2007 Regular Season Week 10 - Bears @ Raiders

ahhhhhhhhhh....my prayers have been answered my peeps.

Its been a while since I chatted bears...and for that I apologize....never question my fanhood...

But I will admit that there was some time there when I was thinking about other teams...I just couldnt help it...they were winning, you know?...they had nice offenses...they were exciting and different...

I swear! It didnt mean anything...all I wanted was a team that understands me...and that appreciates me....and that knows how to touch me, and where...but I realized something....I realized that I had made a terrible mistake....and im sorry...

I should have known that........DAAAAA BEARS were going to bring back that sexy mother fucker...and now I am all bears again...completely devoted....as long as we play rex...completely devoted...hah

Im kidding of course....I never cheat on the bears. Rex being back IS sexy though.

Looks as though Rex will start this week and, god damn, does that make me happy. We are SO much more exciting (good or bad) with Rex in the game...I have never been so uninterested in a bears season as I was during Griese's reign...although I will admit that he did a better job than I had at first anticipated.

So it is not without some credit that I happily rebound back to Rex. Let me suggest that I do not know for sure that we are a better team with inconsistent Rex in the game...I think we are...but i dont know.

What I DO know is that we are way more fun...without a doubt...and "fun" is why I really like football. You cant win every season, but you can HOPE you do...that was the problem for me.

With Griese I had no hope...I had given up.

At least now I can expect the worst, as Rex often brings, but still be on the edge of my seat because there is always the potential of being pleasantly surprised with flashes of brilliance. MMMM MMMMM...that was a brilliant pass last week....and once again, a feeling afterward, that Griese, but once during the legendary last minute drive, has ever provided me.

I needed a smoke afterward...and I even wanted to cuddle a little.

After a game with Griese at the helm I would want to take a long shower and then drown myself in the dirty water.

I know that all of you are aware, and if not, have now been made fully aware, of my deep seeded preference for Rex over Griese...but I'm not one to have favorites for no good reason.

I believe that my preference for Rex is not only rooted in the level of excitement that he brings, but also just on pure logic.

When Griese was first put in, some of you may have read my novel of an e-mail that I sent giving all of my reasoning why it was a terrible mistake.

I think we would all agree, however, that my reasoning was primarily based on my lack of excitement with the proposal of Griese at the qb position. In other words, it wasnt that I didnt think Griese was a better option, to get the wins at least...it was that I just knew that we were not going to come close to being the least bit exciting...excitement that I wait an entire offseason to feel....whether the season turns out good or bad. We were never going to see what we COULD be under Griese.

Now, my friends, I am no longer making inferences based upon my "feelings"...I have factual evidence that Griese brings absolutely nothing to the table that Rex doesnt...specifically consistency.

They are both inconsistent...

both have bipolar disorder - good rex - bad rex - good grieseball - bad grieseball.

The only thing about it is that good rex is wayyyyy better than good grieseball, and bad rex is arguably only slightly worse than bad grieseball.

I think Rex is more extreme on both ends of the spectrum, but who cares...thats good from my perspective. If we are gonna suck, whats the difference if we suck horribly...or just mostly suck... and still lose...its the same outcome.

On the other hand...Isnt it great to have flashes of pure awesome rather than just always squeaking by thru short dumps?

I'd rather have an extreme good, and an extreme bad...at least extreme good is possible. Once you start sucking, does it really matter how much you suck? how extreme the suckiness?

Whether I've convinved you? ....I care not....FATE agrees with me...violently enough to cause injury...something I'm not at all pleased about...but it was also the only way that this was going to happen. So as much as it pains me to say, and as much as it LITERALLY pains Griese, I couldnt help but be hoping for something like this to happen.

I know its sick...whatever, I dont care. The switcharoo FROM Rex TO Griese, should have never happened in the first place. Regardless...I DO think that it will have its affect on Rex...hopefully more positive than negative.

I think sitting back for a while DID help him grow...(I guess this is more of a hope than a belief)...but it could have helped right? I mean, doesnt this season seemingly have less pressure now than it did when everyone wanted us to be 5-0 and thus also wanted a new qb everytime we lost?

I mean we have to win every game from here on out to make the playoffs...true....thats a lot of pressure.....but its not the same kind anymore...

Everyone thought we should be winning and we werent. Now, we are the underdog story....no one expects us to make it to the playoffs.....this is the situation I LOVE Rex in. The situation makes us HAVE to play less conservative...Lovie's going to HAVE to let go of the leash he attaches to all his qbs....hes in a MUST WIN situation now and he just has to give the qb the freedom to let loose...trust instincts. He has no choice.

I think and HOPE that this is exactly what Rex needs...a chance to play with so much less consequence...a freedom to play without so much displeasure at every mistake...

Its not the QB's fault anymore...our team sucks...our TEAM....we cant blame just Rex anymore...

I think that allows him to understand that he wasnt always the problem...he just needs to play with confidence and do the best he can...make his own decisions...and make them quick...

To be honest...qb position is the least of worries right now...I probably need a whole other two e-mails to confront Benson and our Defense....grrr

watch out for those...

DLP