Monday, January 01, 2007
What was Andy McCarthy doing on New Year's Eve?
Brick by brick, he was exposing the incompetence or, perhaps, the perfidy, of the New York Times.
I, on the other hand, wasted my evening on the Chicago Bears.
6 Comments:
By 
skipsailing, at
Mon Jan 01, 11:09:00 AM:
Andy McCarthy is not someone who's opinions should be taken lightly. The guy knows his stuff and it will interesting to read the rebutals of the reliable lefties.
Setting aside the ire I feel toward people who insist on treating these guys with something other than a noose, reading the pretzel logic of the left will be entertaining.
By Steve Burri, at
Mon Jan 01, 12:54:00 PM:
TigerHawk,
So how do these Bears compare with the '85 Bears?
Brett Favre... four more years, four more years!
By 
, at
Mon Jan 01, 01:11:00 PM:
What's the official TigerHawk recommendation on the Chicago starting QB in the playoffs?
By , at
Mon Jan 01, 04:06:00 PM:
By K. Pablo, at
Mon Jan 01, 05:01:00 PM:
As far as the debacle on
Sunday, the Cheeseheads D-line was clearly fired up and Rex is not a QB who does well under that kind of pressure. Later, Griese had the same kind of problems.
We're at the mercy of Rex and whether he's in the mood to play. That and the fact that the offense and defense are incapable of having good games on the same day. If the offense (i.e., Rex) is hot, the D sucks, and vice versa.
We (Bears fans) are in a very unfortunate situation. The guys are not playing championship football. Only San Diego is.
By Chris, at
Tue Jan 02, 10:39:00 AM:
There is no comparison at all with the '85 Bears. That defense may have been slower overall, but they created havoc with their constant pressure. The D-line had excellent tackles and a superior end. They played man coverage a lot, because they had good corners. Witness the decline of the defense after the Super Bowl, when Leslie Frazier's career ended. That team scared opponents, especially quarterbacks. The offense was more committed to running under Ditka, and the O-line was superior at run-blocking. McMahon was much more experienced and savvy. They had the best all-around running back ever.
The present team has excellent speed on defense, but the Cover-2 is still a zone defense, and if you can't get pressure with your front 4, then it has all the holes any zone has in it. The O-line is good enough, but they fail to pass protect consistently. The team is not as committed to the run as they claim to be, and should be. They have good backs, but Grossman appears to be brain damaged.
