by Anne P. Jordan

Created on: April 12, 2009   Last Updated: April 16, 2009

Football is a team sport! It is also that kind of team sport most similar to a military unit. One for all and all for one!

Here are the problems I see..........

One player cannot do it alone. Has anyone heard of receivers? The Bears have no wide receivers. Devin Hester is getting better, but still has a long way to go. Although the tight ends are great, someone like Cutler, will feel it is beneath him to make those short tosses. Somene said that a great Quarterback makes great receivers! I think it is the other way around. Does anyone remember Cade Mcknown? He had world-class acrobats in college making unbelievable catches. The Bears thought he was a good Quarterback, but was he? Sorry, didn't mean to use that name that may send some of you back to counseling! Good Rex - Bad Rex! Wasn't he a good Quarterback who actually HAD Good receivers?!? Oh, that's right, he just couldn't catch the snap!

Doesn't a quarterback need protection? How effective can even the best Quarterback be without the offensive line? The Bears are in really bad shape on this front (get it - front?!?) He could be superman, but getting beat up constantly, because you have no protection, can cause concussions or worse! Just ask Steve Young. Can a quarterback really excel without an effective offensive line Oh, and who is the Bears back up quarterback?

Attitude is everything! Does it not scare anybody that ESPN writes - "Will someone please give Jay Cutler his pacifier, hand him his favorite blankie and put him back in his crib for his afternoon nap?" CRYING?!? There's no crying in football! Cry babies with attitude problems don't do well in Football. Oh, wait a minute, they don't do well anywhere! He needs a "head check". Who is going to contain his big baby ego?

A quarterback needs to be a leader. A leader isn't just pronounced one, he has to act like one! Cry babies don't usually do well in Chicago. How will he hold up after the boos come his way after getting sacked 6 times in a game, or missing 2 snaps, OR (heaven forbid) incomplete passes! Chicago sports figures know all too well, how you can go from "King of Chicago" to "court jester" in one game. Just ask Cade or Rex. Or in the other great sport in Chicago, just ask Dusty, Latroy or Sammy!

Let us be careful not to annoint winners before they become winners! Have we not learned anything from our mistakes in Chicago sports' figures!?!

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