The Bears Are Being Disrespected By All
EVERYBODY IS PICKING INDY DESPITE EVEN S.B. MATCHUP
If you want to talk about disrespect, point to the fact that Indy was quickly a seven point favorite over the NFC Champion Bears. The rather large spread between two fifteen win teams is mostly due to Las Vegas ’ reliance on the quarterback factor and Peyton Manning is far more known and talented than Chicago ’s Rex Grossman. The Colts are not seven points better than the Bears on any scale and the public is being blindsided.
First off, Grossman is not the worst quarterback in Super Bowl history going into the game or coming out of it. The worst is without a doubt the late QB of the Miami Dolphins David Woodley. With that out of the way, Grossman has put up some numbers that are more than pedestrian by the standards of 2006. The man has won 15 games this year while throwing 23 touchdown passes and over 3,000 yards passing.
He is not the Trent Dilfer of 2000 who quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to the World Championship, but the defense on that team should be instructive to what the Bears may do on Super Sunday.
The Bears may not be better from top-to-bottom than the Colts, but look for a combination of take aways and points from those turnovers plus the running game of Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson putting Indy away. They have done it every one of their 15 victories.
Weather may also be also be a factor in this Super Bowl, which would be historic. A non-dome Super Bowl has never had inclement weather before. If either team can settle in with their running game, they should win. Peyton Manning's receiving corps will be muted by the rain, but it's imperative that the Bears keep handing the ball off because of the two QB's he's the least experience and might be more proned to mishandling the pressure of the game itself, in addition, to the slick ball.
This should be an entertaining Super Bowl with two old-school franchises. The Bears will win this one. Take the touchdown being offered by Vegas.
BEARS 30, COLTS 24.
If you want to talk about disrespect, point to the fact that Indy was quickly a seven point favorite over the NFC Champion Bears. The rather large spread between two fifteen win teams is mostly due to Las Vegas ’ reliance on the quarterback factor and Peyton Manning is far more known and talented than Chicago ’s Rex Grossman. The Colts are not seven points better than the Bears on any scale and the public is being blindsided.
First off, Grossman is not the worst quarterback in Super Bowl history going into the game or coming out of it. The worst is without a doubt the late QB of the Miami Dolphins David Woodley. With that out of the way, Grossman has put up some numbers that are more than pedestrian by the standards of 2006. The man has won 15 games this year while throwing 23 touchdown passes and over 3,000 yards passing.
He is not the Trent Dilfer of 2000 who quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to the World Championship, but the defense on that team should be instructive to what the Bears may do on Super Sunday.
The Bears may not be better from top-to-bottom than the Colts, but look for a combination of take aways and points from those turnovers plus the running game of Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson putting Indy away. They have done it every one of their 15 victories.
Weather may also be also be a factor in this Super Bowl, which would be historic. A non-dome Super Bowl has never had inclement weather before. If either team can settle in with their running game, they should win. Peyton Manning's receiving corps will be muted by the rain, but it's imperative that the Bears keep handing the ball off because of the two QB's he's the least experience and might be more proned to mishandling the pressure of the game itself, in addition, to the slick ball.
This should be an entertaining Super Bowl with two old-school franchises. The Bears will win this one. Take the touchdown being offered by Vegas.
BEARS 30, COLTS 24.
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