[CBFF] (no subject)

[Tom Shannon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Steve Behrens
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:05 AM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] (no subject)
> 
> He was a first round draft pick, he's 19-7 as a starter, he was NFL's
> player
> of the *month* last year, he had many more good games than bad last
> year, he
> QB'd the team to the SB with decent games vs the Saints and Seattle in
> the
> playoffs, and he's only playing in his second full year as a starting
> QB.  And finally, I feel Rex is the only guy on the roster that I feel
> has a
> chance to get the Bears to the playoffs, period.  I think the team also
> feels that way. Those are some of the reasons I think Rex should play
> out
> the season.

Last year, last year, last year.  What happened this year?

I'll tell you.  He looked exactly the same as he did when he finished
(miserably) last year.  He wasn't progressing, Steve.  He was making the
same pre-snap reads, loosing the dragon and throwing into the same double
and triple coverage with no consideration whatever for subsequent shifts in
the defense or for what was going on after the ball was snapped.  He did the
exact same thing again last week and was almost intercepted.

> Personally, I don't think Rex can do anything short of winning the SB
> for
> most of the Rex bashers out there to shut up.. 

Nonsense.  I'll shut up when you tell me how he's progressed and is better
this year than last year.  You tell me what he's learned.  I thought I
detected a little better movement in the pocket but I saw no other
demonstrable signs of improvement.

I hope the guy does well.  Maybe the benching did him good.  But I saw no
signs of it last week.  I'll be watching closely for them if he starts again
and if I find them, great.  But I don't have much hope of it.

Tom S.