Defense Struggle Could Pay for Orton

The Chicago Bears defense may want to be watching their pocketbooks. Many of the defensive stars wrangled big raises during the offseason and general manager Jerry Angelo has been very clear that the expectation behind those raises has not been met. He said, “Obviously, we have experience and we pay players on that side of the ball. We expect our defense to play very well. Is that going to happen each and every week? No, it’s not. You’ve got to give the other guy a little credit, too. You’re not always going to have your ‘A’ game, [but] I feel we’ve been inconsistent in clutch moments of games.”

Some of the players he is talking about are Brian Urlacher, Tommie Harris, Alex Brown, Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher, who have all gotten contract extensions or raises in the offseason but who have failed to put up big stats so far this season. The trip-ups of the defense could leave an opening for some of the offensive players to be rewarded this offseason, like quarterback Kyle Orton. Although he did not have a good game last week against the Green Bay Packers, he has been a consistent force for the Bears so far this season. Get your Chicago Bears tickets at StubHub.com.

Posted in General on November 19, 2008

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