ElmhurstMarcus

Do you think we have the best d line in the league ? for me our weak spot is the second DT starter. The Vikings have a great line too but their weak spot is the LE. the Giants have a great one too but how will they play without Strahan ?

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Colts | B. Sanders could open year on PUP list Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:30:25 -0700 Mike Chappell, of The Indianapolis Star, reports Indianapolis Colts S Bob Sanders (shoulder) could open the 2009 season on the Physically Unable to Perform list until he gets "full go" medical clearance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colts | Freeney could open year on PUP list Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:29:33 -0700 Mike Chappell, of The Indianapolis Star, reports Indianapolis Colts DE Dwight Freeney (foot) could open the 2009 season on the Physically Unable to Perform list until he gets "full go" medical clearance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colts | Harrison could open year on PUP list Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:28:34 -0700 Mike Chappell, of The Indianapolis Star, reports Indianapolis Colts WR Marvin Harrison (knee) could open the 2009 season on the Physically Unable to Perform list until he gets "full go" medical clearance.

The only improvment we have on offense this year compared to this year is the OL ( hopefully), and i suppose tight end just because Olsen will have another year of experience. Besides that, we are in trouble on the offensive side of the ball...

oh alright my bad then

Ruben Brown was pretty brutal last year.

I was reading some of the Benson stuff and I started thinking...what did we really lose from last year? Rubin Brown: He played injured for 8 games, then went on IR. Fred Miller: He played in every game, but not very well. In fact, he caused as many problems as just about anybody on the team IMO. Moose: 40 receptions and 3 TD's. He had more drops than TD's. Berrien: 71 receptions and 5 TD's. not bad, bu not really good eaither. Again more Drops than TD's Griese: While his 10 TD's were OK, his 12 picks cost us at least two games Benson: 674 yards and 4TD's. not exactly a pro-bowl type year. While thst list looks like starters all over the place, none were very vital to our team (Berrian is the only possible exception). Remember, our team was 7-9 with these players. Our Offense ranked near the bottom of the pack with these players. Is it possible that these guys were part of the reason we only won 7 games? Now that they are gone, maybe the replacments will be better? Certainly, every one of them is replacable based on thier stat lines. 40 receptions by moose....totally replacable; 5 TD's by BB....easily replaceable.....674 yds by Benson...not a problem. 12 picks by Griese, Rex can do that blindfolded(JK). My point is that we were 7-9 WITH these guys. maybe we are better off WITHOUT these guys.

A few team ideas: -Stoudamire from Phoenix - Look how easily they gave away Marion -Chandler from NO - He understands how to play now -Nene / Kenyon from Denver -Howard from Orlando - This would be a blockbuster, and probably unlikely -Bosh from Toronto - This would also be a blockbuster, but more likely considering Toronto's habit of dumping talent Absolutly no way in hell i would trade our first pick for Tyson fricking chandler, thats just silly. Or Nene or Kenyon, im not sure i'd trade our 2nd round pick for those guys. And I know that Orlando wouldnt trade Howard for anyone but probably Lebron, same with Bosh. So the only legit one is probably Stoudamire but even then we would probably ask for their 1st round pick in return.

Your kidding me right? Love will be lucky if he lands in the top 10...

Even more of a reason to bring in a veteran back. But get will Adrian, we love you.

Blackhawks are going to be a damn exciting team to watch next year.

Serves him right. Maybe his cockyness will start to deminish a bit.

Brandon Lloyd was an absolute stud at Illinois. Maybe it had to do with Ron Turner, lets hope so.

To me, Kevin Jones is very similar to Cedric Benson without the off field issues. They both have injury problems, they were both high draft picks who did a nice job in the first season but couldnt handle it when they were " the guys". But since he doesn't have the off field problems that Cedric has, it doesn't hurt taking a chance on him, bring him in JA.

sounds like fun im in

Unfortunatly, I don't see the QB posistion being a real strength for the 08 Bears... Along with the RB's, or the WR's... Where are you free agents???

It's a suprise considering these OTA's were optional and Urlacher has not been to one of these yet this year.

That was probably one of the only positive things from Benson's career here, the fact that the defense didn't like him got him more motivated to prove himself. That showed in the 06 season when he undoubtably had his best year here. Then when in 07 he didn't have anything to prove to anyone, because he was annointed the starter, he did not produce.

Thank you for the welcome guys.

Urlacher is there! According to Zack Zaidman Urlacher is on the field in uniform stretching right now. Nobody expected him to be there especially so soon. Makes you wonder if maybe he and bears management is starting to make progress...

I am definitly a believer that we cannot just hand Forte the job by himself. In todays NFL, the only way you get all of the carries by yourself is if you are a stud running back. Otherwise, you are going to have to split some carries with your competition as a starter. That being said, I dont want AP or Garret sharing carries with Forte. So we need to sign a veteran to take that role. I would want Kevin Jones just because he is still young and was a stud his rookie year.

That will be the washed up verteran RB that we sign.

This was wrote by a columnist, not a beat writer, meaning this is just his opinion. No matter how much he didnt want to play for the bears, i highly doubt he would cry in sadness after being drafted 4th overall.

Ideally, I would like the Bears to do what the New Orleans Saints have done the last couple of years. Forte having the same role as Deuce McCalister ( majority of the carries, tough runner). Garret Wolfe have the Reggie Bush role ( 10 + touches a game, some by pass, some by sweeps or trick plays) and AP would fill the Pierre Thomas role ( classic backup, only used if one of the other two goes down with an injury. I think that would be the best way to use our 3 backs.