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LOL. 'nuff said...

I find it hilarious that some on this board thinks it necessary to blame Lovie Smith for everything that happens in a negative aspect with the Bears. I assure you that if the Bears Dorm rooms at camp runs out of toilet paper, it will be Lovie's fault. If a player gets his steak medium well when he ordered it medium rare, you guessed it, Lovie's fault. Lovie makes enough mistakes he deserves to be criticized for without some posters trying to turn every damn negative as a mistake made by Lovie. Lovie's main mistake, the thing that I feel has defined his failure, is his selection of assistant coaches. Hopefully this year he has gotten it right with DC, OC, & OLC. If he has, we will have a very good year, we have the players IMO. If not, if he blew it again on selecting his staff, he will be gone next year.

I was never high on Afalava, did not think he should be considered a starting caliber player, just a backup at best. It seems everything that happens is twisted so as more insults can be given the coaching staff. If we don't make the playoffs and go DEEP into the playoffs this year, I like everyone else will want to clean house. The difference between me and many on the forum, I am willing to give the coaches another chance this year to prove themselves. JA certainly has stepped up in player acquisition. In two years to get Cutler & Peppers as well as some other very respected players is fantastic.

The guy from ESPN Is making a lot of harsh judgments based on the first couple of practices. It is kind of stupid to evaluate the first couple of non contact drills and the first practice in pads for the year. He even tries to twist Cutler's statements into readers thinking "oh my God this offense is just too hard to learn" when Cutler, from what I can tell in interviews, is learning it just fine and is comfortable with it.

I guess I do need to confirm, although I truly love FF, I am going to take a year off. I have some other things going on and I do not want to take time out from what is more important to obsess over a FF roster. I would prefer to reserve any free time I can muster up to follow the Bears and any other games I can catch. I actually have Directv NFL Sunday Ticket this year and am looking forward to being able to watch any game I want live. Best of luck to all of you. Next year if there is an opening maybe I will jump back in.

The Bears Site is saying Bruce will arrive Wednesday and remain in camp for the entire preseason sessions to help the Bears receivers learning the new offense. Good stuff!

I Honestly, an regretfully, believe there are members on this forum who dislike Lovie Smith so much that they want to see us tank it this year so that they can get their wish, A clean sweep of Smith/Angelo/Phillips. The what if that happened and we hired the best of the best HC/GM/TP? Then we go out and sign the top free agents available, say 250 million dollars worth of tallent. We finish it off with the best draft in team history. Guess what, it does not guarantee you will see a SB trophy carried into Halas Hall.

Fantastic! Thanks for the updates. I look forward to the guys from the forum giving these type of reports. Much more valuable than the stuff the so called experts put out, especially when they are on the Bears pay roll.

Yep, another one bites the dust....

He has admitted we played poorly in the past many times. However, when asked on the eve of training camp I do not think he needs to talk about the past, but needs to move forward and kick ass. If he did anything else I would be disappointed.

But all the pieces are in place!

For some reason I was freezing up when trying to make the post. Sorry. At any rate, what I was trying to say is that I have read a lot of rookies and vets getting injured in OTAs and mini camps. Now, this guy is lost for the season. I do not want to hear about any injuries this off-season. We need to stay healthy if we are going to have a chance to surprise people. I have never wanted to see the Bears KICK MAJOR ASS as bad as I have this year. I am so sick and tired of all the experts and rival fans.

Let's hope this type of luck stays in other teams camps " Ravens starting CB Domonique Foxworth suffered a torn ACL in practice and will miss the season.

I do not ever recall a head coach of any pro team, including the NFL, be interviewed before the season started and say that they had a crappy team and may have problems competing. I have no problems with Smith's Optimism. Just another story to fill a column of news writers who are as bored as we all are and trying to find something to talk about.

From this clip from an article on the Tribune site it makes it sound as if Unga will probably make the 53 man cut so we will certainly have to wait and see who gets cut. Maybe he will be put at FB but the article also says he has never been put in that role so it would be a project.

My impressions from the video: He looks faster than 4.6 He looks smaller than 240+ He looks like he needs a good deal of work in the weight room He showed some good moves in the open field He had quite a few runs around the corner which I did not expect I don't know, some mixed emotions on my part as I was looking for a old style smash mouth fullback which I did not see on the film but may well be worth a gamble for a 7th round pick Even if he gets cut, no big deal

The way I look at it is this guy has better credentials and upside as a prospect than anything we would have been able to select in the 7th round next year. Therefore, it is a no risk pickup. Even if he does not make it, how many 7th rounders do? (I know there are exceptions to that question but the odds are high.)

Good Story on Tim Ruskell

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Bears Banking on Another Tice Turnaround

I have seen statements made by Thayer that we critical and brutally honest. At last year's fan convention when questioned he was not all flattering when answering questions about the Bears. I do not think he is a puppet on a string. Larry Meyer, that is a different story. Joniak, that is a different story.

Link: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sha...rcTrk=RTR_95649 Clipped from the Austin American-Statesman article by Tony Plohetski and Kevin Robbins: Former University of Texas football player Cedric Benson was arrested and charged with assault with injury early today after an incident last month at Annie's West at 706 West Sixth Street, where officials said he punched a bar employee in the face. The 27-year-old current running back for the Cincinnati Bengals had been involved in an altercation at the establishment and was being escorted out when he punched an employee, according to an arrest affidavit. Benson has posted bail and has been released from the Travis County Jail, according to jail records and officials. He faces up to a year in jail if convicted of the Class A misdemeanor.

Oh I would love it, but I just do not see it happening. I think the Bears, after spending HUGE bucks in FA already, may stand pat on this one. I heard J.J. in Dallas might be in the hunt. If he is the price tag has just gone up.

The good old bucket step. I was pissed when they went to that bucket step/zone blocking bullshit. Man, how long has it been since we went to that crap? Did it start with Juaron or Wanny? I played OT in school. I loved firing off the snap and dominating my man before he had a chance to react. I love pancakes, LOL. This Pussy Footing blocking scheme we use to run drove me nuts. Once I found out Tice is "old school" I was happy!

This type of juggling happens all the time with all teams. Even NEP have one of the best run carousels in the NFL. OK, you mention Chris Harris. If you are a Carolina fan you look at it this way: We traded a late draft pick and got an excellent starter in Chris Harris. Then, even though he was a darn good safety for us and a starter during his time in CAR we trade him back for a LB who has yet to prove he can be anything more than a good backup.