Pixote

Hey, I have a spare room for you... you have to pay for the airfare, LOL

Gotta agree with you there. A good OL will make just about any QB look better than they might be in that they will have all the time in the world (figuratively) to throw the ball to an open receiver, however, every OL eventually blows it and pressure is given to the QB to deal with. If Grossman &/or Orton can not deal with pressure from the defense, we are in a world of sh#t. Best find out now which one will survive the pressure and make good decisions. With that being said, I strongly suspect we will see an announcement very soon as to who our starter will be. I have to believe they would want that decision made before the start of next week's game.

That catch was awesome, as the announcers said, if it were a regular season game, definately in every top ten play highlight feature on every sports channel.

Yes, I agree, my RBs are marginal. I am hoping to strengthen them in FA pickups during the year, something I have been successful at in the past. I am basically hoping with 3 of the leagues top WRs - all with different bye weeks (important with this scheme) a strong QB, TE, & D, I can still out score my opponents.

Crap, now I remember now you mention it about the birth of their daughter. Yep, senility!

I honestly think the performance last night means JA & Co. will be looking seriously to bring in some additions to the OL. It only takes 1 or 2 solid players added to the OL roster to make a significant improvement. I will be anxious to see who he targets in the next few weeks. To me the obvious additions would be Brown & Miller from our earlier cuts, both with a simple 1 year deal, since they both are already acclimated with the players and schemes we run. Miller & Brown were both playing with injuries last year and that is tough to do especially when getting older. If healthy, both could be an upgrade for us either as starters or depth.

With all the hype about how great Rashied Davis has looked coming into camp, thinking back, is this guy MIA? If he has done anything in the first two games it must not have been too impressive for I can not remember it, or I am more senile than I suspected.

How many of his passes where made while backpedaling away from the pressure coming at him? So much for mechanics.

I posted my first draft in the fantasy forum section of the site if anyone wants to give me their opinions. Had 10th pick in a 10 team league so I had to change my usual strategy in the draft room with mixed results.

Well, my first draft had mixed results. I like all the guys but am weak at RB and will have to hope some of the guys come through for me. I am fine, IMO, at all other positions. It was a 10 round draft and I selected 10th, as usual, LOL, and RBs disappeared quickly so I decided to go the WR route for big points. What do you guys think, good, bad, or just so so? QB Drew Brees - starter QB Marc Bulger RB Selvin Young - starter RB Kevin Smith - starter RB Kevin Jones RB Felix Jones RB Andre Hall (handcuff) WR TJ Houshmandzadeh - starter WR Randy Moss - starter WR Terrell Owens - starter WR Dante Stallworth WR Isaac Bruce TE Tony Scheffler - starter TE Zack Miller K Mason Crosby - starter D/ST - Chicago - starter

Looking pretty bad at this point. I think JA will be shopping around. Seattle's D gets good pressure on the Qb so this is a good test for the Bears OL and so far it is pretty dismal to say the least.

We do not need injuries to mount up. Hope he is ok. Checking his knee, ouch.

OK, let me get a grip on what is being said. JA sucks and should be fired; Lovie sucks and does not know how to motivate a team or coach; the coaching staff sucks and has no idea how to develop talent; the Bears are cheap and throw nickles around like man hole covers; we have no OL, QB, & WRs; Urlacher is over-rated; We should trade our talent on D to get players on O; etc... (sorry, I am getting sick trying to remember all the negatives being mentioned on this forum.....) GOD I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN. Then maybe we can take a deep breath, look back at all these concerns, and come down to reality. I think the reality is that the Bears are not the team they showed last year. Last year was a disaster, but not for the reasons some think, it was because of injuries for the most part. I expect us to return to the same team we were in 2006 that went to the Super Bowl. I think we have a chance to have a better offense than the 2006 team (not a great offense, but better than 2006). I think our defense is a top 5 defense. I think our special teams is number 1 in the NFL. I think we will kick ass this year!

I suspect it will not be until next week that we see Jones or Dusty hit the field. They are being very careful with both players.

TALKBEARS CHAT ROOM

Is your buddy going to sign up for the 10th team? If he doesn't sign up soon, ESPN will cancel the draft.

Yea, Yea, dream on buddy, I am going for 5 1st place trophies this year, LOL 1st I find out I have to take an hour and a half vacation time to make it to the draft in time and then I find out you scheduled it during a Bears' game, ugggh I will make you pay, LOL

Status of Bears rookie Williams up in the air Article from the way we hear it - PFW:

Rex Grossman needs good showing vs. Seattle An interesting article but mistitled in my opinion. It has far less to do with the title than it does with 10 topics of discussion that the author makes on issues for the Bears to face, only 1 of the 10 being Rex vs Kyle. My favorite point of the 10 mentioned:

Conditioning has Rex Grossman optimistic about 2008 A good article on Rex and his attempt to win the starting position at QB. I must admit, I admire his work ethics mentioned in the article. He is definately attempting to do everything possible to turn his career around. Will it be enough? Did he wait too long to work his butt off? Time will tell, I will be anxious to see how this translates on the field this Saturday. Unfortunately, I have a fantasy football league draft at 6:30 PM Central for a league at work so I will have to watch a recorded version after the draft is over. Therefore, I will not be able to be on the foum to comment during the game and will probably not go to the site until I have watched the game, hoping not to hear how it went prior to viewing the game. I hate to watch a movie knowing the punch lines ahead of time, LOL.

My guess is it is what the Bears thought of Beck in the year he was drafted. Was he high on their draft boards? Did they think he was a good QB prospect coming into the 2007 draft? Was he a player they would have targeted if available in the round they had him projected? Let's face it, the kid had little if any opportunity to develop or show his abilities in Miami. He is still basically a rookie. Unless the Bears thought very highly of him going into the 2007 draft, why would we have interest in him now?

Article about the wrap up session in training camp I would have loved to have seen this: KJ must have hit Okwo like a Mack Truck to knock his mouthpiece out. I liked what I saw in Forte last week and like what I am hearing about KJ. Could be a dynamite duo!

Article on the Bears QB situation Reading the article, along with another on the Bears Breaking Camp, I see several points: Smith saying that they would like to know before the 3rd preseason game who the starting QB would be so that it would give them time to settle in before the season starts for real. Smith saying that the starters may play even longer this week in the preseason game, quite possibly well into the 3rd quarter, I assume to give a chance to evaluate the teams starters in depth. I suspect all the speculation over who our starter will be over soon.

Crap, you and I think too much alike, I am going to have to keep a close eye on you in our leagues, LOL.