Walter Brzeski, Bears Superfan


If Rex Grossman thought he was under pressure in his last three games, including the Super Bowl, wait until Sunday night against Dallas. The way he plays will determine where the blame or credit for continually playing him will go to. Is it Jerry Angelo? Is it Lovie Smith? Is it Ron Turner? Or, is he related to someone in the "Family Secret's trial?

Greg Couch's column in the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, "Is it in His Head", his suggestion of letting Grossman 'let it fly' is part of the problem. Many people have suggested this and I believe the are all 'off-base'.

If anything, Ron Turner should rein him in until he improves his field vision and 'check-downs', limits his mistakes, and leads the offense on more than one long scoring drive. Rex is more of liability than anything else until he proves differently.

The drive before half against the KC is a perfect example of what he's prone to do. Instead of driving the offense down the field to put up another score, at the KC 42 with under one minute and one timeout, he destroys their chances with bad 'decision-making' and passes.

First, he throws a 'helicopter' pass towards a confused Bernard Berrian incomplete with Adrian Peterson wide open and a chance to get deep in KC territory. Then, he throws too high for Peterson on a screen. Next, he gets a ball batted in face on a third and long pass play, while not in the shotgun. All this took place after Peterson took two dump passes into KC territory. Why not continue to throw to him?

Who's fault is it for this to continue to happen? Grossman? Turner? Lovie Smith? Or, Jerry Angelo?

Queen's song, 'Under Pressure' will be running through everyone's mind on Sunday:

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets