Rex Grossman is better and the Bears will Growl
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Defense wins Championships.
We hear that all the time and we tend to believe it.
There is a slight problem with that bromide. We say it so much that it is forgotten that you still have to out score the other team.
Oh, so maybe, Offense wins Championships?
No, no, no. Defense still wins Championships, but you have to have an offense to go with it.
The Chicago Bears made it all the way to last years Super Bowl without a lot of offense. Directly responsible for that lack of O was Rex Grossman, everyone’s whipping boy, the poster child for bad quarterbacking.
Your intrepid author has a theory that is yet to be proved. Actually, it is more of a hypothesis dealing with the improvement of Rex Grossman given time and reps.
There seems to be real reason to be excited about where he is today, compared to the end of last season when he appeared to be a shell-shocked young QB overwhelmed by his severely up and down play and the legitimate questions that brought to a team that had a chance to win it all. Smith likes to remind you that it was Grossman’s first full season as a starter. That he had 7 games where his passer rating topped 100. That despite his ups and downs, he still lead the team to the No. 2 scoring offense in the league. Now, he feels with that experience, he will only get better.
My sense in watching Grossman, and talking with him in training camp, is that he is a bit different this time around. He still has the arm that shows you why coaches fall in love with him, and he still has that care-free spirit, which is why teammates love him. But he does seem to be a little more cautious of what he’s saying to the media, while at the same time he seems to have found a comfort zone in who he is as a person, and how he needs to run this offense.
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Chicago still hurts from coming so close to winning it all, only to fail due to lack of efficient offense, so they have been busy in the off season creating new weapons to throw at their opponents.
Other than the hopefully improved Grossman, Pro Bowl KR Devin Hester has been added to the offense, and looks impressive every time he touches the ball. Following the cue from the Saints’ use of Reggie Bush, the idea is to get the ball in Hester’s hands and let him go.
Hester will line up at WR, but don’t look for him to just take off down the field looking for a deep pass. Whether it’s a quick WR screen, a “hot read” quick pass over to his side, a reverse, a quick slant route, whatever it takes to give him a chance to use the speed and moves that allowed him to take back an NFL-record six returns (plus one on the opening kickoff in the Super Bowl) for touchdowns in his rookie season.
Rookie Greg Olson has looked excellent in practice, Bernard Berrian still has great speed as the opposing wideout, and Cedric Benson is looking for a breakout season now that he is the man at tailback.
The Chicago offense looks ready to put up the big time points.
Oh, did your gallivanting author mention that Defense wins Championships? Did you ever wonder about that statement?
Is it because your team stops the other team on the goal line? Well, it can be.
The over looked factor for the Bears is the excellent field position they enjoy in most games due to their defense. This is where the great Defense pays off. It is far easier for a solid offense to start up close to their own 50 rather than their own 20. It just takes fewer plays to score and mistakes may not be as fatal.
Yeah, Defense wins Championships, but Rex Grossman is ready to lead the Bears Offense to victory!
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Aug 12, 2007 at 1:40 am
your intrepid author reported yesterday in Rex Grossman is better and the Bears will Growl, Chicago has vastly improved their offense and still has great defense, plus they only have to get …
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