Kyle Orton Thinks He Will Be The Starter

by WCG on May 12, 2008 7:43 AM CDT Comment 15 comments

Granted this really isn't a news piece, but with most media coverage going to Benson it is nice to have something to post on anybody else.

Kyle Orton believes that if he is given a fair chance in an open competition he will be the Bears starter next season.

"All I care about is if I get my chance," said Orton Saturday night at the team's black-tie fundraiser at Soldier Field. "If I get my chance, I'm confident that I will win the job and play well. I don't really pay attention to [talk of a not-so level playing field]. I hear through third parties and all that stuff but it doesn't affect my mind-set or my thoughts as a player or anything like that."

Speculation has been abound that the Bears still consider Rex Grossman their starter and are just playing nice with Orton by telling him the competition will be open, after newly signed wide receiver Bradon Lloyd said Grossman would be the starter.

I don't know if Orton is better than Grossman. I don't know if either is even good enough to run a team, but Grossman has been given chance after chance and either hasn't delivered, collapsed or gotten injured. I think Orton at least deserves a fair shot at it.

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If Orton

Just manages the game like he usually does and doesent try to streach the field, he will be riding the pine as usual.

by SuperBowlXX on May 12, 2008 9:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What I am worried about

is Grossman comes into camp and plays like Peyton Manning gets the job and them crashes again once the season starts.

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by WCG on May 12, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's a practice qb

it appears so far, all we hear wbout is how sharp he is, then he gets guys chasing him and runs and hides.

by mike b on May 12, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's exactly what I was thinking.

He’ll come to camp and excel in skeleton drills and where they defense won’t be able to hit him. The coaching staff will laud him unceasingly. Then in the pre-season, he’ll have a couple of good drives where defenses rarely blitz mixed with a couple of poor ones. They’ll say he’s playing great and the team’s working out a few kinks.

Then he’ll get his ass kicked in the regular season. Orton’s the second-stringer so at least he’ll be in by the third game instead of the 13th (or whatever).

by tyger1147 on May 12, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that

Orton needs to worry about a fair competition because they have given Grossman so many chances. If its fair and worse comes to worse than its choosing between the lesser of two evils.

by GallopingGhost on May 12, 2008 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

HA

both Orton and Grossman have shown they can lead the team, and both have shown they have flaws and need to work better on correcting them. I’m not mad we didn’t select a qb in the draft but i’d like to see one or the other emerge as the starter and not get benched for a couple of bad games

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by Acreman20 on May 12, 2008 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no way

grossman plays well enough or stays healthy enough to start the whole season. I’m hoping orton gets the nod cuz i dont know how many more botched center/ QB exchanges i can take

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by 234L on May 12, 2008 1:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How many did Orton and Grossman have last year?

I believe that each had one botched snap and Grossman played in 7 games and Kyle played in 3.

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by #23 on May 13, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this team is better suited to be run by Orton

All Lovie kept saying last year was that this is a running team. I think they want a strong defense and a strong running game and a QB who can manage the team and not lose the game for the Bears. Grossman is a mental midget when they put pressure on him. Besides all Grossmans interceptions he has shown that he also has a bad case of Fumbleitis. In 3 games Orton was sacked 2 times and in 8 games Grossman was sacked 25 times.

by beardown on May 12, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the line got alot better towards the end of the year

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by leopoldjones on May 13, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ditto

Orton fumbled once in 3 games and we recovered it. Grossman fumbled twice over 7 1/2 games and we recovered one of them. That doesn’t sound like fumblitis to me. Oh maybe you’re talking about the year before. I guess he didn’t protect the ball better last year. All QB’s will have a fumble. When you hold the ball up in the air and a DE is swiping it will get stripped a few times a year. Each fumbled one snap.

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by #23 on May 13, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd be happy if just one of these guys learns how to step up in the pocket

Neither seems to have any feel for oncoming lineman during pass plays – granted, the pass protection was terrible last year, but I’ve yet to see either Orton or Grossman step up in the pocket in order to buy some time to make a play. Grossman always scrambles laterally or directly backwards, and then fumbles when tackled. Orton usually just takes the sack, rarely tries to throw it away.

Either both players still have limited skills, or our QB coach blows.

by Waylon on May 12, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You are completely wrong!

You obviously don’t know what you are talking about. Orton stepped up in the pocket a lot. Grossman runs backwards like a school girl, but Orton was very tough, scrambled and stepped up in the pocket. He looked to have a very good fell of the pocket.

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by #23 on May 13, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He should think he would win

the starting job, I would hope so. That should be the game plan of every QB on the roster. Face it, the QB situation (and running game), while being hideous at times, could have done better with better blocking…..hence the draft…...

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by Thirdrock on May 13, 2008 9:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm just curious, but can't you practice QB pressue?

Shouldn’t that be a non issue? Put 13 guys on defense with 8 guys on the line, so every time Rex steps back he has somebody coming his way. At some point you’d hope he would learn to sense things and step up instead of running backwards. If he can’t then at least you’d know.

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by WCG on May 13, 2008 9:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs