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I only had my 4th rounder as a rotation guy. I was bringing in Bennett/Houston and getting Wooten back as my starters. They have the ability to gain more in cap space, but if you figure they bring back McCown(1.5) and extend Marshall, that money will be coming out of the cap also. So I am not optimistic we will be big spenders in FA. If Whitner(and I like him) costs that much, he wont be coming here. Thats Byrd and Ward type money.

I have been plumbing for 44 years, but went to school for the other. With me you get both. Your the only person on here that mentioned Lovie, just didnt think after all the crap Lovie kept giving us, he would ever be mentioned again, but you did. The only way to take that statement is you wish Lovie was still here. Your entitled to your opinion, my point was with all the Bear fans on here, no one else feels that way.Just thought we were way past that and look for the future with optimism, instead of dragging in old memories of the past.

He will have an improved defense but he is a power tripper and he will always push for defense and be loyal to bad players. He was a good coach, but I want someone that can take us back to a SuperBowl, Lovie proved he couldnt do that on a regular basis, ditto, he is now some where else. I dont know if Trestman will end up getting us back to a SuperBowl and actually win one, but I do know I was more interested in what he had to offer than the same old crap Lovie kept giving us. Poor game day decisions, treated the public like everybody was an idiot. and loyal to bad players. If he was still here our defense would have been a little better, but offense what have been more of the same.

Lets put the bashing down and just go with your original thought. WHO ON HERE IS STILL WANTING LOVIE TO BE HERE?

I like the names you compiled. In all the mock drafts Ive looked at Truitt is never at our spot in the second round.(the only mocks I give kudos too are former scouts) Most of the mocks didnt have Baptiste making it to our 3rd pick. I would love to get Whitner but dont see him going cheap enough to fit our cap space. It would be great if all of this happened. You werent comfortable having a 4th round player starting but you did that with Boston.

Your right about all of that. I made a comment about what I thought was stupid in saying he thought we should still have Lovie. I didnt say he was stupid. He is the one that wanted to lay out the insults. That is the only way he knows how to address criticism. I have said some lame things on here and have took heat for it. I dont have a problem with it, just part of leaving opinions. My problem is I say what I think. I praise people for good comments and smart off when I dont like something they say. Many people on here have strong opinions about stuff and that is what makes this site a well visited place. Commenting on something I disagree with is just part of all of this, I dont have malice in my comments, just comes out negative sometimes. Sorry for that.

I agree in a 3-4 he would be a ILB but the best two defenses in the league last year were 4-3 defenses. SF runs a hybid 3-4 so I am not thinking we will be lining in a 3-4 that much of a time. Bostic wont be in the middle this year in the 4-3. I suspect we have Bostic,?? and Briggs as our 3 LBs this year. SMC doesnt start in my scenario .

I just noticed you didnt list a group of FAs when you listed your draft, but I will do that in my case. I think we release Peppers, Weems,Bush,Bennett, Podlesh that frees up 16 mil in space. I think we resign Bowman,Melton(on an incentive deal),Ratliff, and Wooten.( I dont think he gets alot of attention on the FA market,comes back cheap) We bring in Bennett or Lamar Houston to be a DE. That is our only large contract. We bring back Cory Graham/CB---he has played well for the Ravens and his nemesis Lovie is gone. We bring in Stevie Brown/S-- had a great year in 2012 and had injuries last year. someone we can get reasonable We bring in Johnathan Vilma/MLB--backs up the rookie and adds some sting to the defense DEs- Houston/Bennett,Wooten,Bass, Martin DTs-Melton,Ratcliff,Jones, Paea LBs-Mosley,Vilma,Bostic, Green, SMC CBs-Jennings,Bowman,Graham,Hampton,Frey Ss-Conte,Brown,Ladler,Bucannon I think that will be a better defense than last year. Show me what you got.

When you have something good to say, I gladly give you kudos, but when you say something stupid, I comment on that too, sorry, you cant keep this from being personal, I majored in Psychology when I went to college and understand your problem. If you would like to talk sometime off the website, I can help. Just let me know.

I think Lovie was a good coach, but there is only so long you can go with missing the playoffs before we needed a new injection of blood in the organization.No way in hell they have a better record than we do next year. Lovie doesnt walk on water even if the rivers of Alaska are frozen now. The defense was ready to fall no matter who was steering the ship. Between age and injuries, we were doomed defensively. Lovie went 5-11 his first year after following Jaurons 7-9 season. I not sure you can judge a coach by his first year or we would have fired lovie after his first year.I dont know if Trestman will end up being a better coach but sure wont judge him by one year. If your going to use the word asinine, the least you can learn to spell it right, but then its you, so I shouldnt expect that much out of you. By the way I have been to Alaska and its a wonderful place.

Ok that sounds fair, but may I add, lets dont say lets sign Byrd. and Bennett,. and Hardy. That would never happen. Be realistic is our FAs we sign. I think we may get one at a large contract, but the rest will be low pay contracts.

You keep using those big words,someone is mistakenly going to think your smarter than you really are. You make negative comments all the time, but when you say something stupid, its like your immune to other peoples opinions. There are a lot of smart people on this website and I would bet there isnt two other people that would say something that stupid.( I will give you the fact someone may agree with you) Your one of the first people to throw your two cents in when someone says something stupid, but you cant take the heat when you do it, climb back in your igloo, and pray for 6 more months of winter. Alaska is a good place for you.

Name our starting MLB for this year? There isnt one on the roster. When the GM tells you there moving somebody outside,I would say he has a valved opinion.

Fanspeak.com has a ongoing do your own draft setup. Tues at noon they update there database. here is the latest draft I did, and I like it. 14 ILB C.J. MOSLEY ALABAMA 51 S DEONE BUCANNON WASHINGTON STATE 82 DT DAQUAN JONES PENN STATE 113 DE KAREEM MARTIN NORTH CAROLINA 144 CB VICTOR HAMPTON SOUTH CAROLINA 167 S KENNY LADLER VANDERBILT 175 TE COLT LYERLA OREGON

You should had said something before he took the TB job, now we cant bring him back. Oh dammm We just cant get away from somebody saying something stupid.

I think June 1 is also the day they have to meet there cap restraints, so why wouldnt they wait to be able to spread his dead money over two years.

Right on with every thing you said.

Stats are just a tool for judging someone, the eye test adds to it too. I think he played ok, but not great. We judge the offensive line and the fact is they were average at best, but because we were so terrible 2 years ago it makes them look good. They were average, ranked around 20 if you look at stats. That is great improvement for us and with the two rookies improving it will be better next year. We will find a replacement for Garza, hopefully this year, but let him learn for a year and get some coaching and gain in stength and a year from now Garza can give his spot to a new guy.

He had a stretch of bad games but finished the season on a good note. In the beginning of the year he was trying to bring along two rookies and then they started to get it and his play improved. Garza is here, line leader and his name isnt Jamarcus Webb, so all is good.

That was it for me too. Me and a friend were in Cabo San Lucas and they had a sports book down from the bar we were at. We put 20 down on Hester to be the first player to score a TD. It was 35-1 odds. We make 700 on one play, Bears are winning, its 80 degrees out and lots of beautiful women to look at. Then the rest of the game played out and oh well, made 350.00

I have seen him drafted by us in the 5th round on several mock drafts. At first I thought it was stupid, but the more I read the more it sounded like a good idea.

Here is some information on if we restructed Peppers contract and the ramifications of those actions. Also if we cut him. @mikecwright: Glad you asked this question, and my first inclination would be to say, yes, he’d absolutely redo it. But ultimately, it will come down to how the Bears go about restructuring the contract. I can’t think of too many players that won’t take a lump-sum payment in millions up front, which is why I think Peppers would do it. For instance, the Bears could take Peppers’ $13.9 million base salary, reduce it to his veteran minimum of $955,000, and then pay the balance of the $12.945 million in a signing bonus. That would make Peppers’ cap number $11.711 million, which results in a cap savings of $6.472 million. But as usual with these types of situations, the bill always comes due at some point. So with the restructure I just explained above, Peppers’ cap number would swell in 2015 to $27.156 million. Now, if the Bears did that restructure and decided to cut him in 2015, his dead money would amount to $10.656 million, which is still $10.028 million less than his current cap charge of $20.683 million for 2015. Another option, I guess, would be to cut Peppers this year and use the post-June 1 designation (the designation allows the team to spread out the cap hit for two years), which would result in dead money of $4.183 million in 2014 and $4.183 million in 2015; which results in a respective savings of $14 million and $16.5 million. T

I was reading some interesting info on Garza. Garza graded out as the second best lineman on the team this year. He is a team leader and has been relatively healthy. I was wanting to move on from him, but have changed my mind and want him for one more year. We still need to add a eventual replacement, maybe find someone in the later rounds.

Your right about the coaches but it will depend on the personal we are able to get. I read a story about trying to pattern the defense after the Seahawks and there base is a 4-3

I think if they resign him, he will do whatever they ask him to do. It will depend on what else happens in FAgency and then the draft.I think if they wanted him, he would already be signed. I think they are worried about giving him money and then not get full valve because of injuries. I would love Byrd or Ward, but I think they both are priced out of our range.Im throwing in for Donte Witner, might be able to get a little cheaper and can play at a high level. If SF decides they want him back, then Stevie Brown, had a great year in 2012.