I guess we could do something entirely useless

Now for the Bears post. I'm getting really sick of reading all of this bullshit about Rex Grossman needing to be benched for Brian Griese.

Fact: Grossman blew the game against the Patriots. His throws were all over the place, he fumbled that snap (probably his fault, although I can't be sure) in the red zone.

Fact: Griese has only played in garbage time this year.

Fact: The Bears are 9-2 under Grossman.

Let's all just get off Grossman's back for a second. Grossman hurt his hand early in the game against the Pats. After that, his throws on the sideline were all over the place. Yet Smith put him back in the game. Was it because he thought Grossman was fine, or was it because he didn't think Griese could win the game?

Regardless of whatever was wrong with Grossman's hand, he went back in and did a pretty decent job when not throwing the ball towards Asante Samuel. His throws on the picks were horrible, but he did manage to have some nice throws too. I think the lack of consistency was probably due to the hand injury. Which I hope will be fine.

People talk ab out his terrible 4th quarter QB rating. Personally I feel like QB rating isn't entirely accurate for basing performance on, but whatever. Maybe the reason he has a terrible rating is because the Bears are always up big in the 4th. There have been 4 games that haven't been Bears blowouts. The first was against the Vikings, where Grossman made a great find in the endzone to win the game. The second was the game against the Cardinals, where he missed the first throw, and then I think playcalling sucked. Regardless, he sucked kind of badly in that one. The third was the Dolphins game that the Bears were never close in. He sucked in that game. And now the Pats game.

So the Bears are 9-2, still have arguably the best defense in the NFL, and they're still almost locks for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Why would we want to change something that has gotten us to 9-2?

Obviously the Bears are a running team. You know what helps set up the run? The deep pass. Griese can't throw it. Grossman can. Grossman's also been incredibly accurate (save for the bad games). The deep threat is something the Bears haven't had in years, and they won't have it with Griese. That means that teams can put 8 in the box against the Bears, shut down the run, and then on 3rd and 8 Griese will throw it 6 yards.

Also, I wouldn't say the Bears have been blocking incredibly well for Grossman. He's been under a lot of pressure, and it looks to me like the 3-4 defenses are giving the line a terrible time in pass protection. Maybe we could rectify that before we throw Rex under the bus. Or, we could just go with a less mobile QB.

I'm not saying I hate Griese. I'm saying there's no need to take Rex out for the final 5 games when he could use this time to prepare for the playoffs. And shit, he's already proven if you need him to manage a game and not lose, he can do that (see Jets game). But why just not lose. The Bears should win out (at least go 4-1), have home-field advantage, and then if you want to play ball control (read: pussy) football in the playoffs, then do it.

But taking out Rex makes no sense. His best games were the games early in the season. Maybe we could get back to that instead of just finding ways for him to not lose the game. The Cardinals game has been the worst thing to happen to this offense all season.

I think I've lost focus here. The point is, why take out Rex when he can give you exactly what Griese can if you're going to handcuff him anyways. Either handcuff him (which will suck and be boring) or let him play and put these stupid rumors about Griese needing to play to bed. Griese is a fine backup QB. But he should only play should Rex be physically unable.