Paul Bixby , Bears Super Fan

Kathee, I enjoyed reading your analysis. I truly think that given a couple years, Rexy can shake the Hexy and really develop into a top shelf quarterback. Not everyone is a Brady or Manning right from the get-go - not even some Mannnings ;). He may not ever be electrifying to watch, but when he has all of his confidence, he has one of the most precise long balls I can recall and he puts some real zip on the short passes. He threads the needle so well that his misses are all the more frustrating. Since the Arizona game he has been a little too scared and doesn't seem to trust his abilities anymore.

I know so many people say this - but it's still true - Rex is still essentially playing his rookie season. Almost unbelievably, he has been healthy all year for the first time in his pro career. This is the longest string of consecutive games he has played, and we are now heading into the Collegiate Endurance Challenge. By now, there are only two games left in the college football season (not counting bowls)). The last full season he has prepared for and played was an NCAA season so, as long as Rex stays healthy, he may very well be starting to hit the wall of his endurance. He still has 6 regular season games and at least one playoff game to look forward to. I'm hoping the conditioning coaches are really working with him to get him ready for actually playing 4 games in December. We saw Kyle hit the wall last year.

All I'm saying is that he could get worse before he gets better, at least until he gets over the hump.

I don't know if the gameplan for the Jets game was trying to take that into account, but the last thing I expected was to see a Shoop-style, Orton-manage-the-team gameplan. It didn't seem to me that they were calling a lot of passes, but I don't know if that's becase they gameplanned it that way or because they recognized early that Rex and the receivers were getting contained. Berrian did play didn't he?

I think they are really going to have to stretch the field against New England this week. As much as I trust our defense, I don't think Brady is going to let us off the hook with a low-scoring, all-running game. Rex needs to learn, and quickly, to throw accurately and deep while under pressure. Their front four are going to be rushing Rex all day. I hope he takes Kathee's advice and starts throwing some false reads. Otherwise, the same gameplan that Miami and Arizona used is going to continue to work and make our Playoff career very short.

All in all, though, I do trust Rex and think he can take us all the way, as long as he can shake off his own doubts. I hope Jerry Angelo's scouting is better than Kathee's, although I suspect they agree a lot on these players (Hester, Brown - both of them, Ogunleye, Muhammed, Urlacher, Hillenmeyer, should I just paster the roster?). The only place I can see where Angelo has stumbled has been the quarterback position. You think Jerry has a position open for QB General Manager? I know a blogger who'd be perfect for it!