All Saints: Rex Grossman will lead the Bears to a humbling loss in NFC Championship
January 16, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
It was one year ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers went into Denver to take on the Broncos in the AFC Championship game. It would be the Steelers third consecutive playoff road game, with only one difference between the trio of games. I was sure they’s beat Denver.
Yes, I, a well-known lousy sports prognosticator, was dead certain that the Steelers would win. And not due to anything about them, either. It was purely due to one fact – Pittsburgh would win because Denver’s Jake Plummer was not the kind of quarterback that wins conference championships.
In the end, Plummer committed four turnovers, the Steelers cruised, 34-17, and continued their journey that would end with a fifth Super Bowl ring.
This year, there is one quarterback I feel has no shot at winning the game to put his team in the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning? Tom Brady? Drew Brees? Nope.
Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints, the NFC’s representatives to the 2007 Super Bowl in Miami. First of all, while everyone was waiting around to see who the Saints would pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, they were putting together a hell of a team. This is a much more well-balanced squad than the Chicago Bears, which has the defense, but not of the 2000 Baltimore Ravens variety.
In the end, none of that matters, however. Rex Grossman is the deciding factor. It’s not hard to imagine Brady, Manning or even Brees hoist a Super Bowl trophy. Now imagine Grossman doing it.
You can’t. Saints, 27-9.
–WKW
[...] Because I’ll shit myself if I’ll have to yet again deal with a world where Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions. And I’m just about positive that if the Colts don’t beat them, the Saints or Bears won’t either. [...]
You are so wrong in so many ways, I don’t even know where to begin. First of all Football is a team sport. Rex Grossman is a good quaterback. He may not be the greatest (yet) but he can be. He is still in my mind a rookie. If he can get the bears to a superbowl in his first full season as a starter, imagine what he will do in years to come.