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This is IF they only sign a LT in FA and nothing else, and let Urlacher walk. Bears trade their 1st round pick to the Bengals for picks 37, 84, and 148, and a 4th next year. 2. DJ Fluker, T, Alabama --Got their LT, now they have their RT. 2. Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State --Steady player for PSU who's a tackling machine. 3. Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati --Bigger TE threat to compliment Rodriguez; can block and catch. 4. Alvin Bailey, G, Arkansas --A solid G who would be a 2nd rounder in 2014 had he stayed. 5. Joe Kruger, DT/DE, Utah --Brother of Baltimore's Paul, he's got great size but still is raw. 5. Jasper Collins, WR, Mount Union --Speed…

While it looked like he would be back in 2013, he won't be it was announced today.

The Bears have hired Dwayne Stukes and Sean Desai to be the assistant ST coach and one of the defensive QB coaches, respectively. Stukes played in the NFL, NFL Europe, and the AFL and last coached in the NFL in 2011 as Tampa Bay's ST coach. Sean Desai has been in the college ranks including times at Miami, Boston College, and Temple. This is interesting because he has an Indian last name. I wonder if 1) he is Indian and 2) how many other Indian coaches are in the NFL? They also have hired Tim Tibesar as the LB coach. He worked under Trestman for 3 years in Montreal and used to be the Purdue DC. (mods, can you edit this thread title to include Tibesar's name…

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...kers-coach.html

I know we have read articles about Kromer before and we certainly all have concerns over our OL going into 2013. I noticed this new article on the Bears official website. I am usually leary of anything posted there as many times it seems as self serving propaganda. However, I liked this one as it gave a good amount of feedback from N.O. Saints OLmen. I am anxious to see what he can do for us. New Aaron Kromer Article

Just in case there was any doubt

Since this is a slow time, draft sites, I respect are GBND,Countdown.com, and because of content Walters and Drafttex. A new one I found was NFL Mocks and interesting thing about that website is it projects where FAgents go. They have us resigning Campbell(which I dont see happening because of cost) I think the possibility exists due to OC ties we grab Chase Daniel/QB They have us signing Dutin Keller/TE (which I wont be objective to, is the better TEs become to expensive) They have us signing Gordon Cherilius/OT (which I dont see happening because he plays RT) my choices would be Beatty, Albert, Bushrod in that order) They havent released Defe…

Fit speed is Brandon Marshalls training facility...We all know Jeffery was going to be training with Marshall but I just wanted to point out that E-Rod and Armando Allen are also training there as well. (Didn't really know where to put this so why not a new thread?) It was noted that Marshall went from a 4.7 to a 4.4 40 in 8 weeks while training at Fit Speed. A boost in speed to all of those guys would be fantastic.

Per ESPN.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-mock-draft/201...ay-arthur-brown

He signed with Jacksonville per the Jaguars' twitter feed.

I am watching the Saints v Giants 2012. Bushrod is beast in run and pass blocking. On runs he has great foot speed and in pass blocking the only time Pierre Paul or Umenyora have gotten any pressure is Umenyora bull rushed him and had the advantage but Bushrod fought back and Brees was not touched. Webb would have been on his arse and Cutler being carried off. Only watched to halftime so far but left tackle will not be a concern next year on this performance. I remember last time we played giants Webb was killed. As a foot note Bennett was run blocking well and caught a TD and ran a good route.

Cant argue with that. Probably beat our either of our guys

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dspro...&genpos=ILB Kiko ran a 4.74 and didnt lift. However, he was said to be impressive in all LB Drills

It will take the end of the season or maybe two years from now to judge what Emery is doing now, but I has to give him kudos for having a plan. He is systematically filling our needs with resigning or someone new. The biggest one is not signing the great Brian Urlacher, which in my opinion, is a good move. He is one year older and injury prone, and not up to par anymore. We filled his spot with a risk but with upside. A productive player until last year, Williams has something to prove. He will never be Urlacher in his prime years but tons better than Urlacher 2013. Anderson is a better choice than Roach,so at least on paper this looks like an upgrade. We got a cheap QB o…

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3m Rams re-signed G Chris Williams to a one-year deal worth up to $2.75 million.

Here is a list I seen of what they consider as a impact list for the 20th pick. He noted that he didnt list the OGs higher because of the position . Name School Position Tavon Austin West Virginia WR Cordarrelle Patterson Tennessee WR Alec Ogletree Georgia LB Sheldon Richardson Missouri DT Tyler Eifert Notre Dame TE Arthur Brown Kansas State LB Jonathan Cooper North Carolina OG Datone Jones UCLA DL Desmond Trufant Washington CB Sylvester Williams North Carolina DT Chance Warmack Alabama OG

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/...red-of-charges/

Rodgers deal with Packers is five years, $110 million, highest salary in NFL history. Rodgers average of $22 million tops the $20.1 million the $20.1 million Ravens' Joe Flacco received earlier this year. https://twitter.com/TomSilverstein The Packers now have $35 million/yr tied to 2 players (Rodgers/Matthews) for the next 5 years. They take up almost 30% of their cap space, and will take up over 25% of the cap space for the next 5 years (assuming the cap rises).

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/...5247,full.story Marshall has a connection to a "nondescript setting where pro athletes could hang out and bring women while visiting Orlando — away from the view of the media." that was described as a "home as a place NFL pros go "if they want to step out on their girlfriends and their wives ... outside of anywhere else where media might catch them."... And there were "reports that high-quantity drug deals were transacted there.". The house was involved in a shooting, Marshall was not involved in that from what I can tell but there could be some possible backlash if the house was indeed involved in high-quantity dru…