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Rex Grossman needs good showing vs. Seattle An interesting article but mistitled in my opinion. It has far less to do with the title than it does with 10 topics of discussion that the author makes on issues for the Bears to face, only 1 of the 10 being Rex vs Kyle. My favorite point of the 10 mentioned:

Conditioning has Rex Grossman optimistic about 2008 A good article on Rex and his attempt to win the starting position at QB. I must admit, I admire his work ethics mentioned in the article. He is definately attempting to do everything possible to turn his career around. Will it be enough? Did he wait too long to work his butt off? Time will tell, I will be anxious to see how this translates on the field this Saturday. Unfortunately, I have a fantasy football league draft at 6:30 PM Central for a league at work so I will have to watch a recorded version after the draft is over. Therefore, I will not be able to be on the foum to comment during the game and will probably not go to the site until I have watched the game, hoping not to hear how it went prior to viewing the game. I hate to watch a movie knowing the punch lines ahead of time, LOL.

My guess is it is what the Bears thought of Beck in the year he was drafted. Was he high on their draft boards? Did they think he was a good QB prospect coming into the 2007 draft? Was he a player they would have targeted if available in the round they had him projected? Let's face it, the kid had little if any opportunity to develop or show his abilities in Miami. He is still basically a rookie. Unless the Bears thought very highly of him going into the 2007 draft, why would we have interest in him now?

Article about the wrap up session in training camp I would have loved to have seen this: KJ must have hit Okwo like a Mack Truck to knock his mouthpiece out. I liked what I saw in Forte last week and like what I am hearing about KJ. Could be a dynamite duo!

Article on the Bears QB situation Reading the article, along with another on the Bears Breaking Camp, I see several points: Smith saying that they would like to know before the 3rd preseason game who the starting QB would be so that it would give them time to settle in before the season starts for real. Smith saying that the starters may play even longer this week in the preseason game, quite possibly well into the 3rd quarter, I assume to give a chance to evaluate the teams starters in depth. I suspect all the speculation over who our starter will be over soon.

Crap, you and I think too much alike, I am going to have to keep a close eye on you in our leagues, LOL.

Agree with you, I always look over the FA Ds to see if there is a favorable defensive matchup to take advantage of when the D I have on my roster has a strong offensive opponent and will be hard pressed to score well against them in FF points.

From my count we have what, 23 games left to play this year? When the dust settles from those games we will see who we select with our 32nd pick of the first round. LOL

Strong starting lineup and good bench. Not sold on Dallas D fantasy wise but defenses are totally unpredictable in FF. Good luck with the team.

Hey, you never know with JA, an acute case of jock itch or an inflamed hang nail and walla, IR.

Our OL looked a-ok to me in the first preseason game. I would wait to see what we have to start with. Personally, we might be a whole lot better on the OL than many want to believe.

Grew up a Baltimore Colt fan in Delaware. Became a die hard Bears fan when I moved to the Chicago area back in 1972. Live in Loves Park, located just north of Rockford.

The only auction draft I do, kinda, is a contest run for the subscribers at footballguys.com I have never participated in one otherwise. Maybe in a few years when I retire and am looking to expand my horizons I will check them out. LOL

I'd have to say Big Ben, Graham, & Jennings would be the 3 I would keep.

The good thing is, if I remember right, if a team goes and claims a member of our practice squad, we have the right to keep him as long as we move him to our active roster at that point. Am I remembering this correctly?

Heck, we saw a glimpse of what he can do, if need be rest him for the remainder of the preseason and make darn sure he is 100% before we take on INDY.

Ouch, I did not realize it was in the paid info section, sorry to everyone. I blew it. If I dare post it here, being it is in the paid subscriber section, I could get this site closed down, do not want that to happen.

LOL, hope you did not take offense, just having fun with you. Have a cup of coffee on me, LOL.

That is a tough one. Not many free ones that I like. I pay for FootballGuys.com which I love. If I went back to freebie sites, I would have to say maybe FFToolBox.com would be one I would check out. I have been with FBG's for several years and have not scouted around much for free sites since but FF Tool Box was good when I use to frequent it in the past.

Let me guess, he had the 1st, 20th, & 21st picks, I am going to take a wild guess and say a 10 man league, LOL.

True, but the injury in the Washington game was of no major concern. I do not think this effected his attitude or confidence at all. It was the injury to the knee against Minny that I think was the beginning of the down-slide we are seeing because of being a bit gun shy in the offense, being unwilling to step up in the pocket and take off in a running lane when made available by the defense.

What ever happened with Ragone? I really do not recall this guy.

I posted a thread some time ago with links to about a dozen different preseason rankings and they all had us in the neighborhood of 20-25. I think they are garbage. I think we certainly should be getting more respect, but as many said in response to my first thread and thoughts, we will have to earn it, as it should be. I just hope our opponents take us as lightly as the "experts" who did this rankings do.

That kinda surprises me in light of the showing Hanie had last Thursday. I do not see us carrying 4 QBs, I doubt Hanie would be left untouched if placed on our Practice Squad, I do not want to lose a promising QB prospect in Hanie who might develop in a few years into a solid starter. Man, I still like Simms, but this situation sucks. It could be they are looking but just in case of an injury situation. Looking around the league after just 1 preseason game, Injuries are mounting already.

I agree. When in his 1st year he was aggressive and was a good scrambler out of the pocket. His first injury, if I am not mistaken, came when he tried to dive and get a TD, I believe against MIN. He then went through some tough times with injuries and since returning from that series of injuries I have yet to see the same type of willingness to run with the ball, even when there was a huge lane in front of him to take off and gain a 1st down. I think he is definitely a bit "gun shy" and you may be exactly right as to how this is also effecting his mechanics when he throws off his back foot.