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This was a smart move by the Bears as Briggs is every bit as good of a player as Brian Urlacher is. The Bears would be real smart to try to lock up Briggs long term as he is a fantastic football player. Briggs has to be somewhat upset because he would have been a very desirable free agent and would have made even more than the Bears will pay him next season.

The Bears looked to their TEs in the passing game a lot more often than in the last few seasons. As a unit they caught 55 passes for 701 yards and 8 TDs. Desmond Clark was the leader of the gang as he played in 16 games (all starts) and he caught 45 passes for 626 yards (13.9 avg) with 6 TD catches. For his career, Clark has played in 114 games (66 starts) and he has caught 218 passes for 2,522 yards (11.6 avg) with 20 TD grabs.

John Gilmore played in 16 games this season (3 starts) and he caught 6 passes for 38 yards (6.3 avg) with 2 TD grabs. For his career, Gilmore has played in 71 games (9 starts) and he has caught 18 passes for 180 yards (10.0 avg) with 3 TD grabs.

Gabe Reid played in 13 games (1 start) and he caught 4 passes for 37 yards (9.3 avg). For his career, Reid has played in 30 games (4 starts) and he has caught 7 passes for 57 yards (8.1 avg).

The Bears hung tough for three quarters before Rex Grossman went colorblind and started throwing the football to the Colts’ defensive backs. The Bears had big troubles with the Colts offense as they held on to the ball for 38:04 and rolled up 430 total yards on them. What a disappointment for the Bears after the electric start to the game as Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a TD.

Rex Grossman was the Colts’ real MVP of the Super Bowl. Grossman completed 20 of 28 passes for 165 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 interceptions. Both of the interceptions were thrown in the 4th quarter and decided this football game as one of them was returned 56 yards for a TD by reserve CB Kelvin Hayden of the Colts. Thomas Jones had a fantastic game as he carried the ball 15 times for 112 yards (7.5 ypc) and he also caught 4 passes for 18 yards. TE Desmond Clark was busy with 6 catches for 64 yards. Mushin Muhammad caught 3 passes for 25 yards, one of which was for a TD.

Lance Briggs led the way for the Bears defense with 13 tackles. CB Charles Tillman had a solid game with 11 tackles and an amazing play where he caused and recovered a fumble. Brian Urlacher also had a solid game with 10 tackles.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=270204003

Somebody forget to tell Grossman that you don’t start drinking until AFTER the game?