And in 2007 Rex was far and away a better QB than Huard

Sorry, but there’s no evidence whatsoever to support your case. Rex Grossman was the 32nd ranked QB in the NFL in 2007 and Huard was the 22nd. His completion percentage was 8 points below Huard’s, his yards per completion was basically the same as Huard’s (11 to 11.2) and his TD/INT ratio was worse than Huard’s. The numbers aren’t really that close…aside from yards per completion, Damon Huard was better than Rex Grossman in every way as a passer.

Rex is really bad without an O-line and running game.

Same situation that Huard was in last year…and yet Huard was still a much better QB.

If he gets protection and can use the play action pass he is a very productive QB.

Same situation Huard was in last year, and yet Huard was still a productive QB.

Huard, in the same situation, is still a "manager" and remains mediocre

And Grossman was terrible and Huard wasn’t (he was simply mediocre). And this year, now that the Bears actually have a running game, he’s still so terrible that they’re sitting him on the bench. Grossman’s such a crap QB he can’t even be called a manager…he’s just a fundamentally unsound guy who panicks in the pocket and who makes horrible decisions and costs his team games. And yes, I got that impression from both the stats and from watching him play.

I can understand if you have a personal preference to Grossman over Huard, because when Grossman’s not playing terribly he can be fun to watch, but you shouldn’t confuse those rare flashes with assuming that Grossman’s anywhere near Huard’s caliber of player. He’s not. The stats bear that out and, more importantly, the Bears’ coaching staff realizes that he’s not good enough to play.

I have faith that the Chiefs will eventually be able to find a QB to fill a role in their offense next year. It may be a retread like Losman, but we’ll find someone capable…we usually do (Green, Grbac, Bono, DeBerg, Montana). The Bears, however, have had problems at QB for the last 50 years, and I suspect that it’ll be quite awhile before they’re ever able to find someone to fill that role…if ever. I don’t know if it’s playing in Chicago that does it (wind conditions play a factor, I suspect) or if the Halas family is predisposed to hiring a certain kind of scout, but when their franchise’s career passing leader is a guy who played back in the ‘50s (Sid Luckman) and who’s career yardage with the team is less than 15,000 yards, that’s a sign of some kind of long-term flaw in the organization when it comes to QBs.

Basically, I said the Chiefs’ situation is better than the Bears’ because the Chiefs’ have a much higher probability of fixing their QB situation in the offseason than the Bears do. The Bears have fielded only two decent QBs in the last 50 years…Jim McMahon (who was solid but overrated and seriously injury prone) and Jim Harbaugh (who was a capable, but mediocre passer) and the most recent of those two played for the Bears 15 years ago. Based on his numbers so far this year, maybe Orton becomes another Harbaugh (circa 1993), maybe not…but then right now he’s still not better than Huard.

I’m saying that he’s a lot better than Grossman. Nothing personal against Grossman because I’m sure he’s tried hard (and he’s had his share of obstacles) but he’s just not a good QB…at all.