Tennessee Tuxedo gets Undressed
Uh, gee, Tennessee. How will you fare against the Bears?
As a one-time short-term resident of the Nashville area, I have a bit of a conflict when it comes to this game. I loved my time in Music City, and grew to somewhat appreciate the local team (when the Bears weren't miraculously on the other network, of course). So it has me tossing and turning. Do I want the Bears to win in a mega-blowout, or just a regular blow-out?
Sure, I appreciate the majesty of the 8-0 Tennessee Titans, almost all with their second string quarterback.
But we have a second-string quarterback starting too! So there!
The best-case scenarios of the 2nd string QB change are this Titans one, where the cagey veteran takes over for the troubled youngster and leads the team to victory, and the Drew Bledsoe to Tom Brady change in which the hotshot youngster leads the way after the veteran's injury.
I don't know if we can call Rex cagey at this point in his career. Still too early. Though not early ENOUGH to be scenario two. (Though this is as good of a time to once again mention 3rd stringer hotshot Caleb Hanie, for whom my wife says I have a man-crush).
So we may have to reinvent the wheel for our miracle story if we're going to get it done with Rexy.
Actually saw the Titans game last week against the Packers (I was out of town, and did not have immediate access to my Bears). It was a great football game in two ways:
1) It was a hard-fought, tight, overtime extravaganza, and
2) The Packers lost.
I came away from it thinking the Titans are beatable. They can be shut down. And the beauty of it all is that you just need to outscore them - not crush them.
So brew up the chili on this cool November Sunday. And let's put these Southern fellas on ice.
CHILI DAN
