In a game that was supposed to be meaningless, I think we all saw some very meaningful things Sunday night when the Packers waxed the Bears in Chicago (26-7).

First of all, we learned that Rex Grossman and Brian Griese both has serious flaws as starting quarterbacks. The tandem combined for 5 interceptions and one lost fumble. They amassed 157 passing yards and one touchdown between them. Yes, I know the Packers defense is improved. But those performances just suck it.

For me, in my mind, Rex Grossman should lose his job for his piss-poor reaction to his first interception that was returned for a touchdown. After Grossman threw the ball, saw it was intercepted, and saw that he was the only player between Nick Collins (who intercepted the errant pass) and the end zone, he decided to weakly jog toward him. Making absolutely no attempt to catch and certainly no attempt to tackle him. Umm, Rex? Yeah, YOU just threw that weak ass interception. It’s your fault that the other team is about to score 6 points. And the least you could do is to give a little effort, and try and tackle him. It would at least give your team the appearance that you cared. That’s all.

One bright spot for the Bears offense was Cedric Benson (13 carries for 109 yards). He averaged 8.4 yards a carry. Benson has been getting more carries as of late and Sunday night he certainly took advantage of that. The passing game was pretty much terrible the whole game, except for the beautiful pass from Griese to second year man Mark Bradley. Griese hit him in stride as Bradley took it in for the score. It was good to see Bradley getting back into the flow of the game after missing most of his rookie season with an injury.

The Bears defense was embarassing. Brett Favre carved up the defense. Ahman Green looked like he was 23 again. And Ruvell Martin racked up 118 yards against the Bears secondary. Granted the defense didn’t have much to play for, especially after the offense gave the game away early. But Ron Rivera, who was considered the hottest head coaching prospect earlier this year, had better get his squad focused. They have looked terrible the last 5 games. very average, and very beatable.

As it stands now, with football lament at an all time high, I don’t see the Bears winning their first playoff game in 2 weeks. Of course we’ll have to stay tuned for their opponent, but I’m not sure they could beat anyone in the playoffs with the effort they put forth on Sunday night.

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