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Broncos Team Historian Jim Saccomano looks back on the connection between two of the all-time great quarterbacks from Broncos and Washington history.

John McMullen: Has the Hawks quarterback become conservative? A large part of the supporters make Howie Roseman seek the darkest color in the car dealership, or ask Eagles GM to be unemployed at any opportunity-whether it is in the Phillies game or the selfless autism commentary on the team’s website- Somehow convinced that Jalen Hurts was the answer for the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback. Because of this… Rothman said it publicly at least. This is a weird dynamic, but emotions always make...

Stacy Revere/Getty Images Green Bay is troubled, Chicago is happy and absolutely nothing makes sense anymore. Left is right. Hot is cold. If there’s a bloodthirsty hen running loose in the fox house, I would not be surprised. The Packers, the picture of quarterback stability for decades, are going through severe quarterback turmoil, and the Bears, the franchise that can’t spell QB if you spot it two letters, are at peace with the position. Where are we? How did we get here? And what did you...

Courtesy Chicago Bears The shock of Thursday night faded on Friday into something that felt almost like fate. Ohio State’s Justin Fields, the latest candidate to snap the Bears’ 71-year quarterback drought, sat down at Halas Hall on Friday and explained whom he wants to pattern his game after: Russell Wilson. Yes, the same Seahawks star that the Bears tried — and failed — to trade for in March. The franchise that angered its fans by once touting Andy Dalton as “QB1” on Twitter annou...

Why they picked him: Lawrence is the most polished QB prospect since Andrew Luck and ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. ranks him behind John Elway, Peyton Manning and Luck among QBs hes graded. The Jaguars offense the past decade has been awful and QB play is a big reason. The Jaguars were last in points scored and ranked 30th or worst in QB completion percentage, Total QBR, passer rating and passing yards in the league from 2011 to 2020 with Blaine Gabbert, Chad Henne, Blake Bortles, Nick F...

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Punters and kickers: 1-19 The difficulty of assigning numbers by position increased last year when practice squads expanded from 10 to 16 players. Its especially challenging for the Bears, whose 14 retired numbers are the most of any NFL team. Only time will tell if any Bears players change numbers. But its interesting to note that: • Receivers Anthony Miller (Memphis) and Darnell Mooney (Tulane) and linebacker Roquan Smith (Georgia) all wore No. 3 in college. They could be ...

Carmen Mandato/Getty Images You might be aware of this already, but we have an NFL team in town that can’t get the quarterback position right. I don’t want to suggest that the Bears are cursed in this regard, but if they were somehow gifted with Tom Brady, there’s a good chance he’d immediately forget how to grip a football. You might be aware of this, too, but you have to go back to Sid Luckman to find the team’s last true star quarterback. That’s a bummer because he grew up with G...

1 / 10 (10) Sam Acho (No. 49 to 93) The outside linebacker wore No. 49 in his first two seasons with the Bears in 2015-16 before changing to No. 93 in his final two years in 2017-18. Acho made the switch because he liked the number "3" following the release of defensive lineman Will Sutton, who had been wearing No. 93. 2 / 10 (9) Jim Flanigan (No. 68 to 99) After wearing No. 68 as a Bears rookie in 1994, the defensive tackle from Notre Dame wore No. 99 fo...

Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images I’d never minimize a Bears fan’s pain. Never. Who am I to say that what you’re feeling right now isn’t what open-heart surgery without anesthesia feels like, which, given the social media response to the team’s signing of Andy Dalton, apparently is what you’re experiencing? But I am amused by all the anger and angst. You anticipated what, exactly? Something different from all the other disappointments in the Bears’ decades-long, bone-dry search for a q...