The Double-Edged Sword Of Being The Next Chicago Quarterback
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:16 pm
Just thinking about what future QB draft picks must be thinking when the thought of playing for the Chicago Bears comes up.
On one hand, if you succeed, you will be a god in this town. You can have anything you want. If you are that quarterback who can at least get us to the promised land for one year (a la McMahon), you will always have a paycheck here, long after the McCaskeys trade you.
On the other hand, if you fail, you will be torn apart mentally - if not physically. You will join the long list of QB failures and your only mention will be on Sunday or Monday Night football in five years when they are once again chronicling the Bears' QB woes... "who could forget Moreno, and Burris, and Grossman, and (your name here)? Oh wait, we already did".
It's an interesting situation for any incoming draft pick.
On one hand, if you succeed, you will be a god in this town. You can have anything you want. If you are that quarterback who can at least get us to the promised land for one year (a la McMahon), you will always have a paycheck here, long after the McCaskeys trade you.
On the other hand, if you fail, you will be torn apart mentally - if not physically. You will join the long list of QB failures and your only mention will be on Sunday or Monday Night football in five years when they are once again chronicling the Bears' QB woes... "who could forget Moreno, and Burris, and Grossman, and (your name here)? Oh wait, we already did".
It's an interesting situation for any incoming draft pick.