Rex Grossman on NFL Radio Sunday

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Originally Posted by NLC1054

You know...I kinda always thought Rex go a raw deal in Chicago. That run the Bears made to the Super Bowl, the Bears has a top flight defense, sure. But they also had the number one scoring offense.

There's no doubt he struggled, and maybe he wasn't as dedicated to his craaft as he should've been there. But the Bears also never seem overly concerned with developing their quarterbacks (see: not drafting Jay Cutler a single wide receiver in this year's draft) and instead are keen to rely on their defense, sometimes to the detriment. I mean, who's the last franchise quarterback the Bears had?

But he strikes me as a guy who needs a new start, and this system seems to suit what he does well. His decision is still damn near baffling sometimes, but looking at the situations from this season, I can really only think of two interceptions that were really his fault, and better offensive line play might help us to avoid that nasty problem he has with fumbling.

(And to his credit, when he did fumble the ball, most of the times it seems like he was making an effort to cover up the ball, when he wasn't getting blindsided by the rush).

He's older, wiser, he knows what Mike and Kyle expect out of their starting quarterback. He might not take us to a Super Bowl, but as a one or two year stop gap, I'm fine with him. I think he's willing to put the work in and can be effective, and if anyone can help mold a quarterback into a more productive player, it's Mike Shanahan.

I mean he took Gus Ferrotte to the friggin' playoffs, after all.

There was absolutely no game film on the dude in this offense from which opposing defenses could draw tendency and he still only won a single game in three starts. Matt Moore played well before defenses caught on to his weaknesses. Mike Vick was stellar in the early goings last season before the Giants wrote a blueprint on how to contain him and his production took a rapid decline as he became one of the most sacked QBs in the second half of the season. It was the same for Sanchez in his first season when he became an interception machine mid way through the season. Etc etc.

Rex is already in his old dog/new tricks stage. He proved he still make poor decisions with the ball in clutch situations. It's like he dips his hands in grease before every snap. He has difficulty getting velocity on the ball when rolling out on the play action bootleg and when it's not designed he has trouble improvising, eluding the rush and throwing on the run. He's only 6-1 so when he stands in the pocket he can barely see over the linemen which makes it hard for him to see throwing lanes. His lack of height will also lead to a slew of batted balls (ala Mike Vick, also 6-1), which means what class, that's right, more interceptions. He drops his head when attempting to aviod duress which closes split second windows of opportunity. Mike Shanahans good, but not that good. He needs a pixie fairy in the land of daffodils and delusion to sprinkle him with some magical dust just so he can grab his one way ticket to Never Never Land. If there's a band aid waiting in the wings please let his name be John Beck. Atleast when our line breaks down I know the guy is mobile.

Jay Cutler did fine with the receivers he had last year. That is if winning the division championship with a weak Oline in pass pro and an underachieving run game accounts for anything. The Bears have a franchise QB right now, you should be more concerned with the fact that we don't.

I also thought Ferrotte did pretty well a few years ago when he stepped in for Tavaris Jackson.