Thread: NFC North's Backup QB Decisions...............

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

No shit. Unfortunately our backups haven't been able to do either : run or throw.

Can we get one, who can at least do one of these 2 two things well ? Least that way there's something to work with. Sheesh.



( this is one of the biggest reasons JA is gone . It's ONLY the QB position. Duh. Emery better not make the same mistake.)

Angelo addressed the quarterback position, but not until it was far too late to do anything to save the Bears season. If we had had McCown all year, we might have beaten Oakland, Kansas City, and Denver...maybe Seattle too, for all we know.

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

I'll just put it this way. Usually the backup is a guy with limitations no : guys who can throw but don't have good wheels - or guys who can run but lack in the passing dept. If they somehow shore up LT then get a backup who is a passer. If they don't then the backup better be able to run.

He's not exactly a scrambler but Hill has some mobility. More than Kyle Orton at any rate. I wouldn't mind seeing Orton comeback but I don't see him wanting to go anywhere as a backup. If he stays with KC at least he has a chance of beating Cassell out.

Originally Posted by soulman

He's not exactly a scrambler but Hill has some mobility. More than Kyle Orton at any rate. I wouldn't mind seeing Orton comeback but I don't see him wanting to go anywhere as a backup. If he stays with KC at least he has a chance of beating Cassell out.

I don't see Orton beating out Matt Cassel. Cassel is a far more accurate passer than Orton. He'll be in a similar system in Kansas City as he was in with the Patriots since Romeo Crennel is the head coach.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

Angelo addressed the quarterback position, but not until it was far too late to do anything to save the Bears season. If we had had McCown all year, we might have beaten Oakland, Kansas City, and Denver...maybe Seattle too, for all we know.

He blew that position off ... either with scrap-heapers or guys who weren't quite ready ( Orton etc ) to lead the O. People point to Orton's record, but that was ALL about the D back then, not him.

Can we get a guy with genuine experience, who isn't too young or too old, who doesn't suck ...for once ?

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

He blew that position off ... either with scrap-heapers or guys who weren't quite ready ( Orton etc ) to lead the O. People point to Orton's record, but that was ALL about the D back then, not him.

Can we get a guy with genuine experience, who isn't too young or too old, who doesn't suck ...for once ?

You speak with great wisdom! I think that the best thing that we could do right now is to look seriously into signing Shaun Hill as our backup. He is going to be the best possible backup on the market when you consider that Matt Flynn is probably going to go to a team like the Miami Dolphins and become their starter (especially them since Joe Philbin, who was the Packers' OC, is the new head coach). Hill nearly kicked our asses twice in 2010 as soulman pointed out to me either last night or today, and what is taken away from the Lions helps us since it will hurt a division rival.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

You speak with great wisdom! I think that the best thing that we could do right now is to look seriously into signing Shaun Hill as our backup. He is going to be the best possible backup on the market when you consider that Matt Flynn is probably going to go to a team like the Miami Dolphins and become their starter (especially them since Joe Philbin, who was the Packers' OC, is the new head coach). Hill nearly kicked our asses twice in 2010 as soulman pointed out to me either last night or today, and what is taken away from the Lions helps us since it will hurt a division rival.

... but it ain't wisdom ( ain't got nuner that ) - but i do know a guy has to be able to do more than just hand off fwiw.

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

... but it ain't wisdom ( ain't got nuner that ) - but i do know a guy has to be able to do more than just hand off fwiw.

Flynn passed for 480 yards against the Lions on January 1st, dude! The man can throw the football!

Originally Posted by Dagan81

Flynn passed for 480 yards against the Lions on January 1st, dude! The man can throw the football!

He wasn't THAT good in college either. That's got to be the coaching ( hope the Bears finally GET this ).

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

He wasn't THAT good in college either. That's got to be the coaching ( hope the Bears finally GET this ).

When Matt Flynn was QB at LSU, he was basically a game manager. The offense that Tiger Head Coach Les Miles ran was primarily a power-set; that is, he ran a lot of plays out of the I-Formation and ran the ball down everybody's throats until he wore defenses down. Tennessee nearly beat LSU in the SEC Championship Game in 2007 because Flynn was not a dynamic enough QB to take advantage of our offense's inability to move the football consistently against that hellacious defense they had.