Kyle Orton is one of the NFL's best bargains this season, making a guaranteed salary of $1 million, which will likely rise to $1.5 million with incentives. He will become an unrestricted free agent after the season is over if the NFL extends the current CBA, which is unlikely. "I don't know how elite quarterbacks are judged," Josh McDaniels said Wednesday. "All I care about is that he can help us win. And I know he can do that." "Hopefully, (a new contract) happens sooner than later," Orton told Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Tribune last week.