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Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 1:06 am
by SportsWorld
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3678734The "good Rex, bad Rex" debate returns to Chicago.
Bears quarterback Kyle Orton was taken from the field on a cart late in the second quarter Sunday, and a source told ESPN's Michael Smith that a high ankle sprain will sideline him at least a month.
Rex Grossman started the second half for Chicago and led the Bears to a 27-23 come-from-behind win over the Detroit Lions.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 1:21 am
by Posey H8er
The good news is Kyle will be back later this year. The bad news is we have to play Tennessee next week and Green Bay the following week. Hopefully Kyle recovers quickly.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 2:18 am
by NLK
I'm hoping Kyle recovers quicker than what their prognosis is so far. We'll need some smart QB play vs. these next 4 games. These 4 games decide whether the BEARS make the playoffs or not. If they can go 2-2, We'll be in pretty good shape, as the last 4 of the games look very winnable.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 2:45 am
by Chewie
I think I'm going to be sick.
It will be interesting to see if Forte is up to the challenge as I sincerely doubt Grossman is going to have the freedom Orton did. He's simply not as good a decision maker.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:39 am
by WEFFPIM
High ankle sprains = death
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 4:55 am
by The Sheik
This season has been so sh^++y because we keep shifting back in forth from a playoff team to a tank for a draft pick team. We are all finally content and believe in the playoffs then we find out Orton is gonna miss the toughest part of our schedule. Lets hope Rex can take care of business.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:58 am
by emperorjones
This is obviously Chewie's doing
but.....
I would be more worried if we didn't have Forte.
Now our game plan will be
1. Establish the run
2. Run the ball
3. Play-action to Hester deep twice a game (Rex is addicted to the deep ball).
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:16 pm
by CBS7
We need to go 5-3 to get to the playoffs, IMO.
This will be tough. Our defense HAS to step it up. And Grossman... please, oh please don't suck.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:34 pm
by Chewie
I personally blame the lack of a Jennifer Love-Hewitt pic on the game thread for Orton's injury.
You're clearly going to lose the Aaron Gray sig bet, emperor, but you've got a shot at the bigger avatar bet. You need 5 more wins with this schedule (and keep in mind Sexy Rexy will be your QB for at least the first 4) :
TEN
@GB
@STL
@MIN
JAX
NO
GB
@HOU
Could come down to the wire.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 4:17 pm
by Howling Mad
Chewie wrote:I personally blame the lack of a Jennifer Love-Hewitt pic on the game thread for Orton's injury.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 5:02 pm
by CBS7
Looking at that schedule, we might be in better shape then I thought..
Green Bay can be run on.. St. Louis can be run on and generally sucks on D, hopefully the Vikings will be without the Williams bros so they can be run on...
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 5:21 pm
by Chewie
CBS7 wrote:Looking at that schedule, we might be in better shape then I thought..
Green Bay can be run on.. St. Louis can be run on and generally sucks on D, hopefully the Vikings will be without the Williams bros so they can be run on...
And I'll bet every team on that schedule is saying "Hey, we get the Grossman Bears! There's a win!"
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:24 pm
by dougthonus
What is your bet? Bears Wins + Gray Starts has to be < 10? I'd say there's a pretty good chance that Gray gets a couple starts sometime this year just with VDN tinkering around for no reason or someone getting hurt. I mean Thabo Sefolosha is starting now and he's horrible.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:59 pm
by Chewie
The avatar bet is emperor says the Bears will win at least 10 games this year.
The sig bet is emperor believes Aaron Gray will be the Bulls' starting center by 12/31/08. We're talking regular starting center here, Doug. No spot starts! I was clear on this!
As much as I love the Bears, I really, really don't want to lose the avatar bet as I've seen what emperor has been looking at and it's not pretty.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 7:15 pm
by WEFFPIM
WEFFPIM wrote:High ankle sprains = death
And Michael Redd goes down with one, too. Oye, me and the teams I'm a fan of. When they win, they break.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 8:19 pm
by emperorjones
Chewie wrote:As much as I love the Bears, I really, really don't want to lose the avatar bet as I've seen what emperor has been looking at and it's not pretty.
It certainly is not.
I see the Bears splitting with the Packers, and beating the Vikings without their 2 stud tackles. After that I think we get a win against St Louis.
The end of the season we will be playing for a playoff spot so I say we beat the Texans.
So in my book we need a one more win in games between the Jaguars, Saints & Titans. I think we get at least two wins out of that group with the two warm weather teams (Saints & Jaguars) visiting Chicago in December. And, I for one think the Titans are waaaay overrated.
They have only played one team with a winning record, their opponents total record is 25-41 and played 5 of their 1st 8 games at home.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:50 pm
by NZB2323
Not sure how reliable this is, but some guy named Stephen posted this on Chicagotribune.com:
He'll be back for the Packer game in 2 weeks.
I have a reliable source that told me Kyle was a little swollen this morning, but was able to jog and perform a 5 step drop with minimal discomfort.
They'll let him rest this week, and he should be close to 100% next week.http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribu ... h-wai.htmlI think that we have a chance to beat the Titans just because their offense is so reliant on the run and our run defense is good.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:55 pm
by emperorjones
NZB2323 wrote:Not sure how reliable this is, but some guy named Stephen posted this on Chicagotribune.com:
[i]
He'll be back for the Packer game in 2 weeks.
I have a reliable source that told me Kyle was a little swollen this morning, but was able to jog and perform a 5 step drop with minimal discomfort.
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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Orton jog and perform a 5 step drop with minimal discomfort. I guess it's not too serious.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 10:17 pm
by NZB2323
emperorjones wrote:NZB2323 wrote:Not sure how reliable this is, but some guy named Stephen posted this on Chicagotribune.com:
[i]
He'll be back for the Packer game in 2 weeks.
I have a reliable source that told me Kyle was a little swollen this morning, but was able to jog and perform a 5 step drop with minimal discomfort.
.
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Orton jog and perform a 5 step drop with minimal discomfort. I guess it's not too serious.
Well, InsideInfo gives reliable information about the Bulls...there's a possibility that this guy is like InsideInfo.
Re: Orton out a month
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 10:31 pm
by emperorjones
I wouldn't be surprised. If Orton can come back against the Packers, its to the bears advantage to keep quiet as long as possible and make the Packers game plan for both Rex & Kyle.