In praise of Rex

Bad Rex was on display in front of the world wide audience, and the team paid for it. He sucked. We lost. But, just give him some time. I believe it may be well worth our while. The question is : if we had Luckman or Nameth or even Jimmy Mac, would we have won the Super Bowl? Maybe (even probably), but these types of payers do not grow on trees.

Given Rex's total playing time of 23 games (my constant harp this year), I'm willing to wait another year for him to develop. Rex needs time to grow, and shouldn't be judged wholly on these 23 games. He looked terrible in some, but he also looked great in others. Given that some of his great games were against shitty teams, but he had enough to show me some promise.

But do the Bears have time? Jackson has posted in these pages that 2006 may have been this generations shot @ the Super Bowl. Very maybe. In todays NFL, teams seem to be good for 2-3 years before they fade. The Bears the last two years have been very good, and that was playing with less than a full QB. The Bears may be in the mix again next year, and another full year of a healthy Rex can only be good for the Bears.

Go elsewhere? They did have a 'good' year without Rex last year, which is kind of damning towards Rex; in the regular season he was not much better than Kyle Orton record wise. maybe the solution is to make a trade, start Griese, or draft someone new. But I've seen more than enough from Rex to say Lets try again next year. Another years seasoning will do him good. And, hopefully, our memories of Super Rex will begin.