Aug 4th 2008 12:45AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, NFC North
I’m a Bears fan. Thus, I have bias … but … all the stigma piled on the Bears offense, specifically Rex Grossman, has become hyperbole at this point. Everyone is talking about the offense like it’s the worst in the history of football.
Yes, the offense was 26th overall in the NFL last year, and, yes, Bernard Berrian left. Again, cue the overreaction. Berrian isn’t Randy Moss. He’s not even Santana Moss. How that has such a ridiculous impact I’ll never understand. Not only that, Berrian was as unproven heading into ‘06 as Mark Bradley is right now. Who is to say Bradley can’t do the same? He has arguably as much talent.
Anyway, the offensive line and running back positions are improved (mostly just because Fred Miller and Cedric Benson are gone). The wideouts aren’t good, but they haven’t been good in Chi-Town in decades. The true bottom line is that everyone hates the Bears offense because Rex Grossman is the complete opposite of Brett Favre in the media. While cut from the same cloth — gunslingers with cannons-for-arms that try to squeeze balls where they shouldn’t — Grossman is embarrassing compared to Favre when it comes to production. Always will be. Still, he has way too much talent to be treated like he is in the media.
I know Grossman’s not good. Neither is the offense. We get that.Continue Reading
