Who Should Da Bears Be Rooting for?

Super Bowl 45 will take place in Dallas this season with kickoff at 5:25 CST.

Let's just say for the sake of conversation the Bears win Sunday.  Its 5:30 on Sunday and you decide to watch even more football to see who the Bears will face on February 6th.  Does it matter to the Bears who will win?

The Bears beat the Jets last time they faced off 38-34 in week 16.  Jay Cutler had one of if not his most impressive game of the year.  The 2nd year Chicago quarterback threw three touchdowns and had a passer rating of 104.2 in his MVP-like performance.  Will the same Jay Cutler show up for the Super Bowl?  If Jay did not play the level he did in week 16 there was no way Chicago could have pulled out a win.

Surprisingly, the Bears defense had a tough time with the Jets recently slumping offense.  Mark Sanchez aired out 267 passing yards while the Jets backfield plowed threw the NFL's second ranked defense for 124 yards.  Thankfully, the Monsters of the Midway's performance was still enough for a win.

Jeff Reed looks on as he misses a 43 yard field goal against the Bears last September.

To relive the last Bears vs. Steelers match-up we have to go all the way back to September 20th 2009; the first home game for Chicago that season.  Jay Cutler showed his first gleam of light after his dismal performance to start of his Bears' career in Green Bay for the season opener.  Jay overcame a lackluster running game from Forte, 13 carries for 29 yards, by going mistake free in the interception category and also throwing two touchdowns.  The difference in the game came down to both team's kickers.  ex-Steeler Jeff Reed went 0-2 in the field goal department while Robbie Gould kicked the game winning 44 yard field goal which made the score Bears 17, Steelers 14.

In both games Jay Cutler put on superb performances though and would need to put on another one to get a Super Bowl ring.  The Bears mediocre defensive play against the Jets was a fluke, but what is the chance of Cutler tearing up Revis Island and the New York secondary again for 38 points?  At the end of the day the Bears offensive play was more realistic compared to the rest of their season stats than their poor defensive play against Mark Sanchez and Company.

Jeff Reed was kicked out of town - no pun intended - out of Pittsburg earlier this season, and will not be able to help the Bears out again with his field goal woes.  Big Ben has Super Bowl experience, this would be his third trip there, and has shown he has no fear of playing on football's ultimate stage.

Both teams are beat-able.  Bears' fans should be chanting J-E-T-S! while watching the game tomorrow if Chicago wins though.  Although they beat both teams in the past two years, they beat the Jets more recently and have a better idea of what their up against.  As I have already mentioned, Big Ben and the Steelers have plenty of Super Bowl experience which is a huge difference from a Jets team that has not been to a Super Bowl since 1968.  Hopefully, we will see Buddy Ryan's son Rex take on the '10-'11 version of the Monsters of the Midway on February 6th!