The Bears played about as expected (at least by me). Grossman played as expected, and the defense, suffering in the latter half of the season, played the best it could (which wasn't good enough without having an offense on the field).
The organization stuck with Grossman as the future "franchise" QB instead of switching to the backup Griese many games ago, who has much less potential longevity for the team but would have provided better average play and maybe even led to a superbowl win instead of a loss. They had a shot this year but it seemed they were thinking more down the road at the expense of this game. "Well, if we lose this one we'll just win the next one or the one after that..." Good luck.
IMO Gorssman wasn't ready to start this year, and may never be ready to serve as a solid, confident QB. His smug little overated face just pisses me off.
Charon