Huddle Up: Williams signs, Grossman wins coin toss to start

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There’s a lot of stuff on the Internets
Published 7/23/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... football teams for the past decade. *Oh, you like the funny photos? A friend of the RandBall clan sent a series of images of people “Photo Bombing,” a term we never knew of but nonetheless an activity we have apparently participated in many a time. We are famous for sneaking into other people’s photos and ruining them with awkward looks (we are particularly good at getting into graduation pictures). Fire up the Googles for “Photo Bombing,” and tread carefully. *Rex Grossman is your starting Bears quarterback — um, at least for the first practice today. *Mindy McCready isn’t ...

Rex Grossman or Kyle Orton? A Coin Flip Shall Decide Chicago's Quarterbacking Fate [Nfl]
Published 7/23/2008 by Clay Travis at Deadspin
... Rex Grossman has won the starting quarterback job — for the first day of practice. There was a coin toss at a Wednesday morning quarterback meeting. Kyle Orton called it, but Grossman won it and will run with the first-team offense Wednesday. The really surprising thing here is that the coin wasn't picked off. Right now every Chicago Bears fan has a single, solitary tear rolling down his or her cheek. And no one blames you at all. Williams agrees in principle, Grossman wins coin toss to start [Chicago Tribune] ...

Bears Sign Chris Williams, Rex Grossman Named the Starter ... for the Day
Published 7/23/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: Bears, NFC NorthThe Chicago Bears 2008 season couldn't have gotten off to a better start if it was scripted: first-round pick Chris Williams has signed with the team, and in even more important news, quarterback Rex Grossman has been named the starter through a complex evaluation process (explained below). Williams, the guy likely responsible for protecting Grossman's blind side, inked a five-year, $16 million deal, including $10 million in guaranteed dough. Assuming he wins the starting left tackle job, Williams will ...

Flipping a coin? What a depressing state of affairs in CHI
Published 7/24/2008 by Footballguys and hosts Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom at Footballguys Blog
... While competition is a good thing, particularly for a team that’s struggled to find a consistent signal caller, I couldn’t help but cringe at the following news blurb in the Chicago Tribune (by Vaughn McClure): ...

Call It In The Air
Published 7/24/2008 by Ryan Hudson at RealClearSports - Blog
... have begun making appearances at Chicago Bears' camp. Yesterday, the Monsters of the Midway decided on their starting quarterback for practice...by flipping a coin. ...