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While the Bears thankfully brought their quarterback competition to a close with yesterday's selection of Kyle Orton, the team has a history of lining up just about anyone behind center when the going gets tough. Whether due to ineffectiveness or injury, the Bears have employed more starting quarterbacks over the past decade and a half than any team in the NFL over that time.
Since 1992, while the Packers had started Brett Farve and only Brett Favre, the Bears have had no fewer than 23 different starting QBs. Some were highly touted collegians who never panned out. Some were distinguished veterans trying to collect another NFL paycheck before hanging it up. Most were looked at as stopgaps by the fans.
But who were the top ten most obscure? Top Ten Chicago Sport compiles their list of the ten most forgettable starting quarterbacks for the Bears. Only the most hardcore Bears fans remember the guys like Moses Moreno or Will Furrer. And the sad thing is, that at the time most of them were given a chance to start we Bears fans were actually grateful that the previous bum was benched!
And the scenario will likely repeat itself again in 2008. Orton's the guy for now, but we suspect we'll see Rex before too long. And then it'll only be a matter of time before Caleb Hanie auditions for the list.
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For the life of me, I don't understand why they didn't go after Pennington while he was available.
Or even Leftwich or Culpepper. It's not like it would hurt the team.
the bears cant evaluate offensive talent. Grnted, I love that the Bears are known for their unbeatable defenses but that doesn't mean you can just forget about offense. and it seems like offense has always been an afterthought for every Bears team that's taken the field. Imagine how many more championships the bears would have won if offense wasn't an afterthought? it's depressing, that number of QBs the Bears had while Favra was QB in Green Bay. Take that number and cut it in half, even that would make me happy as the # of QBs we've had recently.
I'm not even a Bears fan and the first person I thought of was Moses Moreno--poor bastard.
Leftwich, Pennington and Culpepper are all horrible. Besides, why go get a QB if your O-line blows.
Bring back Henry Burris ... bring back Chad Hutchinson ... maybe Jonathan Quinn ... what about Kordell Stewart ... Flutie Flakes?
GL is right. It doesn't matter who's back there with this O-Line. Here's to what should be a very forgetable season in which Ron Turner will wow us with his fancy offense complete with 2-yard outs and shuttle passes!
Granted, the O-line might look similar to death's waiting room, but why wouldn't you try to upgrade what you have for minimal risk? I don't buy the whole, "well, other positions suck, so why don't we all just throw our hands up." I've heard it from a lot of people, but we could at least try for a better QB with little financial outlay. Fuck me, maybe this attitude is the reason we haven't had an all-pro since Sid Luckman.
What UTV said. Especially since they practically gave everyone on the other side of the ball a blank check.
UTV - i know what you're saying, but there really isn't anyone out there worth taking a risk on.
Pennington has not played a full season when he was with the Jets in quite some time. Add in the fact that he will require a heft contract and he's essentially got concrete in his legs and it's not worth it.
Culpepper is built like a brick shithouse, but he also commands big money for little in return.
Favre - never a chance.
there are some out there that are like David Carr would be great or some other college has been that turned out to be a never was been in the NFL - but who are we kidding here ... we have two of those on our current Bears roster with Heisman runner-up Grossman and All-American Orton. It's not so much the QB as it is the offense and it's personnel. The Bears don't take risks at the QB position because they've never really taken risks on offense in general. The goal has always been to have a servicable offense - one that can score a few TDs (3) and not turnover the ball. The rest has been up to the defense. Angelo and Lovie will contend that a great defense and mediocre offense will make you a champion -- and as we've seen a little offense probably would have won us a Super Bowl a few years ago and made last year a playoff season.
That said, Angelo is a poor evaluator of talent and Smith hasn't a clue. Orton will be the QB until the Bears drop 5 straight and manage only 5 TDs in that span and a dozen FGs. This team's m.o. from the get go has been to rely on the defense to score points and the special teams to help close the gaps. Investing in a RB has always been essential, but the novelties stop there. QBs, WRs and OL are not priorities -- but no one seems to know why. TE is a position that Angelo seemed fascinated with for a second when he drafted Greg Olsen, and then realized he has an offensive coordinator that has no idea how to utilize him. You can go up and down that roster and point to people that coulda, shoulda, woulda - been good if we had someone who knew how to build and orchestrate an offense and a successful scheme.