[CBFF] ESPN - Bears cut O'Sullivan

[Matt Langschwager]

That was Kittner, right?

Jan van der Laan <dutchjan_61nl at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Histpry repeats itself.
Just two years ago Da Bears had a QB in NFL Europe who led his team to the title.
He did get a small chance in camp but didn't make the cut.
Anyone remember his name (trivia question).
And some of you might remember me writing a nice piece about him on the Chicago Sports website.

Jan

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From: Phil DeNomme 

To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Sent: Sunday, 8 July, 2007 6:53:27 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] ESPN - Bears cut O'Sullivan


Guess the Bears didn't think so.  Frankly, I can care less.  It's not like
we're talking about a potential starter or even a backup.  O'Sullivan has
almost zero NFL experience.  Orton has 10 or so games of real NFL
experience.

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[mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of aaron s
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:23 PM
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Subject: Re: [CBFF] ESPN - Bears cut O'Sullivan

You'd have to think O'Sullivan would have more to offer than Leak or 
Orton, no?
Jerry Madsen wrote:
> Saturday, July 7, 2007
> Bears cut O'Sullivan, who led Galaxy to NFL Europa title game
> 
>
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> By Len Pasquarelli
> ESPN.com
> 
> Only a week after the NFL pulled the plug on its overseas
> developmental league, the Chicago Bears have terminated the contract
> of the veteran regarded as the top player in NFL Europa this spring,
> releasing much-traveled quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan.
> 
> The move came only three weeks before the defending NFC champions are
> scheduled to report to training camp, and reflected O'Sullivan's
> status as a long shot to win a roster spot. Chicago currently has four
> other quarterbacks -- starter Rex Grossman, veteran backups Brian
> Griese and Kyle Orton, and undrafted free agent Chris Leak, who led
> the University of Florida to a national title in 2006 -- on its depth
> chart.
> 
> Barring an unexpected move, that is the quarterback quartet with which
> the Bears will enter training camp.
> 
> When the Bears signed O'Sullivan to a two-year contract in January,
> they apparently told him that they would not bring him to camp if he
> didn't have a viable chance to make the team, and club officials kept
> that promise. Had the Bears taken O'Sullivan to camp, he would not
> have counted on their roster, since he was an exempt player because of
> his tour in NFL Europa.
> 
> It will be interesting now to see if O'Sullivan, who earned co-most
> valuable player honors in leading the Frankfurt Galaxy to the NFL
> Europa championship game this spring, finds work with another NFL team
> for camp.
> 
> O'Sullivan, 27, completed 160 of 235 passes for 1,997 yards, with 15
> touchdown passes and seven interceptions, and a league-best passer
> efficiency rating of 103.1 in leading Frankfurt to a 7-3 record this
> spring. While not blessed with an especially strong arm, O'Sullivan is
> very accurate, and is most effective in a West Coast-style offense.
> 
> A sixth-round pick of the Saints in the 2002 draft, O'Sullivan has
> spent time on rosters in New Orleans (2002-2003), Green Bay (2004),
> Minnesota (2005), New England (2006) and Carolina (2006). He has
> served as the No. 3 or "emergency" quarterback for teams in 55 games,
> but has appeared in just one regular-season contest in a mop-up role
> for the Packers in 2004. He did not record a pass attempt in that
> game.
> 
> The former Cal-Davis star has now been released four times and traded
once.
> 
> Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
> 
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