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Article: A well-coordinated QB; With no audio in his helmet, Brian Griese was forced to take over the play-calling, and only then did the Bears' offense come to life
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 22, 2007
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He was waving his arms frantically and pointing at his helmet.
Already without timeouts, already without hope, Brian Griese now was
without radio communication. Were the Bears being Belichicked? In a
stadium that has enough technological savvy to block ads from
appearing on outside Web sites in its in-house Internet operation,
wasn't this outage a little too fishy?
As it was, he needed to lead a suspect offense 97 yards in 1:52.
As it was, he was fighting the blaring noise of a hostile audience
in the enclosed end of the field. As it was, he carried the burden
of trying to save a teetering season from slipping into a 2-5 death
watch. Now, the quarterback couldn't hear the plays.
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