Grossman

Not to belabor the point on Grossman. But the idea that by keeping him in we’re somehow protecting him is absurd. Everybody has seen that the kid has talent, everyone knows that he’s probably going to be our QB for years to come. But the fact is he’s not ready RIGHT NOW and that’s what has us upset. I don’t boo, but I think when the fans are booing, they aren’t booing Grossman so much as the coaching staff for continuing to put us in this situation. If you want to protect Rex you have to give us a chance to see if Griese is good enough RIGHT NOW — let it be known that I think he’s probably over-rated. If we get to the playoffs and loose on account of Rex … well the kid will be lucky to get out of Chicago alive, much less play here next year.

No, Rex is not being protected by being put in a position to fail.

Also, I have a feeling they made the decision to pull Rex but they want to do it at half-time instead of game time. In the 4th quarter last week we had something like 8 minutes left on the clock and the lead, and yet Turner aired it out on third down instead of running the clock. My feeling (and I’ve been really wrong before) is that they were trying desperately to test him, to see if he could get anything going. He couldn’t, obviously.