Rex Grossman the whipping boy

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

First off I'm not a huge fan of Grossman. I thought he was going to be a complete bust in the NFL but I have to admit he had a much better season this year than I thought he was capable of.

But this post Super Bowl piling on seems to be getting a little out of hand. I heard Mike & Mike talking this morning about an article that suggested that Rex needs to leave Chicago and start over.

Hello, it was his first full year as the starter. Did he have his share of stinkers? Sure, but damn where would the Packers be now if they gave up on Favre early on in his career when he was making horrible decisions and throwing tons of picks.

Again, I'm not a huge fan of Grossman, but how about giving him the benefit of the doubt considering he helped guide a team to a 15-4 record and a Super Bowl appearance? I also think their defense is getting a bit of a free pass here too. They couldn't stop the Colts especially in the 2nd half when they ran all over them.

I think it would be incredibly knee-jerk if the Bears look to replace him already. I don't think they'll do that, Lovie Smith seems like a very grounded and sensible man, but man the media is just so out of control with this Grossman needs to go crap.

Wow...

I haven't heard this talked about too much but I blame the Chicago coaches as much as Rex Brunell. They went the whole game without taking any risks and then in the fourth quarter (when the Bears probably should have had a lead), they expect him to throw them to victory.

The Bears coaches obvously did not trust him (which would have an effect on his confidence) the whole game and then expect him to become Superman? I don't get it.

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nobody is really comparing rex to farve are they? just saying that rex and farve, and I would guess countless other qbs started out in a similar fashion, right?

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Originally Posted by SkinEmAll

nobody is really comparing rex to farve are they? just saying that rex and farve, and I would guess countless other qbs started out in a similar fashion, right?

I see Grossman and Tony Romo being very similiar, that's a more fair comparison at this point. Both are young, mistake prone, arrogant, and have very similiar career arcs. They're both breed from the Brett Favre school of quarterbacking which means they're either really good or really bad from one game to the next. Both need to be more consistent, or both will be career backups before long.

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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

Wow...

I haven't heard this talked about too much but I blame the Chicago coaches as much as Rex Brunell. They went the whole game without taking any risks and then in the fourth quarter (when the Bears probably should have had a lead), they expect him to throw them to victory.

The Bears coaches obvously did not trust him (which would have an effect on his confidence) the whole game and then expect him to become Superman? I don't get it.

I know Brunell has been kind of underwhelming here in D.C. but when he was with the Jaguars he was really something. It's kind of a insult, I would think, to put Grossman in Brunell's class by calling him Rex Brunell. Brunell's old and wobbly now and that's why he's stunk it up so much lately, but Grossman's young and careless and hasn't really proven anything yet, unlike Brunell.

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Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

I know Brunell has been kind of underwhelming here in D.C. but when he was with the Jaguars he was really something. It's kind of a insult, I would think, to put Grossman in Brunell's class by calling him Rex Brunell. Brunell's old and wobbly now and that's why he's stunk it up so much lately, but Grossman's young and careless and hasn't really proven anything yet, unlike Brunell.

Grossman has a conference championship. Something that Brunell does not and probably will not ever have.

Did you see Grossman in the Superbowl? In the second half I saw flashbacks of the early part of our season.

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

Grossman has a conference championship. Something that Brunell does not and probably will not ever have.

Did you see Grossman in the Superbowl? In the second half I saw flashbacks of the early part of our season.

Grossman was a conference champion in spite of how inconsistent he was. His teammates carried him to the super bowl for the most part. Brunell, on the other hand, in his early days was a key contributor to the Jags success and could help win games singlehandily through his play. It's unfair to a fine player in his day, like Brunell, to be compared to someone as inconsistent as Grossman. Heck, Brunell was really solid last season (2005) until the Giants cheapshotted him below the knee.

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Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

Grossman was a conference champion in spite of how inconsistent he was. His teammates carried him to the super bowl for the most part. Brunell, on the other hand, in his early days was a key contributor to the Jags success and could help win games singlehandily through his play. It's unfair to a fine player in his day, like Brunell, to be compared to someone as inconsistent as Grossman. Heck, Brunell was really solid last season (2005) until the Giants cheapshotted him below the knee.

I've actually shown in many different threads how effeciently Brunell played, even this season. Most teams would have won this year with Brunell at QB, it's unfortunate that we had the worst pass D this league had seen in a long time.

You are absolutely correct, there is no comparision between Brunell and Grossman.