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Kyle Orton one upped Mike "Lotto" Tomczak yesterday. T-zak, when he wasn't outkicking his coverage by playing long snap with Julie McCullough, once threw four interceptions in a game. After that game, Dan Hampton nicknamed Tomczak "Lotto."

Well, the current wearer of #18 (Orton) one upped the old #18 yesterday as the Bears were embarrassed by the Bengals.

No biggie. What did you expect from a kid making his third regular season start? Duante Culpepper threw 4 last week. What's his excuse?

That said, the Bengals would have been beat with a decent quarterback yesterday. The Bears' defense is clearly ready for prime time. That there was no veteran backup at QB falls squarely on Jerry Angelo. A veteran could have led this team through the bye week while Orton interned, with Orton ready to take over for game four. That was the plan that would have been put forward by a smarter GM.

Wanna blame yesterday's loss on someone? Orton threw the picks. But Angelo left him out there to twist in the wind.