Chicagoist: There's No "I" in Team

kookybites

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:35:22 -0600

@Editor at large... I was waiting for someone to say something about that...

Chuck Sudo

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:08:33 -0600

If the defense had their collective act together, Griese wouldn't have to be pulling out the stops in the fourth quarter. One wonders what this team's record would be if the Bears had a defense that could stop an opponent and a decent running game.

Editor at Large

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:41:08 -0600

@kookybites "...I'm not ready to crown Griese..." But perhaps, you might be ready to crown his ass, at the very least, no?

Kfunk

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:56:36 -0600

It is a 2 minute drill- he should know the plays they are going to call without a headset anyway. The fact that Bears Mgmt made Greise go out there and retract his comments reflects some insecurity on Turner's part. My favorite conspiracy theory: Griese turned off the headset because Ron Turner told him to A) Run the ball up the middle or B) Throw to just under the 1st down marker and hope the WR gets the extra 2 yards. And didn't QBs used to call their own plays most of the time?

Thunderbelly

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:34:04 -0600

Did he claim to call the plays after the game, or did he say the headset went out. I think its the latter, and the media and fans ran with the idea that he called the plays. He did in fact call 4 plays on his own in a row when the play clock was still running and there was no time to signal in plays. Its all laid out clearly on the Bears website yesterday. Regardless of who called the plays, its nice to see a Bears team march down the field in under 2 minutes with no timeouts. A rare sight indeed. And while Griese may not be Manning or Brady, he does average more passing yards per game this year than Manning does!

kookybites

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:03:46 -0600

There's something weird about this whole thing...either Turner's feathers got all ruffled from Griese's comments, or Griese was feeling a little too cocky after the game... While he's played well in the last couple of games, I'm not ready to crown Griese for completing tons of passes against prevent defenses in the fourth quarter...his inflated numbers are due to the fact that the Bears have been trailing in just about every game in recent memory.