http://www.chicagobearsweblog.com/blog/index.php/chicago-bears-opinions/cowboys-on-top-of-nfc/ Chicago Bears Blog Thu, 16 May 2013 18:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.chicagobearsweblog.com/blog/index.php/chicago-bears-opinions/cowboys-on-top-of-nfc/#comment-13091 Rob Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:29:47 +0000 http://www.chicagobearsweblog.com/blog/?p=121#comment-13091 Horrible game all around for the Bears. Rex has to pick it up, but he was far from the only problem with the Bears. Every player and coach has to look in the mirror and decide what they want to do. With three division games in a row it is crunch time. The only fear I have is that Rex's confidence may be shattered. He carries the weight of the franchise on his shoulders and for many has become the excuse for everything wrong with the Bears. I'd like to see how he responds against Detroit, but if he has a poor game and the Bears find themselves at 1-3 a change may be warranted just to shake up the team, and for Rex to regain his mental health. We'll see. Horrible game all around for the Bears. Rex has to pick it up, but he was far from the only problem with the Bears. Every player and coach has to look in the mirror and decide what they want to do. With three division games in a row it is crunch time. The only fear I have is that Rex’s confidence may be shattered. He carries the weight of the franchise on his shoulders and for many has become the excuse for everything wrong with the Bears. I’d like to see how he responds against Detroit, but if he has a poor game and the Bears find themselves at 1-3 a change may be warranted just to shake up the team, and for Rex to regain his mental health. We’ll see.

]]> http://www.chicagobearsweblog.com/blog/index.php/chicago-bears-opinions/cowboys-on-top-of-nfc/#comment-13090 Brad Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:13:40 +0000 http://www.chicagobearsweblog.com/blog/?p=121#comment-13090 While I am no where near impressed by Grossman's performance Sunday night, I think a large share of the blame belongs on our receiving core. Bernard Berrian dropped at least two big yardage catches and Moose pulled a Randy Moss on a few plays and flat out gave up on the routes. I think the biggest problem with the QB "situation" is the fact that I don't think Rex is much of a leader in that huddle, in that he can't motivate his guys after failed plays. I also think it's a bit foolish to put Hester, our only real "threat" at this point, on offense as nothing more than a decoy while Mark Bradley wastes away on the sidelines. We've all seen how Hester blocks, and I can honestly see him getting hurt if he continues on these offensive schemes. So, were are we....really...a 34 year old back up and a third stringer who has played well, but only in the sense that he can manage the clock long enough for the defense to score all the points. The long term answer at QB is not wearing a Bears uniform right now. I agree with you Ron, start Rex at Detroit and see what he can do after what will undoubtedly be the harshest week of critisizm and speculation he has ever faced. If he flops in the Motor City, bench him, and prepare for another decade of QB rotation. While I am no where near impressed by Grossman’s performance Sunday night, I think a large share of the blame belongs on our receiving core. Bernard Berrian dropped at least two big yardage catches and Moose pulled a Randy Moss on a few plays and flat out gave up on the routes. I think the biggest problem with the QB “situation” is the fact that I don’t think Rex is much of a leader in that huddle, in that he can’t motivate his guys after failed plays. I also think it’s a bit foolish to put Hester, our only real “threat” at this point, on offense as nothing more than a decoy while Mark Bradley wastes away on the sidelines. We’ve all seen how Hester blocks, and I can honestly see him getting hurt if he continues on these offensive schemes. So, were are we….really…a 34 year old back up and a third stringer who has played well, but only in the sense that he can manage the clock long enough for the defense to score all the points. The long term answer at QB is not wearing a Bears uniform right now. I agree with you Ron, start Rex at Detroit and see what he can do after what will undoubtedly be the harshest week of critisizm and speculation he has ever faced. If he flops in the Motor City, bench him, and prepare for another decade of QB rotation.

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