Then there were two. The Patriots dismantled previously unbeaten Dallas. The Pats are just plain “scary good,” a team that might not yet have played its best football. This is a completely different team than the pretty good one that settled for second best in the AFC last season. Anybody out there want to rag on Randy Moss? Overated? A Loafer? Bull Roar.
So the Bears thought that they might get a little offense this year to go with a very good defense and go back to win the Super Bowl they lost to the Colts. The trouble is, their “plan” to do so was a healthy Rex Grossman. Hello? Is anybody home? Ol’ Rex was nothing to write home about on his best days, and by the time it dawned on the Bear brass that plan was a non-starter, they had a dispirited team on their hands. Witness the loss at home to the hapless Vikings. Yes, the Norskies got a career day (so far) from rookie running back Adrian Peterson’ but there’s no way to confuse the Purple’s offense with that of a real NFL team. Thirty-four points on the (formerly) vaunted Bears’ defense. Stick a fork in them, they’re done.
The inability of the front office to improve the NFC Champion Bears stands in stark contrast to the Patriots, who made major upgrades to already good offensive team off-season. The Pats’ brass was aggressive in the off-season, the Bears’, ah...disinterested?
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