Rex Grossman Quotations

We're extremely mad and hurt. But the only way to look at it is as a learning experience.

The plan was to get them off us a little bit. We wanted to stretch the field a little bit, loosen them up, and then start getting the run going.

Like I said after the game, he's going to catch the ball 99 out of 100 times. He'll pick his game up. He talked to me a little bit after the game and apologized and I just said, 'Don't worry about it, you're a great receiver.' I know he's going to make the play.

Since he hasn't played a ton, people don't really realize his speed. When you put him in the slot and get him on a safety, it's a mismatch every time.

Obviously, we're extremely mad and hurt and (ticked) off.

I feel like I can do everything. The agility is not quite as good as it was.

We're one step closer to winning the Super Bowl and being world champions. It's definitely the first part of our magical season.

Having just recently watched a bunch of tape and gone through a game plan a couple weeks ago against the Packers, I definitely have what they do fresh in my mind.

Grossman didn't hurt himself at all. He was solid. Nothing eye-popping, but he's got a quick release and good instincts. His footwork needs a little work, but he looked good.

Just to be able to suit up again will be a milestone for me.

I think that's just human nature to make you want to work harder to improve yourself, and I think that'll be a positive for me.

Our team is really good with our defense and running game, so if I can add a little bit of the passing game to it, I like our chances against anyone.

It has been a crazy year. Nothing that I would have expected happened. I'm going to do everything I can physically and mentally to come back and be the best quarterback in the league.

I thought I was going to be a lot more nervous than I was, ... The first play of the game definitely helped. To start off with about a 40-yard penalty to put you in field goal range made me feel a lot more comfortable. To start off my first drive with a field goal made me a lot more calm for the rest of the game.

Justin has definitely gotten a lot better in my eyes. I feel like he's playing with more confidence and making big catches out there. I trust him to come down with those plays and he's extremely smart, he's gotten a better understanding of defenses and how to run his routes and what coach Turner is asking him to do.

That was our game plan going in. We saw on tape their safeties come down low for run support and we just used Bernard's speed with our (pass) protection to get a couple plays down the field.

We have to win three games and we're world champions. We know we've got a good team. When the season began, no one believed it but us.

Well, obviously the goal is to complete every pass, get into a rhythm, you know, score some points and I'd feel good about going into the bye week. I just want to play well and stay in rhythm and get some more exposure to actually playing.

We started to run the ball pretty well and moved the ball pretty decently. We had some plays we could have made for a bigger first quarter, but we're still working. It's still early.

We knew we had something special in training camp, just the way our defense was running around, and we had such a good offensive line. Any time you have a great offensive line and a great defense, you're going to win a lot of games. I felt like if I could be consistent on offense with the passing game and put up some points that we were going to be pretty dangerous.

With a guy like Moose, you don't have to make a perfect throw. He runs great routes, he's got terrific hands, and he's a guy the opposing defense has to respect. He just makes our whole offense better.

We all didn't play the game that we practiced and got ready for. What can I say?

What can I say? The Panthers played a great game, (and) it's just going to drive me to figure out how to be a better quarterback.

We mixed it up a little bit. We saw a lot of tape where we could do some things down the field.

I've worked really hard to get back healthy, to get to this point. Just to get to this point has been a struggle. I feel like I'm almost healthy and ready to go.

It was tough, but when I got hurt, I knew it was going to be a long process. It took about four or five months to start running. Once I started running I didn't feel like I was rehabbing as much as just working out.

Sometimes they put a lot of guys in the box (to stop the run) ... we've got to have a balanced attack Sunday. We're going to mix it up, get into a rhythm. I think that's what the Giants didn't do.

Once we get out there on game day, who cares what people said on Monday or Tuesday? It doesn't matter.

As long as I go through my reads and run the offense, everything should take care of itself.

This is another bad thing that happened, but I know great things are coming for me. I feel like I've been through hell and I'm going to come out of it and good things are going to happen.

It's going to be fun to go back and play there. Obviously, I'm going to remember what happened. Everything will come full circle. I'll think about it a little bit. Mostly, I'll be thinking about what I'm supposed to do.

It's how (offensive coordinator) Ron Turner calls different plays with me in there. They only have a game and a half to watch me in this offense.

It's been a crazy year, nothing that I expected to happen, happened. I am going to come back prepared physically and mentally to be the best quarterback in the league. All I can say is I am going to be ready to go next year, our whole team is. We're all really mad in there but still hungry.

Crazy. It's been a crazy year. Nothing that I expected would have happened happened.

It's smart of them to bring in someone who they feel is a better backup plan, even though I feel like Kyle's a pretty good player, too.

Everyone has their own opinion on me - how I'm going to play, how good you think I am. I'm a pretty confident player. I feel like I can go out there and have a good game. That's all that matters.

It'll be fun just to get my start again and once again playing against a legend I grew up admiring. It's just going to be a great time. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and having had a victory there, it might help psychologically.

I want to be his first quarterback to start a Super Bowl, too.

It took us a while to get into a rhythm offensively, but I thought we did a nice job of finding that rhythm and playing decent from there.

They did a great job of blitzing and giving me different looks. It took me a while to get adjusted and see exactly what they were doing.

Not only is he fast, he's a great receiver. And I think people need to start talking about him as a good receiver, too. He's fast, he can stretch the field, but he can do a lot more than that.

Anytime you get a Bears-Packers rivalry in Lambeau Field playing against Brett Favre, it doesn't get much better than that.

Anytime you're on a six-game winning streak, you don't change.

Any time you're in a position where you're not an established quarterback in the league (you're worried). I may get the first shot at it, but that's all I'm going to need because I'm excited about what this offense can do and my performance in this offense.

The lack of experience is not what I would wish (for) going into this game - especially in the third year of my career. I don't feel like a rookie going into it - somewhere in between there.

I'm going to naturally make plays. I'm not going to force anything. There's a fine line between just being a gunslinger and running the offense. I'd like to be 90% running offense, with that other 10% being my own personality.

I'm glad I get a chance to go back to the scene of the disaster.

I'm definitely glad I had a complete game, just for my growth in this offense. Defense wins championships and we've got a good running game. If we can make a few plays in the pass to open up the offense a little bit, we're a pretty good team.

I just want to play well, stay in rhythm and get some more exposure to actually playing. Anytime you get reps in anything, you're going to get better. I'm going to let the coaches weigh the risk and reward there.

I knew right away and I was kind of in denial to start with. I tried to walk it off but I heard a pop. I got caught in one of those situations where someone kind of twisted me and sat on my leg and you know, what are you going to do?

I knew right away and I was kind of in denial to start with. But I knew. I heard a pop. I tried to make it work. I was trying to walk it off. I knew right away.

I knew right away, and I was kind of in denial to start with,

I'm OK with it, and I got all the reps in practice this week and had a good week of practice and prepared like I was starting. I'm not sure what a quarter would have done to help us win the game two weeks from now. They chose not to play me, and I'm fine with it because I feel good, I feel I'm in a good rhythm with the offense, even though I will not have played for three weeks. I didn't play for a year and a half.

I'm just a positive person and I feel like this is just another bad thing to happen but I know great things are coming for me,

I'm the mystery quarterback and I would have liked to have played more, but since I didn't, having only played six quarters, I feel pretty good about where I'm at.

I'm not trying to be Mr. Whatever. I'm trying to play my role, and the team is excited we have such a good defense and running game. We've established that we're a complete team.

I just thought it's a good way while I'm going over my notes to listen to the meeting as well, just another added thing to try to get better.

I just re-thought my shoe. I have different shoes now.

I'll get the first shot at starting. That's all I'll need.

I just have to play real consistent, do what the coaches ask me to do. Every quarterback going into any game is going to want to protect the football.

Because I've been hurt and I was unbalanced on one leg, hurt the other leg, everything's been out of whack. He's just so good about knowing the human body and everything to get everything working together and flexible. That's been my routine.

He's a Pro Bowl receiver. He led the league in touchdown catches and yards last season. He's been there, done that. He makes big catches in big games, and I know he is going to come through when it counts.