Rex Grossman the whipping boy

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Grossman is terrible but I don't really hold it aganist him. Like Matty said the D is the reason they won 15 games and it was a main reason they lost the SB. Also getting a pass is Lovie. They had a better option. There is not a person on this planet who an convince me that Grossman is even remotely as good as Griese. Is Griese great? No, but Grossman is THE WORST starting QB in the league and everyone knows it. Griese was annoited the job in camp before ever proving he could do the job. I remember thinking 'Why does everyone think Grossman is gonna be anything other than a average QB at best?' He hadn't done anything and he wasn't even a great QB in college. It was like everyone was like 'Yay we don't have to play Orton anymore. Now we can play Grossman who is better.' Problem with that statement is that Orton isn't even a NFL level QB. They had a guy on the bench who has won a lot of games in this league. He is still young and by all accounts hasn't forgotten how to play so why the hell they thought Grossman was a better option than Griese is beyond me.

Well, the leagues' worst starting QB is Andrew Walter by a significant margin (or Brooks takes his title as worst if you annoint him the starter), but Grossman (in 2006 only) also clearly outplayed Bruce Gradkowski, Brad Johnson, Alex Smith, Charlie Frye, Trent Green (post concussion) and you can probably throw Vick on this heap too depending how much you value his running skills (Because Vick is a crappy passer on the Grossman standard). Plus there were a few starting QBs who got replaced who were considerably worse than Rex this season. Jake Plummer, Daunte Culpepper, and Drew Bledsoe come to mind.

So as bad as he was at times, many teams had it a lot worse this season.

The Bears don't have an above average QB on their roster, so it was relatively moot who played the position for them. If they are smart, they will go out and get actual, serious, non-Griese competition for Grossman, but it wouldn't surprise me if Grossman won the job in camp anyway.