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Preseason finales give fringe players one more chance to shine and earn roster spots, which is why Friday night was so important for one-time Super Bowl quarterback Rex Grossman.
This matchup seems impossible and improbable. If you would have looked at it before the season and for years when asked who your sleeper team was this year that didn't make it last year, the answer to that was Arizona for the last 3-4 years. And then they didn't do it so you would say they are the same old Arizona. And the year you say they're the same old Arizona it won't be them… they win their division. Then being in the playoffs is one thing but how about having home field for the NFC Championship Game, who would have thought that one?
Rex Grossman dove into the end zone, then ran to the side and spiked the ball. He had something to celebrate and the Chicago Bears had reason to exhale.
Kyle Orton was selected to be the Chicago Bears starting quarterback by coach Lovie Smith on Monday. Orton won the competition with Rex Grossman for the starting job.
A half hour into his first practice of training camp Sunday, Devin Hester got behind cornerback Charles Tillman and hauled in a 40-yard pass from quarterback Rex Grossman.
Rex Grossman signed a one-year contract Saturday with the Chicago Bears and will compete for the starting quarterback job.
Rex Grossman was in the Super Bowl only 10 months ago. Now his future with the Chicago Bears is uncertain. His season is likely over after spraining his left knee and he doesn't have a contract for next year.
Not only did the Washington Redskins win with a new quarterback, it sure looked as if they had a new head coach.
Matt Hasselbeck came out on top in a matchup between the quarterbacks who led the NFC's previous two Super Bowl teams.
Rex Grossman has his job back as the Chicago Bears' starting quarterback. At least for one week. He'll replace the injured Brian Griese in Sunday's game in Seattle.
Criticized, booed and then benched, Rex Grossman went from Super Bowl starter to backup. Then came another chance to play again.
With one perfect deep pass, Rex Grossman just might have won back his starting quarterback job and saved the Chicago Bears' season.
Brian Griese is in. Rex Grossman is out. Yet, despite numbers indicating the Chicago Bears needed to make a change with their starting quarterback, when it finally happened the news jarred Grossman.
Rex Grossman reportedly will be benched by the Chicago Bears for Sunday's game at Detroit, with Brian Griese starting at quarterback.
The Indianapolis Colts are celebrating their franchise's first Super Bowl title in 36 years after their overpowering performance in a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI last night.
The browbeating, the nitpicking, the ever-present specter of the bench. Rex Grossman was used to all that well before he became embroiled in his love-hate affair with Bears fans in Chicago this Super Bowl season.
The Chicago Bears know how to make a Super Bowl memorable. They're making this one historic long before it's played. Dissed all season long, Rex Grossman and Co. are heading to the big game for the first time since 1985 after rolling over the New Orleans Saints 39-14 Sunday, and Da Coach leading them there makes it all the more special.
Two swings of the foot by Robbie Gould were all the Chicago Bears needed to offset any shortcomings in Rex Grossman's arm. And the Chicago Bears got their first playoff win since 1995, moving them one step from the Super Bowl.
If, indeed, this was his last game, Brett Favre went out in style. The rocket-like passes that defined his career were on full display, zooming between helpless defenders and into receivers' hands. And when it was over, his voice cracked. Tears flowed.
Rex Grossman wasn't the only starter pulled early in the fourth quarter, when the Chicago Bears were on their 7-yard line and trailing by a point. It was just the most obvious change.
Devin Hester expects teams to keep on kicking deep to him. And he expects to keep right on returning those kicks to the end zone. The high-stepping rookie got the Rams' home dome rocking with chants of "Let's Go Bears!" as he set an NFL record with his fifth and sixth returns for touchdowns this season, a 94-yard kickoff runback in the second quarter and a 96-yarder in the final period Monday night. That sparked a 42-27 victory that gave the NFC North champions (11-2) a bye for the first week of the playoffs.
Six turnovers, 3 points on offense, and somehow the Chicago Bears are still unbeaten.
Lance Briggs couldn't hide his emotions. He smiled, he broke into a rap and even showed off his dance moves as he got dressed after the Chicago Bears showed how serious they are about contending for the NFC title.
For more than 3 1/2 quarters, Minnesota was beating Chicago at its own defensive game. By the end, it was the Bears who pulled a switcheroo on the Vikings.
Lovie in no rush to name starting QB First-year Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said Tuesday he hopes to name a starting quarterback before the preseason schedule begins. Never mind that he couldn't identify a leader among Josh McCown, John Beck and rookie Chad Henne more than a week into practice.
Bears offer Rex Grossman 1-year contractOne day after stating Rex Grossman hadn't peaked yet, the Bears opened contract negotiations with the quarterback that hardly reflected a player on the way up.
Meet Your 2008 Minnesota Vikings Quarterback: Rex GrossmanI wrote yesterday that the St. Paul Pioneer Press' Charley Walters writes so ambiguously that it's hard to tell if he's just speculating or passing on factual information in the absence of named sources.
Chicago Bears still have a pulse, win in overtimeA little more than 5 1/2 minutes remained in regulation Sunday and the Denver Broncos led the Bears by 14. Rex Grossman was staggering through a three-turnover day. Cedric Benson was on crutches after suffering a first-half ankle injury.
Rex Grossman is the No. 1 quarterbackThe Bears (4-5) will look to climb to .500 for the first time since Week 2 with the former first-round pick at the helm based on the fact that he was with the first team during the beginning of Wednesday's practice and Brian Griese was sidelined, recovering from a bruised left …
Griese vs. Grossman: Pros and consThree reasons each to go with Rex Grossman and Brian Griese. And three reasons not to.
Griese to replace Grossman at QB for BearsThe NFL Network's Adam Schefter has confirmed that Brian Griese will start at quarterback Sunday for the Chicago Bears.
For Rex Grossman, the clock is tickingDespite public opinion, there's no evidence at Halas Hall that Bears quarterback Rex Grossman is playing on borrowed time.
Rex Grossman's Critics Are IdiotsWhat does Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Joe Namath, Phil Simms, Terry Bradshaw, and Peyton Manning all have in common? Aside from being some of the all-time greats of the game ... they all performed worse than Rex Grossman in their first full season as starting quarterbacks.
Rex Grossman: the Best Worst Quarterback EverGoing into the Super Bowl many people had Rex Grossman pegged as the Worst Quarterback to ever play in a Super Bowl. Those people are morons.
Super Top 5: Worst QBs to start a Super BowlIs the inconsistent Rex Grossman the worst quarterback to ever start in the Super Bowl? Far from it, actually. The idea that we should judge a quarterback's legacy by how many times he makes the Super Bowl takes a real hit when you look at these five players.
Super Bowl comes homeMIAMI -- Greetings from Miami! After holding its last four Super Bowls in Detroit, Jacksonville, Houston and Kazakhstan, the NFL switched gears and moved the game to a marquee destination people enjoy visiting.
The Super Bowl picturesThere are four teams left in the NFL, and only one city will go home from Miami with the Super Bowl 41 Championship, while three other cities will mourn. Who will win, who will mourn...I tell you who and why.
Bears beat Seahawks in NFC thrillerThe Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 27-24 in overtime after a nail-biting playoff to reach the NFC championship decider for the first time since 1988. The Bears drew level with less than five minutes to play with a gutsy 41-yard Robbie Gould field goal into a howling …
Jay Mariotti's take on the signing of Brian Griese.Very good article, and it makes you think why the Bears signed him. I still believe the Bears have faith in Rex Grossman.
Chicago Bears sign Brian Griese.The Bears signed QB Brian Griese to a five year deal Tuesday. Griese will likley be competition to Grossman in training camp. Kyle Orton from Purdue will most likely go to third string on the roster chart.
From the second play of the game, it was clear that the Bears weren't ready for the Steve Smith show. Panthers head coach John Fox had a great game plan.Get the ball to Steve SmithAttack Charles TillmanThe plan worked to perfection.
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