[CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com

[Tom Shannon]

Regarding point 1: Not strong enough?  You can lift weights.  Not quick
enough?  You can work on agility drills.  Not accurate enough?  You can
throw through tires in your backyard.  But you can't fix stupid.

As to the who do you bring in, the answer's easy.  Anybody.  I mean it isn't
like you need a Donovan McNabb to make things better here.  The Bears have
the worst veteran starting QB situation in the NFL.  All three of them are
the same guy: mediocre at best.  If they just keep Orton its highly unlikely
that they'll be any worse off next year.  At least that's how I see it.

Keep all three of them and you settle for what you've got:  not good enough.
Bring in someone - anyone - just one new guy to compete - and you've at
least got hope that things might be better.  When you are starting at the
bottom, the risk is really minimal.

Tom S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:02 PM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com
> 
> 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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> opposite
> > of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
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