Are You Ready for Some Football

[Ming]

I wouldn't be surprised... It's probably easier to get tickets there for a Bears game than it is here

[-Jrabbit]

Reports are there was a massive cheer when the Bears came out of the tunnel at 11am.
And massive boos when the Lions came out. :lol :lol

Reports are that Griese will play most of the 2nd half.

[SlowwHand]

I'm surprised Detroit hasn't rioted and burned down the stadium yet.

[-Jrabbit]

Houston breaks on top of Indy 14-0 -- 2 TDs for Ron Dayne.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I'm surprised Detroit hasn't rioted and burned down the stadium yet.

Yeah, or hung Millen in effigy before every game.

[SlowwHand]

I'm not sure it would stop at mere effigy.

[-Jrabbit]

Peyton responds with 2 TD tosses.

Bears looking pretty good. They're up 10-7 and the reserves are already starting to rotate in. Griese is rumored to be playing most, maybe all, of the 2nd half.

[-Jrabbit]

Great Grossman stats -- going into today --

He leads the NFL in games with QB rating under 40, with 7.
He leads the NFL in games with QB rating over 100, with 7.

Feast or famine, Good Rex or Evil Rex. Nothing in between.

[SlowwHand]

R. Bush
ATT YDS TD LG
11 81 0 17

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Great Grossman stats -- going into today --

He leads the NFL in games with QB rating under 40, with 7.
He leads the NFL in games with QB rating over 100, with 7.

Feast or famine, Good Rex or Evil Rex. Nothing in between.

Wow... I think this stat is why every Bears fan is a bit frightened. I'd imagine some of you would be better satisfied with a constant QB rating of 80 from Griese than those splits!

[-Jrabbit]

Yeah, exactly. For a title, we're going to need 3 straight games of Good Rex. But it's a great comfort that we have great talent on defense and special teams, which means there's alsways hope

But I'd rather have the steady 80 rating with Rex than Griese.

[SlowwHand]

Why?
But other than that, you're going to get that with Grossman.

[-Jrabbit]

Grossman has a much stronger arm. That gives greater ability to go deep.

[-Jrabbit]

I really expected the Giants to come up big today, backs to the wall against a so-so defense, Strahan back... But the Saints are up 20-7, holding both Manning and Tiki in check so far.

[-Jrabbit]

Giants self-destructing, but dodge the bullet for now. First, they get unnecessary roughness penalties on consecutive plays -- on offense! -- then have the punt returned for an apparent TD by Reggie Bush -- which was called back after challenge (Bush OB ar the 41).