Bears Steal one from Vikings
Another week, another great win. This time it wasn't a blowout, however, as the Bears beat the Vikings in Minnesota today on a last-minute touchdown pass to Rashied Davis. Rex Grossman, as typical for a Quarterback, had the most impact on today's outcome. Minnesota blitzed all day, hoping to rattle Rex. Rex wasn't rattled, but he certainly threw some crappy passes, one of which was picked off and returned for a touchdown. Not only that, but at least two others were minus-6 near misses as well. But no matter, Rex seems unflappable. He recovered nicely and put a TD on the board when the team needed it most. Us Bears fans better get used to it, as I think this is going to be a recurring situation all year. Rex makes bad decision, Rex makes good decision. The good news is I think Rex has got what it takes to take us all the way. The bad news is he won't ever come close to going undefeated and he could pull a Favre-like 6 INT game out of his ass at the worst possible time. Should be fun. Some other notes.
- About the running game: what I said last week.
- About the defense: Tommie Harris is the man. Rex wouldn't have had a chance to work his magic without Tommie's brilliant forced fumble. The reigning defensive player of the week should be in contention for this week's award as well.
- What's Urlacher been up to? He's made his share of tackles, but he hasn't really been involved on an impact play all year. Just wondering. He *did* recover one fumble, I should point out, but he hasn't made the "game-changing" plays like the aforementioned Harris.
- The defense didn't square up on Chester Taylor all day and the secondary allowed a number of big plays. However, I'm not going to complain about either problem as the unit has allowed one touchdown in three games. That's a passing grade in my book.
- Sloppy, sloppy play from all around today as it seemed the Bears were gunning for the team record for penalties in a season in one afternoon. Vikes weren't much better, I might add, making the game seem to drag at times.
- Robbie Gould is automatic it seems. At this point he's probably the best Bears kicker since Butthead.
The Bears are now 3-0 for the first time since 1991. Man, did those last 15 years suck. Happy days are here again, though, and I'm going to enjoying every minute of this season. Seattle next week, probably the biggest game of the year. I wish it was tonight. GO BEARS!!!