technically he's not a rookie, true, but for practical purposes he is. "research" is so much unpaid secretarial labor, big deal. anybody can come here and read up stats and trends. the money's made in recognizing patterns that others dont and spotting circumstances likely to produce deviations from known stats & trends. i dont believe you can pick well enough to be worth following, from what i've seen. so lose the 'tude, dude.
chicago has one serious chance of winning this game and that is manning pulling back from center, his guard stamping his foot, and his ankle fracturing into gravel. let's be generous and call that a 10% chance.
i'm exaggerating. but chi won't win this game.
