Some Football Thoughts

The Bears ended their season today with a loss to Green Bay at home. It was a sad game that showed how terrible the Bears offensive line is as the QB was sacked something like nine times. Priorities for the offseason:

1)They need a good left tackle. Is Marc Columbo the guy? Who knows? We haven't seen enough to know for sure, so draft one or trade for one - I don't care. Just get someone good protecting the QB's blind side.

2) We still don't know whether we have a good quarterback. Jonathon Quinn should be out of football next year. Krenzel could develop eventually, but clearly he's not the answer next year. And neither is Chad Hutchinson. Hutch might be a decent backup, but I would still rather have a veteran backing up Grossman because we don't even know if Grossman is the real deal. Grossman-Hutchinson as 1-2 next year means we get another 2004 is Grossman goes down again. Try for Kurt Warner even if you have to promise him a chance to start.

3) No killer training camp. We lost so many starters because the training camp was too intense. The biggest loss was undoubtably Urlacher. Lighten up, Lovie.

4) New offensive coordinator. Shea brought in Quinn because he knew Shea's system. Quinn turned out to be the worst QB since Henry Burris. Hell, maybe he was worse than Burris. When it gets that bad, who cares? In any case, that mistake alone should cost the ex-KC coordinator his job. Find someone new, Lovie. Quick.

There are good things about this team.

1) Defense is strong. Almost every win this season can be attributed to the Defense. If they hadn't had the injuries, that might have managed enough wins for a .500 season.

2) Kicking is good. When one of the stars on your team is the punter, you gotta worry. Still, Maynard deserved a Pro Bowl nod.

3) They're young and talented. This is a team that can grow and get better. We haven't seen their best games yet. If they had had a QB this year, they might have been playing for a playoff spot today. They have some talent.

4) Thomas Jones is a good RB. I think we'd have been just as good with the A-Train, but at least the guy they got to replace him is good.

I think the Bears have a chance in 2005 if they have a decent QB and a better O-Line. I don't even think we need a great QB. Just a decent one.

Final football thought....

Randy Moss plays for the Vikings. He's one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. But he also shows his character is lacking over and over again. At the end of the game today, the Vikings are down by two scores. They drive for a TD and pull within two with a two-point conversion. The problem is there are only two seconds left on the clock. They need some sort of miracle play on the on-side kick. As they're lining up for the kick, Randy Moss is shown walking off the field to the locker room. What an ass. He can't even stick around to see the last play of the game. I don't care how good he is; I don't ever want to see Randy Moss in a Bears uniform. Character counts, Randy. And you don't have it.