[CBFF] (no subject)

[Steve Behrens]

On 11/14/07, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > -----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?


An o-line that came out of the chute flat and lethargic, maybe?  An OC who
can turn into a zombie with some of his play calling?  WR's that all of a
sudden can't cath the ball?  A RB that can't run or, more importantly, pass
block? But if one tries to explain what some of his problems may have been
caused by, one runs the risk of being called an apologist.

But listen, I admit he did play pretty terribly early on.  I may have been
the first on the list to say had had to sit ( the game prior to his actual
sitting).  But in hindsight, I feel he needs one more opportunity. It's just
still too short of an evaluation period for a guy who's show the pretty
incredible upside we saw at one point or another.  Franchise QB's are too
damned hard to find, especially for the Bears, to so easily throw one out
with the bathwater.  I just want to make sure the Bears don't do that.


I'll tell you.  He looked exactly the same as he did when he finished
> (miserably) last year.


In the Superbowl.  Let's just be clear where it was that he finished.


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 played a couple of pretty solid playoff games if I remember.



He did the
> exact same thing again last week and was almost intercepted.


Once, coming off the bench.  Big deal.  He didn't melt under pressure,
though, did he?  Can you even admit that?  So he DIDN'T do the same thing.
But this is what I'm talking about.  the guy has to be practically perfect
before anyone grudgingly says .. 'ok, I guess'.


> 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.


Than you weren't watching with an open mind. I just told you one;  He didn't
melt down when the defense turned up the pressure or after he made (or did
Kruetz?) a mistake with the fumble.  He threw *one* questionable pass,
afaic.  He took care to throw the rest of them away when he had to. And
you're right, he did move better in the pocket.  I think those are reasons
to be hopeful.

-Behr