Rex is half the man for now as Bears' QB race begins
Published 6/1/2008 by BY BRAD BIGGS bbiggs@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times Bears
The quarterback of the future has become the quarterback of every other practice. It's the position you find Rex Grossman in at the start of his sixth season with the Bears: running the first team in half of the practices in a full-fledged derby with Kyle Orton for the starting job.
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