Maybe not five, even though I could see it happening. The Bears are not very smart with personal descions. Look at the Jones release and not picking up a good QB in the draft in how long? Shortest contract I see him getting is 3 years. JMO.
You make a good point, but I don't see the Bears investing anything into Orton long term. Think about it, the Bears hold all the cards. There is no demand for Orton around the NFL. If I were the bears I would go after Matt Cassel with everything I had. Look at his numbers after 15 games. Keep in mind that the pats have one of the HIGHEST sack totals in the NFL, so the line is not covering up for him this year. Yes Cassel has Moss and Welker, but Ryan has guys like Roddy White and Mike Turner (plus their line has played better). I truly believe this kid is going to be a very good NFL QB regardless of where he plays. I think he is just as good as Ryan.
1 Drew Brees NO QB 383 586 65.4 39.1 4,683 8.0 312.2 30 16 214 36.5 84T 59 16 11 95.5
2 Kurt Warner ARI QB 382 568 67.3 37.9 4,320 7.6 288.0 26 13 208 36.6 79T 47 11 25 95.5
3 Jay Cutler DEN QB 351 567 61.9 37.8 4,210 7.4 280.7 24 16 202 35.6 93T 54 7 11 87.0
4 Peyton Manning IND QB 364 548 66.4 36.5 3,907 7.1 260.5 26 12 206 37.6 75 39 6 13 93.8
5 Philip Rivers SD QB 297 458 64.8 30.5 3,802 8.3 253.5 32 11 182 39.7 67 46 12 23 104.0
6 Donovan McNabb PHI QB 333 550 60.5 36.7 3,741 6.8 249.4 21 11 187 34.0 90T 49 10 22 85.3
7 Aaron Rodgers GB QB 320 505 63.4 33.7 3,730 7.4 248.7 25 13 171 33.9 63 44 14 30 91.4
8 Matt Cassel NE QB 321 508 63.2 33.9 3,615 7.1 241.0 21 11 176 34.6 76T 37 6 46 89.1 9 David Garrard JAC QB 321 510 62.9 34.0 3,493 6.8 232.9 14 11 177 34.7 41 40 1 41 83.2
10 Chad Pennington MIA QB 299 446 67.0 29.7 3,453 7.7 230.2 17 7 171 38.3 80T 35 7 23 96.4
11 Matt Ryan ATL QB 255 413 61.7 27.5 3,280 7.9 218.7 15 9 150 36.3 70T 42 8 16 89.7
12 Tony Romo DAL QB 255 411 62.0 34.2 3,265 7.9 272.1 26 13 144 35.0 75T 46 11 17 94.8
13 Brett Favre NYJ QB 323 482 67.0 32.1 3,239 6.7 215.9 21 19 171 35.5 56T 36 7 30 84.0