Miserable Offensive Line Fails Rex Grossman

Never in my life have I seen a more morbid display by an offensive line. Rex Grossman's night was ended with a gash to the bridge of his nose, a cut on the back of his head, and a slice up his forearm that was bandaged for the majority of the night.

Despite the offensive line's terrible play, Grossman's stats were surprisingly decent.

He went 9-of-15 for 74 yards with one interception. The turnover should be credited to the offensive linemen who let a Seattle D-linemen come in and swat the ball from Grossman's hand in mid-pass. The ball ended up flying off into the arms of a waiting d-linemen's arms.

Grossman was bruised, broken, and beaten in a game where no one can accurately judge his play. Grossman collapsed with a line, that for whatever reason, couldn't pick up a blitz for anything, nor block whatever defense Seattle threw at them.

As for the QB competition, Orton played against the second string Seattle defense, and spent most of his time in shotgun. Except for two nice passes to Lloyd, he didn't amaze anyone.

Considering the fact that 95% of Orton's passes came from the shotgun, which gives him more time in the first place, and the fact that his second drive was a no-huddle attack, Orton faced literally no pressure compared to Grossman's previous series'.

All this game did for me was show me that we have a horrid offensive line and that Orton can play decent in the shotgun. And why the offensive coordinator chose to run the shotgun for Orton when he's 6-foot-4 and has no problem seeing over the line is beyond me.

Grossman, who tops out at 6-foot and operated and excelled in the shotgun during his collegiate career at Florida would have benefited more with such play-calling.

If Kyle Orton takes the starting position because of this game tonight, I will resign my post as a Bears fan and go jump off a bridge.