Anyone see the Bears game? How did Rex look?

[Cubsfan]

I didn't get the game out here in OH and am wondering how Rex actually looked. I realize he had a turnover but overall how did he look tonight?

I agree with Lovie benching him but I would really like him to be able to pull it together and salvage a career in Chicago if at all possible.

[dalej42]

I watched. He looked pathetic. I'm an Arizona Cardinals fan and he looked worse than Tim Rattay in the Panthers game.

[Frostillicus]

Rex went 24-37 for 266 yards, with no TDs or INTs. But, Rex being Rex, he lost a crucial fumble in the 4th quarter when the Bears were driving.

[Omniscient]

Originally Posted by dalej42

I watched. He looked pathetic. I'm an Arizona Cardinals fan and he looked worse than Tim Rattay in the Panthers game.

No he didn't. He was actually very efficient and had a few exceptionally thrown balls. We would have had a TD pass to Moose were it not for a perfectly timed swipe by the DB. By Rex standards, this game really showed some potential. He avoided the happy-feet syndrome, even though there was quite a bit of pressure, and he din't have any throws into double or triple coverage. All things considered it was a solid outing.

The Bears D simply got owned by Hasselbeck. It's not that they were physically overmatched, it's just that the Seahawks had a very good gameplan and relentlessly exploited the rookie CB and forced them into nickel all game. They kept the chains moving and kept the offense off the field.

The difference in the game were the Bears untimely penalties, 4 false starts and a couple crucial holding calls, and the complete lack of a running game. Cedric Benson shit the bed for the upteenth time and regularly killed drives. Rex was actually in 3rd and long an awful lot this game due to those penalties and bad runs and managed to convert enough to at least preserve field position. Typically that would be a recipe for disaster, but he managed to keep us in it. However without a running game and getting so little production on first down he didn't have much of a chance.

He still has a way to go, but he looked the best he has all season and better than Greise's last few starts.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

He still has a way to go, but he looked the best he has all season and better than Greise's last few starts.

But, he's on his way to the Pro Bowl!

[Omniscient]

Originally Posted by Airman Doors, USAF

But, he's on his way to the Pro Bowl!

How'd your Steelers fare?

[Airman Doors, USAF]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

How'd your Steelers fare?

They lost. But they're in front of the Browns, the Lions are, in fact, ahead of the Bears, and Rex will be lucky to be in the league next year. Looks like your boy was a big 0-fer in that post, wouldn't you agree?

I'll take 7-3 and first over 4-6 and (tied for) last any day and twice on Sundays.

Hey, I admire your loyalty. You know that I'm loyal to a fault. It's nothing more than a little elbow to the ribs. The Steelers didn't even make the playoffs last year. My time will come again.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

No he didn't. He was actually very efficient and had a few exceptionally thrown balls.

What he said. And very few poorly thrown balls, one of which turned into a completion by an amazing catch by Berrian.

If the Bears don't start injecting some youth in the O-line, he may get decapitated.

Hey, if you Bear fans want to get in on a good Bear fan mail list, let me know.

[Omniscient]

Originally Posted by Airman Doors, USAF

They lost. But they're in front of the Browns, the Lions are, in fact, ahead of the Bears, and Rex will be lucky to be in the league next year. Looks like your boy was a big 0-fer in that post, wouldn't you agree?

I'll take 7-3 and first over 4-6 and (tied for) last any day and twice on Sundays.

Hey, I admire your loyalty. You know that I'm loyal to a fault. It's nothing more than a little elbow to the ribs. The Steelers didn't even make the playoffs last year. My time will come again.

You do realize that I had nothing to do with that post you linked to, right?

I'm certainly no Grossman lover, and if anyone has heard me discuss the merits of Cedric Benson you know I'm not a rose-colored glasses kind of guy. There was a point about 3 years ago where I wanted him back in there over the rookie Orton, but that was a lesser of two evils choice. Last season I defended his potential when people were killing him since he did manage to look awesome for short stretches, but I never deluded myself into thinking he was the answer.

As far as the OP, I'm just giving a fairly objective overview of his performance. By no means was this loss on him.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

You do realize that I had nothing to do with that post you linked to, right?

I do. But you're a Bears fan, and since your fellow Bears fan never reappeared I'd thought I'd give you the sauce a bit. It's all in fun.

[The Understander]

Originally Posted by Airman Doors, USAF

I do. But you're a Bears fan, and since your fellow Bears fan never reappeared I'd thought I'd give you the sauce a bit. It's all in fun.

Ask and ye shall receive!

Hey. If you were listening to the preseason hype for this offense here in Chicago, you might have taken a sip of the Flavor Aid too. Hope you're enjoying the season--I do know that if I had to pick a year to miss the playoffs, it would be when the Patriots are nigh-invulnerable. Please, someone, beat the Celtics, or else Boston is gonna be freakin' unbearable (well, more than usual).

Meanwhile, I still contend two things:

1. Benching Rex for more than one game was a mistake. Even Bad Rex I think manages to go 1-1 against the freakin' Lions.

2. Give this team a real offensive line, and they'll rock socks in 2008.

Meanwhile... *sigh* back to the draft talk...

[Omniscient]

Originally Posted by Enfant Terrible

2. Give this team a real offensive line, and they'll rock socks in 2008.

The line play could improve, and they need to get healthy and younger, but that's not the biggest issue. It's the awful job that Benson is doing. He doesn't run to daylight, doesn't hit the right holes, doesn't help in pass protection, doesn't gain yards after contact and doesn't get to the second level. When a offense has this poor of a running game, the opposing defenses are able to pin their ears back and rush all out and blitz heavily. No offensive line can withstand that when the offense is constantly in 2nd and 3rd and long. If the defense knows you have to pass, and you have no running game or screen plays to slow them down, they will get in the QBs face regardless of how good the line play is or isn't.