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I wonder if they were assuming the Saints couldnt match when they moved Bennett. This probably affects our 2nd or 3rd round draft pick.

He is a kick returner.

The Bears arent going for high priced FA to put a near super bowl team over the top, they are going for soild mid priced guys to fill holes so that we can actually pick best player available in the draft. Thats how you build a team long term. Once we get good, then we can add those special FA pieces to take you over the top. These guys are doing it right, great to see.

Im not sure why the cap hit would be so high unless the team wanted it that way. To the player a signing bonus is immediate money too, but gets prorated over the life of the contract against the cap, so its no difference to the player. If true, the team must have preferred it that way but it's weird.

yup

Im not diminishing Urlacher or Brown or any other. Im just saying, if you remove all of Peanut's turnovers, Lovie's record is atrocious. Peanut alone was the difference. Had we had someone terrible at MLB that would have done it too etc. Thats the point, Lovie's "success" was so fragile, that you get rid of any ONE of those guys, and he's nothing. But especially Peanut. You can see the turnover stats more clearly than you can mathematically calculate Urlachers coverage for example. Urlacher is a HOF LBer. No doubt. But without Peanut's turnovers alone, Lovie is crap. You can give Lovie credit for where he put Urlacher in the scheme etc, but Peanut punching out balls was not about Xs and Os or coaching at all.

I dont think Lovie was a good coach. I think he was a mediocre coach, and he got a LOT of wins and credit on the back of Tillman's uncanny ability to punch the ball out. If that was something that he taught, other guys would have been better at it too. Seriously factor out Peanut, and Lovie has a terrible record.

Absolutely. I would have averaged 2 1/2 yards a carry behind that line.

I'd be for that.

http://deadspin.com/report-robert-nkemdich...ow-a-1747804428 http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/...uana-possession

The difference is Kareem happened after the whistle.

Correct. He was running with the ball.

Our special teams are always being raided because they are going into starting positions. We have no second string, only possible starters to be developed. This will get better when we have more starters slotted, and develop more depth.

When you have a roster like ours, with no depth, and where any second stringer showing promise is getting field time, your talent on special teams is going to suck. Once we get some starters set on this team, there will be depth for special teams.

Well said.

Amen. +1

agree! I'm thrilled to see this level of coaching.

Rookies come to the NFL and learn all the time. You can't take Cutler's inablility to learn and extrapolate that to mean that only NFL ready players are worthy to draft. There wouldn't even be enough to fill the first round.

Slauson had more than one bad snap. but I understand, he has never played center before, and I dont blame him for anything. But neither do I think that everything is fine with him at center. It'd be much better if he was back at guard, and we had a real center in there.

http://www.csnchicago.com/bears/espn-gives...no-1-draft-pick

Maybe moving Long to tackle changes some of our run playbook philosophy and the need for another solid run blocking TE changed. This late, maybe they picked up two guys to compete for that position.

Preach, Cracker!

Thank you so much for the information!

Hey Guys, My extended family and I are going to visit Bears training camp for the first time this year. I'm really excited. Of course as a newbie, I don't know anything about it, how it works, if you have to get there early, need tickets etc? Also, are there any must see or do attractions or restaurants etc in the area? I know some of you guys have a lot of experience in this, so any tips or info are greatly appreciated. Thank you! Kyle

Remember that about half the time, when we are in nickel etc, that we will still run a four man DL, and in that case, Young will still bring value. Also I think Houston can play DE in the 3-4, rather than OLB.