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Tying together the loose ends from another busy offseason day even if the Bears did not sign any free agents Thursday ...

Wide receiver Marty Booker, fresh off a Jamaican vacation, checked in on a conference call. Some highlights:

Q: What are your thoughts on returning to the Bears?

A: It’s good to be back. Plus, No. 1 it’s good to have a job. For a point there I was pretty worried about whether it was going to happen or not. To finally have a job and to be back with the team I started with is awesome.

Q: What do you make of the quarterback situation?

A: I’m not too familiar with Kyle [Orton], I’m pretty familiar with Rex [Grossman]. My understanding, I am thinking it will be an open competition and whoever wins the job is going to have it. No matter who is in there, I will be supportive of whoever, just going out there and trying to make plays. That’s pretty much all I know right now, how it’s going down.

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Terry Bradshaw, who the Bears lost out on in the 1969 draft in a pre-draft coin flip with the Steelers, visited with WMVP-AM 1000 this morning to weigh in on the retirement of Brett Favre in Green Bay.

He also touched base on Rex Grossman:

"I’m a Rex Grossman fan. When he’s good, he’s really good. When he’s bad, he’s really bad. I think he’s got the perfect demeanor to play in the NFL. Simply because he has a bad game, and he goes, "What, so I had a bad day, so what?'' It kind of cracks me up. But I truly believe it just doesn’t phase him. He drives you Bears fans nuts.

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INDIANAPOLIS—Rex Grossman will be paid a base salary of $3 million this coming season per the contract his agent agreed to with the Bears at noon local time.

The deal includes incentives totaling a little less than $2 million that are easily attainable according to his agent Eugene Parker, provided Grossman is the starter.

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INDIANAPOLIS—Rex Grossman is coming back to the Bears.

The quarterback agreed to terms on a one-year contract Saturday morning, meaning he and Kyle Orton will battle to be the starting quarterback.

The Sun-Times reported Saturday morning that a deal was imminent. The contract includes incentives based on play time and performance.

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INDIANAPOLIS—The Sun-Times reports that the Bears will reach an agreement on a one- or two-year contract with quarterback Rex Grossman soon, perhaps as early as today.

General manager Jerry Angelo met with agent Eugene Parker multiple times on Friday at the NFL scouting combine, and a deal is expected soon.

Check here for details.

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Wade Wilson's five-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on steroids and related substances while the quarterbacks coach for the Bears last season prevents him from joining the Dallas Cowboys tonight at Soldier Field.

It also prevents more barbs from being thrown back-and-forth between Wilson, now the Cowboys quarterbacks coach, and his former pupil Rex Grossman. While Wilson was credited with helping Kyle Orton win 10 games as a rookie in 2005, and had a strong relationship with him, you got the sense he and Grossman never hit it off.

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