CrackerDog

No, I hate him because he's a douche. PS. What the hell does "The Bunny + Mike Vick = DrunkBomber" mean? I've cogitated on that one on a number of occasions and don't get it.

LOL! Instant classic.

Well, Bradley can use her huge vaginal muscles to snag footballs out of mid air, I've heard.

I'd rather go 0-16 than bring this guy in. HIS OWN TEAM was willing to give him $20 million to shut up and fade into the sunset. Why would anyone desire this circus? He's a drama queen crybaby and I hope his ego is crushed this year playing for the Vikings. Nothing would be better than watching Favre in purple, growing his interception record to insurmountable numbers such that he still holds that record when I'm 90 years old. And having him do so while destroying the Viking's season would only make it sweeter. Anyone who wants this guy on the team isn't a true Bears fan. That's just my opinion so don't get insulted.

Excellent points. If Hester can run true routes, we've got something here. Assuming the line comes together. Don't underestimate Turner's ability to spin gold into piles of shit, however.

A word of warning... I think during training camp the last several years I've noticed a focus on dump offs to TE's and FB's. Then the preseason started and I think Turner either forgot the plays or Rex refused to throw the routes. Not sure. I agree with those that suggest Kyle has the edge if that's the type of offense we want to run. I just don't know if this is real or not. You'd think with our great TE's and inexperienced WR's it would make sense, particularly early in the season. If our O Line takes a little time to gel, we'll want that ball out of there quickly.

Jeez. Why not? What does it hurt? That deep in the draft, who did we pass on to get more picks? Some mystery stud? Please... You trade down and take more chances at the lottery. It makes sense. You can argue with the actual picks we made all day long and I'll support you. But as a strategy, I don't have a problem with it.

LOL. Mantits hires a lady-boy.

Farewell Nick. We hardly knew ye.

1. Favre will never end up a Bear so it makes no sense to even have this discussion. The Bears front office understands their fan base better than anyone here. There are fans here, like myself, who would NEVER accept him as a Bear. In fact, I'd probably boycott the team for the year he was here. I'm serious. 2. His contract is $12 million. The Packers won't cut him. Teams like the Jets are willing to pay him and trade for him. The Bears aren't in that position. 3. I saw others make this point and you dismissed it but... you don't bring a QB in this late in the game and expect him to make an impact. 4. His own team doesn't want him back. 5. We don't need that flaming drama queen here. 6. I don't agree with those above who said our O Line is shit. I worry about our line but that doesn't mean it won't be very solid this year. We're not very deep but that can be remedied. 7. Favre is an idiot. He's a loose cannon who does what he wants and often screws up. With out inexperienced WR's, I seriously doubt Favre's production here would be better than what we already have. Again, yes, I'm serious. 8. If I forced myself to watch the games, I'd be conflicted. I'd be rooting for the Bears but I'd want Favre to get killed. Each win would be tainted. 9. I've got a 10 year old son. All his life he's learned the golden rule: Favre sucks. It's in our family DNA now. You don't unwind that much hate easily. 10. I hope like hell he signs with the Queens. Best case scenario because my buddy would feel all torn up about it too. He feels the same way I do about Favre and he's a Queens fan. I'd laugh my ass off if he went there and played in that dome 8 times a season. Favre is terrible inside. He'd throw a record number of picks this season. Lord, please let this happen!

I sometimes wonder if the Bears were waiting for CB to "do something stupid" in the off season so they could cut him. He was a complete tool and they cut him after the second deal without much detail known at the time. Drafting Forte was a sign of things to come, I think. They knew CB was coming off an injury and with his history, didn't want to take chances on his character not allowing him to dedicate himself to the process of recovery from that injury. I applaud the Bears on their handling of their problem cases these last 24 months or so. Everyone is going to have things like this come up. It's a measure of the organization that they're able to deal with them swiftly and professionally. Sends a message to the rest of the guys, too.

Hub Asskiss said Bazuin was going to have a hard time making the team. Hub is almost always wrong. I'm convinced, based just on his rip, that Bazuin will make the Probowl this year.

Rex looks good. Hope he's getting a little of his swagger back. Forte looks great.

Cool. The devil is in the details. Can't wait to see what they agreed on. Hopefully the Bears didn't just toss a bunch of money at him hoping he develops at WR. But, when you compare the relative calm this will bring to camp compared to the Packers who can't seem to figure out to do with their Hall of Fame QB, it makes us look like a professional organization while they're lost at sea. Classic.

Please forgive me but I've always been overprotective of Payton so... If you look at Payton's career, he started off being a bit of a fumbler. He talked about making adjustments to the way he carried the ball after his first few seasons. If you recall, they used to mention his switching arms and stiff arming people near the sidelines. After starting off with 30 fumbles in his first three seasons, he ended his career with only 56 in the last 10 years. Add to this that his offensive line was complete shit for the first half of his career and the number of carries he had. Carries when the D knew he was going to get the ball! Remember the old Payton left, Payton right, Payton up the middle, punt days? I know you do. Also, I specifically recall a fumble he had at the goal line against the Atlanta Falcons which was absolutely NOT a fumble. So he had 85 (or fewer) if replay was in place for his career. He fumbled less than 2% (1.7% when you exclude those first three seasons) of the touches he had while Jim Brown was just over 2%. Emmitt Smith, known for never fumbling (IMO because he always had a great line and they had a passing attack for most of his great career) fumbled on 1.2% of his. LT fumbles an incredible .8% while Franco Harris, Payton's contemporary, fumbled nearly 3% of the time he touched it. So, sure, there have been folks who held onto it better than Walter did and there have been worse. I don't think the term "butterfingers" is even close to accurate, however.

I also forgot to mention she's tainted by being a former Packer too.

My biggest worry is that nfoligno is starting to make sense. Seriously, I'll just second his post. If the line can't protect Gross/ton than we're going to get killed in week one. Anyone happen to notice who will be lining up opposite our LT that week? A demoralizing loss where our QB gets his ass kicked (or injured) that early in the season would be the start of the spiral. #2 is the injury bug biting the defense. If Urlacher and Mike Brown can stay close to 100% all season at their ages and with Brown's history, I'd be pleasantly surprised. If the line gels and we stay reasonably healthy, this team wins 10 games and we're in the playoffs. If not, we lose 10 games.

Glenn is a bigger sissy than Bradley! His own coach called him "she"! PASS.

I don't think Olin is back in camp yet. A fumbled snap this early in camp is meaningless. The only reason people are fixated on it is because of Rex's history. By the way, ESPN Radio reported Kyle fumbled and threw two picks within 4 or 5 plays from scrimmage today. He had a really bad day today. Of course, if I'm keeping this straight, he was working with the #2's today.

Precisely. He and the Bears got together and made the decision it would look better if he were in camp, even if he wasn't practicing. His hammy is as hurt as mine. He'll heal when the ink on his new deal dries. And that isn't me slamming him, this is a wise move by both parties. And it suggests that things are moving in the right direction. I just hope the Bears don't cave to him too badly. I really see this as a deal that could go south very quickly.

I agree. And from what I heard, that's a $3 to $4 million number per season. So now you're FOR an incentive type contract? OK, glad you've come around to where I started like 237 posts ago. I agree with this also. Did you take smart pills or something? I like it. Probably combine the big bonus in 2010 with year to year roster bonuses before and after such that if he gets hurt or declines they won't get paid. He's protected because the Bears will need to cut him and let him be a free agent to chase a deal elsewhere. These probably step up in amount over time. If he makes it at WR, he'll be worth every penny. If not, the Bears can look at their individual cap circumstances each year to determine if they can afford to have a luxury player like Hester (only returning kicks) on the team.

Man, I can't believe some of you guys have thousands of posts here already. I've been MIA for a while with personal issues to sort out. Not home free yet either but the new season got me back here. I had a bazillion posts on the old site and now I look like a chump breaking Nfo's balls. Ah well... I'll catch up someday.

Crackpot? Who you callin' CRACKPOT!?!?! That hurt my feelings NFO. I think you owe me and the whole board an apology... BWAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HAHA HAHA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111 Meanie.

I don't know. Berrian is probably a bad example anyway since he's a true #2 getting #1 money from a team desperate to add WR help. I will say my guess is we'd get offered more for Hester in a trade than we'd get offered for Berrian which says the same thing you're saying, Hester is worth a lot to this team. But whoever got him either as a free agent or via trade would face the same dilemma JA faces today. And I don't know how you balance it out. All of those other positions making more these days actually kinda makes my point... you've got to pay those dudes! How can you do all of that and still have a guy like Hester eating up a ton of cap space while not playing a position that traditionally gets that kind of money? How can you invest that much in a position that's considered very high risk? There's a reason those jobs are usually held by guys who aren't that important to the team...

Yep. Particularly in this case since the guy is friggen SIX SEVEN - TWO SIXTY! No reason he can't block other than technique and wanna. I can forgive the technique part as he may not have been involved enough in college. This is a coaching issue and I'd expect he'd learn plenty to become solid during this camp. I mean, all you need to know is how to bend your knees at the correct angle, position your shoulders and shove as hard as you can. Or dive at a guy's legs. TE blocking isn't exactly an art form! I can't forgive a lack of motivation. Nor would the coaches.