In Orton I trust...but what about these other bums?

By: Harvey

I honestly can't understand why people continue to think it matters who plays quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Orton was the right pick, for the record, but it doesn't mean he has any better chance at succeeding than any other quarterback in the entire league would in this particular arrangement.

Look at this team. No proven running backs. Nobody outside of Greg Olson to catch passes. Offensive line like a sieve. Aging, injury-prone defense that should still be good, but may have seen its best days and won't create the kind of optimum field position it takes to win without any offensive weapons.

Why can't anybody understand? It wouldn't matter if Peyton Manning and Tom Brady combined their seed into some sort of radioactive Super-Sperm, used it to fertilize the eggs of Mia Hamm, Venus Williams, Candace Parker, Lolo Jones and Brett Favre to raise each one as a quarterback and then pick whichever one turns out the best. That quarterback still wouldn't win more than eight games with this team around him.

Most people get too wound up about flippin' quarterbacks. Of course, most people are idiots. Coincidence? I think not.