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Guess that knee injury Rex Grossman suffered last December wasn't so serious -- he was offered a new one year contract with the Bears, which he agreed to this morning. The Sun-Times calls the contract "imminent", and that it "includes incentives based on play time and performance".
Coach Lovie Smith is planning on pitting Grossman and Neckbeard against each other to battle it out for the starting spot:
Grossman, who earned $2.035 million last season, will not be handed the starting job. [Kyle] Orton played well enough in three starts to end the season to prove a viable option, one who is not mistakeprone and might be a good fit for the team, especially if the defense and running game return to form. The Bears have done all they can to avoid quarterback competitions in training camp since 2001 when Jim Miller edged Shane Matthews and Cade McNown was never really in the race. But the franchise has not been able to escape the everlasting turnover that seems to come with the position. In Angelo’s seven seasons, the team has changed starting quarterbacks 23 times.
Brian Griese's ass is packing in anticipation for a forthcoming kick to the curb.
Current click poll on the Sun-Times website is split 44% of voters thinking it's a good deal, 40% voting the Bears shouldn't have made the deal at all, and 14% indicating that the deal should have been longer. What say you, oh loyal Chicagoist readers? Was it a good idea to bring Rexyback? [S-T]
Photo by AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh.
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To quote Aunt Linda from SNL...
"Whaaaaaaaaa?"
I think this says more about the available free agents then it does about Rexs ability.
God help us.
This move was completely necessary with no better free agents or draftable players available. Nobody wants to wait for a player to improve but Grossman definitely has the talent if he can just get his head on straight. Anyways, quarterback isn't the only position needed to win games and the Bears have too many holes to fill to spend money or picks on a qb that won't be any better.
I know I'm rooting for Kyle Orton to win the job in camp. Grossman keeps making the same fundamental mistakes over and over.
As a fan I'd be more than happy with a game manager who can make a big play; thing Phillip Rivers or Eli Manning versus Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. ORton fits that bill. His mistakes are less likely to cost a team a win than Grossman's, who still seems to have trouble holding on to the ball and flaot the ball throwing off his back foot under pressure.
*float
Hey, Rex got the Bears to a Super Bowl.
It's Cedric Benson I want run out of town on a rail...
The defense, special teams and Thomas Jones got the Bears to a Super Bowl in spite of Grossman.
SOMEONE had to line up under center.
And I'll take Rex over Griese or Orton for right now. But get a line on McNabb or somebody and I forget about Rex like I keep "forgetting" to take my anti-psychotic medication.