Bears at Rams on Monday Night Football

The Game
OK. First this game was like a home game for the bears. The Bears had huge fan support in St. Louis, city of the Rams for the past 11 years.

The Bears put up an impressive victory. However the Rams are not what you would call a top team in the NFL. The Bears won 42 - 27 and the Rams (then 5-7 team) still scored 4 TD's on a highly rated Bears defense. Deven Hester scoring on 2 kick returns put 14 points on the board. Congrats to Hester on breaking the record. I know take those away and the Bears still win 28 -27. The Bears offense did show a sign of life and managed to drive the ball, but I am still not convinced. Their remaining 3 teams have a total of 9 wins. Their next real contest will be in the playoffs and I think Dallas or New Orleans can win. The Bears will need home field advantage and have to perform like a cold weather team.

I will say that I am still not real impressed with Grossman, but this game was an improvement and I think Lovie Smith and the rest of the Bears management are right for sticking with him. He is young and they plan to keep him around then you have to play him. Brian Griese who may be more consistent, he has still been around the league a number of years, and is not a long term solution. If they start Griese then they might as well start looking for someone to come in to replace Griese and Grossman.

The Announcers (Joe)...
Joe Theisman, on always watched them on Sunday Night Football. But last night he was out there. The review on Grossman's incomplete pass / fumble. Joe said that this was caused by the hit. And most likely it was, but the rule is if the arm is going in a forward motion it is an incomplete pass. Calling that a fumble would have been more controversial and made every play with contact subjective. I know he said that "They will rule this incomplete, but I wouldn't it's a fumble caused by the hit" I'll just say I am glad that he is an announcer and not a referee.
At the same time I think he made too big of a deal out of Grossman's TD pass across the middle. That Grossman wasn't thinking he was just throwing where the receiver should be and that he (Joe) gets by without thinking. Right, Grossman should throw the ball where the receiver should be that is why they practice (routes and timing). And Joe getting by without thinking, he might want to mix it up and throw a few thoughts in there.

Super Bowl Pics
I would like to see the Bears and Chargers in the Super Bowl.
But right now, I would go with LT and Chargers against Drew Brees and the Saints. Yeah Brees against the same team he played on last year. Reminds me of when Gruden left the Raiders only to beat them in the Super Bowl the following season.

-TDK