Bears-Pats Preview: Super!
The Bears play the Patriots this Sunday in a rematch of Super Bowl XX. On top of that, this very well may be a preview of Super Bowl XLI as both teams look to be, at the very least, one of the top two or three teams in the conference. I wonder if New England is going to trot out stars of Patriot past and bring Tony Eason to Razor Blade Stadium? Ok, that's enough living in the past this week, let's get to it.
The Bears are on a roll. They're 9-1 and on a two-game winning streak after taking two straight in New York. Still, everyone seems to be simultaneously crapping on Grossman. Calling him the weak link and, er, stuff. I don't get it. He's the best QB the Bears have had since Sid Luckman, he's 13-4 as a starter, and he's on a pace to break most Bears single-season records. But he's had a few bad games. WHO CARES!? Lay off. He's not perfect, but he's got the moxie to take us all the way. Just give him the playbook, a couple of receivers, and an elite defense...and he'll get you there.
As for the Patriots, they were struggling a bit lately in losing back-to-back games at home. They appeared to have righted the ship last week, though, at Green Bay. They shut 'em out 35-0. Of course, it was just the Favre-less Packers with a broken-foot novice at QB, so they shouldn't start sucking each other's popsicles quite yet. The Bears are going to be just a little tougher to beat.
I actually think this game might be a blowout. Pats are going to blitz the crap out of Grossman and Sexy Rexy will survive the blitz with a couple nice tosses to Berrian and Clark. Brady, much like against the Colts, is going to try to do too much and turn it over at least three times. Bears win, 27-10.