Chicago Bears: These quarterbacks have made us who we are

As the Bears spiraled down the Ditka tubes, their situation at the most important position only got more desperate. And perhaps Ditka wanted to see how much he could get away with, otherwise why would you willingly toss Peter Tom Willis and Will Furrer at your fans?

They seriously had a picture of Willis but not Harbaugh, and I think that says more than we want to think about. Peter Tom had some pedigree to him, in that he came from a great Florida State team and they seemed to be running something more modern than the Bears ever thought about. He would start three games, including an infamous Monday night in Houston against the run-n-gun Oilers that was a complete disaster and pretty much sealed Mike Ditka’s firing.

So thank you for that, Peter Tom.

If you’re a fan of another team, you know how you have the quarterback from nowhere who lights it up in the 4th quarter of the first preseason game, and fans get limitedly excited just because those games are so awful? Then you never hear from them again?

Yeah, doesn’t work that way here. Remove “limitedly” and “never hear from again.” Will Furrer was the first (but hardly the last) quarterback I remember who aired it out over future car mechanics and train hobos in the preseason, and fans demanded he start a game when the ’92 season crashed and burned.

And the Bears tossed those fans a bone. He went 9-for-23 for 89 yards. We clamored for this. We never learn, as you’ll see…