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Yes, I do believe we have a solid group of WRs. I like Knox, Hester, & Bennett. I think by the end of the year the perception of this position as being a glaring weakness will change. I am not saying we have a stellar #1 but I do believe as a committee they are no longer a weakness. Some teams have RBC, we have WBC, LOL. I have no idea what the Chiefs would take in trade. I was just throwing out an idea. You could be right, the Chiefs may not be interested.

The Chiefs are as bad off at WR as one can imagine. We have a solid group. Would they take a trade for one of our WRs? Maybe Iglasis (sp) or R Davis? I do not know what they are looking for in compensation in such a trade. I would prefer to trade a player before a high 2nd day pick.

Gotta Love it. Cutler & Knox make a great combo!

Bad Decision & Bad Pass by Cutler.

congrats! Unfortunately, I got my a** beat bad, LOL.

I question the move unless it is a precursor to another move. I do not see the reason for adding another DE that can get 6 sacks a year. We have plenty of marginal DEs capable of that. Why would we trade away a 2nd rounder for an underachieving high draft pick? Do we have another trade lined up for AO or AB to go somewhere else for a greater need? If not, I still question why we would trade for this guy unless I am missing out on something. I know little about about him except for what I have just read and his NFL stat sheet. If someone knows more than I do that would justify this trade please make me feel better and enlighten me.

There are some teams that will be looking to trade good players for picks. I would not go for T.O. but if a team wanted to give up a good young OLman, hell yes, if the price was right.

It will be interesting to see how it shakes out over the next few weeks. If you look at the unbeaten teams like DEN, MIN, & IND, their schedules have thus far been relatively easy. They will all begin to take on legitimate teams of much better quality and we will see who the pretenders and who are the contenders.

Quinn was bad, but there is no words to describe Burris. He appeared in 6 games in 2002 but only 2, weeks 16 & 17, did he start. In week 16 he went 8 for 22 (50 yds) comp 36.4% 1 TD no INT QB Rating of 60.0 In week 17 he went 7 for 19 (78 yds) comp 36.8% 0 TD 4 INT and QB Rating of 10.3 Thank God there was no week 18, I shudder to think what he would have accomplished, LOL.

MIN plays BAL at home, Pit away, then GBP away in the next 3 games. I see them at 5-3 GBP plays Det at home, CLE away, then MIN at home in the next 3 weeks. I see them 5-2 CHI plays ATL away, CIN away, and then CLE at home. If we sweep, we are 6-1 and in first place. I think it will go down to the wire as to who actually wins the NFC North. We need to kick some ass!

I was just amused by watching him last night. Most QBs will bail out before taking a big hit, I understand that, but Rivers bailed far too early and could have at least gotten a few yds for his team. I remember watching on the sidelines acting like a little leaguer shouting at Cutler trying to rattle him. Rivers is an excellent QB but I have never liked his attitude, far before Cutler arrived in Chicago. It was no big deal. Just bored on a day off and thought I would mention it.

Anyone who watched SDC & DEN play in the past few years witnessed the matchups between Cuttler & Rivers and the verbal sparring that took place with Rivers calling out Cuttler saying he was a Pu**y. Well, looking at the games this weekend, Cutler mad a gut check TD showing he is willing to lay it all on the line for the team, and I saw Rivers take off up the middle when pressured and took a slide when a DEF guy got about 5+ yards from him allowing for no gain on his scramble up the middle. Who is the Pu**y?????

From what I was hearing on the Score this morning the primary problem in our coverage was in the middle of the field which Roach was responsible for. Roach does not have the cover skills needed to be a MLB in a Cover 2 defense.

As much as I would love to see GBP win over MIN reality tells me that in MIN AP will torch the Packers, Grant will be a dud against the MIN D, and both QBs are going to get a tremendous amount of heat. I think a better poll might have been which team gets the most unnecessary roughness penalties. This one is going to be a fun game to watch. I will be interested to see int injury report from this game. LOL

I was telling my son-in-law that I was hoping the Lions would win this week because logic would say that sooner or later the losing streak had to stop and I did not want it to be in Chicago.

LOL, I must agree.

I hear statements like: No one deserved to win this game. Reed & Omare both missed 2 FGs and we should be 0-3. We probably do not win at SEA if they did not have so many injuries. As well as many others questioning the Bears and not believing we are legit. I personally am excited about this team. And yes, I agree, if anything, I am concerned about our OL but hope as they "gel" they get better. Williams is basically a rookie and we may wind up replacing our LG with Beekman. We will see how it progresses. If it does not improve by bye week I expect to see changes coming in week 5.

We have an OL with 3 new starters that need time to gel as a unit and will get better as the season progresses. As they become a "unit" our running game and pass protection will only improve. They faced 2 3-4 defenses in weeks one & two and now have that experience under their belt as well. We have a very young and inexperienced WR group that is getting better and better as they learn on the run. Knox & Bennett has exceeded my early expectations and look like the real deal. Hester is coming up huge in critical situations. We are seeing a very good WR group in their infancy growing on a game to game basis. Cutler is still working to get to know the tendencies of the WR group. He had a rough start in week 1 but has been every bit as good as I had hoped for in the past two weeks. He will only get better as he helps to develop our young WR group. We went into week one against one of the best QB/WR groups in the league. We were still in the game at the end. I fully expected to get blown out of the water that game as I expected to see huge points put up against us. Yes, I was disappointed in the last 2 minujtes of the game. We beat the Steelers. I do not care if they missed 2 field goals. That is part of the game. WE WON! We do not need to apologize for that. It was an excellent win we should be celebrating. How many of us had that game in the win column with our predictions before the season started? This week we were playing away in one of the more difficult stadiums to play in. Many of us had this as a loss in our early season predictions as well. We started off slowly, yes. However, we got accustomed to the noise level and conditions and played excellent football the final 3 quarters. Yes, Seattle was missing their 3 time Pro Bowl QB. Yes they were missing other starters as well. You know what, we started the season with both our starting CBs taking limited reps and our nickle coming back from injuries as well. We lost our Pro Bowl MLB in the first half of game one. We lost an excellent starting LB in the first series of game one. Harris has struggled with his knee. Then we lose our backup MLB in game three. Last I looked injuries and their effect on a teams success has been a part of the game since the early 20's when the NFL was born. WE WON! This team is a work in progress that is going to get better and better as the season progresses. I am personally excited to see this team grow.

It wasn't changing the length of the season to 16 games that diluted the talent pool, it was adding more teams to the league that did that. I can't believe that replacing a meaningless preseason game with a game that counts for something would shorten the career of any player. IMHO As long as they shorten the preseason, I have no problem expanding the regular season.

Well most people are "not smarter than a fifth grader". Everone knows, even fifth graders, Lithuania is actually a small island shaped like a lemonhead in the Baltic Sea.

Has there been a Jarron Gilbert Sighting? I have not heard much of this guy and do not recall seeing him in any significant fashion during the first 2 games.

You know what, I met Johnny Knox when Gary (bowlingtwig) and I got his autograph and shook his hand at the Fan Convention. I certainly know he is black. I read TerraTor's post, saw the picture, and thought there was no way he could be related or it would have been mentioned on ChicagoBears.com several times by now. When I saw the photo it never dawned on me Ronnie was white and Johnny was black. It just wasn't relevant to me for some reason. I guess I am color blind. I honestly do not think there was any attempt at racism in the post. If I had smelled the slightest hint of such I would have deleted it immediately.

Congratulations. sounds like life is good!

On NFL.com they have a quote from HC Mora that he does indeed have a fractured rib. He refused to comment further. In addition it was noted that:

DaWebmaster's Family, Job, and Personal obligations led him to leave Bearstalk a good year before it finally closed shop do to the actions of the sponsoring host. I hope all is going well for Jeff. Isaac (ITC3) got upset at some posters who were calling him out for some comments he made on the forum. I know at the time Isaac had some major things occuring in his personal life and was under a lot of stress. He asked to be removed from the forum. I tried to talk him out of it and asked that he give it some time to "cool off". He never returned. I think he left approximately 6 months before the move to TalkBears. I too miss them both and think of them quite often when posting on the forum here.