Alright, so Kyle Orton may not have made advances on MaryAnne Smith, Lovie's wife during the Bear Christmas party back in '05...But, I'm convinced he did something to greatly piss off the boss. Why else would Lovie have waited this long to play the young man from Altoona? I don't know if I'll ever know exactly what Orton's unforgivable sin was, but I'm happy that Lovie has dropped his grudge.
Perhaps Lovie never has gotten used to the neckbeard
OR he wishes Kyle would invite him out when he's on the town with a bottle of Jack and spit on his chin...
Whatever it was, it's over, and we'll get to see what a lousy offense can do with a quarterback that's neither old as dirt nor suffering from schizophrenia.
While I strongly dislike the Bears as much as I dislike the city of Chicago, I'm pretty stoked to see how Purdue's own fairs...and I wish him great success! Get 'em Kyle!
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True Story: My wife owns and proudly wears a Kyle Orton Bears jersey. She got it last winter. Still the only one we have seen since.
I still would like to nominate Rex Grossman as Super Bowl XLI MVP. He certainly had more to do with the Colts winning than anyone else on the field that day.
I have always liked Kyle Orton and agree that the Bears may as well see what they have with him. But I think you and Off the Tracks are underestimating just how craptacular Orton's 2005 season was. Yes, he won games. But Orton finished that season with a 59.7 rating, by far the worst in the league among the 34 "qualified leaders that season. Since 2002, the only quarterbacks with worse ratings are Kordell Stewart (CHI) in 2003 and Andrew Walter in 2006 (OAK). He completed only 51 percent of his passes and threw 9 TD in nearly a full season of work. I suppose that you guys do have the Purdue precedent, in that Drew Brees is the only QB in recent NFL history who has gone from the bottom five to being an above-average starter (other than Brett Favre's renaissance this year, but Favre had already proven his excellence). But Orton's 2005 season was awful, even compared to Grossman.
John, you honestly believe that:
-The fact that he was a rookie doesn't play into those numbers.
or
-The offensive system was not geared in a way that NO quarterback could have gotten into a rhythm. Things were bad for the Bears that season...why else would he have been playing?
Your intimation seems to be that Orton is an inaccurate passer who is prone to throwing interceptions. While I will agree that Brees is prone to interceptions, I think Orton's college numbers show that he was pretty accurate and seemed to avoid throws that might be INTs...he had 31 TDs and 5 INTs his senior year and completed 60% of the passes he threw...I will say he's prone to getting sacked though; he's not very mobile and doesn't tend to step up in the pocket enough.
I'm not intimating anything. He was an outstanding quarterback in college and I specifically said that the Bears should take a look at him. I also didn't suggest that the 2005 numbers are the best he can do. Still, rookie quarterbacks play every year, yet only two quarterbacks (rookie or otherwise) have had statistically worse seasons in the last five years. Maybe he will be like Brees and will dramatically improve. I wouldn't be shocked by that at all. My narrow objection is to the notion that Orton had a really promising rookie year and that his lack of playing time since then is an inexplicable injustice. His performance in 2005 is the key to the mystery of his lack of playing time since.
Personally - I think it was that beard. Yuck.
Noted John...I sure hope he becomes another Brees; in a lot of ways. You never hear about (or see pics of) Brees going on benders. That said, Orton just seems to be a guy who likes an adult beverage.
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Paul, step off of the neckbeard; you know you'd sport one if Utah culture allowed it.
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