If there is one key to the Bears' Super Bowl loss to the Indianapolis Colts yesterday, it would be "experience." The Colts won because they had more experienced players, a more experienced quarterback and a more experienced head coach.
The Bears were outplayed and outmaneuvered in every phase of the game. In fact, at times, it looked as if the Colts had borrowed the Bears' playbook, with its running game, ball-control offense and stingy defense. The Bears team that took the field in Miami looked nothing at all like the team I was used to seeing all season long.
Football is a team sport. Quarterbacks do not win or lose games. Teams do.
More than 93 million people tuned in to watch Super Bowl XLI, and they saw a miserable effort from our NFC Champions. I know a lot of fans would like to run QB Rex Grossman out of town. Am I disappointed with the way Grossman played? You bet I am. But do I want to see him lynched by a bunch of crazed fans? Absolutely not. I feel sorry for the guy. On the world's largest stage, he was sloppy, awkward and unsure of himself. He and the rest of the Bears have the entire off season to think about what might have been.
Congratulations to Tony Dungy, Peyton Manning and the Colts. As much as I wanted the Bears to win Super Bowl XLI, the better team won.
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