Chicago Bears blame Super Bowl loss on Saints

In a surprising joint statement today leading Chicago Bears players are blaming their resounding defeat in last year's Super Bowl to the Indianapolis Colts on the New Orleans Saints. "Why did they bother to show up in the NFC championship?" asked quarterback Rex Grossman. Linebacker Brian Urlacher echoed this sentiment. "We were on the verge of making history. We were unstoppable. They should have gotten out of our way and forfeited." Some leading pundits agree with this analysis. Peter King says the Bears were fired up and ready to go. The Saints had no right to compete against them. By doing so they sapped the Bears' strength and cost them the Super Bowl. Had they, in the words of previously unknown NFL commentator William Jefferson Clint, gotten a "free ride" through the playoffs they would have spanked the Colts in a fairy tale ending. Even ex-NFL coach Dennis Green chimed in. "The Bears weren't who the Saints thought they were. They were inevitable."

Saints quarterback Drew Brees was quick to reject such criticism, while making a surprising revelation. "After the first 1% of the game had gone by we realized we were up against a juggernaut. We considered forfeiting right there. Then we got our senses back and realized we had 99% of the game left. We were going to fight until the end. We owed it to our fans." A friend of Brees, Reid John Edwards, was not surprised Brees soldiered on. "I have known Drew all my life. He has been a fighter his entire life even against some long odds and powerful interests."

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...the New Orleans Saints having no shame and trying to get on the field for the Superbowl after they lost the NFC championship to the Chicago Bears.