On the other hand, is he? They replaced a quarterback named Grossman that had on QB rating of 0.00% in one game last year; had admitted he did not always give 100% in a game and had one of the best defenses in the league to bail him out. At times Grossman could not figure out which way the flags were blowing on the top of the goal posts. Griese replaced him and he led them from behind to win the game a few days ago. How many times have we seen this happen in the past? Another QB now a savior for their team and their starting pigskin chucker leads them to the “Promised Land.” They have had one of the best defenses led by Urlacher. While Urlacher is a pro-bowler, Lance Briggs, another pro-bowler is the true anchor for that defense. In addition to the defense, they have Hester on special teams. Teams are now kicking only to the 35-40 yard line to avoid TD returns against them. Griese has a starting position of near mid-field to start from and only 40 yards to reach to make it to the “red zone.” This should not be an insurmountable amount of yardage to get to the red zone and makes life easier for Griese than it was for Grossman.
Therefore, Griese will lead them over the NFC “Norris” division and get to the playoffs as a wild card entrant because of their poor start. Some optimists are saying Chicago will win the division with Griese at the helm. With the two of them and Orton as QB, they are a team 28 of 32 teams offensively in the NFL stats department. Let us look at the individual statistics and compare notes. Grossman should have more of each item in the categories because he has played more! TD and Interceptions ratio has Griese at 4/1 and Grossman at 4/6. (Checkmark Griese). Sacks have Griese 8 and Grossman 9. (Checkmark Griese). That is only because Grossman has played more. Let us take it a notch deeper and more closely. Since both QB’s are as fleet afoot as a giraffe on an iceberg, they are going to take over Kitna in Detroit as the shoulder pad “crash test dummy.” Is it their fault, of course not? It is their parents for weak speed genes in the DNA. Just kidding and it is that sorry offensive line. In this case, their offensive (as in stinking) lines because of their inability to defend against the pass rush are allowing the sacks.
So what can Chicago do to look like a well-informed management for signing Griese? Well, consider the price they paid for locking him up. They may not have been that well informed as they think or should have checked their resources. Did they forget about his knee injury with Tampa Bay? He had a 39-33 records as a starter. In his first start against Detroit, he threw for 52 times! That is 50 cent and two little cents. Incredible and they still lost. Lovie was up to his usual, “he is our QB” but must be saying, “Please defense get me through this year and we will get a free agent. Damn, we locked this cat up for 5 years. Not smart management.” In Detroit’s win, they scored more points in the fourth quarter then any team (in NFL history) has ever scored in a comeback for one quarter. Who was passing the ball? Some cat named Griese that is who. Wait a minute; Griese brought them back to within 7 points. Detroit returned the onside kick for a TD. We are talking Detroit and 30+ points and a return for a TD. That is Detroit, not New England, Dallas or Indianapolis.
Chicago is beat up on defense and that is no excuse. The longer that defense is on the field, the more susceptible they are to injury and the more wore out they become. The only way to stay healthy and heal is to have an offense actually control the ball and sustain drives. So who is the better fit, Griese, Grossman or Orton? Does it really matter? Until Chicago wakes up and implements a more balanced offense there isn't many wins ahead. In the two games Griese has started, he has thrown 77 times and Chicago has run 54 times. Once they fall behind, they will have to pass. Other then Benson showing a glint of hope, the defense has to win games such as the Green Bay game. The defense intercepted the pass in the end to win the game, not Griese to secure the win. Neither Griese nor anyone else is the cure for the Bears this year. There are too many holes to fill and injuries to recover from to succeed this year. Chicago will be where after Griese falls prey to a bone-jarring hit and cannot walk straight or continue the game? They will be back with Grossman, the man that was nowhere around when the coaches were talking strategy with Griese during a time out. No clipboard, no head set, no earpiece and no Grossman. Just as next year in Chicago, there will be no Grossman; there will not be any resemblance of a QB in Griese. Griese will be a horrible fit, and eventually resemble Grossman prior to his arrival.
Now that Lloyd Carr and Ron English's ability to prepare for a team like Michigan for a game against "Apple State" has completely ruined any of Michigan fans hope for pride this season, they now have Lou Holtz coming into "The Big House" to give a pep talk! As a Michigan fan and yes, I am, I call a #### black and an #### kicking an #### kicking and we got one, but Lou Holtz? The clone for Cabbage Patch kids is coming in to "inspire and offer his words of wit." This will be another week in which a team with speed and from a conference that always gives us trouble will embarass the coaching staff and our sorry #### defense. What's next, having Jim Harbaugh sign with the Detroit Lions? How did a proud university sink so fast. I am as big a maize and blue fan there is, and have a scarlett and gray toilet seat to #### on because I don't like the "fuzzy gonad / buckeye team" at all. And yes, they will probably kick our #### also with that defense. However, this is pitiful. Didn't Holtz leave Notre Dame for a team on the East Coast? Let's look at available people they could have come into town for a more inspirational speech. (Feel free to add your choices also). Jerome Bettis; Tom Brady; or how about one of a dozen others. I have a better idea, let's get Michael Vick to come in for the inspirational speech. Now that is a loser. I guess we could really make the team feel like a winner and have John Cooper stand across the opposing sideline. The only good rumor of the day, Bill Cowher is supposed to be coming to Michigan for the game this weekend. I wonder if Jerome Bettis will be there also.
I know we are all starved for College Football and the NFL Exhibition Season to start, but I have tried to watch that putred show. Is there anyone else doesn't like it besides me? It is almost as stupid as ESPN's mock baseball conference in which, Steve Phillips would play the GM for baseball teams that had just completed blockbuster trades or what their upcoming season was like. Their panel of experts tells who is now and moves onto the next round. I am sure all of you know the show. What is going on with ESPN. If we aren't overloaded with the World Series of Poker, then it is something like this. I was just wondering what your views were on the show. And the thought for the day...always travel alone in groups.
Is Pacman Jones stupid or just a reflection of the perfect portrayal for ignorant? How much more dumb can you get then a box of rocks. Switching plates, no insurance and just plain stupid. How much more ignorant can one person be? He doesn't deserve to play in another organized football league unless it is behind bars. He is thug, gangster wannabe and a disgrace to his mother. Maybe he can get a job in the UNICOR Prison industry making license plates for people that obey the law. I hope he reads blogs and is offended by this. If I were you I would be offended and if I were your mother, I would be offended you were my child because you are a disgrace. What a #### and waste of human flesh.
Are we regressing or what? Didn't we get rid of this guy once? Do we need someone to make us shorthanded more often because he likes to scrap? At least Peca is a good open ice hitter. Yashin, well he is just not worth the risk and too much of a head case. Shanny seems happy in New York and Forsberg, who the hell knows. Instead of tying up salary for guys like this, lets save the money and let the younger kids play and gain experience. Why make a move just to get credit for making a move. Look at next years UFA'a and save the salary for them. Lord knows Babcock is slow to play youth and thats his philosophy, but if we are going to self destruct, let's do it with a younger group that is giving 110%
While there seems to be a be a bunch of blogs regarding the President, lack of black presidents (although it was eluded to in other blog, there has never been a female or Jewish president either, also eluded to) let me add nothing but my two cents worth. Can we not stick to sports and if not, here is my political viewpoint? FoxNews, MSNBC and other places love political viewpoint blogs. You can see I am retired military and now with the government work as an Investigator with DHS. We arrested an individual for ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) which spoke absolutely no English, none, nada, zero, zip & zilch. However, he had a bogus SS Card with an actual number for a soldier that was killed in 2003 taken from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), and a valid ID from New York State.Do you know what he said when he was arrested? "I have done nothing wrong. (Despite the fact he had over 270GB's of jpegs with children from around the world and had been exchanging or selling them to other countries, and spending 16 hours a day of this as his sole job.) Why is it you are arresting me and I have rights?" Of course he does and he was given a lawyer. To which he immediately filed a motion to dismiss.His statement to the arraignment judge (since illegals have quicker judicial rights and saw a judge within two days) told the judge that "we were wrong to arrest him since it is not uncommon for Hispanics to do this (stereotyping the hispanics!)." With that mentality, I replied to the interpretor, "Ask him why the Mexican police arrest Americans from Fort Bliss for having a marijuana joint in Mexico, but Ciudad Juarez, Mexico police don't arrest locals for amounts less then 20 pounds?" Why, is because they are Americans and are held to double standards and an alien in Mexico.Is there a reason we haven't had a female, black or any other president that falls into a category other then white? YES, and it's simple, they weren't voted in. This is America and we are our own worst demons. If we didn't vote them in it is our fault. Do you know why so many politicians want the amnesty program? Because if they push for it, the illegals would be valid and being valid allows them to get a Voter Registration Card. If you push for me to be legal and give me amnesty, who do you think I will vote for you? When you talk about 40 million illegals being given amnesty, 40 million votes can swing an election. And each year, 440,000 more aliens sneak into the country.The bottom line is the reason we don't have a female or black president is because they weren't voted in and every legal American has the right to vote. It's a democracy and isolating ourselves from the other countries because "taking care of our country before we help other countries" just isn't going to work.So the real question is, "Are you ready for some football?"
FYI: I forgot to mention, the man posted a $250,000 cash bond to get out pending trial. Not a 10% bond, but $250,000 cash bond. It took him less than one hour and one phone call to have the money at the law enforcement center.
We are turning this into a "political scenario theme" and not sports on these blogs. While they are "comment responders" there is a political theme starting to generate. There hasn't been a great deal mentioned of Ms Williams tearing up Wimbledon, the All Star game getting ready to kick off, Tigers Woods' putting problems, Tank Williams maybe being picked up by Tamp Bay, Kevin Garnett maybe ending up in Maverick land and finally Marc Bulger possibly heading to the Lions (if anyone thinks he could help them anyway). Miss Williams has been phenomenal but not has been mentioned very much at all. I was just curious as to why we had to head more to the political blogs on a sports site rather then keep with the theme of maybe - sports.
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