Jerry Angelo Is My New Favorite Person » Brats & Beer

February 27, 2008
posted under: effin Bears, Kyle Orton, Rex Grossman

For once the Bears have done something that makes me happy. Very happy, in fact. A couple days ago Chicago signed Rex Grossman to a one-year deal and then followed up by re-signing Kyle Orton. Jerry Angelo is one great general manager, maybe the best ever. You’re doing a bang up job Jerry, don’t go changing.

Actually when you think about it, the Bears didn’t really have a whole lot of choices available. Certainly they will be gunning for a new QB in the draft (or at least they should be), but what if those plans fall through, or what if their newly anointed quarterback of the future fails to come through? Grossman and Orton are far from being the best in the business, but they are serviceable enough in case the draft fails to produce a starting QB.

So to disagree with the esteemed packergeeks, I would be thrilled at this news if I were a Bears fan. At least Angelo didn’t hamstring the organization by blowing a bunch of long-term money on someone like Byron Leftwich or Josh McCown. Though come to think of it, maybe that would have been better.