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Bears Banking on Another Tice Turnaround

Good Story on Tim Ruskell

CNNSI has a small piece where they question whether Cutler is a franchise QB. I have no issue with this question in general. I have my opinion, but it is a fair question. The issue I have is with their reasoning. They say a franchise QB is one who makes those around him better, and goes on to say Cutler did not do this. Hester may not have had the big leap in stats many hoped, but he did continue to improve with more catches, yards and average. Bennett barely saw the field his rookie year, but managed over 50 catches and over 700 yards. Olsen is another, like Hester, who many hoped for big things, but while that didn't happen, he increased his number …

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38265242/ns/...ts-player_news/

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5386899 good news for us, bad for the pack.

Or should I say "Ticketbastards." Either way, I feel fortunate to be able to haven gotten through and pay just the retail price for Bears tickets. So I'm going to the Washington game on October 24th . . . my seats appear to be almost eye level with the top of the Sears Tower (what the hells it called now?)

I love how his main point about Cutler was that the team lost 2 more than it did without him. Wow thanks for that deep analysis. Then he compares Peppers to Haynesworth? Seriously? Wow what a comparison. Most posters on here would be better suited to provide some detailed insight about the upcoming season than he does.

In the last couple seasons Hester has focused on weight lifting to get stronger, and IMO it showed on the field as he lost some of his quickness and burst. This offseason he's changing things up a bit and I hope we see that lightning burst that made him so dangerous. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2010/07/he..._ex-rams_g.html "The thing I really did this summer is I cut back on weight training and focused more on conditioning to really get myself an overtime workout," Hester said. "I've got to be able to play six quarters a game. I want to be able to go …

http://www.nootsnotes.com/2010/07/18/preseason-looms/

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ.../16/mmqb/1.html

http://www.chicitysports.com/2010/07/20/ch...fl-11-released/ Thoughts on the team? I think we got rated WAYYYY below what we should be rated.

took part in one, picked @ 4, heres how I did 1. Ray Rice (Bal - RB) 2. Miles Austin (Dal - WR) 3. Tom Brady (NE - QB) 4. C.J. Spiller (Buf - RB) 5. Visanthe Shiancoe (Min - TE) 6. Robert Meachem (NO - WR) 7. Justin Forsett (Sea - RB) 8. Golden Tate (Sea - WR) 9. Austin Collie (Ind - WR) 10. Lee Evans (Buf - WR) 11. LaDainian Tomlinson (NYJ - RB) 12. Jermaine Gresham (Cin - TE) 13. David Garrard (Jac - QB) 14. Robbie Gould (Chi - K) 15. Buffalo (Buf - DEF) tis a boom or bust draft methinks, Brady in 3rd round is great value Shiancoe & meachem had11 & 9 Td's respectively last year. LT is a risk pick but that OL…

Source: Bears add QB Teel By Jeff Dickerson ESPNChicago.com Archive CHICAGO -- Working with only three quarterbacks for most of the offseason, the Bears opted to add another arm before reporting to training camp next week, agreeing to terms on a deal with free agent Mike Teel, a league source confirmed Tuesday night. The news was first reported by the Bergen Record. After a productive collegiate career at Rutgers, Teel was drafted in the sixth round by Seattle in 2009, and spent last season as the Seahawks' No. 3 quarterback. Teel, who did not play last year, was cut by Seattle in May and claimed off waivers by New England. The quarterback lasted only thr…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi.../content.1.html

http://www.ea.com/news/ea-announces-madden-nfl-11-soundtrack

http://www.nootsnotes.com/2010/07/27/noots...season-edition/

http://www.nootsnotes.com/2010/07/28/noots...0-preseason-wr/

Damn the Bears are getting hammered in the preseason rankings, not that they mean much, but what are these "experts" seeing that we are not? All indications point to at least some improvement from last year. I was figuring 9-7 or 10-6 was completely reasonable. Don Banks from SI.com has us at #26, behind the likes of Washington, Seattle, and Oakland. He is basically saying we are a 5-6 win team. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...mp.3/index.html ESPN has us at #21 which is a little better, but that is basically saying we are the same team as last year. Don't they realize we essentially upgraded 3 spots on the Defense with potential Pro Bowle…

Its almost that time of year again so I figured I would start gauging interest for fantasy football. We have our Talkbears keeper league with I believe 9 returning and 1 spot available. I want to get confirmation from everyone in the league before we let new people join. We will also have free leagues for anyone wishing to play. So if you are interested in playing this year please post in this thread and we will see what kind of interest we have and how many leagues we will need.

Just one more day of waiting until we start getting feedback on this years team looks. Who will be this years "surprise" and who will take the disappointment trophy away from Marcus Harrison (if anyone)? Surprise: I'm stuck choosing between the two Corey's (Wooten and Graham) but I'm going to go with Corey Graham. By all accounts he's had an excellent offseason and the speed work he did is paying off on the field. After being cast aside last year he returns this year as a viable CB option for us and gives us some desperately needed depth at this position. Disappointment: Jarron Gilbert. A 3rd Rd pick just a year ago he wasn't ready to see the field. Afte…