BRIAN GRIESE

PROFILE:  The Bears probably have the best backup QB in the league.  A player who's started many games, Griese is an effective passer with a great QB rating.  His intelligent, methodical approach to the game gives the Bears the best quarterback lineup in quite a while.  And he's also the biggest challenge to incumbent Rex Grossman.  In sporadic play last season, he merely looked average, though.

2007 OUTLOOK:  Just to keep the status quo again, the Bears will start Grossman this year.  But if Rex can't do much within the first quarter of the season, I can see Griese getting the starting job and holding it until the end.