Chicago Media Going Soft On Rex

Well all you Rex haters, doubters, and non-believers can put the cool aid down and stop bitchin' about Rex cuz it looks we are in the eve of the big replacement, Brian Griese.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Griese is here and he is a bonus for any team. But a lot of you are crappin' your selfs if you think this will mean a thing.

Since last year I have been a running a constant op-ed to all the Bad Rex talk. Sure, Rex has done some dumb things. Twice, sometimes, in the same game. Makes you shake your head. How ever, that said, he is the guy to take us back to the Super Bowl. My biggest complaint has always been with the coaching staff. After there was enough film on Rex and the Bears offense, other teams adjusted. I'm not smart enough to say what, but we all know they did. But it was the same old song and dance from the Bears offense. Rex do this, do that - we never made adjustments. We were living fat off the defense. And the slow simmer of frustration began to brew from the newly-formed Rex haters.

Well, well, today was a good day in Chicago to listen to Sports Talk Radio. In the morning Waddle and Silvey had ex-Bear QB Jim Miller. I loved that guy. He was tough, smart and moved the ball. I can't remember exactly why he left town - my guess he wasn't perceived as a top shelf guy and the Bears were up to their old tricks again - tossing nickels around like man-hole covers (Ditka, 1960's).

In a nut shell Miller had praise for Rex and said he has a good future in the league. He notated that we do not have the following:

1. A running game and running back.
2. A real good offensive line.
3. Good play calling; ability to adjust to other teams adjustments.
4. Receivers that are a threat
5. Receivers that actually go in motion - imagine that?

Miller also noted that all-world Drew Brees has worse numbers than Rex: 1 TD, 7 picks. Do think Breeze will get the hook? Nah, the story line is not suppose to play out that way with the new "America's Team".

Oh, did anyone catch Muhsin Muhammad's sound bite about the "route" he ran Sunday night. It's comical. Kudos to Waddle & Silvy to play the sound bite and ad-lib over it. It was funny. The same with Boers & Bernstein of the Score. I usually don't agree with them on much, but I have to admit their show today was right on the mark. They primed us for the change at QB and also pointed out most of the above. Hat's off to the media. I'm not sure if it's sincerity or that they knew it wasn't all Rex and they are pre-emptively covering their collective asses. At any rate, we are about to find that out over the next few games.