[CBFF] Rumors

[Jason Cetina]

I was trying to remember what Orton's arm was like. Good to know. I'm not
sure he's that soft in the head. He played in a good offense at Purdue for
**** sake. I think he got drafted low because of injury and struggles from
working under center instead of out of the shotgun. He's probably more a
victim of his draft position than his abilities. I know the NFL guys all say
its what you do on the field that matters, but that's not always true. There
have been some good QBs buried on the depth chart because of they weren't
drafted #1 (Brady, Romo, Warner), and only got elevated due to injury or
ineptitude of the guy in front of them (interesting on the cases of
Brady/Romo that the guy was Bledsoe). I don't think anybody on the New
England/Dallas/Rams coaching staffs woke up one morning and said "these guys
have amazing talents - lets get them on the field".

Also, Orton shaved his neck beard, which means he should start.

On 11/8/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And here's a bucket of cold water: it could very well be that the
> Bears have, at best, very average quarterbacks that will on occasion,
> have very good games.
>
> Kyle has a bazooka for an arm (that's Dez Clark's description, not
> mine) but I think he's soft in the head.
>
> Same for Rex accept he's shorter and willing to gun-sling at times.
>
> Griese is a much smarter and savvy player but he's lacks good sense at
> times, and the ball takes a longtime to get where it's going.
>
> Just draft a QB who is worthy of a first round pick and hope for the best.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2007 11:39 AM, Ryan Dietzenbach <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > What has Orton proved, outside of being a bad QB a few years ago?
> >
> > RD
>
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