no jewelry except for a watch, no calling attention to himself. He's nothing at all like the NFL's other transcendent middle linebacker, Ray Lewis. Urlacher's image is poetic. None of it is affected. Nothing Urlacher does is motivated by what you think about him. He has been getting his hair cut like this since he was in eighth grade. Back then, a buddy used to cut it because the price was right. The reason for the frequent clips? His neck gets "furry" and that drives him nuts. He's Butkus all over again, right? Well, no, he's not. Butkus is who Chicago wanted Urlacher to be initially. But he doesn't have Butkus' lack of compassion. Get this -- Urlacher never has been in a fistfight in his life. He can't even remember having an enemy. He quietly buys 50 tickets for every Bears home game and gives them to kids from the Special Olympics and Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. His teammates sometimes bring out the Butkus in him. "If you don't do your job, he'll be the first one in your face," defensive end Alex Brown says. "Players on most teams, when they mess up, they don't want to go back to the sideline. Here, it's, 'Dang, I don't want to get back in the huddle because I know he's going to rip me apart.' He knows where everybody is supposed to be, and he's huge on being accountable." The Urlacher we see is the one with a big open-mouthed smile and his head flung back. He laughs on the field as much as any player in the league. His joy for the game is childlike, and it reverberates in the hearts of fans. Yes, he makes us smile. But there is more to it. When Urlacher's popularity is discussed, there always is a pink elephant in the room. Or rather, a white elephant. He is a white man in a largely nonwhite world playing to an audience that is largely white. The truth is he's the NFL's only white superstar who doesn't line up under center. A survey taken by the Sporting News showed 69 percent of NFL players are not white, as defined by U.S. census standards. The average number of white players on a 53-man roster is 16.5. The Jaguars have a league-low nine, and the Colts have a league-high 22. If Urlacher's ancestors were from Africa and not Germany, would he be as popular? Dr. Maureen Smith, a sports sociologist at Sacramento State, believes fans choose heroes who look like them. "He's popular for a lot of reasons, and partly because he's white," Smith says. "In a sport where people who look like him are increasingly losing that position, he kind of represents the last of the throwback players like Dick Butkus." It isn't uncommon for African Americans on other teams to question the amount of attention Urlacher gets. Browns linebacker Andra Davis has asked his friend Alex Brown if Urlacher is all people say he is. "Yeah," Brown answers. "He's everything people say. Plus." The interesting part of this is those who know Urlacher will tell you he crosses the boundaries as comfortably as Illinois Senator Barack Obama, a potential presidential candidate. Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye marvels at how Urlacher relates to every teammate, whether he's from Hawaii or New York. Many of Urlacher's best friends are African Americans. His son is half African American. He and his brother, Casey, get their hair cut every Friday at the Hair Gallery in North Chicago. They get stares, not only because of who Urlacher is but also because they are the only white guys in the place. His iPod plays a country song, then a rap song. Yes, he is precisely what America wants. But there is more to it. This is a celebrity who has not figured out he's supposed to demand that the browns be removed from his M&M bowl. A self-described "hick" who can envision himself living in his hometown of Lovington, N.M., when he retires, Urlacher is oblivious to his fame, bewildered by his popularity. This is part of his appeal. He never puts up a wall, so fans aren't nervous or apprehensive when they approach him. It's more "Hey, Brian, how ya doin'?" as opposed to, "Mi ... Mi ... Mr. Urlacher, co ... co ... could I please have your autograph?" He's even accessible. You might catch him at Dave and Buster's, a restaurant-bar-arcade where Urlacher and his buddies have accumulated nearly enough points by playing games in the past year to purchase a lakefront condominium. You could bump into him at Bob Chinn's Crab House, where he always orders the Jonah stone crab, oysters and fried shrimp with green beans. Oh, and a side salad with Thousand Island and a bunch of sunflower seeds. You might see him mingling at Spoon, a popular nightclub. You could even find him waiting in a long line with his kids to ride The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at Disney World. Urlacher is clean off the field, though imperfect like the rest of us. He has a broken marriage. He fathered a child out of wedlock, which many would deem irresponsible. But he took the mother to court to fight for custody of the child. How many men in his position would have done that? Urlacher, who grew up without his father around, wants to be his son's father. He wants to take responsibility for the child he brought into the world. Now that's a man. Urlacher is grounded because of his roots. Humility is easy to come by when you are the son of a single mother who worked three jobs to support the family. It becomes ingrained when you can afford to buy only one pair of shoes each year. It never leaves you after you've worked in the oil fields and lumberyards and had jobs delivering water and mowing grass. Yes, he is anything but self-important. But there is more to it. You don't know a lot about Brian Urlacher. He won't let you because he distrusts most of the media. But that doesn't stop you from liking him. Somehow, you feel like you know what kind of guy he is. And you know what? Somehow, you do. It doesn't bother him much when he's the target of media criticism. Two years ago when the Sporting News, citing an anonymous poll of talent evaluators, called him the NFL's most overrated player, he shrugged it off after the initial irritation dissipated. Nor is he sweating about a recent Sports Illustrated poll of NFL players that named him the second most overrated player in the game. But don't mess with his teammates, of whom he's very protective. Mother hen protective. He was infuriated when the press was calling for quarterback Rex Grossman to be benched in the preseason. Livid when cornerback Ricky Manning was vilified after a recent brush with the law. His teammates and coaches are as protective of him as he is of them, and they defend Urlacher vociferously and passionately. "Calling him overrated is ridiculous, probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard," Bears center Olin Kreutz says, spitting each word. "The only thing you can say is people are jealous. I'm not saying it because he's my friend. I'm saying it because I watch film and I practice against him. People can't do what he does." Even though Brown says Urlacher is recognizable from his shadow alone, Urlacher does not like being singled out as the face of the Bears. When he recently was asked to pose for a magazine cover, he declined -- unless a teammate could be in the shot as well. He is nothing if not one of the guys. Safety Tyler Everett is an obscure player in the Bears' locker room. After being passed over in the draft last April, he signed with the Broncos. Cut before the season, he joined the Bears' practice squad. Everett wasn't in Chicago five minutes before Urlacher was at his locker introducing himself. "He took me in like one of the regular guys and was one of the first to do that," Everett says. When the Bears released Everett in October, Urlacher phoned him. "Here's the superstar of the team asking if I'm OK, worrying about me," says Everett, who subsequently was re-signed. "He tells me if I need anything to let him know. He always says to come by the house if I'm not doing anything." You'd like to be invited to Urlacher's home in suburban Chicago as most of his teammates frequently are. They dress in camouflage and have paintball wars in his wooded backyard. They shoot pool and play cards, pingpong and air hockey. They watch fights. And they always can count on a nice spread if they're hungry. He is a team captain who earns the designation daily. Teammates say he's the kind of guy they would call at 4 a.m. for a ride if they were stranded. Yes, he is the kind of guy you'd want to be your friend. But there is more to it. As big and tough as Urlacher is, children are not intimidated by him. In fact, they are drawn to the father of three. Recently, the young son of a teammate heard about the "Take a Bear to School" program. His mother asked the boy if he wanted his famous father to come to school with him. "No, Mom," he said. "I want Lach to come." Kids know people. They just know. Urlacher, two friends, their spouses and their children recently went to a Red Robin restaurant. While the adults talked and ate burgers, the five kids fought for position on Urlacher's lap. Most of his time was occupied feeding the kids and getting balloons. When Urlacher has been the host of birthday parties for his kids at Chuck E. Cheese's, nobody has had more fun than him. "We went berserk in there," he says. "I love the skee ball and the basketball. The best game is when you put the coins in and it flips and knocks the coins off. That's the best. I spent like a hundred bucks on that game." In his heart, he is stuck somewhere between 10 and 12. Part Peter Pan, part Incredible Hulk, Urlacher is forever goofing with teammates, playing pranks and keeping the locker room loose. He has set a lighthearted tone for what could be football's finest team. Wiffle Ball in the locker room, scaring people, knocking teammates' playbooks off their desks during meetings. Urlacher is behind all of it. Typical day at Halas Hall. Urlacher is in the linebackers room ostensibly watching tape. Ogunleye walks by. Urlacher: "Come in here, Wale, I want you to see this play." Ogunleye enters and sits. Urlacher lets out a high-pitched "cukoooo," also known as the linebackers' "distress" call. Before Ogunleye can look up, he is surrounded by seven linebackers, who are ready to administer a playful beating. Yes, he's a fun playmate. But there is more to it. You see, in the athlete you and I could never be, we can see ourselves. Yes, we can actually see ourselves. Or at least the parts of ourselves we would like to see. And somewhere in that mystery lies the explanation for the popularity of Brian Urlacher.

Brown is very valuable to the defense. Just because you don't see interceptions returned for touchdowns, doesn't mean he has 'lost' something. When the players were polled on which player could they ill afford to lose, Brown was right there next to Urlacher.

Green got conservative early when they had chances to score 7 and settled for 3. Later in the game, with the lead, they had to try and run and eat the clock a little, but that's when Green chose to pass. So when Green should've passed early on....he ran and when he neeeded to run...he passed. The guy is a bum coach and always has been. I hardly blame Leinart for that fumble....that kid looked like the real deal. If they would've let him throw the ball after they got some of those turnovers in our territory the deficit might have been too much to overcome. he was poised and took what the Defense gave him. How many times did we get beat on that dam WR pass at the LOS? Teams are going to take notice of that so our corners better start jamming at the LOS instead of giving the 10-12 yard cushion. I'd like to see Rex get on track with some short passes at the beginning to get him in the flow. I mean if you hit the big bomb the first play it's nice...but it's good to develop a rhythm. He's still young and needs to be reined in just a little. We went for the homerun to early and to often. Let him get a few passes under his belt. Especially in a big Monday Night Game. I think the game plan was our O line would dominate and Rex would have time. That plan was squashed early and we never really adjusted. It also didn't seem like our receivers had any separation either. Berrian was open on the two deep balls and Clark was open on his catches, but other than that...their corners were all over us and smacking us around. A dissapointing win, but it's a win and the Bears are 6-0. They're not always pretty, just ask the wasted guy that takes home the only girl at the bar at 3:00 in the morning. But you know what, ugly or not, it's still a notch in the old bedpost err or Win column. As for the announcers, OMG are they horrible. Theisman and Kornheiser contradict themselves like twice a quarter. Kornheiser called Theisman on it a couple times, but he is just as bad. He just tries to make it funny, but there's nothing funny about being wrong all the time and then saying I didn't mean that. Not too mention Barkley inthe booth. I don't give a freak about Barkley. If you want to give a 5 minute interview...fine...but he was up there for almost a whole quarter. Then they stopped showing replays and kept showing those 4 idiots in the booth. I'm glad we don't play on Monday night often.