Monday, August 18, 2008

At the sports desk: NFL updates

The Chicago Bears have decided: Kyle Orton will be their starting QB.
Rex Grossman to be the backup. I don't completely blame Bears brass--I watched Grossman's performance vs Seattle a couple of days ago, and he didn't look good. But all this shows is that the Bears at the QB position still have issues; because Orton, in that same game, didn't look much better. Look for the Bears to lack explosiveness (to say the least!) in the passing game again this season.

And everyone's talking about Peyton Manning's knee, and will he be ready for week 1.
But note that Tom Brady has a bit of a leg injury too, and it's unclear if he'll play in this week's pre-season game (he has yet to play in a pre-season game).
Hmmm....