Paul Bixby, Bears Superfan

Forgive me bloggers, for I have not blogged. It has been 15 days since my last blog. Work has been killer. That said ...

Wow, what a pre-season! Even though the Bears are down a couple games, I'm sure once the season starts, they'll get their act together! Rex is bound to find his stride again and give us a September like last year's Offensive Player of the Month-worthy September! Can't wait for regular season play...

What's that? It IS regular season? Rex has been this beat-up in real games? We're really last in the Division? Behind the Lions?! What kind of disturbed fantasy world did I wake up in? It's been extremely busy at work lately and I haven't even been able to catch up with the new bloggers to join our midst. Welcome to them, by the way, glad to have you with us. Normally we try to bring the good Offense out when we're having guests, but it got really rusty over the summer and we haven't had time to overhaul it.

So, Lovie dropped the Griese bomb today. "Brian's our quarterback." Sigh. It is awfully lonely in the Giant Ford Rexcursion these days. I didn't see an awful quarterback these past Sundays. I saw an awful offensive line. According to nfl.com, he's been sacked 9 times in 3 games. That'll rattle anyone's cage, especially one so confidence-dependent as Rex. Through all of this though, he has been a class act. Never blaming the running game for not happening 2 games out of 3, nor blaming those running backs for putting the ball on the ground almost as often as he throws an interception, nor blamed his receiving corps for not closing on the ball, or simply dropping it. That isn't to say Rex is blameless. As is often pointed out, he panics easily, causing him to get impatient and not check his 2 and 3 receiver, instead dumping off to the running back behind the line of scrimmage (flea-flicker anyone?). He also doesn't move out of the pocket well, as John Madden took no small delight in pointing out repeatedly. He also makes stupid mistakes that then get compounded by bad plays.

I hope those Griese fans see something I don't. But I have been here. I have seen all 357 million quarterbacks the Bears have started in the Favre era. I remember, which no media type seems to, that every quarterback the Bears have had since Jim Harbaugh wasn't worth being put on the field, especially when they have an ace-in-the-hole like [insert name of current 2nd or 3rd string quarterback here]. It was nice last year not having a "quarterback controversy," even though the chicken littles started calling for his head when he started to slide last season.

I like Rex. I really do. I feel bad for him that he has to go through this, but maybe, just maybe, he'll finally take this as a lesson and focus hard on his mechanics and find the spark that made Jerry Angelo fall in love with him in the first place.