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http://www.betvega.com/nfl/2009-week-1-nfl...eased-0769.html Bears are 3 point underdogs on the road to GBP. Not too surprised. http://www.betvega.com/super-bowl-odds.html Very little respect here, again, not too surprised. I would like to think we are going to kick some major ass this year with a revitalized defense and an Offense that will be for the first time in many years very capable of winning games and taking advantage of the field position our D and STs provide.

I hope your right but I highly doubt it. 1 or 2 "might" make it to the HOF, but a lot of good years will need to be racked up before one could say that. I do not even think Briggs, Kruetz, or Urlacher at this point deserves HOF honors until they end their careers on an up note and win a SB to boot. To reach the status of a retired number, that will be harder to obtain than the HOF with the Bears.

4 Bears listed, with Forte listed #2 overall behind Adrian Peterson of the Vikes. I believe (or hope) Cutler & Hester wind up higher than they are by season end. Olsen is the 4th player for the Bears to make the top 100. When was the last time we had 4 players in the top 100 of a FF Offensive Ranking? http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/rankings

Ok, now my tickets are purchased and I am waiting for delivery. No one has responded to this thread indicating they are going to attend. Surely some of you are going????

That is simply amazing. His athleticism is astounding and the "quality" of life he is living is refreshing. Thanks for the article.

Beware the annual "Angelo Redshirt" IR candidates.

Back in 2004 when I was restricted to my apartment do to health reasons and had tons of time on my hands SportsInfinity.net (the group that was our host for Bearstalk.com) started a draft site and asked me to be the lead publisher for the site's player profiles. I had several others helping to give me some views on players around the country which I would edit and publish along with a picture of the player in action. By the end of the draft I had slightly over 800 players written up and published on their site. With only appx 250 players being drafted, I thought I weould succeed in having a write up on every player drafted. Not to be, there was a dozen or more players drafted I never heard of and failed to have writeups on. I was totally pissed. LOL I think it would be a great idea. The trick is how to compile the entries from our posters to give us an accessable database for all to view instead of just a lengthy thread without any form of orgainization.

In 2009 he truly sucked. However, he was one of our most reliable receivers in 2008. What happened to him last year? I do not know. We are hoping for a lot from our 3 new draft selections, now or in the future. We are hoping Bennett emerges this year. Just who do we have on our current roster with any legitimate NFL experience at the WR position other than Hester? I still stand by my earlier prediction that Angelo will add some experience at this position before the season starts.

Let's see - Stands 6'5 3/4" tall, has 35" arms, and can obviously has an excellent vertical leap. Can we say he will at least be interesting to watch when attempting to block place kicks?

Angelo is obviously looking to add a legitimate #1 WR with experience but after ARI refused to trade Boldin to the Bears, there are no other players who fit this role available. That does not mean that if the opportunity presented itself in the next 3 months leading up to Camp, he would not go for it. Current lists of available WRs are littered with #2s & #3s. Will B Edwards become available after the Browns drafted 2 WRs high in the draft? Will there be any other surprises up JA's sleeve before Camp? Could be very interesting indeed.

Oh, I agree, I do not think STL will free up Otowge. Just confirming SEA did remove the tag on Hill. STL would be fools to let Otowge go.

Check it out - Confirmation

Or does he play Safety? Or do we now move Tillman or Vasher to Safety? Gives us some interesting scenerios.

It was for the 4th selection in the 3rd rd and the 4th selection in the 4th rd, giving us 2 3rds, 2 4ths, & 2 5ths. I think it was a good trade in that the players we wanted with the 2nd were gone and the players remaining we were targeting will probably still be there in the 3rd.

Agreed, we got very high selections in the 3rd & 4th. We got better value than DAL got for an almost idental trade. Lets see how it works out.

Dallas, shortly after we traded out of the 2nd, traded their 2nd for the 75th & 110th picks.

We get 3rd round #68 & 4th round #105

Looks like a trade down

If we go WR you ould be right. I am totally confused as to what we do. Possibly trade down.

That really sucks, especially going to DET.

Bears are going to have to bring in a FA after the draft for WR help, too many WRs going in the first.

What the hell is a team as good as NEP going to do with all the picks they are stock piling?

Yep, did not want Harvin to go to MIN. If he works out, could be a great pick for them.

I'd be disappointed with that pick.