Orton agrees to one year extension....

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Orton agrees to one-year contract extension

 

By Larry Mayer

 

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears on Monday agreed to terms with quarterback Kyle Orton on a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season.

 

Orton is expected to compete for the starting job in training camp with Rex Grossman, who agreed to a one-year contract with the Bears on Saturday.

 

Seeing his first regular-season action in two years, Orton looked impressive while starting the final three games in 2007. The former Purdue star completed 43 of 80 passes for 478 yards with 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and a 73.9 passer rating.

[bradjock]

Good for the Bears. I'm skeptical if he'll ever be a quality starter, but he's at the very least a good #2.

 

Also good for Orton. When I first heard yesterday we might resign him, my initial thought was, "Why the hell wouldn't he want to try and get paid somewhere else." Then I saw he's only due to make $466,000 or something like that this season. Sure it's a ton of money to me, but these NFL guys have to worry about setting a ton of money aside for their future. I'd speculate he'll make over a million each of the next two years with the Bears.

 

Hell, lets hope he wins the QB job this year and next year at this time we're worried about him becoming a FA in 2010.

[Connorbear]

Good for the Bears. I'm skeptical if he'll ever be a quality starter, but he's at the very least a good #2.

 

Also good for Orton. When I first heard yesterday we might resign him, my initial thought was, "Why the hell wouldn't he want to try and get paid somewhere else." Then I saw he's only due to make $466,000 or something like that this season. Sure it's a ton of money to me, but these NFL guys have to worry about setting a ton of money aside for their future. I'd speculate he'll make over a million each of the next two years with the Bears.

 

Hell, lets hope he wins the QB job this year and next year at this time we're worried about him becoming a FA in 2010.

I would love to see this kid break thru and take over the starting job for the next 10 yrs. Hell, I'd love to see any Bear qb do that.

 

Peace

[Da Bears 88]

Alright, we're the 2009 SB champs with Orton back.

[madlithuanian]

Amen!

 

I would love to see this kid break thru and take over the starting job for the next 10 yrs. Hell, I'd love to see any Bear qb do that.

 

Peace

[jason]

Good for the Bears. I'm skeptical if he'll ever be a quality starter, but he's at the very least a good #2.

 

Also good for Orton. When I first heard yesterday we might resign him, my initial thought was, "Why the hell wouldn't he want to try and get paid somewhere else." Then I saw he's only due to make $466,000 or something like that this season. Sure it's a ton of money to me, but these NFL guys have to worry about setting a ton of money aside for their future. I'd speculate he'll make over a million each of the next two years with the Bears.

 

Hell, lets hope he wins the QB job this year and next year at this time we're worried about him becoming a FA in 2010.

 

I'm not really calling you out, but I find it ridiculous, and borderline obscene that half a million dollars isn't enough to alleviate their "worry about setting aside a ton of money for the future". That's over ten years worth of salary for most of the US, who will still have to work many, many years to even get to keep anything near that amount. Orton and his 466K, meanwhile, can buy everything he needs right now, and just sit on the rest and let it gain interest, and with the help of a smart/shifty accountant, he'll easily double his money before ten years is done.

 

Nobody should ever feel bad about the money these guys make, nor should anyone feel bad about their future. They are playing a game for way more money than 99.9% of people in the US make, and they know the stipulations when they get into it.

 

Give me half a million in one year and see if I don't turn it into a pile of money. It's a lot easier to make more money if you already have a lot.

[bradjock]

I'm not really calling you out, but I find it ridiculous, and borderline obscene that half a million dollars isn't enough to alleviate their "worry about setting aside a ton of money for the future". That's over ten years worth of salary for most of the US, who will still have to work many, many years to even get to keep anything near that amount. Orton and his 466K, meanwhile, can buy everything he needs right now, and just sit on the rest and let it gain interest, and with the help of a smart/shifty accountant, he'll easily double his money before ten years is done.

 

Nobody should ever feel bad about the money these guys make, nor should anyone feel bad about their future. They are playing a game for way more money than 99.9% of people in the US make, and they know the stipulations when they get into it.

 

Give me half a million in one year and see if I don't turn it into a pile of money. It's a lot easier to make more money if you already have a lot.

 

Call me out damnit!!! This new site has been too damn quiet! (You are the Jason who was formerly from Tennessee who moved too . . . I forget where.)

 

I generally don't bitch about how much NFL players get paid. Only when it comes to the cap & how it hurts the team. If you can get paid, do it. But you do have to appreciate the fact that NFL guys make the majority of their money in the early part of the years, and the rest of their lives for most of these guys is basically downhill. Jason, you mention you could turn that money into a fortune now, but could you have done that when you were Orton's age (25)? Christ almighty, I'd have pissed that away on strippers & Hot Pockets faster than anything when I was his age.

 

As for Orton getting paid, I just appreciate guys who appreciate the chance to make more money. They don't bitch & piss and moan about how unfairly they are being treated and how they never want to play for Chicago again. (Unlike Lance Briggs). They don't collect a ton of dough & say they have to worry about their future (Cedric). I feel like he'll try his best & do his best. If it works out for him, it works out for the Bears.

 

On a side note, wouldn't it suck to have to find a new career after leaving the NFL??? Although used car salesmen are always in demand. That's why this money is so damn important.

[jason]

Call me out damnit!!! This new site has been too damn quiet! (You are the Jason who was formerly from Tennessee who moved too . . . I forget where.)

 

I generally don't bitch about how much NFL players get paid. Only when it comes to the cap & how it hurts the team. If you can get paid, do it. But you do have to appreciate the fact that NFL guys make the majority of their money in the early part of the years, and the rest of their lives for most of these guys is basically downhill. Jason, you mention you could turn that money into a fortune now, but could you have done that when you were Orton's age (25)? Christ almighty, I'd have pissed that away on strippers & Hot Pockets faster than anything when I was his age.

 

As for Orton getting paid, I just appreciate guys who appreciate the chance to make more money. They don't bitch & piss and moan about how unfairly they are being treated and how they never want to play for Chicago again. (Unlike Lance Briggs). They don't collect a ton of dough & say they have to worry about their future (Cedric). I feel like he'll try his best & do his best. If it works out for him, it works out for the Bears.

 

On a side note, wouldn't it suck to have to find a new career after leaving the NFL??? Although used car salesmen are always in demand. That's why this money is so damn important.

 

Yes, same Jason, but more apathetic. I didn't want to call you out on the new site because I didn't want to hear anyone cry and whine about their sensitive feelings or some other such nonsense.

 

As for the $$, at 25 I would still have made a fortune with that kind of cash. And any halfway intelligent NFL player will get an accountant and do the same. Hell, I'd be surprised if it's not included in the price/package for their agents. And I don't think finding a new job would be too difficult. There's always some former buddy, college friend, college coach, or person seeking notoriety for their company, who would hire a former NFLer with the quickness.