Bears commit to Kyle Orton, so no Cassel?
 

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Pretty emphatic.

Hard to see them as Cassel bidders after this.

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Bears, welcome to mediocrity!

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I don't expect Cassel to go there but Lovie has been saying this all offseason while the GM is the one seemingly not as locked in on Orton.

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Lovie has a track record of being very loyall to his qb

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did the "so no cassel" part really needed to be added to the thread title? i think that here we all understand the meaning of "bears commit to orton" pretty sufficiently, lmao



as for the actual content, orton didnt do bad last season, but he didnt to amazing either....hes more of an above avg game manager (or he was last season, this season he may be the derek anderson)....no team will come out right now and say they want cassel.....but well see

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No need to welcome them. They've been there for quite some time. Probably the worst "Super Bowl team" I've ever seen. That team lived by defense and special teams and died by their offense. Looks like that trend will continue.

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I think the Bears were always a long shot. They seem committed to mediocrity at the QB position. It could be just posturing, but I suspect they actually are willing to go with Orton given how long it took them to give up on Rex Grossman.

It's just amazing to me how stupid teams are acting. QB remains the most important position in the NFL. TB and the Jets collapsed and missed the playoffs, with poor QB play contributing. Minnesota would have been poised to go far in the playoffs with solid QB play. Chicago would likely have made the playoffs as well. In contrast, the Pats finished the regular season 4-0 behind stellar QB play from Cassel and finished with a better record than any of those teams, only missing the playoffs on a tiebreaking quirk. It's hard to envision Cassel allowing the losses to Oakland and Houston that put TB and Chicago out of the playoffs, or a 5-interception meltdown like Delhomme had against Arizona. San Francisco could actually be a contender in the weak NFC west with a QB like Cassel.

Arizona is reportedly willing to offer Kurt Warner more than $10M a year. Warner played well last year but he will be 38 in June, and it's not clear how much longer he can hold up for an entire season. Cassel is 26 and is likely to get better.

I think there's probably a lot of posturing going on right now, but the level of stupidity is somewhat staggering.

Re: Bears commit to Kyle Orton, so no Cassel?
 

Never thought they were a serious possibility anyway. You can't just look at any team that doesn't have a Pro Bowl QB and think they're interested.

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I don't watch the moderators' habits closely enough to be sure, so I thought it couldn't hurt.

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I don't buy any postering right now. If the Bears are in the Cassel sweepstakes, they need to let people know that they are happy with their QB situation. It helps their bargaining power.

I didn't think the Bears would be a major player, but Jerry Angelo and Belichick are friends so who knows if they can get a deal done.