madlithuanian

For me, it's the fact that Boldin was the #1 guy for at least a year before Fitz came, and he performered rather well. Plus, he's really good.

Keep it comin'! But in a way, yeah! If you answer the q, no need to proceed!

Why am I not surprised?

http://espn.go.com/chicago/video/clip?id=4...egoryid=4069364

I'm embarassed for Prince at minimum!

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/sports/...ngs-saints-game It is awful... Sounds like a bad Christmas song.

I'm just talking in generality. And we're pretty much coming to the same coinclusion. Ain't gonna happen.

Interesting question...I'd like to know as well.

Yep. We have to pay the bill for Cutler and Adams... We could postpone it, but I think that would end up costing more as the picks would probably favor our trading partner as we would be the desperate one in the transaction. Not to menion, we'd be relying on the great mastermind of JA to pick a guy...

I don't see it happening in any reality. Only in Madden.

At least he left Gould out of it...

Exactly! Even the GM for that matter!

Agreed. So sad...thinking outside the box is impossible for this current regime.

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/daily-chic...rs-defense.html

You'd think it not possible. But why is it every day, I seem to run by something that makes me dislike the fools in charge of this once glorious franchise even more?

Good point. Either way seems to point at issues with our staff. I read where to date, hester hasn't done any leg strength workouts. Just an example... Our guys don't seem to be healthy. They get injured or are injured, we don't seem to be able to get them out on the field or prevent them from getting hurt. I have a feeling the Country Club environment is part of it...

I have a feeling it's more Billichikian smoke & mirrors than the staff not knowing. But if they didn't know, that is quite the Pandora's Box...

Well said. I was saying similar in the same thread, but didn't see your response until after I posted.

My recollection was that we were quite bad on 3rd downs the Orton year as well. I don't recall the year before that? But, I don't recall good. We basically do seem to be playing some kind of "prevent". It may prevent the 90 yard bomb, but we were picked apart like a victim from Hellraiser. Virtually any defensive scheme works if you use it right with the right personnell. We've not been doing that.

Or sh!t.

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=6499 Bears run game struggled, but Forte finished with a flourish By: Larry Mayer | Last Updated: 1/20/2010 4:57 PM The following is the second of nine position reviews of the 2009 season. LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears ranked a disappointing 29th in the NFL in rushing in 2009. But their running backs did provide some bright spots to build on heading into next season. Matt Forte rushed for 929 yards and averaged 3.6 yards per carry, a decline in both categories after he gained 1,238 yards and averaged 3.9 yards per attempt during a breakout rookie season in 2008. After just two seasons, running back Matt Forte already ranks 15th on the Bears' all-time rushing list with 2,167 yards. But Forte finished strong, increasing his rushing yards in each of the last four games from 51 to 69 to 74 to 101. He was also a threat as a receiver, tying Devin Hester for second on the Bears with 57 catches for 471 yards. Forte is just the third player in Bears history to have back-to-back seasons with at least 1,400 yards from scrimmage, joining Walter Payton and Neal Anderson. Forte ranked 12th in the NFL with 1,400 yards from scrimmage in 2008 and is sixth in the league with 3,115 yards the past two seasons, trailing only the Titans’ Chris Johnson, the Vikings’ Adrian Peterson, the Rams’ Steven Jackson, the Texans’ Andre Johnson and the Jaguars’ Maurice Jones-Drew. Forte joined Payton as the only Bears running backs with multiple 50-catch seasons, ranking third in the NFL with 57 receptions behind the Ravens’ Ray Rice (78) and the Cardinals’ Tim Hightower (63). In 2008, Forte’s 63 receptions broke Bears single-season records for catches by a rookie and a running back. Two days after being promoted from the practice squad, backup running back Kahlil Bell had a 72-yard run on his first NFL carry in a loss to the Eagles. It was the longest run on the first carry of an NFL player’s career since Alan Ameche’s 79-yarder for the Baltimore Colts in 1955. Bell’s 72-yard run was also the longest by a Bears player since Neal Anderson’s 73-yarder on Dec. 17, 1989 against the Packers, the longest by a Bears rookie since Rick Casares’ 81-yarder in 1955, and the longest in a Bears rookie debut, topping Forte’s 50-yarder in the 2008 season opener versus the Colts. Bell took over for Garrett Wolfe, who missed the final eight games of the season after suffering a lacerated kidney. Bell (5.5) and Wolfe (5.45) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the NFL in rushing average among players with at least 20 carries. Kevin Jones was expected to serve as Forte’s primary backup in 2009. But the veteran running back was lost for the season when he tore ligaments in his left ankle in the preseason finale. Veteran Adrian Peterson played sparingly on offense this past season, rushing for 51 yards on nine carries—all in the first eight games. His two receptions for 11 yards both came in a Week 2 win over the Steelers.

Agreed! Thanks lemonej!

Question... Assuming there is a lockout...do coaches and management get paid as per their individual contracts? Whether the payers play, do these guys still get paid? I think that is the case. And if so, there's no doubt in my mind that Sweaty Teddy bet on the lockout. Makes financial sense. It's still risky, because you could still lose out on the pool of potential coaches after this season (Cowher, Gruden, etc...). I'm not saying I agree with it. Becasue I don't. But it does make sense. Sorry, it's early and I just switched to Sanka...

Gives more credibility to why he played worse than a season before... Hopefully, he can fully recover and really shine in the future.

Robbie Gould has been "money" for the Bears most of his career. Now Gould is kicking in some money to assist a local youth football team make a trip for a game in Miami. The American Youth Football Organization national champion Naperville Patriots, a group of 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds, are scheduled to play a team from Texas led by Deion Sanders on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. When anticipated funding from the NFL for hotel rooms in Miami fell through at the last minute, Gould immediately kicked in $20,000 to help defray the unexpected costs for the 27 players and their families. "Robbie said, 'Not a problem, I will take care of it.' I couldn't thank him enough," said Naperville coach Doug DiFusco, whose teams are 48-0 over the last three years. Former Rush player Bob McMillena friend of Gould's, is the Naperville offensive coordinator and has a 7th-grader on the team. "This is a great experience for the kids and I am happy that Robbie stepped up," he said. "Robbie said, 'It's all about the kids. It's just money, no big deal.'"