Bear Down: Mariotti Bashes Grossman & Urlacher's Blog
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- For all the boos, debates and national ridicule, Grossman has been given an opportunity by Lovie Smith to either sabotage himself one last time or, somehow, save a Bears season that actually might be salvageable. He has second-rate running backs. He has wide receivers who would drop newborn babies. He has a defense that has been exposed as kitty litter and no longer boasts dominant pillars, namely a declining superstar too consumed with his sparsely read blog. - Jay Mariotti
It would apparently seem to be an exercise of futility for the Bears to even step onto the grass of Soldier Field with the New York Giants on Sunday afternoon, according to Jay Mariotti. And despite already having written off Rex Grossman and well face it, the entire Chicago Bears team along with their management and fans for this millennium, the back page pundit revisits his old stomping grounds that is "Bad Rex/Good Rex".
This season for the Monsters of the Midway is admittedly disappointing but hardly over quite yet thanks to parity stricken NFC with a glut of teams hovering around the .500 winning mark. And even after denouncing the well familiar and much ballyhooed problems with the Bears that includes an aging offensive line and virtually non-existent running game, Mariotti still frames his column on the slant that Grossman is an ultimate failure should he not singlehandedly win against the Giants.
That is simply not fair. But it gets even more incredulous.
For those familiar with Jay's antics, it is well known that he likes to cover all the bases ( cough, flip-flop, cough) in advance to create the illusion of successful prognostication as events unfold. Simply put, the ESPN loudmouth bobble head never admits to wrongdoing. Check this out:
- Should Rex succeed and reach the playoffs, a long-term extension awaits at Halas Hall, which some of us think would be anathema but would allow the honchos to address major issues at offensive line and running back. And should he fail?
- Blah, blah, blah.
So even if Rex succeeds and helps his team win a wild card entry to the playoffs, Mariotti is already announcing his intention to blast Halas Hall if the quarterback's contract is extended. In short, lose and Rex is damned or win and still be damned. Sounds like an Inquisition to me.
Does anybody really wonder why some athletes such as Brian Urlacher now refuse to talk to the local media under such ridiculous pretenses? And despite Mariotti's ridicule of Urlacher's collaborative blogging efforts with Jay Glazer, the linebacker is quite candid on his assessment of the Bears current predicament :
- The Detroit game at our place or the Minnesota game at home. Minnesota ran all over us. These losses could really hurt us in the long run. You don’t want one game to be the reason you don’t get in. We put ourselves in a tough spot.
Good luck on Sunday, Rex.
