Rex Grossman: Finished as Chicago Bears Quarterback. Rex is NOT Our Quarterback

Good Rex - Bad Rex Era is Over

CHICAGO - Rex Grossman's turbulent career with the Chicago Bears expires on February 27, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. E.S.T. The tormented quarterback's foray into free agency completes one of the most polarizing eras in Chicago sports History. There is no love lost between the City of Chicago and this erratic signal caller.

Good Rex / Bad Rex's Game degenerated into a Bad Rex parade of turnover riddled miscues that infuriated Bears fans. The revered Monsters of the Midway defense kept the Game close, only to be let down by Grossman's befuddling mismanagement. Our offensive fiasco of ill-timed fumbles and backbreaking interceptions arrived with his trademark, glassy eyed stare of dazed confusion. Rex' Deer in Headlight gridiron and locker room persona sparked the outrage.

The Championship window is never open for business very long in the NFL. Free agency, the NFL Draft, and salary cap legislation have ushered football fanatics into a League of Parity - where the door of Super Bowl opportunity is slammed shut within two years.

The raging Bears crowd turned on Rex shortly after his 2 Interception - 68 QB rating Super Bowl XLI debacle versus the Indianapolis Colts. Apparently, Chicago had earned entry into the Big Game despite Grossman - not because of the quarterback's gamesmanship.

The bloodthirsty Windy City ripped the quarterback for his miserable quarterback ratings, dubious turnovers, and statuesque sacks. Soldier Field was best described as a Barnum and Bailey Circus on Game Day - with Grossman agitating the audience with his awkward role as Chief Clown. The serenade of boos, barbershop chatter, and sports media fiasco was often greeted by Lovie Smith's stoic disdain:

"Rex is Our Quarterback"