Josh Q. Public: Got a punch to crunch, cold munch for lunch. Not Grady or the lady from the Brady Bunch. -Run DMC
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Too soon? Too soon to make my pick? Too much is never enough. Super Sunday. Super fun day. Super more fun than Tank Johnson’s submachine gunday. This it. This is it, the night of nights. This is it, we’ll hit the heights. And oh what heights we’ll hit. On with the show, this is it. Bugs Bunny style. Who to pick? Who to pick? That’s the question. Who to pick? Survey says: The Bears.
That’s right folks I’m picking the Chicago Bears. The Monsters of the Midway. Super Bowl Shuffling all the way to Disney World. Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you’re wearing the crown. You’re the pride and joy of Illinois. Chicago Bears, Bear down! And Bear down they will. They will Bear down with their running attack. The Colts’ poor tackling was a major problem during the regular season. A major problem. A Major Healey problem. A Major Wolfgang Hochstetter problem. A Lee Majors problem. A Six Million Dollar problem. The Colts had the NFL’s worst rushing defense during the regular season. We know they turned that around in the playoffs. We also know it resurfaced last week. It resurfaced last week in the first half against the Patriots. The Pats ran 19 times for 85 yards in that first half. The Pats ran for a dominating 4.5 yards per carry. Sure the Colts made some adjustments. But the Patriots ran only five times in the second half. I assure you, the Bears will not give up on the running game so easily. They will run early. They will run often. Three yards and a cloud of dust. Again. Again. And again. Cedric Benson will Bear down. Thomas Jones will Bear down. He Beared down against the Saints. Beared down for 123 yards. Beared down for two TDs. And you saw the drive. You saw the drive to close out the game. Smash mouth football baby! Goodness!
The Chicago defense will Bear down. Number one in the NFC. Number one in our hearts. The Bears just held the NFC’s best offense to just 14 points. Held them to 56 yards on the ground. Terminate ‘em! Eliminate ‘em! Defense, defense! Annihilate ‘em! Oh they will. Brian Keith Urlacher. Number fifty-four. That’s all you need to know. Mean from head to toe. He’ll catch you wherever you go. Brian Urlacher’s gonna Bear down. You can bet your bippy on that. He’s the big Kahuna on this Bears defense. The number one monster of the Midway. It will be his job to shut down Dallas Clark. Shut down Clark who leads all postseason receivers with 17 catches. Shut down Clark who leads all postseason receivers with 281 yards. Clark is averaging 16.5 yards per catch in these playoffs. He hasn’t played against Urlacher. Urlacher is big. Urlacher is fast. Urlacher is big and fast. Clark does not stand a chance. Not a snowball’s chance. Not a snowball’s chance in the south of France. Lance Briggs will Bear down. Mark Anderson will Bear down. Ricky Manning Jr. will bear down. The Chicago defense will Bear down and create turnovers. Ease my troubles, that’s what they do. That’s what they’re good at. They led the league with 44 takeaways. They forced four turnovers Sunday. They made Drew Brees fumble. They made Drew Brees fumble less than a minute after Berrian’s TD, and took the wind right out of the Saints‘ sails. Took the wind out of their sails and shuffled to the Super Bowl.
Lastly but not leastly, Devin Hester. You know Devin Hester’s gonna Bear down. Gonna Bear down on special teams. Devin Hester, Mr. Anytime, the pound your chester, the bulletproof vester, the very bester. Expect at least one Sports Center special out of this cat. Expect this cat to give the Bears good field position. Expect this cat to give Chicago good enough field position to Bear down and win this ballgame. Ellis Hobbs of the New England Patriots had 220 total kickoff return yards against the Colts in the AFC Championship Game, the second most in NFL playoff history. Just think what the Very Bester's gonna bear down and do. Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you’re wearing the crown. You’re the pride and joy of Illinois. Chicago Bears, bear down! Th-th-th-that’s all folks!
josh q. public. For the public, by The Public. Irreverent sports opinion from a Bostonian in New York. The one blog to read, when you’re reading more than one. Good to the last drop!