GakMan23

He is the Road Warrior Animal's son

Ya nevermind the fact he was the 24th ranked QB in the NFL. Rex didn't carry this team as some people seem to want to believe. With the field position the defense and Hester gave him all season he should have had an even better season with such a short field to work with. An NFL STARTER quality QB would have. We unfortunately have a team of Career backups or unknowns at the position due to managment blind supporting of players that handcuffed the team for the last 6 plus years. http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?arc...e&Submit=Go

Cya Thugerella don't let the laptop hit you upside your head on the way out of town or Denny's....

I know I just wanted to state the obvious for some in Rex's koolaid house of horrors

"At least he got us to the Super Bowl....." Funny I thought the Defense, and the running game got us there....

Running game showing signs of improvement By Bob LeGere | Daily Herald StaffContact writerPublished: 8/25/2008 12:03 AMSend To: The Bears' 109 rushing yards (on 22 carries) against the San Francisco 49ers wasn't spectacular, but it was a big improvement over the previous week's 51 yards on 20 carries. Most important, it stanched the pass rush that overwhelmed the Bears against Seattle. "I think it definitely helped," offensive coordinator Ron Turner said. "(Against the Seahawks) we came out and threw it a lot early. Even though we had a couple runs called, we audibled to a couple passes because of bad looks. But (against the 49ers) we came out and ran the ball, and you ask any offensive lineman anywhere, and that's what they want to do. They want to have a chance to come out and run the ball and get after people a little bit and get a feel for the flow of the game, and I thought they did." The Bears are averaging 4.7 yards per rush, compared to last preseason's 2.7, but they have been outgained on the ground 484-335, although they've had just 71 running plays to their opponents' 105. He's all that: Kyle Orton is usually considered an adept manager of games and a proficient high-percentage passer, but he showed more ability to stretch the field last week, completing passes of 55 yards to Mark Bradley, 23 and 21 yards to Rashied Davis and 18 yards to tight end Greg Olsen. "He manages the game very well, and that's not a negative; there's nothing wrong with that," offensive coordinator Ron Turner said. "But he's not just a game manager. His rookie year when he came in, obviously the package we had for him was limited, and with our defense and special teams we asked him basically to do that for the most part. But he is so much better of a quarterback than that. It's a positive that he does manage the game and has great presence and football intelligence, but he can do much more than that." Dog days: It sounded a bit odd when 25-year-old defensive tackle Tommie Harris referred to himself as old after the third preseason game, but he explained. "I am old," he said. "I play in the trenches, dude. That's (like) dog years." First cuts: Although NFL rosters don't have to be trimmed to 75 until Tuesday, the Bears got down to that number Sunday by waiving safety Josh Gattis, wide receivers Marcus Monk and Ryan Grice-Mullen and cornerback Leslie Majors. Gattis, a fifth-round draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2007, was cut by them in the preseason and signed by the Bears. He played on special teams in four games last season and spent three weeks on on the practice squad. Monk, a seventh-round pick this year out of Arkansas, had 1 catch for 14 yards in the preseason. Majors, a Thornwood High School graduate, was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Indiana. Grice-Mullen was originally signed by the Texans as an undrafted free agent but released in the off-season. He was signed by the Bears on the second day of

LB McGlover had a good game as well. He was all over the field.

This team reminds me so much of the pathetic Bucs teams when they were in the NFC and Angelo was part of them, they had good to great defenses but horrible offensive talent. This team has no offensive line depth and major question marks on the left side (blind side) of the line, abosulutely no proven top notch wide receivers, No proven quality QB's. The only thing we do have is an abundence of possible top notch RB's in Forte and Jones.

starting to get that same Wanny feeling myself...

Not to mention the fact that D Manning, our nickel back, NOT THE STARTING CORNER, returned kicks in college.

We are going to be lucky it's not career ending. back injuries like this often times don't ever heal 100% and he may have chronic back issues the rest of his life and may in fact have to retire if it is bad enough. This is bad news

But Grossman had the full playbook to work with and Orton only had the dummies guide to playbooks version. I just hope the light goes on for one of them and we actually have an NFL quality QB this year.

Grossman averages 1.34 turnovers per game played and Orton averages 1.11 turnovers per game in the NFL at this point.

Wouldn't that be the same arguement on the NFL level as well as Orton was given a dummied down offense to work with up until the end of last season, while Grossman was given the full playbook to work with?

The 60.7% completion percentage with 3090 yards. He must have skip passed those 31 tds to his receivers. Oh and he was so innaccurate he threw 5 whole ints. Where the mighty Rex Grossman's best college season he had a super accurate completion percentage of 54.6% with 3193 yards. His 23 Td's to 20 Int's shows his superior accuracy as well. However, the individual I was thinking of in regards to the injury was Drew Brees.

Oh you mean the high school qb that was a serious consideration for the Heisman before he got hurt against the Badgers?

Packers just placed him on the non football injury list

The only person I saw that had the same kind of fumbling issues in a Bears uniform was David Krieg, and isn't he the alltime fumble leader for qb's? Or if not pretty close. I'm not saying, I'm just saying....

Beekman may be their answer to Bustcalf

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-08...,4432632.column Tuesday's 2-minute drill ... You might have heard Josh Beekman is short. He certainly has. Shorter than the attention spans at a day-care center. Shorter than Mike Ditka's temper. So short he cannot reach his potential without a boost. He's heard them all. Good thing Beekman's sense of humor about such things matches his sense of purpose — and that he's not short on confidence. David Haugh E-mail | Recent columns Related links Dan Pompei: Urlacher reborn, right down to his core Fred Mitchell: Gamblers also watching Favre situation 2008 Bears schedule Matt Forte will start exhibition against Chiefs Receiving hot, but returning a project for Earl Bennett "I'm considered to be a short guy, but hey, it doesn't matter — leverage is leverage," the Bears' 6-foot-2-inch, 310-pound offensive lineman said. "Go out and get your pads under the other guy, get position and get the job done. This is a low man's game. Height really doesn't matter." This is reinforced to Beekman every day at practice when he stands next to perennial Pro Bowl center Olin Kreutz,also listed at 6-2. When Beekman speaks about the veteran tips Kreutz shares about leverage, alignment or hand placement, he sounds like a young scientist lucky enough to share a laboratory with Albert Einstein. "Olin really reminds me of my dad, a tough-nosed guy, a disciplinarian, who leads by example," Beekman said. "He's been a great coach, and I'm just humbled to be learning from him. Everything he says to me, I just soak it up." In recent days, Beekman has been lining up alongside Kreutz more often at left guard with the No. 1 offense as Terrence Metcalf nurses a bruised right knee. Metcalf had his knee drained but reiterated Monday he expects to start Thursday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs. But Beekman's experience in Metcalf's place, as well as when he filled in for the ailing Kreutz at center the first week of camp, has allowed the Bears to see they have another viable candidate for the starting spot. The second-year player from Boston College might even be further along in his development if the Bears had played him during the final three meaningless games of 2007 when they switched John St. Clair to guard, but Beekman never complained or second-guessed. That might blur a focus that is laserlike when it comes to football. "I think you've got to be serious about your job," Beekman said. "I don't think I have a right or a privilege yet to be joking around or goofing off. I have one year in the league, a blip, compared to some of these guys who have seven or 11." The Bears would be pleased if Beekman held on to the job long enough to be one of those guys. With Metcalf not establishing himself as the clear-cut best man for the position even before the injury, Beekman gives the Bears an opportunity to get younger at the position. If he shows he can open holes and protect the quarterback well enough in exhibition games, it also would allow the Bears to keep St. Clair at tackle to buy more time for rookie Chris Williams. The long and short of it for Beekman? The opportunity he thought about often during the equivalent of his NFL redshirt season might have arrived. "I just have to keep up the pace," Beekman said. "They are a hard-working group on the [offensive line], quick studies, and perfectionists. I have to bring more positives than negatives. They have so many years under their belt. I just have to be as good as they want me to be." ... It might have been just a slip, but Rex Grossman's honest assessment of his mind-set heading into Thursday night's exhibition opener suggests he and Kyle Orton have been told when they will find out which of the two will be named the starter: before the Aug. 21 game against San Francisco. "This is obviously a competition, so you want to play your best and put your best foot forward in these two preseason games ... three ... however many," Grossman said. "I don't know when the final verdict comes in." Sounds like he just might. ... Garrett Wolfe can hope to fit in as a third-down back, and his shiftiness indeed gives the Bears' offense a different dimension if they so choose. But general manager Jerry Angelo said from the day he drafted Matt Forte that part of Forte's appeal was that he was a three-down back — a factor that gave him an edge over Cedric Benson.Anybody who has seen Forte look natural catching the ball or has heard coaches and teammates talk about how solid he seems in pass protection might have a hard time figuring out why he would come off the field on third downs now that he's running more with the No. 1 offense. ... The Bears still need to consider adding a veteran quarterback as insurance and have the numbers of Tim Rattay and Craig Nall if Chris Simms cannot be pried out of Tampa Bay. But if the Packers hold on to Brett Favre instead of dealing him, that would give Green Bay four quarterbacks and increase the likelihood they would place seventh-round pick Matt Flynn of LSU on the practice squad — where he could sign with another team. What better way for the Bears to mess with their rival than pluck a player off the practice squad who might upgrade a position lacking depth? ... Two questions about the Bears' first two opponents emerged over the weekend, and the answers could determine whether the team gets off to a surprising start to a killer road schedule: Will Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith exercise his right to appeal a two-game suspension for fighting and get it reduced so he can play Sept. 14? Are the Colts protecting backup quarterback Jim Sorgi by playing him only one series because they know or fear Peyton Manning's recovery from surgery on his left knee will take longer than expected? ... Whether it was Grossman finally getting hot Sunday or Orton creating a buzz last Friday night at Soldier Field, it pays to remember that at this stage of the preseason, daily practice updates provide snapshots of that moment more than a projection of things to come. It's instructional (and humbling) to look at what this column observed after the first week or so of camp in 2007 : "Judging by the zip and accuracy of his passes so far, nobody reported to camp more serious about improving than Rex Grossman. Some of his throws make ones thrown by Brian Griese or Kyle Orton look and sound like Triple-A fastballs in comparison." After three regular-season games, Grossman was benched. Lesson: Don't start keeping score in this quarterback derby until the teams do.

Per the Score Metcalf just had authroscopic knee surgury

Metcalf has knee problem Vaughn McClure, 12:22 p.m. Terrence Metcalf emerged from the dining room with a sleeve protecting his right knee. The left guard said he had the knee drained Friday after it swelled, and he's not sure how the injury occurred. "It's no big thing," he said. He expects to play in Thursday's exhibition against the Chiefs. And he expects to start if he does play. "Heck yeah, I'll be running with the first team," he said. Metcalf has yet to be cleared for Monday night's practice. Josh Beekman has been working at left guard in his place.

I sure hope we don't draft another DT or DE. He has drafted both positions almost every year he has been here and if he still needs to add to either of those positions....

"Could someone go out on a limb and predict if any of our five 7th round picks will do anything??? The way it's going now, unless it's the IR or the practice squad, none of those 5 will make it past the September 1st cuts. Which pisses me off since on draft day, JA was constantly trading down to get extra picks. Extra picks don't help if they can't make the team." Thank you this is the thing that drives me nuts as well. Trading down for the sake of extra picks doesn't mean beans if after trading down so far they are in such a deluted talent pool they don't have the skills to make the team.

I think we should try and get him. He still has the skills to pay the bills COWBOYS TO CUT GLENN Posted by Mike Florio on July 25, 2008, 11:47 p.m. The Dallas Cowboys plan to release veteran receiver Terry Glenn, bringing to an end a lengthy squabble regarding whether Glenn would agree to take a drastically reduced payment in the event that his bad knee would have resulted in his placement on injured reserve. Owner Jerry Jones claims that the move isn’t the result of Glenn’s refusal to accept a lower salary if he can’t play. “That turned out not to be an issue,” Jones said. ”At the end of the day it had more to do with where we are right now . . . all that might have impacted how we give our young players a chance in how we evaluate that position.” Glenn was due to earn a base salary of $1.74 million. Jones wanted Glenn to take only $500,000 if the knee were to implode. Immediate speculation likely will center on Glenn signing with the Dolphins, given that Miami V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells drafted Glenn to the Patriots in 1996, and brought Glenn to the Cowboys in 2003. Glenn spent five seasons with the Cowboys, but played only one game in 2007 before his knee prevented him from any further action.