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Contract was 3 years for $12 million, so more financially friendly than Turner's contract, though I remain skeptical about how productive he'll be.

I think the Bears like Matt Blanchard as the #3, but we still need a capable #2. I can't see us spending the money it would take to get (or being a very enticing landing spot for) fringe starters like Kolb, who is apparently soon to be released, or Fitzpatrick, who already has been. Campbell had his chance here. Remaining candidates include Byron Leftwich (probably not a great fit), Brady Quinn (I could see it), or Kellen Clemons (snore). Am I crazy to think the best remaining realistic FA option is (gasp!) Rex Grossman? Or maybe we just wait to see who gets released after the draft?

A lot a people seem to love this and I don't get it. Jackson's about a year away from being what Michael Turner was this year. He had one 100 yard rushing game this year (against the Cardinals) along with games of 21/53, 11/29, 18/55, and 21/48. His longest carry of the year was 46 yards and second longest was 23.

Of course, that worked out pretty well for the Bengals last year.

I'm glad someone watched this. I saw that it was going to be on, but couldn't tune in. Obviously if the Bears are interested, they are going to (or have already) talked to him to feel him out. I guess we'll just have to wait and find out.

Plus Boothe and Moore are still out there to be had, I believe.

Emery pretty much confirms what we already knew - with these two moves, the Bears get a lot of draft flexibility and are more likely than they otherwise would have been to trade down. I hear the 49ers have 14 draft picks - might be a good place to start. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,4807079.story

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs #Bears releases of Kellen Davis, Matt Spaeth and Matt Toeaina will create $5.25 million in cap space.

Shocked the contract is so cheap (I saw something like 4 years, $16 million). He isn't what he was billed to be, but he's been pretty productive the last couple years.

For those with the means to view it: http://www.chicagobears.com/live.html

I think they took care of their big needs and now is the time to let the dust settle and scoop up some deals in a few days.

So TEs next year figure to be Bennett, Rodriguez, and either Kyle Adams or Brody Eldridge.

Without Collins, Idonije (who played there some), and Toeaina, Bears suddenly very thin at DT.

Jared Cook's deal with the Rams is 5 years, $35 million. Makes Bennett look like even more of a bargain. Also, the Bears are paying Bushrod about $1 milliom more per year than Gosder Cherilus is getting. Interested to see what Long ends up getting.

At least we would be upgrading from our history of slow potheads (Webb, JT Thomas, Rashaan Salaam) to fast potheads. That's a step in the right direction!

I like it a lot, though I don't see Reddick lasting that long. I'd see it more like: 1) Jonathan Cooper, OG, UNC 3) Kevin Reddick, LB, UNC 3) Ryan Swope, WR, Texas A&M 4) Tyrann Mathieu, CB, LSU (Big risk, but with veterans in Jennings and Tillman to learn from, I love the idea of him starting at nickel/dime and developing from there) 5) Braxton Cave, C, Notre Dame (though if we need to add bodies at LB, I like Keith Pough from Howard here) 6) Chris Jones, DT, Bowling Green

Cooper seems like the obvious choice if he's on the board at #20 - assuming they can't still make a play for Brandon Moore.

If you didn't already like Martellus Bennett, maybe this will help:

I thought maybe we needed one of these - lots of players talked about around here are off the board. -Andy Levitre - Titans (five year, $39 million deal) -Louis Vasquez - Broncos (four-year, $23.5 million) -Chase Daniel - Chiefs

Martellus Bennett ‏@JoeGryffindor No deal done. Just know that's where I wanna be.

Take it for what it's worth, but Glazer's pretty plugged in: 19 mins DaBearsBlog ‏@dabearsblog Jay Glazer just reported on Mike Francesa's show that he believes Brian Urlacher will leave Chicago this offseason.

I can see adding one tackle, but not two - just don't think they give up on a former 1st round pick in Carimi at T yet.

If so, I assume that would mean Evan Rodriguez would move back to TE, since they used him at FB with some frequency last year. So maybe the Cook interest is a smokescreen and they really intend to give ERod a shot at starting TE?

Yuck. So, if it's not Campbell and it's not Daniel, who's the back-up? Brady Quinn? Kellen Clemons? I hate to even type it, but Rex Grossman isn't looking too bad right about now. LET'S GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!

If they get him, to they play him at RT and try Carimi at LT? Put Loadholt at LT and Carimi at RT? Give up on Carimi at T and try him at G?