Pressure questions don’t intimidate Bears’ Rex Grossman
When you watch the Media Day festivities/highlights from Miami on Tuesday, it won’t take you long to see a shot of Rex Grossman. And, chances are, no matter how long you watch, you’re destined to see what he’s been doing since he was an untested quarterback at the University of Florida.
Smile.
Yes, embattled Rex Grossman, thrown around by the Chicago and national media like a rag doll this season, is still smiling. And he can’t help it. It’s his moniker. His logo.
Things just slide off his back, good or bad, and through it all, he maintains a sense of reality, a sense of happiness, a sense of “I don’t care what you think of me.”
Indeed he is, no matter what people say about him. He doesn’t have the numbers that Sunday’s opponent, Peyton Manning, has. Heck, he didn’t have the numbers that his last opponent, Drew Brees, had.
But he has done enough to get the Bears back to the Super Bowl, even though they are7-point underdogs against the Colts on Bodog.com.
Again, that is nothing new to Grossman, which is one of the reasons, perhaps, he handles all the bumps in the road so well.
People sometimes lose sight of the absolute enormity that Florida football — this year’s national championship notwithstanding — has become. Florida is often forgotten when the nation’s most important programs — Notre Dame, USC, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan — are brought up.
When you’re a starter for the Gators, though, you have one of the most rabid student fan bases, not to mention one of the most wealthy and influential alumni bases, on your back night and day.
Also, remember, Grossman played for Steve Spurrier, who just happened to win a Heisman Trophy as a Gators quarterback.
So, please don’t bother him with the “pressure” question. He’s been facing it for years.
And if he stumbles Sunday at Dolphin Stadium, he’ll have to face even more criticism. Somehow, though, he’ll find a way to smile in the end.
Goodluck on your Super Bowl XLI prop bets!
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