Ask any Bears fan for a reason to like the Bears and nobody will tell you it’s because of Rex Grossman, unless that is you’re talking to the Grossman family or close friends of his; on second thought, maybe just his family. Not even his teammates can say that they support Grossman with any sort of confidence anymore. Even though the Bears have two great receivers in Bernard Berrian and Muhsin Muhammad, and an up and coming running back Cedric Benson, with Grossman at it’s head, the Bears would likely be more successful to punt the ball away and let their fantastic defense and special teams do all the work. This may seem bitter and critical coming from a Bears fan, but given Grossman’s performance it’s getting harder and harder to admit I’m a fan after each disappointing week on offense, each interception, and each fumble or bobbled ball. Sure there are still some people who give Grossman credit for his 7 games with a passer rating of over 100 last year and 3 games of 80-99.9. Those are good numbers if they stood alone, but that’s only Good Rex. Bad Rex had a game of 64.9 and 5 under 37 with two abysmal games of 1.7 and a 0.0. On Sunday Night Football Al Michaels put the game of 0.0 best in my opinion, “God Awful with eight exclamation points.”
It’s true that most people don’t watch the Bears for the offense, but for their defense, but a defense would be hard-pressed to win a game by itself. This is why the Bears need to switch their quarterback situation. Right now Grossman is just too inconsistent to give the Bears a legitimate chance to win. The Bears needed to make a quarterback change, which they finally did to Brian Griese, because with their recent injuries to their defense, the Bears will have to count on their offense to perform better than it has. The Bears safety Mike Brown, linebacker Lance Briggs, and corner back Charles Tillman, are all questionable for this Sunday’s game against the Lions which will also be Brian Griese’s first start this season. If Griese will prove to be consistent completing passes, then nearly ALL of the Bears offensive problems will be cured. As I’ve already said the Bears have plenty of offensive fireworks, just nobody to set them off; Bears fans everywhere are hoping that Brian Griese can be the spark that is so badly needed.
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