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July 9th, 2009
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 Kyle Orton: Hope? Fully? Kyle Orton: Hope? Fully? Few people remember how good Orton was over his first seven starts last season. He was efficient and in games three through seven threw for at least 199 yards every outing. The Bears lost by three points at Carolina (the second best team in the NFC last year), lost in overtime to Tampa Bay (the Buccaneers scored 10 points in the final 3:11, including a touchdown with seven seconds left, to tie) and lost on a last-second field goal at Atlanta after a heinous decision to squib kick after Orton completed what should have been the game-winning touchdown with 11 seconds left. The Bears were 4-3 with three excruciating losses to good teams, and Orton was a big reason for their success. Remember the great start Jay Cutler had last year? Compare Orton and Cutler through seven games. Denver and Chicago had a bye in Week 8: A lot of people don’t remember Orton performing at that level, including me. One game I recall was his three touchdown game against the Eagles where he duped former safety Brian Dawkins with some clever eye movement. The reason why the first seven games is measured is because Orton injured his ankle after the seventh game. However, Frank Schwab pulled together some interesting statistics that can provide Denver fans hope, hopefully. Kyle Orton, 2008 through seven games 1,669 yards 10 touchdowns 4 interceptions (5 games without an interception) 143 completions 230 attempts 62.2 completion percentage 7.26 per attempt 4-3 team record Jay Cutler, 2008 through seven games 1,862 yards 13 touchdowns 7 interceptions (2 games without an interception) 163 completions 254 attempts 64.2 completion percentage 7.33 per attempt 4-3 team record Cutler and Orton statistically are the same, but statistics can be easily skewed. Jay Cutler had a superior receivers and offensive line but a terrible defense. Kyle Orton had nearly the opposite. The Bears had a great run defense finishing 5th in the league however they had a atrocious pass defense ranking 30th in the NFL. A better measurement of a defense in my opinion is points allowed during the season and points allowed per game. Chicago was merely average ranking 16th in both categories. The bottom line? Chicago’s defense wasn’t consistent enough as they used to be. Therefore Orton wasn’t carried by the defense as much as critics would think. (I would say Orton was carried by Matt Forte more than anything else.) All of this is just wishful thinking. Can Orton translate his early success with a better offensive line, receivers, and coaching staff? Hopefully, but it’s just hope. Will the team be better minus one Jay Cutler and plus a Kyle Orton, Robert Ayers, and Alphonso Smith? I really hope so. 
__________________ http://www.orangemane.com/ Perhaps the lowest day in Chiefs' history came on January 2, 1983, when they drew 11,902 fans to a season ending 37-13 win over the New York Jets. On that same day, the now defunct Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League attracted 15,000 to their game at Kemper Arena.      |
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