Rex Grossman looks for Redemption at NFC Championship

Rex Grossman wants a Super Bowl ring. He wants to silence his critics. More importantly, he wants redemption.

When Rex Grossman lost his, ''hot start'' if you will, when the Chicago Bears ended one of the best starts in the history of their franchise, many NFL analysts were on Grossman's case, just waiting for him to screw up some more.

Rex did gave these analysts what they wanted, Grossman tallied a miserable 1.19-something QB Rating one game and then he did one better (or worse...) with an even more miserable 0.0.

Last Sunday, Rex Grossman was coming off that 0.0 QB Rating he got from the Green Bay Packers as he prepared for the defending NFC Champions, Seattle Seahawks in their first playoff game of the season. You can just imagine Grossman's thoughts coming to this one.

He was in a must-win situation then. Must win? Yes. Rex Grossman had to win last Sunday if he ever wants his critics to stop hounding him since he cooled off from his hot start earlier this year.
The result? Rex came out of this game firing, ultimately leading to Chicago's 27-24 win over Seattle. However, it seems it was not enough to silence his critics. Nevertheless, Rex still has an NFC Championship game to win next Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. A win on Sunday won't probably change anything but at least the guy will be a win away from becoming a Super Bowl champion.

And you bet, Grossman will bring what he's calling now an even-keel attitude when the New Orleans Saints visit them at Soldier Field.

''You have to go through a lot of adversity in the course of a game and a season, and everything is so exaggerated, positive and negative,'' Grossman said. ''It's so true that you have to stay on an even keel the whole time and never lose faith in yourself, your teammates, your abilities or the style of your offense, anything.''

Can Rex Grossman lead the Chicago Bears pass the New Orleans Saints? Here are the odds on this huge NFC Championship game.

New Orleans Saints +3

Chicago Bears -3

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