[CBFF] Bears' patience under center the right move

[Jim Ferolie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>


I> have to assume that the franchise is currently
> experiencing a lot of the troubles that the Bears went
> through in the latter 90s/early 2000. They need a QB,
> but none of the ones are good enough and they would
> rather see the potential than another average or below
> average QB.

In the late 90s I would have been absolutely thrilled to have an average QB. 
The best we got in those days was Erik Kramer (for like 1 1/2 years) and 
Dave Krieg.

> Griese was drafted to be the next QB after Elway and
> turned out to be average - he was replaced with
> Plummer because Jake had more mobility and Griese had
> some early problems in Denver.

That's misrepresenting things, too. The Broncos dumped Griese, then went 
looking for another QB and beat the Bears to Plummer (leaving us with ... 
arrrrgggg). It's not like, oh Plummer's available, he's an upgrade. No, 
Shanahan got frustrated with him -- particularly in the playoffs -- and 
dumped him.

> Miami was still trying to replace Marino when Griese
> went there and people still remembered his father.
> Again, Griese was average and the fans couldn't accept
> that.

Oh, whatever. The fans were expecting Marino and accepted nothing less than 
great? Marino had had like four crappy years before that and had some awful 
QBs after that. You're grasping at straws here.

Look, I don't think Griese is bad. He's a known commodity. If Rex gets into 
a playoff game and really struggles, he could be the perfect second-half 
remedy. The guy is an old pro and does not need game time to be ready. He 
gets practice time, and his only job is to be ready to step in on a moment's 
notice. We don't need to "see what he's got." We know what he's got. We need 
to milk Rex until the last minute, and if he can't get it done, fine, put 
Griese in.

But I know Rex can get it done. The only question is whether he will at the 
most important time. It hasn't been terribly important in weeks.