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And now he will want to be a WR as well and follow in Hester's footsteps.

My bad, I thought he was playing a lot bigger than 295 this year. For some reason I thought he was in the 320-330 range. Blew that one. My understanding is there will not be a typical wedge buster in this years scheme. Here is the copy of a post I made about an article on special teams from the Bears website:

I agree. How many times do we see a player sign a big contract and disappear until the last year of the contract when they are again playing for a big pay day? This gives him some excellent incentives to work his butt off. I wonder how many other contracts we have written like this? The reason I ask is that in an article on the Sun-Times site it mentioned a similar clause in Tommie Harris' contract that I was unaware of until now. He has to be voted to 4 straight Pro Bowls and play 74% of the defensive snaps in each of those four seasons to get an extra $8 million in his last year as a roster bonus. And so much for the critics saying we are cheap. In the article it mentions we have spent $185.39 Million with $59.2 Million Guaranteed on 10 contracts with veterans in this past off season. Article on Hester's Contract with a lot of great details

My understanding is they no longer plan on using Idonije on special teams as a wedge buster. I am surprised they had him gain that much weight as in our scheme the DTs are not usually that big, they want them quick and able to penetrate into the backfield, not the big body run stopper which it appears Idonije might be more built for at his new weight.

From what I understand he is beginning to live up to the hype he had coming into the league now that he is reunited with Turner. Now, it is just training camp and we really will not know what he is doing until we see him on the field but if the reports of him in camp are true, he could be an excellent receiver for us with experience that Monk yet possesses.

My guess is the best this guy can hope for is a shot at the practice squad. With Hester, Booker, LLoyd, Davis, Bradley, & Bennett, looking to be the front runners and players like Hass, Rideau & Monk lurking in the background, Ryan would have a very tough time breaking into the main roster. If I had to guess right now, Hester, Booker, LLoyd, Davis, Bradley, & Bennett will make the main roster, Monk will go on the Practice squad, and Rideau, Hass, & Grice-Mullen will leave us when cuts are made (and I hate to say that because I like Hass a lot but from what I understand he does not do much on special teams and that will cause him to be cut).

A high risk / high reward contract. IF he continues to make the same impact on special teams as he has over the first 2 years AND becomes an effective #2 or #3 WR, it is worth the money. IF he becomes an elite #1 WR, even if his impact on special teams slides, it is worth the money. IF he becomes an elite #1 WR AND continues to impact the game on STs as he has, it is a bargain! Any other scenario I can think of he wins big time and the Bears were suckers and overpaid him. I pray one of the first 3 scenarios take place!

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How much do you want to bet: Josh Cribbs just creamed his pants thinking about trying to get a new contract like Hester's The Browns' Front Office is checking the phone's Caller ID so they do not answer it if it is Cribbs agent There wasn't a measuring stick for this type of contract before, now JA has set the bar at a very high level

I was hoping the same thing, now that we have finished extending 9 veteran contracts, signed 11 draft selections, several undrafted rookies, Booker & LLoyd, we should finally get around to some unfinished business on the OL. We need to bring in at least one serviceable veteran, if not 2, to solidify the OL and provide us some options in case of injury. Our depth on the OL worries me as much as the question marks we have as starters. I honestly believe Angelo will address this issue within the next two week.

Excellent news, now we can relax until 2010 when he sits out of camp wanting to renegotiate this contract, LOL.

I agree, just playing devils advocate and trying to rouse up some ire, LOL. Payton, like I said in the original post, was the greatest RB in NFL History. He averaged 1 fumble in every 6.5 games, that is only 2 or 3 a year, and when you consider the number of touches he averaged per year in rushes and pass receptions that is actually an amazingly small number of fumbles.

Yep, then his coach from the Pats wound up in Dallas and went out and signed "she" to play for the Cowboys. Kinda tells you that he respected "her" talents. LOL

LOL, I have 9 grandkids, so I know where you are coming from. When 2 of the older ones were living with me I actually purchased a PC for them so that they would have no excuse to "invade" my turf,

Did you see him in any blitz coverage drills? I am hoping he is as good in this area as he has been reported to be coming out of college. On one of the videos on the Bears site Orton was saying Forte looked great catching screen passes. NICE!

One thing for sure, I just watched the highlight films of practice on the Bears home website, (if you have not watched these, please do, they are worth the time) Forte looked faaast..... This guy might just sell some tickets for the Bears before long!! I think we finally got the real deal at RB!

Thanks for the update and great to see you posting!! I missed reading your input on the forum!

On the Bears website in the ChalkTalk with Larry Meyer it has this Q&A: I would have never thought that Payton fumbled the Ball 85 times in 13 seasons. In retrospect, that is only 6.5 fumbles a season.

In an Article from the Chicago Sun-Times.com Tillman states that in the NFL offense sells tickets, but not our offense. Think that might tick off the Bears offense?

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I agree With the injury problems we had last year, they are going to take every precaustion possible to prevent a repeat.

No conspiracy about it, the jerk is still holding out. When asked in an interview if he would practice without an extension he says no comment. He shows up and has a mysterious hammy problem. How much you want to bet the hammy does not get better until the extension is signed? He is still a hold out. He is just using the system, makes him look good and saves him some money.

Great News, now hopefully Williams will be back on the field today.

LOL, you guys are quicker than me, I also was listening to the score and was going to post it on the forum, you guys are FAST!