A newly endangered species.. The Chicago Bear

Last year's most feared monster of the midway was the Chicago Bear Defense. It was supported by an entourage of the gunslinger Sexy Rexy, the lakeshore airline Devin Hester, the flashy wide receiver Benard B, old man Moose, Thomas Jones the orange Ferrari and a stout and veteran offensive line. Together they rolled into Miami for Superbowl XLI. Chicago was proud of its great franchise.

History has registered the Bears flop in rain-soaked Miami but the masses were willing to cut their heroes some slack. They were returning all starters from a year ago and the QB could only get better. A repeat trip to the SB was all but ensured. Hester was to take over on offense and the new tall kid TE from Miami could not be missed even by the diminutive Rexy. Week 5 rolls around and the vaunted Bears are 1-3 and at the bottom of the pile in the NFC North. The offense has scored 3 TDs and the defense allowed 34 points in the fourth quarter against the terrible Lions!!! 34 effing points!!! In the meanwhile Rexy has been benched in favor of old man Griese, the defense has 7 starters injured, Bernard B drops balls like they are hot cakes, the O line cannot stop a fly let alone 300 pound D-linemen, Thomas Jones is gone to the JETS and old man Moose is well an older man Moose.

I was a staunch supporter of Rexy till the Superbowl and chanted along with Lovie "Rex is our Quarterback". After the Superbowl i was not so sure, i wished they opened up the competition to all the QBs but i suspected they knew Griese sucked. Finally after the terrible show against KC, Rexy was benched, effectively ending his career in Chicago. The problems of this team go beyond Rexy though. The receivers are playing scared, u can see them flinch when they are going for the ball, afraid of the hit. Cedric Benson is so soft i could use him as a pillow at night. The O-line is a sieve and worst of all the Offensive coordinator is insane. I wish people would stop protecting that guy Ron Turner and blame him entirely for the lost season.

What do we remember from Rexy's great games last season? him gunning the football down the field into the arms of a flying Berrian who had 10 yds separation from the defensive backs. There was no way he was going to be hit. Where is that play? the OC tried to make Rexy a dink and dunk passer and that is never gonna work. He played for the ol' Ball Coach Spurrier in his fun-n-gun offense. Just take 3 steps back and fling the ball down field. No Plays to the blond TE Gregg Olsen, No plays to ol reliable TE Desmond Clark, No plays for Hester, No two back formation with Benson and Wolfe.. Those two are physically opposite running backs. line them up to run in opposite directions and make the choice on the fly.. let the defensive line figure out who to chase.

Do Something... Next week the Bears take on old man Favre. hes been playing for 15 straight years, the Bears have changed 22 QBs in that time. His team is 4-0 and top of the Division, the Bears are 1-3.. go figure.