Chris Williams was drafted 14th overall by the Bears. They knew there were back issues, and as a matter of fact, many teams were scared off by these back issues. When the Bears took Williams, here's who was left on the board that could have helped them: Brandon Albert (yes, hurt now ... but he wasn't at the time and his injury happened in practice for KC ... the Bears draft him and a whole different set of circumstances enters the equation), Gosder Cherilus, Joe Flacco, Jeff Otah, Sam Baker, Felix Jones, Rashard Mendenhall, Chris Johnson ... okay, you get the point. Low and behold, Williams hasn't really done much but jog in practice thus far, and he had surgery tonight.
What an abomination. Things surely can't get worse, can they?
To respond, the Bears could sign former Bears right tackle Fred Miller off the scrap heap, a desperate move, and subsequently return John Tait to the left side.Oh, please God, no. I don't think I've ever seen a worse football player than the '07 version of Fred Miller in my thirty years on this Earth. That's not hyperbole. He's that bad. I actually tried to come up with a nickname like "the human penalty" or some creative spin on calling him a sieve or something the like. The problem is that nothing really does justice to how atrocious he is. When one of the worst O-Lines in football can't use you, something is wrong.
Quarterback race:
The Bears scored 20 points in a loss to the Chiefs tonight in their first pre-season game.
Rex Grossman had the better QB rating by virtue of his touchdown pass to little Garrett Wolfe. Kyle Orton was more efficient, completing seven of ten passes, though, shockingly, he only amassed 56 yards. He was as maddening as ever, in that even his completions don't seem like they help the team:
Orton made the same safe, accurate throws we have become accustomed to seeing from him and the familiar checkdowns when the deep routes were covered.Rex was his notorious Jekyll and Hyde self:
Grossman looked familiar, too, mixing in strong throws such as the 19-yard dart to Brandon Lloyd with enough shaky incompletions under pressure. He completed 4 of 8 for 44 yards for one touchdown and a passer rating of 106.2.I'm sorry, gimme the gunslinger who takes chances. You aren't going to consistently win games with a guy scared to throw the ball more than ten feet. I hope you noted the sarcasm above, because the Kyle Orton offense is the most predictable/annoying one I've ever seen. His go-to move is to check-down, hit a RB out of the backfield (shocking that Matt Forte had the most catches from Orton) for two yards, but not chance throwing it down field and exposing himself as the brutal QB he clearly is.
There was a smattering of boos from the crowd of 51,293 after Grossman fell on his backside backpedaling in the pocket that only grew louder the next play when he missed an open Marty Booker downfield.
At least Rex tries to force the issue. I'll take that any day.
UPDATE (3:12 p.m. EDT): Looks like November 2 is the target date for Williams' return. Big blow to the Bears offensive line.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-08-2008 @ 1:51AM
George B Vieto said...
I agree. A quarterback who is not afraid to throw the ball deep to rattle defenses than a quarterback who will throw the safe short routes to his running backs. Rex Grossman should be the starter over Kyle Orton.
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8-08-2008 @ 11:38AM
dave said...
bring in chad pennington
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8-08-2008 @ 2:10PM
Glen Casteel said...
Does it really make a difference who is our quarterback if we don't get a better offensive line? I don't believe that either quaterback is going to lead us to the promise land.
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8-08-2008 @ 2:17PM
#1bearsfan said...
Your article is pathetic & un-true! The statements about Williams having a bad back coming out of the draft is "RUMOR" only!!! & is not true.He was a 3 year starter who never missed a game or practice.To call a guy a bust before he even plays,makes you pathetic!! especially when a guy gets hurt & you call him a bust! That is pretty low.I have had a herniated disc before,NO WAY he came into bears camp with that as a pre existing problem,NO WAY.You could not walk right,run or pass your physical with this issue.So stop using a dead rumor that isnt even true to satisfy your need to bash Angelo!! This is just a unfortunate injury,all teams deal with it.Williams had no past of prior injuries.The rumor about teams thinking he had back issues are not true.Williams was healthy & projected as the 2nd best lineman coming out,that is the truth! You can slip a disc sleeping wrong,it doesnt take alot or mean you are weak! Urlacher slipped his neck disc sleeping on a plane! Rex is definitely in the lead right now for the starting job! Coming out of camp Orton has more fumbles & picks than Rex.Also Rex had a much better game than Orton.Orton,well,looks like a good back-up #2 Q.B.The O-Line did a pretty good job.Forte looked good in limited action.By the way another un-true statement,you said Rex just fell on his butt.Another un-true rumor,Rex was tripped up by his O-lineman falling back on him & tripping him. Some just go out of their way to try to make Rex look bad.If you dont like the guy fine.But dont resort to lying or fabricating things to try to make him look bad. GOD BLESS! GO BEARS! GOOD LUCK IN 2008!! YOUR TRUE FANS ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU!!!
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8-20-2008 @ 4:45PM
Nate said...
A) Stop capitalizing: NO WAY!
B) You are not the #1 Bears Fan, I am.
C) Reports have come out from other teams doctors saying that when the evaluated him before the draft saying that, "Something needed to be done" (with his back), or he would get hurt. So, he didn't have a herniated disk when he came into camp, but received one shortly into it for his lack of concern. Our doctor's fault, not Jerry Angelo.
D) You're right. True fans always support you. This is our team! Let's act like it.
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8-08-2008 @ 3:09PM
Matt Snyder said...
The part where "I" said Grossman fell down was quote from the Chicago Tribune article.
I didn't lie or fabricate anything. I like Rex.
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8-08-2008 @ 3:18PM
dave said...
Does it really matter? Rumors of the bad back were apparently correct, or someone out there is an incredible fortune teller. As for the QB race, Grossman will more than offset his occasional jump ball with a ton of turnovers, provided he can keep his fragile body in the game. Orton is a good backup who can manage a game but not necessarily win one. If the defense was back to 2005 form they could go 8-8, but with that injury ridden group 6-10 is about right. The Lions will compete with them for 3rd in the division, which is sad.
Signed,
Dave
Former Chicago resident who has watched this mismanaged, gutless team for 4 pitiful decades
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8-08-2008 @ 5:14PM
Mel said...
Hey, give me a break! Chris Williams was a great looking tackel and under Bobby Poss at Vandy, he wasn't even allowed to use curse words! I ranked him as a first round tackle; he has great hands and feet and can eat 10 hotdogs faster than Kobayashi or Joey Chestnuts and that's fast, people. Regardless, I am not going back on my comments about him. Now leave me alone, I have to go watch some tape and start over-hyping other injury-plagued goobers.
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