The Bears Den: February 6, 2012

I will say this, the Chiefs ran the ball far more often than passing it. Yet, the Saints were pretty balanced themselves. I would be happy with either receiver coming in as the #1.

(Moments later)

True, Bowe hasn’t truly had a real QB, let alone one as talented as Cutler, but, the drops are what has me worried. Granted, he’s dropped fewer passes recently, but the drops are still there. And personally, I also like Colston’s speed.

Look at a few years ago, when Colston was in his second year, when Brees was good, but every other piece of talent was really unproven (meachem, devery henderson et al.) he was good. He was really good. Really good. Good enough to make the Saints look pretty much amazing.

Give Colston to the Bears, Replace Brees with Cutler, and draft Floyd (Yeah, I’m getting more comfortable with the Idea… I’d still take Sanu if possible but, whatever)… You have not only a legitimate #1 target in Colston, but, have a positive passer, with a receiver who’s nothing if not consistent in all phases of his game, and making Bennett the #2, Knox, Floyd the #3/#4 and you’re in good shape.

When I look at Bowe, I see the upside. I do. I see that Emery might see that too, but, there’s a massive hole in his game, he disappears, but absolutely has the greater upside. He thrives on eating up mediocre cornerbacks.

Colston though, may not have the upside, he may not have the massive game, but we need the consistency that he’d bring.

Although you did somehow combine two of the things I hate the most… urine-smelling, flea-infested, soul-stealing bags of fur… and cats!

History, is now history, and history shall forever tell that on Feb. 5th, 2012, it was the Giants who won Super Bowl XLVI, and not the Patriots.

And so it actually does matter.

But then, I can point to about five or six mistakes the Giants made through the game that would have led to a bigger Giants victory had they not been made, including a the Manningham drop and the drive killing penalties. Had those mistakes not been made, nobody would be talking about a Welker drop…..

Oh, and can we dispense with the “Welker never drops” stuff, Mr Collinsworth? The guy dropped 26 passes in the last two seasons. It’s not like he can’t be trusted, but it’s also not like he isn’t prone to almost one per game.

Kenny Phillips got his hands or fingers on the ball in front of him. It was still catchable, but not egregious. The Welker & Hernandez drops were inexcusable.