Dr. Giganto

Since I've officially designated today as a "no work" day, I thought it wouldbe fun to go through each team's roster and compare the two, position by position. So, here we go

Quarterback: Rex Grossman vs. Peyton Manning. Well, this might be as lopsided as you're going to get. On the one and, we have a future Hall of Famer who will be considered in the argument for best QB ever. and on the other side, you have a guy who has 24 career NFL games played, and has looked absolutely awful at times this season. Advantage: Colts (by a huge margin)

Running backs: Thomas Jones/Cedric Benson vs. Joseph Addai/Dominic Rhodes. Both teams split carries for their backs, although Jones and Addai generally get more touches on their respecive teams. On first glance, I was all set to give this to the Bears, until I realized that the Colts tandem gained more total yardage, scored more touchdowns, and Addai had an excellent 4.8 yards per carry average, to go along with 40 receptions. Advantage: Colts

Wide Receivers: Muhsin Muhammad/Bernard Berrian vs. Marvin Harrison/Reggie Wayne. Another huge advantage for the Colts here. Muhammad is a good, tall receiver, and Berrian a pretty good deep threat, but Harrison and Wayne are two of the best in the game. Advantage: Colts

Tight End: Dallas Clark/Ben Utecht vs. Desmond Clark. Clark is a pretty good all-around tight end (45 receptions this year), but Utecht and Clark are a very dangerous receiving combo (67 combined receptions). The Colts also got another 18 receptions out of third TE Bryan Fletcher. Once again, Advantage: Colts

Offensive Tackle: Fred Miller/John Tait vs. Tarik Glenn/Ryan Diem. The Bears combo is pretty good, but the Colts have one of the best OT tandems in the league. Peyton Manning was sacked 14 times season, compared to 21 for Grossman, although Manning dropped back to pass 70 more times. To show how good Manning's protection was, he only lost 1 fumble all year, compared to 5 for Grossman. Advantage: Colts

Offensive Guard: Roberto Garza/Ruben Brown vs. Jake Scott/Ryan Lilja/Dylan Gandy. The Bears finally get on the board here. It's pretty hard to analyze guards without having watched every game, but I'll make an attempt. Brown is an aging veteran who can still block, Roberto Garza seems pretty good from what I've seen. And I really dont know much about Scott and Lilja. I dont think either team really has weak guards, but I may be giving the edge to the Bears out of pity at this point. Also, in a totally unscientific bit of analysis, the Bears' guards have higher ratings in Madden 07 than the Colts. so there. Advantage: Bears

Center: Olin Kreutz vs. Jeff Saturday. Kreutz is considered one of the best, if not the best, center in the NFC. Saturday is also very highly touted. Who's better? I have no idea, but I'll go with Kreutz, because I've heard his name more, and he also has a higher Madden rating. Advantage: Bears

Defensive End: Alex Brown/Adawale Ogunleye vs. Dwight Freeney/Robert Mathis. This is a very interesting match-up. Both teams boast excellent pass-rushing combos. Freeney had an off-year (only 5.5 sacks), but I think he's the best of the 4. Mathis picked up the slack though, collecting 9.5 sacks and 65 tackles. Brown and Ogunleye, meanwhile, combined for 13.5 sacks and 89 tackles, less than the Colts tandem. It's close, but I'll give a very very very slight nod to the Colts here. Advantage: Colts (barely)

Defensive Tackle: Alfonso Boone/Tank Johnson vs. Anthony McFarland/Raheem Brock. Chicago Bears: 1590 rushing ayards allowed, 3.96 yards per carry. Indianaplois Colts: 2768 rushing yards allowed, 5.33 yards per carry. Stopping the run starts with the defensive tackles, and even the addition of McFarland didnt help the Colts much this year. Advantage: Bears (by a wide margin)

Outside Linebacker: Lance Briggs/Hunter Hillenmeyer vs. Cato June/Rob Morris. Briggs is one of the best in the game. Compiled 130 tackles, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions this year. Hillenmeyer isn't a game-changer, but is pretty good. Cato June is a good, fast linebacker, who made 142 tackles this year, to go with a sack and 3 interceptions. It's close, but I think I'll go with the Bears, because I think Briggs is a little bit better than June. Advantage: Bears

Middle Linebacker: Brian Urlacher vs. Gary Brackett. No contest. If you need hard evidence, see the rushing numbers above. Actually, i'll give you tackles numbers: Urlacher: 142. Brackeet: 120. Plus, Urlacher had 3 interceptions. Brackett had none. Advantage: Bears (huge)

Cornerback: Charles Tillman/Nathan Vasher vs. Nick Harper/Jason David. The Colts allowed fewer passing yards, but a higher yards per attempt average. This was probably because teams were running on them like crazy all year long, shunning receiving yards in the process. Tillman and Vasher combined for 8 interceptions, compared to 5 for Harper and David. The Bears allowd more passing touchdowns, but the aforementioned woes of the Colts rushing D probably had a lot to do with it. Advantage: Bears

Safety: Danieal Manning/Todd Johnson vs. Bob Sanders/Antoine Bethea. Sanders caught the inury bug this year, but he's a force when he's in the line-up. And, he can help significantly against the run. Manning and Johnson are ok, but I think Sanders has a much bigger impact when he's ont he field. Bethea is ok as well. Advantage: Colts

Kicker: Robbie Gould vs. Adam Vinatieri. I'll take the dude who's already kicked like a million game0winners in the playoffs. Advantage: Colts

Punter: Brad Maynard vs. Hunter Smith. Smith, who probably has one of the easiest jobs in all of professional sports, only punted 47 times this year. Thats less than 3 per game. Thats what happens when you have such an awesome offense. Brad Maynard, by comparison, had 30 more punts this year. He had a higher net average, so I'll go with Maynard. Advantage: Bears

Kick/punt Returner: Rashied Davis/Devin Hester vs. Terrence Wilkins. Hester was this year's elite punt returner. Wilkins is really good, but David did enough on kick return duty to give the Bears the edge here. Advantage: Bears

all in all, I think the Colts enough will simply be too much for the Bears D to stop, and the Colts passing offense is good enough to handle Grossman. My pick: Colts 27, Bears 17