Sunday, December 31, 2006

Zero

I couldn't resist this - there was just no way. My Colts have been so embarrassing here lately that I was almost sure that no other team in the league could have been as embarrassing. And maybe they have not been - at least until tonight.

Bears-Packers at Soldier Field on Football Night in America, and here is the first half line for Rex the Wonderdog, the inimitable Chicago quarterback:

2 completions on 12 passes, for 33 yards...0 touchdowns...3 interceptions.

Quarterback rating: Zero.

Oh, and he fumbled, too.

But go back to the line for just a second, and take another look. That's right...Grossman threw more completions to his opponents in the first half than he did to his teammates. Apparently he wasn't happy enough with his 1.3 rating from a few weeks ago.

I thought about waiting until the end of the game to post this, but I was sure that Grossman would get at least two more completions and finish the game with more passes caught by his own receivers than by the other team's receivers. But it turns out that maybe I could have waited, because Lovie Smith yanked Rex the Wonderdog and put in Brian Griese to start the second half.

Second Bears play from scrimmage in the second half - Griese gets sacked.

Now, the only question left...is which overrated team is going to suck more ass in the playoffs - the Bears or the Colts?

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