1 On the fifth hand, Peyton Manning is THE worst 'big game' QB currently playing, and maybe of all time. On the sixth hand, if a every pass a QB throws in a game falls harmlessly to the ground, a QB gets a 39.6 rating. I *think* (not positive, but, I'd almost bet money on it) a QB gets a 60.0 for handing the ball off to the RB every single play. Rex Grossman has had three (THREE!) games this year where he couldn't even muster an 11.0 rating. Statistically, that means that Da Bears would have been better off with me as their QB for those three games. I could have just taken the snap and thrown the ball into the ground on each and every pass, and would have had a higher rating. Just how bad of a QB do you need to be when your team would be better off with a randomly chosen pedestrian playing at your position?! I think we're going to see historical suckitude at the QB spot in this game. Whichever team wins, just might have to do it in spite of their QB. It's been 20 years since I last said this, and I sincerely hope it will be MUUUUCH longer than that before I have to say it again, but... Go Bears! I think I sprained my soul when I said that.

2 I'll be watching for the commercials. But GO BEARS! (I was raised in a Bronco household - I got no dog in this fight...)

3 Harvey, what do you do with all those hands when you aren't discussing the Bears and Colts? *grin*

4 HD - Actually, you're a bit off on your calculations. The formula can be found here: http://www.nfl.com/news/981202qbrate.html It's technically a "passer" rating, rather than a "quarterback" rating, and it's based on: • Percentage of completions per attempt • Average yards gained per attempt • Percentage of touchdown passes per attempt • Percentage of interceptions per attempt Go to the site if you want to run numbers.

5 Teresa - ask TNT ;-)

6 I'm gonna go for the Colts just so I can say that I was in the stands when the Texans upset the eventual world champions

7 I don't know where to go with this one. On the seventh hand, it is "Da Bears." On the eighth hand, being a big Dolphins fan, I like to pull for the AFC. On the ninth hand, Rex Grossman did play at Florida. On the tenth hand, Manning is a pretty cool guy and a darn good QB overall. This game could end 6-3 with each team throwing 4 interceptions.

8 Harvey, I *did* run the numbers, and throwing every single pass in a game for an incompletion comes out to a passer rating of....35.5833333333333~. I don't know about you, but, I'm willing to call 35.5833333333~ 35.6. I mean, really? What's .016666666666~ among friends? The "hand the ball off to the RB every down" rating was based upon me relying on my memory to recall an inherent "you get a rating of X for just taking the field" score. I know there is one in baseball for pitchers (there is, look it up), and thought that there was one for QBs as well. Like I said, I wasn't sure about it, but, I was almost willing to bet money on it. You can find a QB passer rating calculator for all levels of football here, for the mathematically lazy.

9 HD - Ah... I see. If you throw nothing but incompletions, you don't have any interceptions, thus you get the full share of points in that category. Got it.