Welcome back Orton

[A.E]

I swear, had I been coach of the Chicago Bears, this move would have been made weeks ago. What move, you ask? The move made by head coach Lovie Smith to place Kyle Orton ahead of Brian Griese on the depth chart in Week 15. What this means for the 3rd year quarterback from Purdue is a start against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.

After exiting last Thursday's game against Washington with a knee injury, Rex Grossman has been ruled out for the rest of the season. Though the injury will not require any surgery, it leaves the Chicago Bears with yet another new chapter in the "quarterback carousel" that has plagued the team most of the season. After winning the starting job from Grossman earlier in the season, veteran Brian Griese and his six starts just weren't enough to convince the team that he's their best option to close out the 2008 season.

Insert Orton, who as rookie in 2005 lead the Bears through 15 games and a Division Championship. "I'm a better player now than I was as a rookie," Orton told Chicago-area reporters on Monday afternoon. "If I play well and win football games, it will be my job. This is the most excited I've been, and I look forward to the game. I'm just a better player [now]." Orton, 25, has seen no action thus far this season but will get plenty when he faces one of the League's premier defenses and on one of the League's biggest telecasts. Orton was drafted hy the Bears in the 4th round of the 2005 draft. -AE

 

[jarrod2323]

smart move by Bears since their season is basically over. from Super Bowl to no playoffs.

but doesn't he look stoned in that pic?

 

[bulls12]

but doesn't he look stoned in that pic?

yeah he does.

just watch in a few weeks, he'll be in the news because of substance abuse policy.

 

[RipCity32]

Gee I thought he died >_>

Why didn't they do this earlier this year?

 

[DJT]

but doesn't he look stoned in that pic?

Yea he does, look at his nose to, it bends one way, then bends back the other way. Guy looks messed up.

 

[RipCity32]

Well getting high is probably the funniest thing to do this season when sitting on the Bears sideline.

 

[DJT]

Well getting high is probably the funniest thing to do this season when sitting on the Bears sideline.

Funniest or funnest??

 

[bulls12]

Well getting high is probably the funniest thing to do this season when sitting on the Bears sideline.

haha, well the Bears struggle anyways and they won't play me. what the hell says Orton.

 

[RipCity32]

Funniest or funnest??

Funnest** My bad.

 

[A.E]

No...Orton doesn't mess with mind altering products....never...

^WTF?

The guy is a "pimp" though...I will give him that. Not sure about the gay pose though.

 

[vikesfan]

lol, nice choice for a pic there AE. He kind of looks like a caveman

 

[.s31t]

Damn that chick has a nice rack. LOL. Orton is a pimp.

Orton >>> Griese >>>> Grossman

 

[bulls12]

that whore's only with him for the money...not

 

[A.E]

that whore's only with him for the money...not

I just changed my mind about which celebrity I would like to hang out with. Goodbye George W & hello Kyle Orton.

 

[.s31t]

I just changed my mind about which celebrity I would like to hang out with. Goodbye George W & hello Kyle Orton.

Word. I need to find my new celebrity to hang with LOL. Look at the girl he brought in. Damn. Id definatly chill with him if they [girls] look like that and had a rack like that.

 

[Pugz]

WOW he looks like so messed up!

 

[A.E]

WOW he looks like so messed up!

Hey...most of us have been there before and can relate.

"The good old days."

 

[RipCity32]

LMAO at the gay pose. Hopefully he was about to puke or something. Dudes a pimp though.

 

[Pugz]

LMAO at the gay pose. Hopefully he was about to puke or something. Dudes a pimp though.

He's only a pimp cuz he's got moolah!

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

smart move by Bears since their season is basically over. from Super Bowl to no playoffs.

but doesn't he look stoned in that pic?

Yeah, if you follow the Bears, like I do, you'd know all about Orton and his off-the-field "activities". I'd have to assume that's party of the reason Lovie doesn't play him, but who honestly knows what Lovie is ever thinking? Well, I guess he's thinking the same thing he was thinking at the start of the season, because despite losing pro-bowlers like Mike Brown and Ruben Brown, he refuses to make any changes and just sticks with the same gameplan. Is it just me or is it not that hard to figure out that Brandon McGowan isn't going to be able to fill the shoes of Mike Brown and you are gonna have to change up your schemes?

Anyway, I'm glad they finally went to Orton, because I've been asking for him since about week 4-5. Know if they'd only throw Garrett Wolfe in at HB and Mike Hass at WR... I don't see what we have to lose, we aren't going anywhere. Plus it's not like Bernard Berrian and Muhsin Muhammad know how to catch, so we might as well get somebody in there who knows the basic fundamentals.