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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
I feel bad for Rex. He's the best QB in franchise history (yes, I think he's better than Kramer. McMahon isn't even close), but in a game where they threw way too much, the defense allowed too many third down conversions, the receivers again ran horrible routes, and the offensive line was awful with the pass blocking he gets all the blame. Oh, and Asante Samuel played out of his mind today. The Bears were a 3 point dog and lost by 4. They hung with the Patriots for the whole game. I don't get it.
This game turned out exactly how I wanted.
Edit: I forgot to add that Nathan Vasher again shows he's the weak link on the defense with some pretty poor coverage for most of the game.
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I think Rex has a way to go to trump Kramer's 1995 effort, though it does look like -- after next season -- he's likely to deserve praise as the franchise's best ever QB.
Not that that means much. It's like being the best ever QB for the Lions. Maybe even a worse case than that. I think there might be "fifth best" QBs for some franchises that would blow away the best the Lions and Bears can offer.
Still, Kramer had outstanding numbers for a less talented Bears team in 1995. Grossman has a ways to go in order to match or better them. And if we're counting the overall performance of the team against Kramer (or in favor of Grossman) then you'd almost have to annoint McMahon (or more obscurely Billy Wade) the "all-time" best QB for at least the moment.
Assuming Grossman carries this pace into the next season...I'll buy him as the best. Until then, with only a season of work to gauge, I'd take Kramer first and possibly even the [somewhat more] healthy version of 1985-McMahon.
