[CBFF] Bears' patience under center the right move

[Steve Behrens]

Kev I'll use the same argument I used in another thread; And that is

1) As a starter he's 14-5  (fine, Orton could also stand by his record, so
this may not mean as much... however;)

2) Re-watch this years *entire* games vs GB, Det, Sea, Buf, SF, & NY Gints.
Re-watch the clutch drive to win the 1st Min game. Re-watch the Jets game to
see how he *can* manage a game.  Orton had one game where you could jump on
his band wagon and point to and say 'Hey, maybe we have something here'.
But come on, you can never point out one game.  But you can point to 7 games
already this season and say *damn, that boy can play ball*... you can point
to one other and say *well, that was just as good as Orton*.  *You can watch
one more and say *well, he stunk it up, but he was Mr Clutch when it
counted, and I'll take it*.   And this isn't counting the hand-full of games
he played before this season which had most of us believing in him and
hoping he'd stay healthy for one season.

Rex, if left in, is a stronger QB when he breaks out then if he's pulled....
I think it's as simple as that.

-Behr
Chicago Bears
2006 NFCN Champs



On 12/4/06, Kevin Gertsen <kgertsen7 at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> I continue to be amazed at the defenses presented for Rex Grossman.
>
> He is tied with Frye at 25th out of 30 QBs in passer rating.
>
> Two of the men below him have been relegated to the bench for unproven QBs
> (Bledsoe and Plummer) the other two are Brad Johnson and Joey Harrington.
>
> Only Ben Rothelisberger has more ints than Grossman. He is tied for 6th in
> TD passes, 20th in passing yards per game, 29th in completion percentage,.
>
> I used the argument regarding the team's W/L record last year in defense
> of
> Orton and that was summarily (and correctly) shot down.
>
> I've written this before, but I don't mind being redundant. Rex doesn't
> have
> to be great, or even good, he just has to avoid being bad and horrible.
>
> Bad and horrible have been common in recent games.
>
> Kevin
>
>