Rex Grossman

Rex Grossman
Rex Grossman in the dress of the Chicago Bears
Position (s): Quarterback	Jersey numbers: 8, 5
born on August 23, 1980 in Bloomington , Indiana
Career information
Active : 2003 - 2015
NFL Draft : 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22
College : Florida
Teams
Chicago Bears ( 2003 - 2008 ) Houston Texans ( 2009 ) Washington Redskins ( 2010 - 2013 ) Cleveland Browns ( 2014 ) * Atlanta Falcons ( 2015 ) * * only offseason / no regular season assignments
Career statistics
Touchdowns - interceptions	56-60
Thrown yards	10,232
Pass attempts	1,562
Passes arrived	863
Quota	55.2%
Quarterback rating	71.4
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (2001) Nominated for Heisman Trophy (2001) AP National Player of the Year (2001) NFC Offensive Player of the Month (September 2006) NFC Champion ( 2006 )

Rex Daniel Grossman III (* 23. August 1980 in Bloomington , Indiana ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played for the Chicago Bears , Houston Texans and Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL).

Grossman went to Bloomington High School South and attended the University of Florida . He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2003 , but most of his first three seasons had to watch because of an injury. 2006 played a full season for the first time and was rewarded with a place in the Super Bowl XLI , which the Bears lost to the Indianapolis Colts at 17:29. He played for the Bears until 2008 and signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans in 2009 . From the 2010 season he played four years for the Washington Redskins . Most recently he was under contract with the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons , but did not make it into the squad for the regular season.

Early life

With the motivation and guidance of his father Daniel, Grossman began playing American football at elementary school age. He started his career as a running back first , but despite his great success, his mother Maureen asked his coach to make him a quarterback .

At Bloomington High School , he threw 97 touchdowns at 7,518 yards . In his senior year, Grossman threw 44 touchdown passes, including one game in which he threw six touchdown passes and two games in which he threw four each. His senior year peaked when he helped his team to a 34:14 win over Homestead High School on November 28, 1998. Grossman broke the record for the most touchdowns thrown in a championship game with five touchdowns at 216 yards.

NFL

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears selected Grossman in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft . Under the leadership of Head Coach Dick Jauron , he was the substitute for the quarterbacks Chris Chandler and Kordell Stewart . Grossman didn't play until the last part of the season after the Bears had nothing to do with the play-off decisions. His season ended when he left the final game with a broken finger. Before the start of the 2004 season , the Bears fired Dick Jauron and hired Lovie Smith , under whom Grossman played the games from the start. Grossman was heavily criticized when he threw a game-ending interception in the season opener against the Detroit Lions . Criticism of his persistence was confirmed when he suffered a knee injury in the game against Minnesota Vikings while fighting for a touchdown. The injury forced Grossman to recover for the remainder of the season.

He missed a large part of the 2005 season when he broke his ankle in a preseason game . On December 18, 2005, he returned and led the Bears to a 16-3 victory over the Atlanta Falcons . In the following game against the Green Bay Packers he completed 11 of 16 passes for 166 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the 24:17 win.

Thanks to Grossman, the Bears could still reach the play-offs . In his first play-off game, Grossman only made 17 of 41 passes, for 192 yards of space gained with a touchdown and an interception. The Bears lost 21:29 to the Carolina Panthers .

During the 2006 season , Grossman became the Chicago Bears' first quarterback, starting all 16 games. The last time Erik Kramer succeeded in 1995. Despite his inconsistent game, which improved towards the end of the season, the Bears reached the play-offs in 2006 with a record of 13-3. He led the Bears to a 27:24 overtime win against the Seattle Seahawks and thus into their first NFC Championship game since the 1988 season . Grossman made 21 of 38 passes for 282 yards against the Seahawks, throwing a touchdown and an interception. In the NFC Championship Game, the Bears won with New Orleans Saints 39:14. Grossman started the game badly and showed a rather poor performance, but did not throw any interceptions and at an important point in time, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with four successful passes in a row, led the Bears to an important touchdown that put the Bears ahead on 25 : 14 increased.

In Super Bowl XLI, Chicago lost to the Indianapolis Colts at 17:29. Grossman brought 20 of 28 passes to the goal, but only achieved 165 yards of space and a touchdown. He suffered several ball losses: He lost two fumbles and threw two interceptions. An interception from Grossman in the fourth quarter was carried back by Kelvin Hayden for a touchdown in the end zone of the Bears.

Grossman started the 2007 season , but was replaced by Brian Griese after three weak games . Grossman returned after an injury to Griese and appeared in five games before injuring his knee against the Washington Redskins and was out for the remainder of the season.

Before the 2008 season he signed a new one-year contract with the Bears, but could not prevail against Kyle Orton as starting quarterback.

Houston Texans

For the 2009 season, Grossman moved to the Houston Texans , with whom he signed a one-year contract. There he prevailed against Dan Orlovsky as a backup behind Matt Schaub .

Washington Redskins

Grossman with the Redskins (2011)

On March 17, 2010, the Washington Redskins signed Grossman. He started as a starter in the last three games of the season after Donovan McNabb was transferred to the bench. His contract was extended and he was able to secure the role as starting quarterback in a duel with John Beck in 2011 . After he threw four interceptions against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 5 , he was substituted for Beck, who was subsequently named a starter. Beck only started in three games, all of which were lost before Grossman returned. With Grossman, the Redskins won five games and lost eight games in 2011. After the Redskins had selected two quarterbacks in the 2012 NFL Draft with Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins , Grossman was the third quarterback in the Washington squad for two more years, but was not used.

Cleveland Browns

Grossman signed with the Cleveland Browns on August 12, 2014 , but was released on August 31 as part of the regular season squad downsizing.

Atlanta Falcons

Prior to the 2015 season , he signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons . Also in Atlanta Grossman missed the jump into the squad for the regular season.

NFL statistics

year	team	Games	as a starter	Comp-Att	Comp%	Yards	TD	INT	QB Rtg
2003	CHI	3	3	38-72	52.8	437	2	1	74.8
2004	CHI	3	3	47-84	56.0	607	1	3	67.9
2005	CHI	2	1	20-39	51.3	259	1	0	59.7
2006	CHI	16	16	262-480	54.6	3,193	23	20th	73.9
2007	CHI	8th	7th	122-225	54.2	1,411	4th	7th	66.4
2008	CHI	4th	1	32-62	51.6	257	2	2	59.7
2009	HOU	1	0	3-9	33.3	33	0	1	5.6
2010	WHAT	4th	3	74-133	55.6	884	7th	4th	81.2
2011	WHAT	13	13	265-458	57.9	3.151	16	20th	72.4
total		54	47	863-1,562	55.2	10,232	56	60	71.4

Source: NFL.com

Web links

• Rex Grossman in the nndb (English)
• Statistics by Rex Grossman
• Former homepage of Rex Grossman ( Memento from February 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Clifton Brown: Carolina's Smith Is Unstoppable Against Chicago. In: The New York Times . January 16, 2006, accessed February 10, 2020.
2. ^ Lonnie White: Grossman's play is key for Bears. In: Los Angeles Times . January 11, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
3. ^ Kevan Lee: Everybody Hates Rex: Grossman Bears the Burden in Chicago on bleacherreport.com. July 2, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
4. ↑ Clifton Brown: 49-Yard Field Goal Is Good, Giving Bears Reason to Exhale. In: The New York Times . January 15, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
5. ^ John Branch: Grossman Puts Struggles Behind Him and Repays Coach's Faith. In: The New York Times . January 22, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
6. ↑ Brian Hamilton: Bears fall in sloppy Super Bowl. In: Chicago Tribune . February 5, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
7. ^ Reports: Bears to Bench QB Rex Grossman. In: The Oklahoman . September 30, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
8. ^ Vaughn McClure: Not finished yet. In: Chicago Tribune . November 12, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
9. ^ Howard Fendrich: Backup leads Redskins past Bears 24-16. In: USA Today . December 7, 2007, accessed February 10, 2020.
10. ^ Bears name Orton the starting quarterback over Grossman on nfl.com. August 18, 2008, accessed February 10, 2020.
11. ^ John McClain: Texans to sign QB Grossman to one-year deal. In: Houston Chronicle . June 11, 2009, accessed February 10, 2020.
12. ^ John McClain: Texans' Schaub returns; Grossman named backup. In: Houston Chronicle . September 8, 2009, accessed February 10, 2020.
13. ↑ Adam Schefter: Redskins, Grossman agree on espn.com. March 17, 2010, accessed February 10, 2020.
14. ↑ Redskins re-sign QB Rex Grossman on espn.com. August 2, 2011, accessed February 10, 2020.
15. ^ Rick Maese: Rex Grossman named Washington Redskins starting quarterback over John Beck. In: The Washington Post . September 5, 2011, accessed February 10, 2020.
16. ↑ Mike Frandsen: Redskins Bench Rex Grossman for John Beck, but Kyle Shanahan Also Deserves Blame on bleacherreport.com. October 19, 2011, accessed February 10, 2020.
17. ↑ Ryan Wilson: Redskins have started 10 QBs since Giants acquired Eli Manning in '04 on cbssports.com. September 24, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020.
18. ↑ Craig Powers: Washington Redskins re-sign Rex Grossman, according to report on sbnation.com. April 3, 2013, accessed February 10, 2020.
19. ↑ Dan Hanzus: Rex Grossman released by the Cleveland Browns on nfl.com. August 31, 2014, accessed February 10, 2020.
20. ↑ Vaughn McClure: Atlanta Falcons sign QB Rex Grossman to one-year, $ 1 million deal. In: go.com. ESPN, accessed August 29, 2015 : "Rex Grossman signed a one-year, $ 1 million contract Wednesday with the Atlanta Falcons, where he will compete to be the backup to starting quarterback Matt Ryan." 
21. ↑ Dan Hanzus: Falcons release Yates, Grossman; keep Sean Renfree on nfl.com. September 4, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020.
22. ↑ Career statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.