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The Rex Grossman factor

What is the Rex Grossman factor, you ask? Why poor Rex? I am from Chicago and he is the example of what I am about to write. “The Rex Grossman Factor” consists of three parts, the first would be to achieve a high level of success in your position, the second would be to destroy your confidence by attacking the fans and the media, and the third, the total collapse of everything. has targeted his entire life.

Basically, Rex Grossman brought a winner wherever he went. Leading his Bloomington South (IN) High School team to a 5A title in 1998, passing for 3,080 yards and 44 touchdowns. He was also named Indiana Player of the Year and named to the All American team. Yes, Rex was on his way to do something special. Featured and labeled as one of the best prospect quarterbacks in the Midwest. Rank in the top five in the country.

He went to the University of Florida. I’m not going to bore you with statistics and too much crap, so bear with me. Rex was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in his sophomore year. Let’s face it, 9164 yards in three seasons speaks for itself, even if there is no defense in college. He broke all kinds of records, fifth of all time in his conference to pass, the list goes on and on.

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (22nd overall) and signed on July 25, 2003. Things were looking good for Rex and Chicago. We finally had a quarterback, even though he hadn’t seen a single NFL snap in his life, it was the band-aid that was going to stop the Chicago quarterback from bleeding. Rex was a winner, with more promise than any quarterback the Bears had thrown onto the field.

Then Rex is sidelined at the start of the 2003 season and Chris Chandler and Kordell Stewart get the call as starting quarterbacks, under the direction of Dick Jauron.

Goodbye Dickie, hi Lovie. In 2004, Lovie, the new head coach of the Chicago Bears, proclaimed that “Rex is our quarterback.” Rex starts the season and in three games, he has a torn ACL that ends the season. As Bears fans, we’re used to seeing our quarterbacks take a beating, so okay, we’ll have to move on without him.

2005 rolls around and the Bears look great and feel great. Rex then breaks his ankle in a preseason game and misses most of the season. However, he was able to return at the end of the year and have the Bears overtake the Green Bay Packers to secure a playoff spot. And then he was defeated by the Carolina Panthers in a game where Rex was tense and nervous and never found a rhythm the entire game.

Now this is our year. 2006 comes around and Rex is healthy and can throw the ball, we all think like Bears fans. We spent the first half of the season, Rex is named Player of the Month in September, he had seven games with a 100 passer rating and yes, five games that were atrocious. First of all, we had to work with him and, in fact, he was working.

We go to the Super Bowl and Rex had already started receiving criticism for almost everything he did on the field, taking us to the Super Bowl was not good enough for the media or the fans, we were asking for a general, a captain. , to take command and lead our troops to victory. Well, I don’t think Rex ever wanted to be that, but he had this expectation that he created at the beginning of the season and he wanted to live up to it, putting so much pressure on himself to get rid of himself to reach that level of play, that Rex had. he began to collapse mentally, not finding a way to constantly stay on top of his game. The Bears lose the Super Bowl to the Indianapolis Colts, season ended.

Now, if you were to talk to any Bears fan, it’s Rex Grossman’s fault that the Bears lost Super Bowl 41. In fact, after that, everything the Bears did wrong was Rex’s fault. The media and the fans, just day after day asking for his head, just saying the nastiest things and taking down the poor guy. It was horrible.

2007 rolls around and Rex gets a couple of tough starts when Soldier Field booes Rex Grossman just for being on the field and yells out Brian Griese’s name. The guy from Indiana with the golden arm who was going to take us somewhere was done. Having played in just 28 games alone, Rex had a 23-5 record.

“The Rex Grossman factor” is that of the many things that make or break all these athletes, it is not what you see on the field or on the court. But it’s what these guys have to deal with day after day. All the exposure they get, especially in a big city like Chicago, they find a way to keep their heads balanced and handle all the garbage thrown at them.

I heard a song on the radio that someone had remixed, about Rex Grossman, when the Bears were undefeated in the fall of 2006. He was Lord our Savior. A year later, people want to see his head on a guillotine. Because he didn’t win the Super Bowl and he played badly. Then he was criticized to the point that no human being should, he is not the devil and he is not even such a bad quarterback, but if you believe what you see and hear, you would think that Rex Grossman would eat your children and take your football team pop warner to the bathroom.

My heart goes out to any of these guys who make a mistake on the field and can’t take the pressure. If we had people in our lives who were doing that to us every second of every day, some of us wouldn’t be able to fulfill our duties and whatever. I know they are professionals, and it is what elevates them above everyone else, which is why they get paid to play child’s games and be role models and superstars. But fans and the media make it something that doesn’t have to be.

Enough already! Stop trying to bring down all these guys, to me it’s the same as people criticizing Jessica Simpson for gaining a few extra pounds or Britney Spears is at the bar having a drink. Why do we hold people like that to such a standard? high? than ourselves. The simple fact of being in public view does not make you different from others, we are all the same. I hate to think that we live in a society where we feel better about ourselves by making other people feel completely inadequate. We are creatures of habit and repetition, most people who are bombarded with negativity, all the time, become susceptible to believing it themselves, virtually breaking their will or wanting to do anything.

For my friends to be “The Rex Grossman Factor”

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