[CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com

[Jerry Madsen]

Points 1 and 2 were true prior to his benching, but not near as much
following it.

But more to the point, if the Bears don't bring him back at a lower
rate, then what options are you left with?  You're not going to do
better in FA than what you've got now.

Jerry


On 1/1/08, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1)  "Grossman is a mental midget".  This one was made by the Chargers and
> they got the information from Ron Rivera, who definitely ought to have known
> (he denies that he believes this but you know he said it).  In support,
> Grossman continued to make all of the same mental errors that he made last
> season.  These were particularly damaging because they resulted in an excess
> of turnovers that the team couldn't afford.
>
> 2)  "Hit Grossman hard and he collapses".  Basically this looked true to me.
> Hit him hard and all of the sudden he's tentative, he's nervous, he fumbles
> and bumbles.  On a related note, I don't blame Rex Grossman for the Super
> Bowl loss.  But there's no doubt that in the biggest game of his life he did
> more than his share to help choke it away.  He never once performed what I
> consider to be well under pressure.  Most of the time is was easily the
> opposite.
>
> Just my opinion.  I understand why not everyone would agree.
>
> Tom S.
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