Week 9 Preview: There’s Really Only One Game That Matters

By Brett | Permalink | No Comments | November 2nd, 2006 | Trackback

Tom Brady. Peyton Manning. Bill Belichick. Tony Dungy. 6-1 Pats. 7-0 Colts. Huge, insanely overhyped game between two great teams, that probably deserves all the attention it’s getting. But we don’t really care that much, for three reasons: First, we’ll be out of the country on Sunday. Second, we have very little invested in this game from a fantasy standpoint. Third, neither of these teams are the Bears.

That’s right, the only game that really matters this weekend is the Dolphins-Bears tilt in Chicago. For the second time in the last 21 years, the Fish have a change to spoil an undefeated season for the Bears. Given the fact that they’re just about the worst team in the league right now, it seems unlikely that they have a shot in this one, but we said the same thing about Arizona a few weeks back. But still…there are some historical implications here. Brady vs. Manning? Please. Gimme Grossman vs. Harrington any day.

On a related note, who makes the schedule in the NFL? How does it work out that in the Bears first 8 games, they get Green Bay, Detroit, Buffalo, Arizona, San Francisco, and Miami? That’s 6 of the worst 10 teams (Cleveland, Oakland, Tennessee and Houston being the others) in the league over the course of the first 8 weeks. I hear a lot of people talking about how the Bears are peaking too early. We’re not so sure about that. Frankly, we think they’re a pretty good team whose record is probably better than their talent level. They just happened to have been fortunate enough to play the NFL’s version of a JV schedule.

With road games in New York and New England on the horizon, we should find out what the Bears are made of soon enough. Meantime, we’re bummed that we’re going to miss what is sure to be an epic battle between the Dolphins and the Bears. For the 1st quarter, anyway.

Bob, you’re in charge for the next week or so. Go nuts.

PS…For the record, we think New England is going to hand it to the Colts by cramming the well rested Corey Dillon and Lawrence Maroney down Indy’s throat. We also like the Giants at home vs. the Bears next weekend.

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