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Written by Keith Sheffield/Tahoe World
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Tuesday, 30 January 2007 |
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 Why the Bears will win
Even without coach Ditka running the show, the Bears could pull this one out from under the Colts.
Put the issue of quarterback Rex Grossman’s on-again off-again performances aside. This is the game where linebacker Brian Urlacher and cornerback Devin Hester can elevate themselves to NFL god status.
Urlacher alone was responsible for creating four turnovers against the New Orleans Saints that led to their 39-14 victory in the NFC Championship game.
And Hester, well he’s just explosive on special teams. Remember his 108-yard return for six after the failed field goal attempt by the Arizona Cardinals? You know the game I’m talking about — the come-from-behind victory that made then-Cards coach Dennis Green lose his damn mind in the post-game press conference.
That’s what the Bears can do to a team. Despite some poor performances, they find a way to win. And winning doesn’t have to be pretty.
So, if Grossman doesn’t get pummeled by the Colts front four and completes his passes, and Urlacher and Hester create the big plays, it could be Da Bears back on top this Sunday.
 Why the Colts will win
Two reasons. Their names are Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning.
Coach Dungy’s confidence in his team is what got the Colts players to believe in themselves enough to pull ahead of the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game.
Down 21-6 at halftime, Dungy was most likely the only one in the Colts locker room telling his team they were going to win.
Yes, the Pats got the early lead, but the Colts D slowed New England’s onslaught and Manning went to work picking apart his opponent’s defense — no doubt the result of halftime adjustments by Dungy and Co.
What does all this mean?
It means the team from that city in the midwest that begins with a C, ends with an O, and has a HICAG in the middle has a lot of work to do if it’s going to beat Manning and his receiver corps, as well as an underrated defense. (Think the Colts D isn’t all that? Ask the Baltimore Ravens what they have to say about that.)
So all the pressure in this game is really going to be on the Bears. Chicago quarterback Rex Grossman has made it through the playoffs yes, but the Super Bowl is something entirely different.
If his passing game gets disrupted, the Colts proved they have the weapons to stop a tough running game.
If that’s the case, sit back and watch as Manning puts on a pass-and-score clinic in front of the biggest audience in America.
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