Colts planning to stampede defensive Bears in Super Bowl
It is a classic match-up of the Peyton Manning-led Colts scoring machine and a Bears defence that has long been the pride of Chicago gridiron fans.
“We are confident we can do well in all types of games,” said Colts coach Tony Dungy. “We played an all field-goal game against Baltimore and won. We played a game where we had to score 30 points in the second half against New England and we won it.”
The Bears last won the Super Bowl in 1986 and Indianapolis has not won a league championship since the club moved from Baltimore in 1984. It’s the third time in franchise history the Colts have tried to win a title in Miami. When still in Baltimore, they lost to the New York Jets in 1969 and beat the Dallas Cowboys two years later.
Manning enters the game as the darling of the Colts offence and having a championship ring to flash would be the crowning glory of his first nine years in the league.
The player, a seven-time Pro Bowler, is coming off the most significant victory of his career, leading the Colts back from a 21-3 deficit to beat nemesis New England 38-34 in the American Conference championship game.
On the other side of the scrimmage line, Bears quarterback Rex Grossman comes into the game with plenty of doubters and little job security.
Grossman needs to establish himself early, says former quarterback Joe Theismann, who led the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl title in 1983.
“Grossman has been a guy who, if he starts slow, he stays slow,” Theismann says. “He has trouble digging himself out of holes.”
Both teams like to use the two running back system and the underdog Bears will be looking to cut off the Colts rushing game just like they did against New Orleans in the National Conference final.
Verdict: Indianapolis.
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