Orton Beats Grossman

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The Chicago Bears have put to rest any quarterback controversy that might’ve existed for them by naming Kyle Orton the starter for 2008. The Bears say the decision was made based on Orton’s performance going back to last year, but come on - it was mostly about the way Grossman played in the team’s preseason game this past weekend against Seattle . He got the start and was ... [link]

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Around the NFC North: August 19, 2008
Published 8/19/2008 by DJ at LombardiAve.com | A Blog For Green Bay Packers Fans
...   The Packers are 0-2 in the preseason, and hopefully the other teams aren’t doing much better. Chicago Bears - The Bears named Kyle Orton the starting quarterback over everyone’s favorite Rex Grossman.  This is not good for the Packers, as Bears-quarterbacks-not-named-Rex Grossman (aka Orton and Brian Griese) swept the Packers last year.  The Viking Age also puts forth some other scenarios that could come out of this. - The age of some of the Bears ...

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Level Off From Your Day Job

After months of keeping the football world in suspense, the Chicago Bears announced yesterday that Kyle Orton will be their starting quarterback (Grossman supporters, eat a dong). There are more reasons than we can count that you’d want Kyle Orton ...
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