Chicagoist: Giants End Bears' Playoff Hopes

discountsounds

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:42:15 -0600

It's probably not a great idea to run the no huddle for the entire game with this team because they need the offense to chew up some clock so the defense gets some rest before they have to go out and get their asses kicked again. Having said that, I would have liked to see maybe a couple of other series with the no huddle after it worked so well for the opening drive. Also, the playoff talk will continue since the Bears are only one game out of a wild card slot.

mike_thoms

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:21:56 -0600

He does drive me nuts with those sacks...you can't go backwards! step up into the pocket! but the o-line wasn't offering up anything resembling protection. on some plays it almost seemed as if the o-line wasn't on the field and the Giants D had complete access to the the QB

Navin

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:00:26 -0600

Grossman did well, They certainly didn't lose because of him.

mike_thoms

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:01:06 -0600

And he had some great drives last week to win that game. If he's protected, he does fine and he wasn't protected yesterday.

huckeyes

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:22:57 -0600

Im not a Grossman apologist; but he had several very commanding drives during that game- the first drive in particular.

Szemer

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:21:49 -0600

Orton? Were you watching the same game? Grossman was solid, though he had a few gaffes (like bailing on the pocket), but even if you give Orton some trial series, it won't indicate much about his particular abilities. Why? Because as a lot of commentators have said, the Bears' O-line is absolutely atrocious, and lack of protection/run blocking will make even a stellar QB look bad. I'd give Rex the bulk of the snaps for the rest of the season. Except I worry about him getting shellshocked from all the hits he'll have to take.

matty

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:21:39 -0600

That was pathetic. At least it showed we really didn't have a hope in hell of the playoffs since beating greenbay.

Benjy Lipsman

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:54:10 -0600

Orton -- now with three years to learn the system -- should be a much different QB than the "game manager" we saw in 2005 as a rookie. I'm not sold on Grossman long-term. We've seen Griese for extended periods this year. Let's see what Orton can do before the Bears head into an off-season where they need to make some major changes on offense.

pantagrapher

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:29:20 -0600

Orton? Why would they start him right when it's looking like Grossman is finally figuring things out? I never thought I'd say this, but Grossman belongs under center for the remainder of the year.