Article: Bears say they know the score: Smith says next game will prove they are `a good football team'.

Byline: John Mullin

Jan. 3--"We're going to look at the season as a whole," Smith said. "There's a reason why we won 13 games this year; we're a good football team. Next game we play, we're going to show that." That means, among other things, Rex Grossman is still his starting quarterback.

In his comments, Smith might have been speaking for several of his NFC coaching colleagues. In Seattle, Mike Holmgren was being criticized for playing veterans in the Seahawks' final victory that ended with both starting cornerbacks out because of injuries. The Cowboys are reeling after their third loss in four games, this one to the lowly Lions, who struck a ...

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