[CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com

[Victor Waldron]

On Jan 2, 2008 10:12 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Victor Waldron
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:44 AM
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com
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> > > There is no free agent out there better than Griese, and Griese
> > sucks.
> >
> > Perfectly put into perspective.
>
> Not really.  Guys are found all the time.  Who had heard of Derek Anderson
> before this year?  Maybe you guys had but I hadn't and I follow the league
> as closely as most.  There are backups that come out of nowhere almost every
> year.
>
> All you have to do is take a chance on someone.  The risk isn't all that
> great.

Yeah, but who?  The Derek Anderson argument doesn't hold water if you
believe the Bears still have the talent to be one of the top teams in
the NFC. If you believe that, do you really want to roll the dice? The
difference is that Cleveland wasn't expected to be a contender and
needed a place holder for Quinn.  They got lucky and it's a great
story, but with all the lamenting that has been done about the QB
position being the weak link you want to just take a leap of faith?

Orton could be the next Derek Anderson, he's show enough in three
games after sitting on the bench for two years for me to be
comfortable with him going into training camp. We need to use our
resources to improve in other areas.

V