Poll: Griese or No Griese?
by Dane Noble on Jul 15, 2009 2:03 PM CDT
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Lets bring back Griese
He was a good backup. Lets bring him back. it’s not like he will have to start many games because he have a great starter.
I Have Spoken.
No Griese.
I would rather see the youth movement continue. Strong, athletic guys who have speed. Griese would just bring controversy and doesn’t bring the above mentioned qualities. I believe Hanie is a lot more similar to Cutler in his skill set too. Good speed and can throw the ball deep. I gonna vote “no”.
I agree
I see the logic of bringing in Griese, because if Cutler gets hurt and misses 2 games, then I could see where Griese might keep you afloat better than Hanie/Basanez. But that’s really the only scenario that I could see him benefiting us. If we need him for a half, I think Hanie can handle it. If we need mop-up duty, Hanie can handle that. And if Cutler is out for more than 2 games, I don’t think Griese can save us. So what’s the point? I’d rather see what we can get out of the two young guys.
Controversy?
What controversy do you think Griese would bring?
If we brought Griese in, it would be for the #2 slot and nothing else. Would anyone be calling to put him in ahead of Cutler? And no sense in bringing an older vet to be #3.
I like Hanie as a young developmental guy, but if for some reason Cutler weren’t ready to go for a game or few this season, I’d rather start Griese than Hanie.
I agree. It amuses me that some fans assume the Bears will automatically win with Griese in an emergency.
We’re screwed anyways if Cutler gets hurt, because the team that stays healthiest is likely to win the NFC north. Why not see what Hanie brings to the table in a meaningful game, and move along his development, if the unthinkable should happen? Who knows, he may emerge as someone that can compete well and give us a genuine threat at the backup. Develop our own damn talent instead of looking at washed up veteran QBs.
by BigGeorgeTX on Jul 15, 2009 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
AMEN to that!
If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.
"What About Bob?"
Seriously, screw Greaseball!
I voted Other
because I don’t care … Cutler will start every game.
next thread.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Griese - the human ping pong ball!
Tampa Bay rips up a killer serve to Chicago. The Bears successfully counter by lobbing the Griese back to the Buccaneers and setting up and easy kill shot. Will Chicago decide to continue playing this tumultuous game of back and forth or are the Bears disciplined enough to just walk away?
I am hoping for the later.
- Smudgers
"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
We Still Got the Better end of the Deal
Because we stole a draft pick for Griese after signing him in FA.
by Sam Householder on Jul 15, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you remember who we got or what we did with that draft pick.
I thought it was for an undisclosed 2009 draft choice… but I’m not recalling much after that.
- Smudgers
"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Jul 16, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
A complete 180 degrees
I changed my mind on Griese after some thinking the past couple of days. I guess I’m OK with Hanie and Basedmedahez as Jay’s backups.
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
For the longest time
I had no idea, or care for that matter, to spell or pronounce his name correctly. So it kind of morphed into what you see above.
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
Oh I don't know how to spell it either
but it wasn’t all that hard to scroll up and copy paste it!
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas
But I wanted to give everyone a chuckle :)
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
Paste it?
Hell, I didn’t look it up either… it just looked right.
LSU Tigers Baseball... NCAA National Champions- 2009.
I'm good with Jay Cutler, Caleb Hanie, and Burt Bacharach at QB too....
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
Cause what the Bears need now
it love, sweet love…..
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I voted
Cutler/Hanie/Basenez
Good, young and talented beats old and broken every time.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas
WHAT?
You mean there’s no
Basanez/Hanie/Cutler option?
We all know “Cutler’s just going to make us long for Rex Grossman again”, RIGHT?!? ;-)
I voted other
I like cutler, hanie, and would like to have losman ’s experience in there.
If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.
Griese would be nice
To go into the season with second year and undrafted player Caleb Hainie as your # 2 is irresponsible if you want to say you are a good, aspirational football team in 2009. Bears need a viable and tested backup QB. Griese fits the bill nicely.
$136 million payroll for a .500 style ballclub. Good work Jim.
Griese threw for over 400 yards
against the Bears last year. That winnable game helped keep us out of the playoffs. He still has something left in the tank, has the desire to play and knows our offense. A better insurance option than the kids for a game or two if we would need him…let’s sign him up.
Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers. -Merle Kessler
I really don't agree
Griese is done. And even if he “knows the offense” he doesn’t have the tools of Cutler/Hanie/Whats-his-face to keep the play book the same.
If Cutler goes down, we’re done anyway. I’d rather ride with youth and talent then old and broken.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas
Didn't every QB throw for 400 yards against the Bears last year?
That’s like saying Tyson still has it, because he beat up me.
I guess it's just me.
Before we got Cutler I felt comfortable with the idea that Hanie was going to turn out O.K. He showed glimpses of brilliance last pre-season. I know it meant “nothing” but remember the hail mary completion for a T.D at the end of one of those games. Yeah we lost the game but, Wrecks or Orton couldn’t have made that throw.
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