Remember that one time when we laughed and mocked Kyle Orton as he showed a trickle of blood on his right index finger to a not-so-worried Broncos staff? Well, about that: It appears to have been an open dislocation of the right knuckle that had to be popped back into place on the sideline, causing Orton so much distress, “teammates could hear Orton scream in pain before he was escorted to the locker room.” Whoops, our bad.

Don’t look now, but Mr. Cutler just totally pwned Bronco fans last week and took backhanded swipes at their devotion to their team. During a radio interview last week Cutler described Denver fans as a “6″ and Bears fans as a “9″ (69 dudes!!!) when talking about the voracity of the different fanbases.

I have to disagree with Cutler on this one. I mean, when your fans lustily boo the guy traded to your team and thrown in to replace Jay–through no fault of his own–that shows something right? “Hey Orton, you suck and I hate you for being traded here after our new coach destroyed anything left of a competitive NFL team. DIE!” (more…)

The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend.

Yeah, because none of us saw this coming. Orton was booed heavily and repeatedly on Thursday night during a Broncos structured scrimmage at Invesco Field. A crowd of over 13,000 Broncos fans first weren’t too pleased to watch Orton throw an interception to Andre’ Goodman, so you can only imagine how pissy they became once he threw a second pick to Goodman that was returned for a touchdown.

“Orton also was jeered when he threw behind receiver Chad Jackson, again when he missed a wide-open Jabar Gaffney in the end zone and also when he floated a pass down the middle that Champ Bailey busted up.

‘Fans can cheer. They can boo,’ Orton said. ‘We’ve got good fans, and they’re passionate about their football, that’s for sure.’” (more…)

The inexplicable mystique of the tousled neckbeard might have just suffered a huge blow, considering Kyle Orton has won the starting job without it.

Orton beat out Chris Simms, but more importantly, now has the future of Josh McDaniels resting primarily in his hands.

But, no pressure. None. At. All.

Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye, and seeing Kyle Orton sport Denver Broncos gear is, at first glance… awkward.

I imagine it to be the same feeling someone might get after running into their ex-girlfriend at a Jamba Juice. So what that you’ve upgraded and now have a much prettier, full-cupped knockout attached to your right arm; it’s still weird bumping into your cute, amiable ex-girlfriend–and she could party–giving her loyalty to some other dude worse off than you.

Yeah, so that’s what it’s like. I’ll never get over you, Kyle. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Forget for a minute about sizing up his football skill, how well he’ll fit into Josh McDaniel’s offensive scheme, or the fact that he apparently made the Jay Cutler trade. Kyle Orton is the man, and it has nothing to do with football. (more…)

When Sage Rosenfels was traded to the Vikings last month, the most obvious reaction was of his likely anointment as the Vikes’ new starting quarterback.

However, if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find the bigger story is that the trade has set the stage for a two times-a-year, head-to-head quarterback battle royale between two Iowans who know how to party.

You see, Rosenfel’s new team is in the same division as the Chicago Bears, who are frustratingly destined to be led off and on by Kyle Orton for the next two seasons.

They both wear No. 18, Orton hails from Altoona, Iowa, and Sage from Maquoketa, but the only thing I care about is if Sage will do any better to meet the Orton par-tay standard than the picture to the left. (more…)

The Bears (5-4) head up to Lambeau Field to take on QB Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (4-5) in this year’s first installment of the best rivalry in football. A Bears win guarantees they’ll keep, at least, a share of the division lead.

Nathan Vasher could lose playing time in favor of Corey Graham. (Yahoo!)

I guess there is a place for philosophical talk in football. (Green Bay Gazette) (more…)

Probable. Could play. Expected. And even expected to be probable.

The speculatory words used to describe Orton’s playing status tomorrow versus Green Bay shouldn’t inspire much confidence that the scruffy signal caller will actually take the field.

Orton is recovering from an ankle injury suffered two weeks ago, originally believed to be a high-ankle sprain. When it looked as if he’d be sidelined for at least a month, Orton didn’t think he’d miss one game. Well, he did, and such is the conflict between optimism and reality. Here’s to his return tomorrow belonging to the latter.

Of course, it’s ridiculous. Right? RIGHT?!

As soon as Rex Grossman’s fourth down pass to Devin Hester fell incomplete, putting an end to any hope of a Bears comeback versus Tennessee, you had to know this would be coming.  

I mean, it’s no secret that when the starting quarterback is struggling, the back-up QB is the most popular man in town. Nobody knows this better than Bears fans. And when the starting QB is hurt and it’s the back-up that is struggling, well then, all of a sudden Caleb Hanie looks quite studly. (more…)

Number eight was his normal, inconsistent self and the Bears pass rush was stifled by an effective Titans offensive line as Tennessee held off a late Bears rally in rout to a 21-14 win.

Despite holding key offensive weapons, Chris Johnson and LenDale White, to just 22 combined rushing yards, the Titans found ways to beat the Bears defense through the air. Often, it was Kerry Collins finding TE Bo Scaife in critical situations, including the 10-yard gain that put the game away. (more…)

If you’re one of the 50 or so Sexy Rexy fans left, you’ll be thrilled to learn that the infamously inconsistent quarterback is starting the second half of today’s game.

Kyle Orton has been taken to the locker room after injuring his lower leg attempting to dive for a first down. The injury occured with less than one minute remaining in the first half. As Orton dove, Lions defensive end DeWayne White fell on top of him and Orton’s cleat appeared to get awkwardly caught on White’s kneepad.

Orton’s listed as questionable to return. Grossman, on the other hand, has already overthrown Devin Hester and tossed up another wobbly overthrow on third down. Fans are literally shaking their heads and the boo birds are in full force. More to come.