Aug 18th 2008 2:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, NFC NorthIf anyone had the pleasure of watching the Seahawks first defense obliterate the Bears’ pathetic offensive line Saturday night, you’ll know why I put win in quotes in the title of this piece. The Vikings and Packers pass rush units have to be licking their chops at the chance to face this line twice during the regular season. It was an embarrassing display until the Seahawks called off the dogs.

Make no mistake about it, the Bears inability to effectively patch a decent offensive line together is going to kill any chance some of the talented, young skill players — Devin Hester, Earl Bennett, Matt Forte, Greg Olsen, etc. — have to show their stuff.

Now, speculation is rampant in the Chicago papers that Lovie Smith’s demeanor and some of his statements are pointing towards Kyle Orton taking the starting job over Rex Grossman.

Some of the reasons provided are listed after the jump:Continue Reading