Although the new decade started more than three months ago we though it would be interesting to examine the top three Offensive and Defensive Players of each position. We are going to start with the Offense and make our way to the Defense. A Defense that has and will always be the heart and soul of the Chicago Bears no matter how great the offense will be. But tonight we are starting with the offense and we start with the Quarterback. In this current passer friendly era it is evident that it will take only a great QB to reach his team to the promised land. In Superbowl XLIV (44) Peyton Manning and Drew Brees respectively took both their teams to the biggest game in football; both future Hall of Famer’s. Of the last ten Superbowl Champions The Ravens, Patriots, Bucs, Patriots, Patriots, Steelers, Colts, Giants, Steelers, and Saints; 8 of the 10 teams had an elite quarterback. The only two teams who didn’t have an elite QB were the Bucs and Ravens but they also had a dominating defense, defenses that are considered two of the best in NFL history. However, those teams made it in the first three years of the 2000’s after that it was all Quarterbacks and the trend figures to continue. A record 10 different quarterbacks threw for 4,000 yards during the 2009 NFL Regular Season. So now we look at the top Chicago Bear Quarterback of the 2000’s. ( I know that’s not saying much)

We start of our All-Decade list with Rex Grossman…ahh Rex Grossman.

Rex Grossman(2003-08) was an incredibly polarizing figure who experienced more ups and downs than an elevator during the lunch hour. There was Good Rex then Bad Rex and it would be this way for his entire Bear career. The Chicago Bears selected Grossman 22nd overall during the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. As inconsistent as he was Grossman nonetheless led Bears quarterbacks in virtually every statistical category from 2000-09 with 521 completions, 962 attempts, 6,164 yards, 33 touchdowns and 35 interceptions. Grossman ranks second with a .613 winning percentage as a starter (19-12) behind Kyle Orton (.636, 21-12). Despite all his inconsistency he led the Bears to Superbowl XLI (41)only the second Superbowl in team history. People can say it wasn’t Rex Grossman who led the Bears, that it was the defense and Devin Hester(which is a very solid argument). Good Rex or Bad Rex in the end he took the Bears to the Superbowl which is all the proof anyone needs to name Rex Grossman the Bears Quarterback of the Decade.