The joy of Rex

Brian Urlacher may be the figurehead for the powerful Chicago 耐えるs 弁護, but their 最高の Bowl hopes 嘘（をつく） in the 手渡すs of inconsistent quarterback Rex Grossman.

The 耐えるs are trying to 勝利，勝つ their first postseason game in 16 years when the Seattle Seahawks visit 兵士 Field this Sunday after finishing the 正規の／正選手 season with the best 記録，記録的な／記録する in the NFC.

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But while Grossman can be 広大な／多数の／重要な, he can also be truly awful, 完全にするing more passes to Green Bay Packers players (three) than to his own receivers (two) in a hefty 敗北・負かす on New Year's Eve.

In the 耐えるs' 13 勝利，勝つs, Grossman has threw for 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, but in their three 敗北・負かすs he threw just one TD and nine interceptions.

There are other 関心s, like a 弁護 that slipped off it's lofty perch as the best in the NFL as it 降伏するd an 普通の／平均（する） of 26 points and 365 yards to its last four 対抗者s, who were all 苦しむing from losing 記録，記録的な／記録するs.

But it is Grossman who polarises fans in the 風の強い City. "The big thing Rex has to do is just be efficient with the ball," 不快な／攻撃 co-ordinator Ron Turner said. "You know, make good 決定／判定勝ち（する）s, be very 決定的な.

"If he does that, I mean, 肉体的に, as far as 存在 able t o throw the ball and do all that stuff, he'll be 広大な／多数の／重要な. He just needs to be 患者 and take the ball where it's supposed to go."

The Baltimore Ravens 港／避難所't been to the 最高の Bowl since they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the New York 巨大（な）s six years ago.

Tomorrow they 直面する Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, who are returning to the city where they started the franchise before leaving town unannounced in a midnight flight, knowing they may never get a better 発射 at getting 支援する to the big game.

The Ravens enjoyed a bye in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the プレーオフs but that has left them feeling restless and waiting for 活動／戦闘.

"I've got two games to play to get to a game I've dreamed of my entire life," said linebacker Bart Scott. "This 適切な時期 only comes around every once in a while - even just 存在 in the プレーオフs. I was in the プレーオフs two years ago and I 港／避難所't been 支援する since.

"I'm anxious to get into this and try to 勝利，勝つ this, because I may never get a chance to come 支援する. You have to take advantage of any 適切な時期 you get."

Baltimore finished the season with a 13-3 franchise-best 記録，記録的な／記録する while the Colts, who won their first ten games, つまずくd 負かす／撃墜する the stretch and finished 12-4.

Both the Philadelphia Eagles, one of the hottest teams in the NFL in the の近くにing weeks of the 正規の／正選手 season, and the New Orleans Saints, may be without 重要な players for their 衝突／不一致 tomorrow night.

Saints wide receiver Joe Horn, who had a pair of touchdown catches in the victory over Philadelphia earlier this season, is 疑わしい as he is still struggling to shake off the groin 傷害 which 軍隊d him to 行方不明になる the last four games of the 正規の／正選手 season. But 長，率いる coach, Sean Payton, said: "He's doing everything he can to get ready."

Horn, who had 37 catches for 679 yards and four touchdowns during the 正規の／正選手 season, smiled when reminded that his best game of the （選挙などの）運動をする was against the Eagles, when he had six catches for 110 y ards and touchdowns of 14 and 48 yards.

"I'm trying to get on the football field, you know? That game was the past," Horn said. "You 勝利，勝つ or you go home and I don't want to have to sit on the sideline and 証言，証人／目撃する that.

"I want to play in that football game and give everything I have. I want to be able to play, to help this organisation and this city 勝利，勝つ a football game."

Horn has been with the Saints since the 2000 season, the last time they made the プレーオフs. The 11-year 退役軍人 has a strong 社債 with fans and has been one of the 直面するs of the Saints since he arrived in New Orleans.

The Eagles （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the 巨大（な）s 23-20 thanks to a David Akers field goal as time 満了する／死ぬd at their Lincoln Field home last Sunday.

But they may be without Thomas Tapeh, the only fullback on their roster, as he is 疑わしい for the game because of a 膝 傷害.

Eagles' coach Andy Reid said he'll be a game-time 決定／判定勝ち（する） but if Tapeh can't play, tailback Correll Buckhalter will try to assume his important 封鎖するing 役割.

"We've been using him in there all year, sparingly and in lead 状況／情勢s and other things," Reid said of Buckhalter. "We're comfortable with him in there. We'll do the same things."

Tapeh is used おもに as a blocker. He ran the ball just five times for 9 yards and had 16 catches for 85 yards and one touchdown this season.

The Eagles are already without プロの／賛成の Bowl cornerback Lito Sheppard, as he dislocated his 権利 肘 in last week's wildcard 勝利，勝つ over the 巨大（な）s.

The San Diego Chargers won their final 10 games of the season but their reward is a 堅い home game against the New England 愛国者s, who are chasing their fourth 最高の Bowl victory in six years.

愛国者s' coach 法案 Belichick and passer Tom Brady have an 11-1 記録，記録的な／記録する in the プレーオフs and are 十分な of 信用／信任 after gunning 負かす／撃墜する the New York Jets in last week's AFC wildcard 衝突／不一致.

San Diego don't have nearly as much experience at quarterback, where Philip Rive rs will be making his first postseason start, but they do have rusher LaDainian Tomlinson, the league's 最高殊勲選手, who 始める，決める an NFL 記録，記録的な／記録する with 31 touchdowns.

And that could make be all the difference they need.