Pixote

I personally love the addition of TE Bennett to our lineup and feel he will be a huge weapon for Cutler. Many on this forum seem to under value him do to his lack of production with Dallas. In Dallas he was frustrated sitting behind Whitten. In his one year in NY he played very well. Bennett would not qualify as a "surprise" to me but I think he will surprise the many on the forum who seem to dismiss his value. I also agree with many on this thread that Hardin has the potential to be a big plus this year.

It would be great to have 12 teams, hopefully we can get a full boat. Not sure about Da Boars.

Thanks for clarifying that, I was obviously mistaken. Getting leagues mixed up, LOL

I was trying to remember, I think last year the TalkBears2 League had 12 teams, 8 making the playoffs, 4 in consolidation rounds. I see 10 teams signed up so far even with Gary joining our league. Is this indeed a 12 team league with 2 teams yet to resign for the league or is it a 10 team league? Just trying to figure this out as it makes a big difference in drafting strategy.

LT, sign Bowlingtwig up, I could use a couple of easy wins this year LOL

Thanks! Signed back up.

If you change it to live draft and get rid of the auto-draft, I think everyone would be happy. If it is a live draft I will sign up. If you want to add 1 point per reception I personally would be thrilled, however, others, including yourself, might not agree so I will go with whatever the majority wants. I just personally like that bonus and I think it makes the rankings a bit more challenging.

I got a notice to sign up for the TalkBears2 FF League I participated in last year but noticed it was set up for Auto-Draft. If it is going to be an Auto-Draft, I am not interested. Can anyone confirm that it is indeed changed to Auto-Draft this year? Last year I did not realize until a few minutes before the draft started that players did not get a point per reception, which I prefer, but went ahead and played. My fault, should have been more attentive to the rules. I just want to make sure I do not sign up for an Auto-Draft league as I think they really suck.

For players in the past I would have to say Rick Mirer. We gave up a 1st round pick for him, he sucked, played in a handful of games, got paid over 10 Million (in 1997 that was HUGE), and then was released in 1998 before the season began. Talk about bust, he rewrote the definition. Current player on our roster? That is a tough one. Without resorting to a player on the roster who was not active last year (we have many "camp jockies" who are temporarily on our roster) I am sorry to say I would have to pick a player who, by selecting him, will piss off several forum members. For several years all I have heard is how this player has such great potential, will continue to improve, etc... He has been given every opportunity to prove himself and IMHO has failed miserably. I would love him gone just so our current staff does not waste any further time in trying to fit what I consider is a "square peg in a round hole". I would gladly trade away a J'Marcus Webb jersey and move on.

You lost me, but at my age, I get lost a lot, LOL I will agree on this point however... that flaming each other on the forum is costing us may good posters I came to this board many many years ago after leaving another forum that was filled with posters attacking anyone who voiced an opinion that they did not agree with. I got tired of being called every name in the book and degraded whenever I voiced an unpopular opinion. When I first joined this forum there was no such activity going on here. However, I have seen a lot of this going on here recently and it has escalated over the past year. We have had a lot of very good posters leave this forum for the same reason I left the previous forum. There are far too many insults slung around by certain posters who do not like being disagreed with. Unfortunately, if I try to step in and eliminate this I know from past experience that I will then piss off many posters for any measure I can take to try and stop the verbal abuse of posters. Believe me, I know from previous experiences. Catch 22

So because he states adamantly he does not want us to consider bringing in Johnson he is a "tool" Then I guess that makes me a "tool" also, bowlingtool and pixtool. I do not want him as an option either. Or maybe you should consider that everyone who states an opinion that you do not agree with are not necessarily a "tool" or idiot or ??? Maybe the diversity of opinion in a forum is what most of those visiting a forum are actually looking for?

I agree with you, fluff, doesn't make sense to me. I know one thing for sure, this coaching staff is not going to be like the last and keep on trusting players saying they are going to improve, they have faith in them. That is why our OL was so bad the past 4-5 years. I firmly believe they will start the best 5 players and I honestly do not believe Webb is one of them. I have said in the past and I repeat, I remember his play at ROT in the past before being switched to LOT. He sucked at ROT. He sucked at LOT. He is a good experienced back-up option for both positions in case of injury but that is it. I suspect ROT will be between 3 players, Jonathan Scott (who I thought did exceptionally well before being injured last year), Jordan Mills (very interesting draft pick) and Kyle Long (although it is stated he will start off as an option at OG I would not be surprised to see him land at ROT if he has an excellent camp).

I have to agree, I cannot see writing this guy off until he has a chance to compete for a roster position in training camp. Yes, maybe he should be at OTAs but it is not unheard of for players to miss these for many reasons. But I think they will wait and see how he performs in preseason and then make the call. If he is cut I would be surprised if that came about until final cuts.

I hope we never lose Cliff Stein. Bears Sign Kyle Long Everyone is accounted for!

So the difference between two of the best QB as far as getting the ball out quickly and Cutler, one of the worst at getting the ball out fast is appx. 3 tenths of a second? 0.3 Seconds? a hiccup?

Is it possible that behind the scenes he has been asked not to attend because a trade may be in the works? I know when a trade is in the works the team will often ask the player to sit out to make sure no injury occurs that would kill the trade. I am just throwing it out there as it is the only thing that makes sense to me as to why he would be out unless there are some personal issues he needs to resolve that are not being discussed.

I should hope not. I think it is great he is helping the cause. I am the proud father of 5 special needs children that I adopted and three of those kids participated in the Special Olympics. It was a huge event for them that they enjoyed and to this day cherish the memories of same. My hat is off to anyone who cares enough to lend a hand to the Special Olympics.

You know it is slow on the board when we spend this much time talking about Tebow,

I, like many here, have absolutely no objection to a Christian athlete showing a gesture on the field after a big play. The vast majority of those who do so will point to the heavens, cross themselves, or some small gesture acknowledging their faith in God. They do so without making a big deal of it and in a way that many do not even notice anymore as it is so common. Tebow however, like most everything he does, has to put on a show doing "The Tebow" pose. The fact that this gesture of his has actually been given a tag by the press and fans and has actually been commercialized says a bunch. Tebow intentionally tries to ignite the "circus" around him. He incites the fans and press by doing things like his jogging in the middle of the winter when it was cold and snowing shirtless. The press loved it, and he loved it, because it brought him attention. He could possibly be an upgrade as a backup over what we have now, which would not be saying much. However, I think we could find a better backup off the street. Maybe a backup who would be more interested in improving as a QB under our new HC than how much publicity he can get for himself.

Teams can always strike gold in later rounds but realistically players selected round 3 and later are hard pressed to give you immediate production and on good teams many of these players wind up on practice squads or are relegated as deep backups and special teams players. I am not concerned that a team has a load of late picks. Minnesota did well with 3 1st rounders, giving up a boat load of picks for the 3rd pick of a WR. Time will tell if it is enough to make them "elite". I still do not think they are anywhere as good as their record last year would seem to indicate.

A lot of posters on the forum are still saying "we should have traded back to pick up K Long, we chose him too high, bad value..." From what I have heard and read, his father, Howie, who would not reveal the teams he had contact with, said his son would have been gone before the 2nd round started, indicating several teams were interested in selecting his son between picks 20 & 29 in the first round. I am also reading many had him rated the #3 OG prospect. Yes, he has limited experience as a starter. However, there was a defensive end, cannot remember his name, who was drafted much higher in the first round, who had only played football for 1 year and only started 3 games. I like the pick.

With so many teams passing on S Floyd, something is up we do not know about.

The ONLY thing I knew for sure, and in previous years I always posted this prediction, was that TerraTor would be pissed with whoever we selected.

I am sure they would have traded back if they could have. The way OL was being hit hard I am sure they felt they needed to take a good prospect now or when they selected in the 2nd there would not be anything left. We needed the upgrade.

Totally agree, they should be thankful they got selected and shut the hell up. If you do not want to play for the team that drafts you, fine, they should be made to flip burgers for a year and re-enter the draft the next year. Screw them, that is exactly what they are doing to the team that drafts them. And let me add, if the team that drafts them winds up with the player refusing to play for them, award them an equal pick in the following years draft in compensation.