your post was just a misguided dismissal, he wasn't in a "system designed to spread the ball around" last year, at all, and he still enjoyed reasonable success
if you think it's a QB's dream to have your primary options be Brandon Lloyd and Jabar Gaffney, i don't really know what to tell you he also fared well last season without spreading the ball around
how is Orton in a good situation? no running game to speak of, and a stable of receivers comprised entirely of castoffs and misfits who's the best receiving threat on that team?
all this talk comparing those two Lions games is absurd just look at the comfort level Linehan had with Hill today compared to the hideous uber-conservative offense he was calling in the Bears game, i don't think you can compare the two at all