Around the NFL - 2009

[General_Failure]

First one to the playoffs wins?

[BigEd76]

5 picks in the first 3 rounds and an extra #1 next year, but now their QBs are Orton and Chris Simms.  Maybe they'll sign 2 or 3 more unless they think Sanchez will fall to them...

[reese125]

Bears acquired Orlando Pace as well

[Rome]

2 #1's and a #3 for Cutler?

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Orton!

[General_Failure]

So, which games does Cutler get his season-ending injury in?

[Rome]

Training Camp Fodder.

[BigEd76]

The Bears now have 4 players from that powerhouse Vanderbilt

[SD_Eagle5]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4037565

Tackle Pace agrees with BearsComment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services

On the same day the Chicago Bears added a new quarterback, they got someone to protect him.

The Bears have agreed to a three-year deal, $15 million deal with free agent Orlando Pace, a source told ESPN.com's John Clayton. His first-year payout, according to the source, is $6.1 million.

ESPN's Michael Smith first reported the signing.

Moments after acquiring quarterback Jay Cutler from the Denver Broncos, the Bears reached an agreement to sign former Rams left tackle Pace.

Pace will reunite with Lovie Smith, who was the defensive coordinator for the Rams when Pace was considered one of the best left tackles in football.

Released by the Rams three weeks ago in a move to clear $6 million in cap room, the 33-year-old Pace joins a team that suddenly has a different look on offense after going 9-7 and missing the playoffs for the second straight year. The Bears have a Pro Bowl quarterback they craved in Cutler, to go with promising young players such as tight end Greg Olsen and running back Matt Forte.

The top pick in the 1997 draft, the 6-foot-7 Pace started 154 of 158 games for the Rams while helping them win one Super Bowl and reach another. He blocked for three straight MVPs -- quarterback Kurt Warner in 1999 and 2001 and running back Marshall Faulk in 2000 -- but had been hit hard by injuries in recent seasons.

Pace had an offer from the Philadelphia Eagles, but he decided to sign with the Bears on the day Cutler was acquired in a trade from the Broncos.

[ice grillin you]

orton is not horrible....bears won the deal because they got a top flight qb but a good trade for both teams

because for all intents and purposes cutler is the bears #1 pick this year....really the trade was

orton
#1 next year
#3

for

cutler
#5

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

CHEAP FO!!

[PhillyPhreak54]

So igy will be rockin' a #6 Neck Meat Bears butta joint?

[reese125]

so Orton played very well last year with Hester, Lloyd and Olsen....now he gets Marshall, Royal and Scheffler

yeah I would say Orton and the Broncos did just fine on this deal

[QB Eagles]

because for all intents and purposes cutler is the bears #1 pick this year....really the trade was

orton
#1 next year
#3

for

cutler
#5

If you're going to look at it like Cutler was the Bears #1 pick this year (which really makes no sense to me), then really the trade was

orton
#1 next year
#3

for

#5

With Cutler for this year's #1 being a separate event.

[Father Demon]

Wasn't this guy like a big deal a little while ago??

Boller:  http://tiny.pl/zhcq

Rams sign him as #2....