Kyle Orton
Kyle Orton
Kyle Raymond Ortonis a former American football quarterback. He played college football for Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. After an injury to Bears starter Rex Grossman, Orton was pressed into service as the starting quarterback during his rookie year, starting the first 14 games of the 2005 season, but was replaced by Grossman for the playoffs that year. Orton did not...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth14 November 1982
CityAltoona, IA
I played like crap, ... I had a chance to make plays and didn't do it. The result of that is us losing the game. I didn't make good decisions. You can't play like that, turn the ball over five times, and expect to win. I'm not gonna put this on me being young.
If you stay out of third-and-longs, they can't do a whole lot. So hopefully we can win first down and win second down and keep ourselves to manageable third downs.
I don't know. I just know we're where we should be, and that's first place. That's where the Chicago Bears should be.
I didn't play well. I didn't make good decisions. You can't play like that and turn the ball over five times and expect to win a game.
He's a hard-nosed guy. For him to play hurt, that's great.
Whenever anybody blitzes, ... there are certainly chances to make plays, whether it be down the field or hitting the crease or whatever, and I think I can see it.
We're resilient. We don't let a lot of things bother us. There's a lot going on and people making too much of what it is. We have a lot of football to go. I think we're just hitting our stride and really can get on a roll here.
But I've got an excuse, ... Well, actually two. I'm a rookie, and I play for the Bears.
Those drives are just demoralizing for a defense,
I thought we did a real good job playing the field position battle. We're still in the lead in the division and now we're going to Detroit.
It got really loud, and they started showing us some different looks, ... We were just trying to call some stuff out there for the line to get the protection right.
I think I played real solid, ... Maybe only two passes I'd like to have back. And that's pretty good when you're playing a full football game. I made good decisions. I thought I got the ball out of my hands quick and really knew the situations I was in.
Win or lose, we're still going to have to get better and go from there, ... It's not a make-or-break game in our season, by any means, but obviously our goal is to start 1-0 and if we do, great. If we don't, then obviously we've got to get back to work.
We came unglued a little bit, ... I tried to call some stuff out at the line and get the situation right.