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more per PFT Urlacher Continues To Tell Everyone He’s Skipping Minicamp Posted by Josh Alper on May 14, 2008, 11:31 a.m. Brian Urlacher continued his media tour by chatting with Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune, who didn’t credit Michael Silver of Yahoo! with scooping him, about his plans to skip minicamp. $8,000 in fines isn’t going to be enough to shake Urlacher into changing his mind. “Yeah, it would bug me to get fined, but it’s my choice,” he said. “Unless something happens [with the contract] between now and then, I won’t be there.” Urlacher’s got every right to ask for more money but it’s hard to find much about his complaints to agree with. He signed a nine-year contract and then uses a rise in the salary cap as part of his rationale for wanting a new deal. What did he think would happen over the course of a decade? He either got bad advice or misunderstood the nature of a contract, either way that’s his own fault. His other gripe, the right of a team to cut a player if they don’t perform, is a long-standing issue in the CBA between the league and the players. It should be revisited but Urlacher and others need to realize their signing bonuses will have to come down as a result because that’s what they get for giving up guaranteed money down the road. The Bears made a reasonable offer to Urlacher, a $5 million bonus with $1 million per year through reachable playing time incentives and one more year tacked on with $9 million base salary, and he rejected it. My guess is he wants more up front because he’s worried about making it through the life of the contract.

My advice to Url...shut your mouth and draw your check...or does his back bother him that much? Hmmmm

I thought these contracts were loaded on the back end where the big earnings were in the latter years...

...or thats what PFT is reporting. I have a question; just what is he to draw for the last four on his contract? Wasn't he signed for some monster money? Anyone???

Paul Smith? ...I dunno

...and so is Ainge

Do we really need another pair of stone hands? I thought that was why we let Moose go...

It also mentioned Booker ...I just hate the thought of one (or more) of "our guys" playing in the same division against us...unless we can beat-em like a drum...

Named Bernard Berrian ...per the MN Star paper...fwiw

Found this on PFT... The NFL Scouting Combine starts on Thursday in Indianapolis. On Friday, one of the prospects not invited to the doings at the RCA Dome will show what he can do, only 15 minutes away. Working out at an indoor facility named "Sport of All Sorts" will be receiver James Banks, an Indianapolis native who started his college career as a quarterback at Tennessee. He switched to receiver, and then finished his career at Carson-Newman due to some off-field issues. As far as we can tell, Banks has behaved himself for a while now (which is more than Fabian Washington, Andre Hall, Jerome Mathis, and Roscoe Parrish can say). Our pal Jason Whitlock described Banks as the "second-best quarterback prospect ever out of Indy, after Jeff George." And George himself is directly involved in Banks' efforts to land in the NFL. "I have thrown to a lot of great ones and I think James has a lot of potential," George told PFT on Wednesday. The "great ones" to whom George has tossed the pointed rock include Randy Moss and Cris Carter in 1999 with the Vikings. The workout begins at noon on Friday, and shuttle service will be available for any scouts that hope to check Banks out.

I like the excuse "to drink, overeat" … and maybe reminisce…but then again that may lead to indigestion…

Nope, just one found...

Here is a site that I found interesting and I particularly enjoyed the "what if section" as it throws the draft into a different light...check it out... http://www.drafttek.com/