Then they must have been charging too much, which is fine, but that isn't the case with Bus. He deliberately made himself affordable and does plenty to earn his salary, including stepping up to the plate to become the feature back last year when Staley got hurt and finish the job of getting their run oriented offense into the playoffs. And given how weak the Bears offense has been for the last few years they've done a fine job of establishing that they don't actually have a good eye for talent, so frankly "not able to make the Bears" is a compliment.
Sorry but the Bears problems offensively have little to do with talent and everything to do with not being able to keep a qb healthy. Having Orton start 11 straight games is little short of a miracle. You complain about Maddox but Maddox on the Bears would have been a great step up.
We have had qbs go down sliding, running out of bounds, running a qb sneak. Stewart had never been injured until he came to the Bears, Grossman had never been injured either. We even lost one for taking an over the counter nutritional supplement.
Any team facing the qb injuries which the Bears faced would have done nothing either.