Brandon Lloyd is a savior…..but do we really wanna take advice from the 49ers and Redskins?

to see what this offense looks like this season. It could be as bad as the John Shoop era.

I think the bears offense will be under the radar in 08 thus blowing past some defenses unexpectedly. Here is why. Devin Hester, according to coach Turner, is going to get three times more play time. He’ll get double teamed, defenses read him as a number one threat, thus opening up plays for solid vets like Des Clark and Marty Booker, and offering big opportunities for guys like Greg Olson and rookie Bennett, both very physical and strong up the middle on receptions. Orton I think is the better QB up the middle with solid check down bullets like he showed at the finish of 08. Moose wasn’t fast enough to react, but Olson and Bennet, and an improved Rashied Davis will be. With an upgraded and faster offensive line, if they line up #1 pick Williams and Beekman, who in the preseason game against the Colts quickly and astutely recovered the snaps Grossman botched…then we also get holes to burst through for Forte and Peterson, not to mention the screen pass talent of Peterson and Wolfe. Many discredit Garret Wolfe for his size, but in back to back games, Packers, Saints, he had 30+ yards screen catches in which he really showed his zig zag cut speed burst, something Benson could never show. I think the league is really underestimating this win hungry offense. the key is the offensive line, and we are already off to a good start. It simply can’t be worse than last season, last season was the worst I’ve ever seen it. kind of reminds me of the way the White Sox were being rated before the season, and then injured Crede came back and his bat exploded, and aging Contreras pitches like a rock star. hopefully Mike Brown makes that of come back because as Coach Lovie said, it starts with Mike Brown.

20 catches and 299 yards, 2 td’s, when he was barely even involved in like 10-20% of snaps in the season? thats a 15 yard avg when he makes catches. that is effective.

Orton showed he’s locked and loaded for the firing range. especially in the last couple games, Packers, Saints, he was firing rockets right between the jersey numbers. Remember Moose dropping that rocket to him from Orton in the red zone against the Packers. smack in the middle of his digits. against the saints he fired a rocket to Bradley in the end zone, and then hit Hester with a 54 yard TD pass that landed right in Hesters hands. Not to mention his precision hits of Clark and Olson in the end zone against the Packers. Orton is not the same QB he was when he came in as a rookie on lock down, where the coaches just had him housesitting while Grossman would return. The coaches describe Orton as a smart quarterback who knows the system well and is a good defensive reader. They have never said that about Grossman. With Berrian gone, Grossman isn’t gonna have his go to target, and Orton is more able to connect with the guys who waited in line behind Moose and Bernard. Like Bradley, Davis, Hester, etc. They guys we have now. Orton has the stronger pocket presence and mentality. He is not as soft as Rex. Rex at this point needs to think about how he is going to win his job back and fight for it, which will make him the best back up QB in the league maybe. Yes Rex is more talented with the arm and accuracy in general, but it is overshadowed by his poor judgment on the field and soft presence in the pocket. When he scrambles he looks like he is running for his life away from pressure. When Orton scrambles he regularly steps it up, steps in, and asserts his pocket presence and his vision downfield is sharp. I feel we need to go with Orton now when he is pumped, we shouldn’t miss out on this opportunity to possibly have Orton in his runner up heismann form like he was the season before Bears drafted him.