I’ve been out of sync the last few days, not able to write much in large part because of my mild post Super Bowl depression. I’m starting to come out of the funk now and, as I do, I just get more and more angry. I’ll say this first: the best team won. The Colts […]
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I’ve been out of sync the last few days, not able to write much in large part because of my mild post Super Bowl depression. I’m starting to come out of the funk now and, as I do, I just get more and more angry. I’ll say this first: the best team won. The Colts were clearly the better team. The Bears just squeaked by the Seahawks and were lucky to do so. The New Orleans game, as it turns out, was an unusually good game. The Bears should not have won the Super Bowl but, despite that, they found themselves in a situation where they could have won the game and they did not give themselves the best chance.
There’s a big debate in the blogosphere about whether to support Grossman or get rid of him. I personally believe that the Bears need to upgrade at the quarterback position. The defense will be better when fully healthy but it can’t be improved too much from where it is. The Bears have the needed pieces on offense (the left side of the offensive line could be strengthened) except Grossman and the window of opportunity won’t last long. Now, despite Peter King’s suggestions, I understand that the Broncos traded Jake Plummer to the Texans for David Carr (both Carr and Plummer were on King’s list of QBs to go after). I saw a note that Jeff Garcia is now entertaining offers from other teams and he may be too expensive.
Whatever they do, they should NOT lock up Grossman long term. I also don’t think they should pay Lovie Smith too much money or lock him up for too long. It is clearly very lame that Lovie was the lowest paid coach in the NFL last season and that needs to be corrected. However, I think Lovie and his staff had a lot to do with the loss on Sunday. I kind of hope that the coordinators get picked off by other teams so that the Bears will have better play calling next year and a wider mix on defense (the “Cover 2″ just lets guys like Peyton Manning score on you all day long).
I am worried that the Bears are going to pay Lovie a boatload of money and lock him up for a long time. Then, Lovie being the hard headed coach that he is, will stick with Grossman for too long and we will be a .500 team next year and if Grossman ever gets any better, we will lose our opportunity. That would be a real bummer.
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