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Some perspective on Chicago quarterback history
April 3, 2009 3:34 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
We touched on the historic abomination of Chicago's quarterback position Thursday in the minutes after the blockbuster Jay Cutler trade, noting the Bears have had only one Pro Bowl quarterback in the past 46 years.
Our friends at ESPN Stats & Information have generated a few other ways of expressing how significant Cutler's arrival in Chicago will be. (As of now, Cutler is scheduled to hold a 6 p.m. ET news conference at the Bears' practice facility. We'll bring you updates as warranted.)
Leading off, it's fair to say that Cutler's performance in Denver last season would have qualified as the single-best season in Chicago's 89-year team history. Check it out, noting that Bill Wade (1962!) holds the Bears' record for most 300-yard games while the remaining marks belong to Erik Kramer (1995):
Cutler's 2008 season vs. Bears' passing records
Jay Cutler Bears' season record
384 Comp. 315
616 Att. 522
8 300-yd. games 4
4,526 Pass yds. 3,838
Cutler earned a Pro Bowl berth in 2008, his third NFL season. The Bears, on the other hand, have the league's second-longest active streak of seasons since placing a quarterback in the Pro Bowl:
Longest active droughts in producing Pro Bowl QB
Team Quarterback Season
Detroit Greg Landry 1971
Chicago Jim McMahon 1985
Miami Dan Marino 1995
Finally, the Bears have produced the second-fewest 3,000-yard passing seasons in NFL history. Only the Baltimore Ravens, which has been in existence for 76 fewer years than the Bears, have less. Chicago also has started an NFL-high 22 different quarterbacks since 1990. Take a look:
Teams with fewest 3,000-yard passing seasons*
Team 3,000-yd. seasons No. of seasons in existence
Baltimore 3 13
Chicago 5 89
Jacksonville 6 14
Carolina 6 14
* Does not include Houston (7 seasons in NFL).
Teams with most starting quarterbacks since 1990
Team No. of QBs
Chicago 22
Cleveland 20
Washington 20
Arizona 19
Atlanta 19
April 3, 2009 3:34 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
We touched on the historic abomination of Chicago's quarterback position Thursday in the minutes after the blockbuster Jay Cutler trade, noting the Bears have had only one Pro Bowl quarterback in the past 46 years.
Our friends at ESPN Stats & Information have generated a few other ways of expressing how significant Cutler's arrival in Chicago will be. (As of now, Cutler is scheduled to hold a 6 p.m. ET news conference at the Bears' practice facility. We'll bring you updates as warranted.)
Leading off, it's fair to say that Cutler's performance in Denver last season would have qualified as the single-best season in Chicago's 89-year team history. Check it out, noting that Bill Wade (1962!) holds the Bears' record for most 300-yard games while the remaining marks belong to Erik Kramer (1995):
Cutler's 2008 season vs. Bears' passing records
Jay Cutler Bears' season record
384 Comp. 315
616 Att. 522
8 300-yd. games 4
4,526 Pass yds. 3,838
Cutler earned a Pro Bowl berth in 2008, his third NFL season. The Bears, on the other hand, have the league's second-longest active streak of seasons since placing a quarterback in the Pro Bowl:
Longest active droughts in producing Pro Bowl QB
Team Quarterback Season
Detroit Greg Landry 1971
Chicago Jim McMahon 1985
Miami Dan Marino 1995
Finally, the Bears have produced the second-fewest 3,000-yard passing seasons in NFL history. Only the Baltimore Ravens, which has been in existence for 76 fewer years than the Bears, have less. Chicago also has started an NFL-high 22 different quarterbacks since 1990. Take a look:
Teams with fewest 3,000-yard passing seasons*
Team 3,000-yd. seasons No. of seasons in existence
Baltimore 3 13
Chicago 5 89
Jacksonville 6 14
Carolina 6 14
* Does not include Houston (7 seasons in NFL).
Teams with most starting quarterbacks since 1990
Team No. of QBs
Chicago 22
Cleveland 20
Washington 20
Arizona 19
Atlanta 19
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The Bears' run of (QB) shame is over
April 2, 2009 6:09 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
Just how quarterback-starved have the Chicago Bears been in their history?
That's one of the first questions I had after learning the Bears had acquired quarterback Jay Cutler from Denver on Thursday.
Cutler played in the Pro Bowl earlier this year, a feat only one Bears quarterback has achieved in the past 46 years. That's right, other than Jim McMahon's appearance in the game following the 1985 season, you have to go all the way back to Bill Wade in 1963 to find a Bears quarterback on a Pro Bowl roster. Overall, the Bears have placed four different quarterbacks in the Pro Bowl four times since 1951.
Here's the full list:
1985: Jim McMahon
1963: Bill Wade
1956: Ed Brown
1955: Ed Brown
1952: Johnny Lujack
1951: Johnny Lujack
Since McMahon's final season as the Bears' primary starter in 1988, the Bears have had a revolving door of quarterbacks. All told, 13 different players have finished as the team's leading passer over the ensuing 20 seasons. With the Cutler trade, it's a fairly safe assumption that the ignominious run -- which started with Mike Tomczak and ended with Kyle Orton -- has ended. [/color]
April 2, 2009 6:09 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
Just how quarterback-starved have the Chicago Bears been in their history?
That's one of the first questions I had after learning the Bears had acquired quarterback Jay Cutler from Denver on Thursday.
Cutler played in the Pro Bowl earlier this year, a feat only one Bears quarterback has achieved in the past 46 years. That's right, other than Jim McMahon's appearance in the game following the 1985 season, you have to go all the way back to Bill Wade in 1963 to find a Bears quarterback on a Pro Bowl roster. Overall, the Bears have placed four different quarterbacks in the Pro Bowl four times since 1951.
Here's the full list:
1985: Jim McMahon
1963: Bill Wade
1956: Ed Brown
1955: Ed Brown
1952: Johnny Lujack
1951: Johnny Lujack
Since McMahon's final season as the Bears' primary starter in 1988, the Bears have had a revolving door of quarterbacks. All told, 13 different players have finished as the team's leading passer over the ensuing 20 seasons. With the Cutler trade, it's a fairly safe assumption that the ignominious run -- which started with Mike Tomczak and ended with Kyle Orton -- has ended. [/color]
billy wade 1962 3172
jim harbaugh 1991 3121
erik kramer 1995 3838
erik kramer 1997 3011
rex grossman 2006 3193
and as a further public service the 22 bears starting qbs since 1990:
mike tomczak
jim harbaugh
peter tom willis
will furrer
steve walsh
erik kramer
dave krieg
rick mirer
steve stenstrom
moses moreno
shane matthews
cade mcnown
jim miller
chris chandler
henry burris
kordell stewart
rex grossman
chad hutchinson
craig kenzel
jonathan quinn
kyle orton
brian griese
