This town is nuts!

I found a good discussion on Rex here:

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_whatsgoinon/2007/10/covering-the-be.html?cid=84735502#comments



He was my retort to some guy who said:

"I think the bottom line here is that it has been confirmed that:

- the quarterback position is the problem

- Grossman is not the answer

- Griese does not appear to be the answer, but we should give him a couple more games

- we still don’t know if Orton is the answer"

That's dumb. Rex made the same physical and mental mistakes as did Brady, Manning, Farve etc. While those QB's got a lot of heat from their home press, they were not crucified like we have done to Rex Grossman.

Terry Bradshaw flat out said that the dumbest thing to do was to bench Grossman. He said that Grossman can throw the ball deep as well as anyone in the league. He should know. He won 4 Super Bowls. And Bradshaw did not get a bit of crap from the other guys on the Fox Sports Pre-Game show. That says something.

Rex can play very well. We saw it the 1st half of last year. To play at that level is not accidental. He will get back to that again.

The QB position is not the problem. The running game is. Even last year when we ran the ball OK, it still wasn't a dominating running game.

What’s happened is that the league adjusted to Ron Turner and the Bears offense. They threw the sink at Rex all the time. We had no counter. Turner called plays that put Rex and the offense in a position to fail.

Rex or Griese have no one to throw it to. That's the problem. How long do you think our receiving corps could last and play at New England or Indianapolis? Would you bet money on any game that Brady or Manning had to use our receivers to move the ball and score points? Nope.

Rex's problems have been a symptom of a great QB in a very bad system. Let him loose with guys who can play and we would see similar numbers as the other premiere QB's in the league.