Griese Player of The Week; The Miracles Continue To Enfold

“I'm still alive

Must have been a miracle

It's been a hell of ride

Destination still unknown

It's a fact of life:

If you make one wrong move with the gun to your head

You better walk the line or you'll be left for dead

I'm a runaway train on broken track

I'm a ticker on a bomb, you can't turn back this time

That's right

I got away with it all and I'm still alive

Let the end of the world come tumbling down

I'll be the last man standing on the ground

As long as Hot blood runs through my veins

I'm still alive.”

--Meatloaf from the song “Alive” from the album Bat Out Of Hell III—The Monster Is Loose, 2006.




The Bears, like Meatloaf, are still “alive.” It was unreal, last weekend watching the Bears game.

Mark had called as he could not find a Florida spot to watch the game. Shame really as it was a terrible game. The Bears were lucky that the Eagles did not score. However, the Bears were incredible in the last two minutes.

With no timeouts, Griese called his plays at the line due to a broken headset (TAKE A HINT OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR RON TURNER, YOUR PLAYS SUCK!) and orchestrated a drive that may have salvaged the season. Mushin caught an almost impossible pass to cap a drive that had Berrian catching a pass, Clark catching a pass, Hester catching a pass, and Benson actually trying. Of course if they lose three more games, it will be for naught, but for the time, let us Bear fans have our dreams. And speaking of dreams, Griese NFC player of the week (!?); wow.

The main problems with the Bears are simple.

The management has no understanding of team chemistry. The release of Thomas Jones hindered a team that does not believe in Cedric Benson. They need to let Adrian Peterson (yes, the OTHER Adrian Peterson) run the ball and live with it. Benson is always looking for a soft spot to land and seems unaware of his own lack of effort.

They either need to involve second round draft pick Mark Bradley or offer him up as trade bait. I am not saying he is a bad player, but he seems to be kind of “third down” receiver and we have that in an established Rashid Davis.

I would put Hester out on every play. The kid is special and may actually end up playing Wide Receiver some day. He is a Willie “Stone Hands” Gault without the “stone hands.” He is also a Hell of a lot of fun to watch.

They need to find some young offensive linemen to mix in the game plan. A of now, this must be a concern with the average age of the line over 30.

They must let Mark Anderson run loose. Let rush and blitz. They shell up to much on Defense.

Speaking of defense, my buddy Hunter Hillenmeyer has been badly burned two weeks in a row. They need to restore his confidence.

They must pay Lance Briggs every and anything he asks for. He MUST be resigned.

Daniel Manning must be dropped. What a worthless player, as we now know how important Nate Vasher is to the team.

The Bears have to develop more of a passing game than “up the middle to the tight-ends.” Both Clark and Olsen are talents, but there needs to be more when Mushin and Berrian are on the team.

On a more entertaining note, why have we not seen Jerry Angelo, the great savior; lately? Last year about this time when the Chicago Bears were winning everything, he was plastered all over the news. Now…oops. Maybe he is not so quick to take credit since he let some talent go and his last two years of picks, Hester excluded and Olsen excluded, stink.

Just keep BEARING DOWN folks.