Benson & Jones Give Bears Edge

When you put aside the endless pix of various Bears partying it up in Miami with good looking chicks and the also endless Rex questioning, along with the ridiculous societal blame game being played by the Tank "44-magnum and multiple 9mm" Johnson, the game will come down to who's ready to kick ass on Sunday. The Bears are in their usual underdog poisition which is preferable to being the favored team or worse, like Manning, the "must win or your career doesn't mean much".

Any way you slice it, the Bears beat the Saints on the ground in the championship game for 3 TD's. When multiple carries by Jones proved ineffective, the ball went to Benson, who got the job done in convincing fashion. Lovie and Turner have to be given a lot of credit for the Bear's superior running game. Jones was the favored back gaining almost 1,000 yards when they decided to draft Benson who got a bigger contract than Jones ($35 mil) and then ran for under 300 yards all year. Lovie has managed to get the two backs running with the type of abandon necessary to run all over the Colts.

Still, an intense rivalry and mistrust still exists. Benson said the other day that when Jones hugged him after a TD against the Saints, he still doesn't know whether it was real or not, but that he would give Jones the benefit of the doubt. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but the rivalry no doubt results in two guys hungry to show who's the best. Turner says that the game plan is to give the ball to Jones early then get Benson in and try to split the runs 50-50 with 35-40 total carries. Against the Saints, Benson carried it 24 times with excellent results. No matter which way the wind blows, Jones and Benson are a deadly combo.

Breakfast's Superbowl prediction: Da Bears by 2 TD's!