Bears now have a 2-game lead with 4 games to go as they try to clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
I know that Lovie Smith has been pretty steadfast in his desire to stick with Grossman at QB even though he continues to struggle.
However, if they clinch home field advantage with a week or two to play in the season, it will be very easy for the team to give Griese a start or two.
A somewhat similar situation happened in Buffalo in the 1999-2000 season. Flutie was their QB all season long and the team was 10-5 heading into the last game of the season. Flutie struggled in a lot of games that year, but the team was carried by the league's #1 ranked defense. The team had already clinched a playoff spot so Rob Johnson got a chance to start in the season finale, he played great, and the Bills won 31-6.
After that, Wade Phillips shocked a lot of people when he announced that Rob Johnson would be the team's starter in the playoffs at Tennessee. Flutie cried about it and tried to take credit for the team winning all those games with him at QB, but the reality to most people who watched the team that year was that they were winning those games DESPITE him. Rob Johnson played well in the game against the Titans and drove the Bills to what should have been a game winning field goal at the end. Flutie loudly complained that the team would have won if they stuck with him at QB, but unless he was out there covering Dyson on a kickoff return I really doubt it.
Anyway, Wade Phillips wound up taking a lot of heat for his decision even though as a Bills fan, I was pretty certain he made the right move. The Bears keep winning this year despite Grossman's terrible play and I'm wondering if we could potentially see something like this happening again.
#1 Do you think Griese will get a chance to start a game this season?
#2 If he does and plays very well, what do you think the chances are that the Bears go with him as their starter in the playoffs?
Have there been any other recent situations where the starting QB on a playoff team was benched in the postseason?
I know that Lovie Smith has been pretty steadfast in his desire to stick with Grossman at QB even though he continues to struggle.
However, if they clinch home field advantage with a week or two to play in the season, it will be very easy for the team to give Griese a start or two.
A somewhat similar situation happened in Buffalo in the 1999-2000 season. Flutie was their QB all season long and the team was 10-5 heading into the last game of the season. Flutie struggled in a lot of games that year, but the team was carried by the league's #1 ranked defense. The team had already clinched a playoff spot so Rob Johnson got a chance to start in the season finale, he played great, and the Bills won 31-6.
After that, Wade Phillips shocked a lot of people when he announced that Rob Johnson would be the team's starter in the playoffs at Tennessee. Flutie cried about it and tried to take credit for the team winning all those games with him at QB, but the reality to most people who watched the team that year was that they were winning those games DESPITE him. Rob Johnson played well in the game against the Titans and drove the Bills to what should have been a game winning field goal at the end. Flutie loudly complained that the team would have won if they stuck with him at QB, but unless he was out there covering Dyson on a kickoff return I really doubt it.
Anyway, Wade Phillips wound up taking a lot of heat for his decision even though as a Bills fan, I was pretty certain he made the right move. The Bears keep winning this year despite Grossman's terrible play and I'm wondering if we could potentially see something like this happening again.
#1 Do you think Griese will get a chance to start a game this season?
#2 If he does and plays very well, what do you think the chances are that the Bears go with him as their starter in the playoffs?
Have there been any other recent situations where the starting QB on a playoff team was benched in the postseason?
That is surprising.
at this week’s big Monday night game in St. Louis, Brian Griese manages to sneak away unnoticed. 
The coaching staff for the sixth straight weekend is pleading Rex to hand off the ball to Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson or at least to throw some shorter outlet passes and check down rather than continuing to try to ‘bomb away’ with ‘lollipops and rainbow throws’ deep downfield into the arms of eagerly awaiting defenders, but of course there pleas are once again falling on Grossman’s deaf ears. 
While Rex is so preoccupied 
nodding, smiling, and pretending to listen to the coaching staffs’ every word, he fails to notice Griese rummaging through his locker. Brian’s stealthy determination finally pays off and brings to a successful conclusion what has been a season long quest 
to find and recover the compromising photos 
of Lovie :X that Rex obviously has had stashed away in his traveling gear.
and instantly becomes the Bears QB for the second half of the game and also for the remainder of 2006 and the playoffs. Griese also goes on to lead the Bears to a thrilling last second victory in Super Bowl LVI 
(assisted by Super Bowl MVP Robbie Gould’s record setting seventh field goal) over the San Diego Chargers by a final score of 21-20. While Ladainian Tomlinson does manage to rush for 212 yards and 2 touchdowns against them, the Bears defense also forces Philip Rivers to turn in a “Rex Grossman-like” performance (committing four turnovers and passing for a mere 71 yds. with no TDs).
Rexy, on the other hand, is released 
and the Bears draft a new “QB of the future” in the 2007 draft to hold a clip board for a few seasons behind veteran Brian Griese.
Yeah , you're probably right... After Griese gets the Bears to the Super Bowl. The Chargers offense would be hard pressed to score 20 pts. without Grossman there to hand the ball to them in great field position and it's unrealistic to expect them to drive the length of the field against the Bears D. Also Hester would run back a punt or kickoff for a TD, and Urlacher and the defense would be good for at least one or two scores, so no way is Gould the MVP. Most likely it would have to be a defensive player or two from the Bears. 
