Conventional wisdom was that even if the Bears did beat the Bucs, Tampa Bay's defense would be able to cause some problems for shaky starter Rex Grossman.

Of course, sometimes conventional wisdom just plain sucks. Grossman has thrown for almost 200 yards and two scores in the first half.

And it can't be a coincidence that stories emerged at the tail end of this week that Bears backup Brian Griese might not have the arm strength to replace Grossman after all.