Chicagoist: Top Ten Most Obscure Bears Starting QBs

jmagic

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:12:40 -0600

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.

dino78

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:14 -0600

What UTV said. Especially since they practically gave everyone on the other side of the ball a blank check.

UTV

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:26 -0600

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.

jmagic

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:54:02 -0600

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!

GL

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:22 -0600

Leftwich, Pennington and Culpepper are all horrible. Besides, why go get a QB if your O-line blows.

Joel

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:18:26 -0600

I'm not even a Bears fan and the first person I thought of was Moses Moreno--poor bastard.

mike_thoms

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:46:43 -0600

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.

UTV

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:26:24 -0600

Or even Leftwich or Culpepper. It's not like it would hurt the team.

dino78

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:59:47 -0600

For the life of me, I don't understand why they didn't go after Pennington while he was available.