Here I come to save the day.
I have a Ph.D in football.
After reading these posts,I see many a neophyte
fan here.
For you Chicago people,what exactly did you expect of Kordell with the Bears?
They are a BAD team.
4-12 last year & minus Roosevelt Colvin and Ted Washington,with a shaky OL that is minus Big Cat Williams. Anthony Thomas coming off a bad year and no solid #2WR opposite Marty Booker.
They've already exceeded expectations.
You blame Kordell Stewart?
Were you blaming Brian Urlacher when he was more concerned with banging Paris Hilton than he was playing MLB? I remember Ahman Green running for 174yrds in week 3. Or how about with the score
17-13 and needing a stop the Vikings marched 93yrds almost all on the ground and they lost 24-13. Does Kordell play defense?
Week 1 the Bears were down 24-0 before Kordell threw an int. He doesn't get punts blocked or
pass protect.
No QB joins a system that's not built around him and florishes in 5 games.
Unrealistic expectations of Bears fans.
Plus they played 3 2002 division champs plus current 1st place Minnesota in the 1st 5 games.
When he was benched they played Det. twice and SD. Yet with weaker competition,Chris Chandler's numbers were only slightly better.
Kordell has returned and played well and when he has a solid running game to back him up can be
a successful QB.
The defense has improved and they have had a 100yrd runner in 3 of the 5 wins.
So that proves the Bears win and lose with a TEAM
performance,not on the back of any QB.
Kordell doesn't carry a team,but only about 5 NFL
QB's do. All he does is win games.
He left Pittsburgh with a 46-29 record,4th best of ALL NFL QB's with at least 50 starts and has been nominated to the Pro Bowl twice,thus making
him the most QUALIFIED QB on the Bears.
Rex Grossman? PLEASE.
How many Fla.Gators QB's have been good in the NFL? NONE! Only Brad Johnson of has been good from Fla.St. and 3 of all the Miami QB's.
Grossman was benched at times in College,but Bears fans expect him to win in the NFL?
Another Cade McNown.
Your previous QB,Jim Miller played behind Kordell
on the Steelers,so again obviously he improves the QB position in Chicago.
Kordell has merely been used as a pawn to deflect scorn off of Dick Jauron the same way he was for Bill Cowher. Now Cowher can't hide and his head is on the block.
For Steelers fans(like you Kev),they made a titanic mistake letting Stew go for a journeyman bum off the street in Maddox.
Kordell has taken the weight for the 2 AFC Championships,when that is a fallacy.
Everyone chose to forget that in '97 John Elway
marched the field in 2 minutes to score before halftime,or the fact that the defense that hadn't allowed a 100yrd runner all year got torched by Terrell Davis.
Why do that when blaming Kordell is easier?
In 2001,the Steelers running game was #1 avg.175yrds per game. In the AFC Championship they got 58(Kordell got 41 of that).
What lost the game was the 2 special teams TD's
the Steelers allowed. Kordell outscored Brady & Bledsoe 17-10,so take away the Special teams mistakes and the Steelers win,plus he's not passing late in the game because they'd have been winning.
Cowher lost more big games than Kordell ever did. They lost to weak SD in 1994,
they blew a Super Bowl that they dominated for the last 3 qtrs. It's not all on O'Donnell.
The Steelers scarificed the 1st qtr,trailing 10-0. How many did they lose by? 10pts.
So Cowher was blowing games long before Kordell.
What happened last year? They went 1 round shorter in the playoffs with Tommy(Mr.Interception) Maddox than they had with Kordell. The Steelers are 13-18-1 since 1996 with
all QB's NOT named Kordell Stewart.
They are 46-29 with him.
So all of you can talk all the trash you want.
Just like Jay Fiedler in Miami,Kordell may not win in classic style but he wins games.
His performance yesterday was the best by a Bears QB this year.
Watch dumb azz Jauron go back to Chandler just
like Cowher did last year after Stew won 2 key
games down the stretch. The result?
Houston 24-Steelers 7
Tommy Maddox 2 ints returned for TD's and 1 fum
returned for a TD.
That game cost the Steelers home field advantage.
The team that had HFA reached the Super Bowl.
Remember the Steelers had DOMINATED Tampa Bay 2 years in a row.
MAYBE if Cowher had stayed with Stew,he might have a big ring right now.
Instead he's out of the playoffs with POP GUN Maddox. They have won 9 fewer games this year
than in 2001 with Stew.
He may not be Johnny U.or Joe Montana,but he was the best QB the Steelers had and he's the
that the Bears have too.
Don't talk about all time QB's.
The Bears have only had 1 great QB,Sid Luckman 50yrs ago. McMahon wasn't as good as O'Donnell,
because he stayed hurt.
So what do Bears fans know about good QB's?
Dr.Bro.T Ph.D
THE FOOTBALL LAUREAT!
Originally posted by upliftdisco365:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
it seems like you don't know football either.......
the "bum" has the 3rd highest winning percentage of qbs in Steeler history......
Third highest in Steelers QB history? What, is that supposed to be impressive? Behind, OK Bradshaw(BIG ups) and who? Better question, who is he better than in Steeler quarterback history? The Foam-#1-Hand-Guy? The Beer Man? That's like being the 3rd best DJ on your block. I mean, don't shout that too loud.
Enough about stats, what has he done on the field in terms of leading his team to victory in big games? In big Playoff/Championship games?
Ya still there, M?
I know plenty about football, but what I know or don't know doesn't erase the fact that Cowher and lots of Stewart fans, like you, M, couldn't see for all of those years that having the best tools don't make you the best mechanic.
He sux. I'm really sorry. </font>[/QUOTE]