What a Super Bowl!

Wow. Really, what else can you say but, WOW. The Giants beat the Patriots. And not just stole the game at the last second. But beat them for pretty much the whole game no matter what the score said. What the Patriots normally did to a team that competed with them, stayed close and beat them at the end (when they weren't running away with it already) the Giants did to the Pats!

Tom Brady got pounded, just pounded by the D-Line of the Giants. And Eli and the Giants offense just worked the clock and wore down the Pats defense. And I'll just say it now. Where were the Pats linebacking core? You know, that vaunted group of experienced veterans? They got OLD fast! The Giants moved the ball well. They just were the better team on Sunday. It was impressive.

Switching gears, I hope the Bears management and coaches saw what ALL Bears fans saw. What the Bears need was on the field in the form of the Giants. The Giants play, offensively especially, but defensively a bit too, what the Bears keep saying they want to do. But here's the difference, the Giants have the talent to do it.

Eli is a much better QB than the Bears have. Now, you don't have to have a HOF QB, but if you don't, you need HOF recievers and line, which the Bears don't have. The Giants actually have running backs. They have the big bruiser and the more finesse guy. The Bears have...well, they are paying people to fill that position. I'll leave it at that. They O-Line did a good job of protecting Eli. The Bears O-Line was a sieve. The Giants wide recievers made great catches and fought through coverage. The Bears also pay people to play wide reciever. Occasionally they get open and occasionally they make great catches. Occasionally. But Muhsin Muhammad says he's a bargain at the money he's making. Sure you are Moose. Keep saying that. Free agency is going to show you differently.

Defensively the Giants front 4 DOMINATED the O-line of the Pats. I mean just pushed them all over the place. The Bears, well, Tommy Harris is great if he's 100% (hopefully he will be this year!) and Adewale Ogunleye is darn good. Mark Anderson is a great pass-rusher. But he's undersized and got punished lots because Lovie tried to use him as a starting DE. Not smart! Our secondary is a disaster, I can't even start, and we're going to lose Lance Briggs at LB. Maybe Urlacher can rest his back enough over the summer to be healthy next year. So, yeah, our defense doesn't even compare.

And the Bears think they are "Almost there" as they keep saying. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Maybe both.