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...glares are rarer these days. It's only October, but the Bears have established themselves as the NFL team to beat. Through the first five weeks, they were not only undefeated but had outscored opponents 156-36, including a 37-6 whipping of the Seattle Seahawks, last year's NFC champs. "I just don't see any flaws on this team," says ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski...
Defense is the hallmark of Chicago football--from Dick Butkus to "Samurai" Mike Singletary--and Smith's is exemplary, which isn't surprising, given his history as a defensive coordinator. Led by middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, the Bears had created 15 turnovers--tied for tops in the NFL--entering last weekend. Yet the real news is that the Bears have a potent offense. Smith stuck by quarterback Rex Grossman, an oft-injured, inconsistent fourth-year player, through a rocky preseason. Smith's reward? Grossman is a top-rated QB in the NFL...
...like to do the same for the NFL's less than sterling record of hiring minorities for top coaching jobs. "I could be politically correct and say, No, [race] is not a barrier," Smith says. "But race will always be a part of life." The Detroit Lions invited Smith to interview for a head coaching job in 2003, when he was defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams, but he declined, sensing that Detroit was ready to hire someone else. "I don't believe in token interviews...
...were going to let him go. I mean that took cojones, donating another 3 1/2 to four years of his life to stay in prison rather than be the one guy who gets to walk away: "Hey, fellas. I'll say hello to everybody." Pat Tillman, giving up his NFL career to fight--and die--for his country is like that for me too. But most of the political structure I get so disappointed at. We're reduced to a society that is sitting here arguing about who used the N word 30 years ago. You see grown men doing...
...mean that took cojones, donating another three and a half to four years of his life to stay in prison, rather than be the one guy who gets to walk away: "Hey, fellas, I'll say hello to everybody." Pat Tillman, giving up his NFL career to fight - and die - for his country, is like that for me, too. But most of the political structure I get so disappointed at. We're reduced to a society that is sitting here arguing about who used the "N word" 30 years ago. You see grown men doing this stuff in order...