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I think that Harris is a fine 3rd down guy to rotate in, but he doesn't have the every down dominating explosiveness that he used to have. He's still an ok player, he had a few decent games last year, but he can't get paid like an everydown lineman, and that's why the Bears had to cut him.

I think this is pretty clear from the McCaskey's.

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This is why the Bears M.O. works. He'll get his contract extension, the Bears want to keep him, all they want is for him to keep his mouth shut on the air, because stuff like this can dominate the news coverage of the preseason if you let it.

He's not going to have his name come up regularly in debates about who's the league's best QB. I'm not going to disagree on him being top 10 and being a guy you can win with, but in the media world, he's not on the same page as Brees, P. Manning, Brady, and now Rogers.

That's very true, it's going to be much harder to do real damage in the kickoff game this year.

Even if the Bears put back to back seasons together, they're not a sexy pick and they're not likely to be one any time soon. They're not adding the high flying free agents, that's not their style. They're not adding the type of players who never stop running their mouths off, where you have no choice but to cover them. They don't currently have a top of the league QB. They have an incredibly resilient, deep, and strong defense, and big time special teams, which combined with enough offense has been a formula for a good but not incredible team for over 5 years now. No one's going to pick the Bears even if they come out and win the Super Bowl unless Cutler throws for 45 touchdowns in the process and then spends the offseason talking up a s***storm. That's the kind of stuff that makes a team a sexy national pick, big numbers, big amazing things, not good, hard football.

It sure seemed like one big upgrade to last year's line was settling on 5 guys and 5 positions and just not shuffling cards any more. Yeah, guys like Omiyale and Kreutz were still weak, but the play of the line as a whole improved when they were at least given consistent roles that didn't shift every week. 3-4 weeks of the same 5 guys, with the guys on the bench knowing that they're either backups or that they need to step up to earn a starting spot could build some continuity going into the season. It's a helluva lot better than having no idea who the starting 5 are until the week before the first game, if nothing else.

LT - 2nd year player with good promise who coaches like LG - out of position, big body, 2nd year at position C - Veteran, shifting from stronger position, replacing guy who was already a weakness RG - Guy I just don't know anything about RT - Highly regarded, big rookie, 4 year starter in the big 10.

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Read your original post. You predicted 90 catches and 140 yards for Williams.

Knox is still on his rookie contract so I find it hard to believe that there's a ton of incentive money in that deal for him.

Didn't Knox have a game-changer go off his hands in the NFC Championship?

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The Bears have the money to spend...it would be worth it...but that's why I'd have no urge to give up a first. A late 2nd rounder would work.

Maybe I should have protested at the U2 show rather than watching it. "Save the turf!" signs.

Hasn't Hester seemed to struggle on kick returns while whipping the world on punt returns?

"Oh, wait, the ball went that way?"

The NFL Owners did not want an opt out. I don't beleive there is one. That was a major point...they wanted this to last a long time.

He might well get more than that if they can frontload it. Anyone other than him that really needs extended this year?

Really, Martz was going heavily downfield in the NFC Championship game? I don't remember that. I remember the Bears getting in trouble because Cutler got hurt early in the game, lost the ability to move or throw accurately, and then Todd Collins got a quarter.

And the only team with a worse line than the Bears lost in the Super Bowl.