Lovie Smith coy about Sexy’s status

September 24th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Don’t look now, but Lovie Smith might be coming back off the “Rex Grossman is our quarterback” company line he’s been toting since, like, Week 6 of last season. The following quotes  arefrom Lovie’s press conference, as transcribed by me in my free time. Ah, free time: I don’t have much of it, but when I do get it, I like to dabble in transcribing coach-speak. Give it a chance some time:

As I say, we’re evaluating our football team, talking about all positions. We’ll watch the video, and Wednesday will be the day that we’ll start getting ready for Detroit and that will tell you exactly where we are.

Of course I’m interested in what everybody thinks, we have great fans, but we make decisions on who gives us the best opportunity to win and that’s at all positions, quarterback, every position.

Pretty standard stuff, but when asked if Rex was going to be his starter next week, Smith said:

Will Rex Grossman start on Sunday? Our evaluation process is going on right now, if you go out on Wednesday [when the Bears are preparing for Detroit] you’ll have a good idea of who will start on Sunday at all positions.

Smith also said that while he hadn’t made a public announcement, his private decision had been made. Meaning, if you see Brian Griese taking snaps on Wednesday, you’ll have your answer. In any case, it definitely isn’t “Rex is our quarterback,” which — though I’ve supported Grossman without waiver for like 14 months — is getting really, really tired. It might be time for a change, even if just to take the pressure off Grossman for a few weeks in hopes he screws his head back on straight. Or suddenly becomes an incredibly improved passer. Or just goes away forever.