Bears sign Grossman to one-year contract

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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears signed quarterback Rex Grossman Saturday to a one-year contract and prevented him from entering the free agent market.

The contract is worth $3 million, with $1.5 million guaranteed, reports NFL Network's Adam Schefter.

Grossman, a 2003 first-round draft pick, started Super Bowl XLI for the Bears and fell on hard times last season. After being benched following the third game, he returned for five more games and showed enough improvement to keep the Bears interested.

Grossman passed for 913 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for an 80.2 passer rating when he returned. In the first three games, his 45.2 rating with one TD and six interceptions had been major reasons why the Bears started out 1-2.

"Rex has won a lot of football games for us around here," coach Lovie Smith said. "You look at how he played at the end of the football season until he came up with that injury, he is playing good football."

Grossman has started 30 games with 489 completions in 900 attempts (54.3 percent) for 5,907 yards with 31 touchdowns and 33 interceptions. His career passer rating is 70.9.

Unlike in the past, Grossman will have to compete for his job with Kyle Orton and possibly Brian Griese and another quarterback from the draft or free agency.

"This is a little bit different," Bears general manager Jerry Angelo said. "I don't want to say it's tricky, but you're going to have to have a real plan in place to be fair with everybody and to make sure that you're making the right decision because once we make that decision, we're going to go forward with it and we're going to stay with it."

Also Saturday, agent Drew Rosenhaus said he expected clients Bernard Berrian and Lance Briggs to enter free agency rather than sign a contract first with the Bears.

"I would say at this time I would project that those guys would at least get to free agency, or at least the beginning of it" Rosenhaus said at the NFL scouting combine. "But the Bears are going to be in the mix as we continue to talk with other teams.

"We're going to have a good, healthy dialogue with them."

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

sounds like this is his last chance
 

Chree

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This actually may keep Berrian in Chicago as well........


Bernard Berrian (Bears): A move to the West Coast would get him closer to his 6-year-old daughter in Fresno. He's young and appears to be a good fit for Martz's offense. Sure, he had a few drops along the way (don't we all?) but he managed 71 catches for 951 yards and five TDs with Brian Griese and Rex Grossman as his QB. By the way, his agent is Drew Rosenhaus. Also, Berrian said if the Bears re-sign Grossman, he would be more inclined to re-sign with the Bears. Grossman has re-signed.
 
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You're telling me!

I heard lovie smith has been working on some trick plays where both Neckbeard and Sexy Rexy will be on the field at the same time. One play, I hear, is that both Orton and Grossman are lined up as RB's, like the T formation, Benson is behind center, who takes the snap, and then fakes a handoff to Orton and pitches it to Grossman (Benson at this point will then go down to a fake shoulder injury). Orton runs a deep route and Grossman fakes the deep bomb to Berrian on the opposite side, then unleashes the dragon to Orton, who will catch the ball, while fighting off defenders with his beard. Grossman will celebrate split second after the ball releases from his grasp, knowing that it's an automatic touchdown, and proceeds to dry hump a lucky cheerleader from the opposing team on the sidelines.
 
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You're telling me!

I heard lovie smith has been working on some trick plays where both Neckbeard and Sexy Rexy will be on the field at the same time. One play, I hear, is that both Orton and Grossman are lined up as RB's, like the T formation, Benson is behind center, who takes the snap, and then fakes a handoff to Orton and pitches it to Grossman (Benson at this point will then go down to a fake shoulder injury). Orton runs a deep route and Grossman fakes the deep bomb to Berrian on the opposite side, then unleashes the dragon to Orton, who will catch the ball, while fighting off defenders with his beard. Grossman will celebrate split second after the ball releases from his grasp, knowing that it's an automatic touchdown, and proceeds to dry hump a lucky cheerleader from the opposing team on the sidelines.
Know how I know this is a lie? Sexy Rexy and King Neckbeard involved on the same play.. Laws of physics do not allow that. That is too much awesomeness.. the football would blow up the second Neckbeard catches it!!