Brian Griese to start next week

[Jack of Arcades]

Brian Griese always got the shaft because he wasn't his father.

[Oliver Nipples]

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Brian Griese always got the shaft because he's a drunk

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[Austiger]

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Brian Griese always got drunk because he wasn't his father.

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[Jack of Arcades]

I see what you did there.

[Nick B.]

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Career QB rating of 84.5, 104-80 TD-to-INT ratio, 204.5 yards per game average, 63.0% completion percentage


What exactly is so bad about him?


Heres a few QBs simlilar to him for a comparison:

Drew Brees: 80.0 QB rating, 107-71 TD/INT, 223.6 yards per game.

Steve McNair: 83.2 QB rating, 173-116 TD/INT, 194.9 yards per game

Phil Simms: 78.5 QB rating, 199-157 TD/INT, 204.0 yards per game

Troy Aikman: 81.6 QB rating, 165-141 TD/INT, 199.6 yards per game

Matt Hasselbeck: 85.5 QB rating, 119-74 TD/INT, 156.7 yards per game(note: Matt's ypg is unfairly brought down due to a lot of spot duty though)

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I wrote this last year when everybody was calling for griese over grossman.

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Brian Griese is terrible. Being a Dolphins fan, he ruined their 2003 season by himself. Fiedler got hurt and Griese started against a bad SD team and lit them up 20-29, 192 yards, 3 td. Wow this guy is good. Next game against Indy, takes 5 sacks, loses 2 fumbles but still passes effectively 18-29, 231 yards, 1 td, 0 int. Next game against Tennessee, takes 4 sacks, loses 2 fumbles, throws 3 int, 0td and is 15-27 for 131 yards. Next game against Baltimore, goes 13-32 for 126 yards and the Dolphins win 9-6. Next game against Washington, throws 2 int by half and gets replaced by Jay Fiedler.

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[EvanJC]

I wanted rex for another week. I hope it works out b/c I'm a fan, but I'm not optimistic. People totally ignore a) the good things rex has done and b) how messed up this team is on both lines.

[Shadowrun]

I want Rex for the rest of the year.

[Triumph36]

Griese is overrated and ran a West Coast offense in Denver and Tampa - remember how great Steve Beuerlein and Bubby Brister were in that offense? He's also overrated because of one season where he had a 19-4 TD-INT ratio - the rest of his career he's been closer to 50-50.

He'll probably be better than Rex Grossman, but expecting anything beyond average is expecting too much.

[PokerFink]

Average would be a huge upgrade for the Bears.

[illini43]

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Consistency would be a huge upgrade for the Bears.

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If Griese is consistently average for the Bears, it would be a very good upgrade.