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

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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