The Wheels Have Come Off the Bears

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  1. MikeDC

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The switch to Brian Griese at quarterback did little to slow the turnover issue. He was picked off twice in the red zone and had a third interception returned 64 yards for a touchdown by Keith Smith -- just what the Bears were looking to avoid by benching Rex Grossman.</p>

    The big play remained a glaring omission in Ron Turner's playbook, and the running game is still a bad rumor. Cedric Benson had 50 yards on 15 carries and was relegated to the bench in the second quarter after his third fumble of the season. The receivers are just as culpable as the drops continued.</p>

    Asked if the offense looked better with Griese, Turner replied: ''It didn't seem to.</div></p>

    Griese's grounders didn't look any better than Rex's, but Benson is awful... slow to the hole, no instincts, can't block or catch. And the special teams... godawful. Pretty much everything that could go wrong did.</p>

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    Griese hasn't played for what...two years now? I expected him to be rusty. The Bears did look pretty terrible against the Lions, but it's hardly the end of the season after four games.</p>

    Keep in mind, the NFC really blows... Even if they don't somehow win the division, they have an EXCELLENT chance at a wild card...regardless of who plays QB.</p>
     
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    I can hear them chanting now.. KYLE KYLE KYLE</p>
     

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