New Orleans has been a little favorite of mine this season. How could you not love their story - one year after the devastating hurricane that tore up their stadium, one year after their horrible season (and many bad seasons before that), their team is doing awesome. At first, it seemed like a fluke when they won their first game. But by midseason we all realized, 'hey, this team is actually good!'

But I apologize, NOLA, as much as it warms my heart to think of what an inspiration your team is for your people, Chicago is going to kick your ass next week.

Nothing makes me more happy than to see Lovie Smith with a big smile on his face. Sure, today's game was a nailbiter, but we won, and that's all that matters. It was such a relief to see Rex Grossman show all the naysayers that he could keep a cool head and not let all the immense pressure get to him. He did a pretty good job - I found it a little ironic that he was making some good passes, but they were getting dropped by his receivers.

Next week should be interesting. Hopefully Rex's confidence is back and he gives us another good game. Hopefully our defense gets their head out of their asses and closes up those gaps that Shaun Alexander got through today. Hopefully after this season we give Lovie the payraise that he deserves - it's embarrassing how poorly we pay him!

Go Bears, Go!

Posted by Yano at January 15, 2007 01:06 AM

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