Bears QB competition (1 Viewer)

[Bri]

In this interview

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/newsstory.asp?story_id=4698 Lovie states that it's an open competition between Orton and Grossman.

Is it just me or do you feel bad that those are Lovie's choices?

 

[Big Score]

Is it just me ...........?

You're not alone Grasshopper

 

[sholditch]

I just feel bad about this season period.

What Lovie really means:

The quarterback competition is an open competition, and they are both coming into the competition on equal ground.

They both suck equally. We are screwed.

As far as how we’re going to conduct it, we’re going to let them go play. We haven’t named a starter. They know that. They both know that we’ve been evaluating them since we started offseason workouts and it’ll continue up until it’s obvious to us that we know which guy should be the starter.

Whichever one finishes the preseason with fewer than 15 interceptions.

When that’ll happen, it’s hard to say.

Praying Favre signs with us.

I don’t think you can necessarily gauge exactly who the guy is based solely on practice. There isn’t anything live in practice. So to me I see it going into the preseason, seeing what happens during the games and then making a decision from there.

That decision will be made in the 2009 draft

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Ooof.

This would be like asking Hugh Hefner to choose between Rosie O'Donnell and Kathy Bates. :X

 

[meanjoegreen]

In this interview

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/newsstory.asp?story_id=4698 Lovie states that it's an open competition between Orton and Grossman.

Is it just me or do you feel bad that those are Lovie's choices?

It's what Lovie and company chose to have as their choices, so I can't feel bad for the Bears.

 

[gianmarco]

Ooof.

This would be like asking Hugh Hefner Lovie Smith to choose a QB between Rosie O'Donnell and Kathy Bates. :X

fixed

 

[wraith5]

... aaaand the Special Olympics come to Chicago in 2008. Welcome to another season of Bears football.

It's their own fault for not drafting a QB - ANY QB.

 

[Captain_Apocalypse]

PATHETIC. ARROGANT. ######ED. (need I continue?)

P.S. Even if they had payton Manning who is going to catch those passes and who is going to run the ball?

Let Urlacher paly QB.

 

[sholditch]

Suggested names for said competition:

The Biggest Loser

The Big Suck

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (bad enough to impersonate a quarterback)?

Two Men Enter...

add your own

 

[ericttspikes]

... aaaand the Special Olympics come to Chicago in 2008. Welcome to another season of Bears football.

It's their own fault for not drafting a QB - ANY QB.

I'm not sure how great I'd feel having John David Booty or Josh Johnson battling for the starting job either. The QB class blew this year and the Bears have never developed QB talent, so unless they get lucky and draft a franchise QB in the first round (0 fer 2 in recent history) they are better off trading for a veteran back-up like Houston did with Schaub.

 

[rzrback77]

... aaaand the Special Olympics come to Chicago in 2008. Welcome to another season of Bears football.

It's their own fault for not drafting a QB - ANY QB.

I'm not sure how great I'd feel having John David Booty or Josh Johnson battling for the starting job either. The QB class blew this year and the Bears have never developed QB talent, so unless they get lucky and draft a franchise QB in the first round (0 fer 2 in recent history) they are better off trading for a veteran back-up like Houston did with Schaub.

I think that Culpepper, Brooks, and Leftwich are all out there and would sign cheap. I know that group isn't much, but if you review the second teamers at QB around the NFL, there is just not much there. Houston has a decent third stringer, Quinn Gray, but most the of the NFL 2nd guys are not long term starter material. QBs are just hard to come by, the lower tier rookie QBs may be better options than you think, especially JJ.

 

[DoubleG]

Suggested names for said competition:The Biggest LoserThe Big SuckWho Wants to Be a Millionaire (bad enough to impersonate a quarterback)?Two Men Enter...add your own

Bad and Badder

 

[Englishteacher]

... aaaand the Special Olympics come to Chicago in 2008. Welcome to another season of Bears football.

It's their own fault for not drafting a QB - ANY QB.

I'm not sure how great I'd feel having John David Booty or Josh Johnson battling for the starting job either. The QB class blew this year and the Bears have never developed QB talent, so unless they get lucky and draft a franchise QB in the first round (0 fer 2 in recent history) they are better off trading for a veteran back-up like Houston did with Schaub.

I think that Culpepper, Brooks, and Leftwich are all out there and would sign cheap. I know that group isn't much, but if you review the second teamers at QB around the NFL, there is just not much there. Houston has a decent third stringer, Quinn Gray, but most the of the NFL 2nd guys are not long term starter material. QBs are just hard to come by, the lower tier rookie QBs may be better options than you think, especially JJ.

Yeah, why they made no effort to improve at the position is beyond me. This offense may be more brutal than Oakland's a few years back. Sign a FA, look into a trade, draft ANYBODY. You mean to tell me you make NO effort at all to improve at this position, the most important one on your football team? Maybe they think Devin Hester is going to have 25 return TD's this year. I'm not even a Bears' fan and this drives me crazy.

 

[Englishteacher]

Suggested names for said competition:The Biggest LoserThe Big SuckWho Wants to Be a Millionaire (bad enough to impersonate a quarterback)?Two Men Enter...add your own

Bad and Badder

The Black Hole (remake)

 

[Red Apples]

dumb and dumber

 

[flapgreen]

I'm so over this. It doesn't even bother me anymore

 

[boubucarow]

I'm so over this. It doesn't even bother me anymore

Exactly.

 

[rzrback77]

Maybe they'll make an offer to Miami for Simms if he proved to be recovered in the OTAs.