So, what do you think about Kyle Orton?

Kyle is a game manager, once he is accepted for what he is life will return to normal. From what I’ve seen of Kyle is that he is very good at the short passing game. He has some trouble with Deep Ball accuracy, but he usually makes good decisions. Watching him play in your system the other night showed me that I think he’ll have some success. The system seems to fit his style of play. You need to stop getting rid of good players though. Kyle needs all the weapons he can get. Bolster the D and get good special teams play and you’ll win 9-10 games, maybe not this year but in the future. if you get involved in a shoot out Kyle is not your man.

However his physical skills limit his overall performance.

If he is in a position to throw short to mid-range passes, to move the sticks along with a decent ground game, he he’ll be fine.

If you quickly find youreself down by 10-14 points, you might want to see if your wife has any projects around the house.

better than Grossman, i thought he made better decisions, but he is the master of the Dump off screen on third and forever.
people say he can’t throw the deep ball, but watch his stuff from purdue, it’s never been his problem, his strength anyways, but he’s not real accurate after 25 yards… but he can chuck it pretty far

I was a little unhappy when news came down of the Cutler trade. I was happy with the performance Kyle gave us last year until the Lions-ankle incident. I think Kyle did a great job in the Falcons game, and should have won it for us, but the defense bombed out.

Is Cutler the better option for us, yes, I’m sure. Kyle did good things here, and we might have won in Miami if it’d been Orton over Grossman.

I don’t think Denver is a place that he’ll do particularly well unless the defense really steps it up, but I do wish him luck and I’m thankful for the winning records he brought the Bears while he was here.

He is not an elite QB but he wins over his teammates, he plays hard and he is capable of making plays to win games. His short to intermediate throws are quite good and he set a record last year for most completions without a pick in franchise history. So clearly he is smart and makes good decisions. With a good run game he can lead an offense that can put up 17-24 points per game I’d say. With a stout defense that should win you a few games.

But, average isn’t necessarily bad. When put in a situation where he can succeed, he will do fine, and win games. Last year, our O-line was a weakness. So, we started running a no huddle to minimize our weakness, and prevent the D from making substitutions. Orton excelled in it.

However, Orton’s best passing performances have always come against the Lions. He’s not talented enough to regularly extend the play or make things happen when things break down. And the inaccuracy of his deep throws will drive you nuts.

but he will not win you too many either. He has limited skills (which he recognizes) and can be a skillful game manager. If you have a good to great defense and a good to great running game, he can do for you what Dilfer did for Baltimore.

and he will be fine. Not a guy to lead you from behind so run the ball, and play good defense. Your defense looks much more impressive than the prior year.

Bears fans are QB apologists…we haven’t had a real one for awhile.

ESPN and everyone else continued to tell us Kyle was mediocre and we didn’t wanna listen. Denver has had Elway and Cutler…they know what a QB looks like.

Enjoy Orton.

Orton is a journeyman QB, nothing more or less.
He might let a team cop a feel, but he won’t take you up the prom queen’s thighs.

He can manage the game, but he will never be in the top tier of Quarterbacks.