Ok, I’ve been back and forth about Rex Grossman. I think I’ll stick with “He sucks”. Three more picks tonight against the Patriots (all by Asante Samuel). It’s not just Grossman though, the receivers dropped a ton of balls the last couple games. This team needs some help. Is Brian Griese the answer? I don’t know. Is he better than Rex at this point? I’d have to believe he could do a better job running the offense. But now let’s recap the game from Sunday afternoon.

First of all, it was an ugly game of eight turnovers, and sloppy penalties. Neither offense really got things going. Tom Brady had a very average game, except when he scrambled and eluded Brian Urlacher for a first down run. Bernard Berrian was the only skill position player to eclipse 100 yards in this game. Asante Samuel was the beneficiary of Rex Grossman’s 3 interceptions. They were all good plays by Samuel, and not all terrible throws by Grossman. But, Grossman didn’t look like he set his feet all afternoon; consistently throwing off-balance passes.

The Bears defense did a sufficient job stopping the Patriots. You should be able to score more than 17 points against the Patriots defense whose secondary is suspect. Like I said earlier, the Bears receivers helped them out by dropping balls that should have been catches. I’m not worried about the Bears defense. Even when key players (Mike Brown) get hurt, other guys step up and really shine in Ron Rivera’s defense.

So where do the Bears go from here? Easy answer: home to face the Vikings. Harder answer: If Grossman falters again, Lovie has got to make a switch for the team to get comfortable with Griese before the playoffs. Now is the time. If this offense can hit it’s stride and be clicking when the playoffs start, the Bears could take advantage of their remaining soft schedule and relatively easy road through the NFC playoff, to make an appearance in Super Bowl XLI.

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