So what now?

The Bears hopes for the post season ended when Grossman's final pass in to the end zone was batted down. But it should never have come to that, this game might have been the most frustrating of the year. It was reminiscent of the 1990's and early 2000 Bears, where they would have a lead and some how find a way to loose in the 4th quarter.

After taking possession on an interception by Urlacher, the Bears came out in a no huddle offense, and looked good doing it, they drove down the field and scored. By half time it was 7 13 but the score could have been a lot higher.

This was a game of missed opportunities, the ball bounced off Hester's shoulder pads on a long pass that would have been a touchdown, there we're two well called screens, which would have been big plays if it the guard could have made the first block. One of the lineman knee'd an opposing player after the play on the two yard line turning a probable touchdown into a fieldgoal.

But the trouble really started when they were two scores up, everything suddenly got very conservative on offense, and drives started to all look alike, Peterson run for 1 or 2 yards, false start penalty (they had 5) something else that didn't work and a long pass to Berrian on the left side which wold fall incomplete.

Berrian was open on that play most of the day, but it was a 40 yd pass in high winds and freezing weather, Grossman just couldn't put it in the right spot. But then why try and get 40 yards every time you need 15? I understand doing it a couple of times a game but I think we saw that pass attempted 4 or 5 times. Of course had it worked Ron Turner would have been a genius.

Grossman played well for the most part under a lot of pressure, some of the sacks were as much his fault as the O Lines, trying to scramble to the outside rather than stepping up.

But getting back to the original question what now, I'm not sure we've seen enough of Grossman to really evaluate him for next year, he's looked solid since coming back, and he's looked solid in the situations he looked bad previously. But I think he'll probably play for at least another couple of weeks, with Orton possibly coming in for the last couple of games.

The O-line has to be a priority in the off season, they've played better over the last couple of games, and may be that means it's just a case of replacing one or two, or at least getting some younger players to start building a line for the future. We don't have the cap space to make a play for a top wide receiver or running back, and I don't see us drafting either position high up.

The D is difficult to gauge, clearly a lot of the issue is injuries, but that's a perennial problem, we need to add depth on the D-Line and we need someone who can come in and dominate at safety. I think we should let Lance Briggs go, he's had stellar year, but he's expensive and we have other needs.

There has been speculation on trading Devin Hester, I'm not sure anyone would be willing to offer what he's worth to the team.