I agree with everything except the bolded part. It has been shown before that the Bears were better with Urlacher on the field than without in 2012. He certainly lost effectiveness if compared to his peak, but statistics clearly show he was effective. What's more, he was trending up before he got injured. Dislike him all you want off the field, but his impact on the Bears defense in 2012, and the likely compounding affect of his absence in 2013 (which you noted), can't be questioned.

In 2012 I will give you he was the team defensive leader but his stats were far from great. He had a few big plays, 1 int.,2 FFs, and 2 FRs. but he was ranked 29th in the league against the run for inside LBs, that doesnt not lead me to say he was special. He didnt play in 2013 and the only team interested in him were the Bears. There were giving a former hero a chance to retire a Bear and the whiny little bitch was insulted by a min. deal. You cant say he would have played well, that didnt happen. Injuries took there toll on my favorite player for many years and cant sit there and say he was great looking threw rose colored glasses. I could see him fade and so did everybody GMs in league. The NFL is a meat market if they thought he could play, someone would have offered him a contract. That happens to be the fact, you cant discount.

*sarcasm*

 

Who says I'm makin fun of myself

If I misunderstood that, then I volunteer to do that for you.

J'Marcus Webb got another contract!!!!

 

HA! Sorry, it's a slow day here and there's nothing to talk about.

I have to give you credit the stupidest argument you ever had on here and you willing to make fun of yourself. Cudos to you.

I'd say he understands that as well. His comments that he really wants to just stay at one position so he can learn it, master it, indicates some level of frustration with his past assignments moving him all over the field.

We will have to see if he can absorb the complexity of the NFL LB position. It's up in the air whether he can or not.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this deal was done a long time ago and Marshall wanted to bring Mental Health Awareness month in big and held off the signing until today. He has been nothing but first class since becoming a Bear and he has been a big inspiration/leader for the young Bears. What will top it off is a Championship. Congrats Brandon!

I think the plans were in place, but this is what he wanted so they accommodated him.I think they didnt want to deal with a distaction thru the year with his contract unsettled so they did the right thing and did it now.

I was actually thinking he'd get somewhere in the 12-15 range.

 

Man, I just love what Emery has done with this team. What I find a little interesting to look at now is the 2015 season. I'll start a new thread for that so I don't take away from the BMarsh talks.

Your right about Emery, time will tell if he is good at his job but he sure goes after weaknesses with a bang. First he addressed WR, then TE,. OL and now DL. I dont think he can accomplish all our needs in one offseason. He still needs more work on the S position and figure out what we got for LBers but the DL will be huge.

At the moment Bostic is being told he needs to slow down because he keeps over-running the play. That's a good thing.

As far as rookies it will be Fuller or on the outside Vereen. They will both get the most opportunities to shine.

Briggs is certainly a possibility, esp. if Bostic proves to be a solid MLB. If that doesn't happen I think they let Briggs go and throw Bostic there and look for a MLB. Hopefully that's SMC/Greene/Jones.

 

Pouncey would be a nice get, I kinda think DLP is the future center though.

 

I think Vereen/Mundy will be a good combo but I'd love to see Ihenacho hits the market.

Presuming Vereen and Mundy are going to be good is a stretch. They can be better than last year and still not be considered good. Bostics future is in Briggs spot and I see him going there sometime this year and in the future.

The obvious answer here is that the Bears should sign a big name FA for the secondary. I also wouldn't mind seeing the Bears nab Maurkice Pouncey to make the OL virtually indestructible.

 

More than likely, however, they'll probably resign Briggs to pretty big money for a 2-3 year contract.

No way Briggs gets big money, already on the downslide. They will give him a Tillman offer. a one year medium priced deal.

I think the writing was on the wall with O'Donnell getting drafted. High hopes for him. Lets hope the crazy weather at the stadium doesn't affect him to badly

So what did they finally get the internet in Schmung?

Marques Wilson for me. He trained with Brandon this off-season and I expect him to be a huge asset #3WR and fill-in for any potential injuries/rest time.

Wilson is the logical choice,but how many chances will he get when you have Marshall,Jeffery,Bennett and Forte on the team? I think he does ok, but sneaky think Williams does great as a KRer.

With all the new bodies on the club, I am curious who everybody thinks will have a breakout year that was already on the team.

 

My choice will be Cris Williams-We are in dire need of a new return man and I think he carries that torch.

 

He has speed to burn, he will also contribute at WR as our 5th wideout. With all the new players, he will find a place to succeed.

Anything less and he should have the decency of resigning.

I am not defending Tucker, but I guess I am.

 

He was given a defense that was Lovies and said to accept it.

It had aging stars and not much depth.

The worse happens Tillman, Briggs,Melton, Collins,DJ Williams, K Haden all get hurt.

They sign Sedric Ellis and he retires.

Urlacher loses his effectiveness and doesnt get signed.

Julius Peppers hits the skids and shows up for only a few games.

New rookies play like crap.

 

He didnt have a lot going for him last year but after further review Emery decides to fix it.

 

Brings in coaches , and new players.

 

I dont know if we will be a top 10 defense but we will be tons better than last year.

Our new punter the 6th RD draft pick can do more than just punt. He can kick off and kick field goals as well. Bostic played with him in high school its said he made a 52 yard field goal in high school and kicked the ball out of the end zone 95% of the time with a 47.7 punting average. Wow 47.7 compared to our punter last year of what like 40.1.........might be a great pick

To waste a draft spot on him, he should be .

FWIW, Bears carried 6 WRs + Hester on last years 53. This year I'm thinkin we see Marshall/Jeffery/Wilson/Morgan/Hixon/Williams with Jones making the team.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it either. If he does make it I don't think he'll make as what everyone wants him as, MLB, I think he'll be more of a WLB.

Thats is spot on what scouts think of him, to play WLB or situational pass rusher.

What are u reading?

I heard two football scouts interviewed on the radio, and his problem is with ball recognition. Appears hard to learn nuisances of defenses. Stud physically but lacks in football sense.

I really hope it works out for him. I like his style of play and his work ethic. If it goes south I will be blaming Lovie and if it works out I will praise Emery!!!! LOL

 

 

Joking about the last part.

If I was gay I would hit on him. He's ripped.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...ck-kyle-fuller/

I wonder what the deal is with Sutton? I would suspect the first round is the place where it could take some time, 3rd round should be rollings in.

I'd be pretty bummed if they gave up on Greene already, I still think he has a ton of talent.

 

Last year the Bears carried 6 LBs on the 53 man roster. With Hester gone I'd like to see his spot given to a LB so they can go with Briggs/Bostic/Williams/SMC/Greene/Senn/Jones....Like what was said in another thread I think theres a good chance Jones gets plucked off the PS if they put him there.

I think Cris Williams get his spot on the roster, the more I read about Jones the more I understand why he didnt get drafted. I think the possibility exists he doesnt make the squad.

 

Not to rain on the Stein parade but after the new CBA was put in place, rookie contracts are mere formalities with bonuses and salaries basically predetermined by draft slot.

 

I don't think we'll see anyone holdout in the whole league.

Your right but doesnt it seem were always the first with all of our players signed.

Wow , you must never read any of my posts.

Do you think the Bears deserve to be 12th?

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/yea...id=sportscenter

 

It's almost like nobody outside of Chicago realizes half the defense was hurt last year, all the DTs were down, and that started the domino affect.

 

There is no way the defense is not much, much better with the return of Ratliff, Paea, and DJ, the signing of Allen, Young, and Houston, and the drafting of Ferguson and Sutton.

I think there rating us so low because we didnt draft a S in the first round.

I think it will be hard for us to score the type of points we did last year though too. I think the offense can be better but I also think we have Forte getting older, Marshall getting older, etc. Like our oline and love the idea of a 2nd year of Trestman but there will also be more footage out there too. I think we have potential super bowl capabilities but a lot still has to happen as planned and hopefully you don't have any crushing injuries. I'm extremely excited for this upcoming year but also the direction the franchise seems to be heading. We definitely need last years draft picks (as well as the current years) to step up and grow though cause that really is the key to long-term sustained success (well that and Cutler).

I think we definitely get better with our offense. This will be a stud O for the next few years. The second year always shows the most growth in a new system. Our Oline will be better and so goes the offense. We now have in place some depth at positions other than TE and being they didnt draft one that must mean Onobun is ready to take a step.

Stein is the man. A true contract genius. Love how quickly he gets things done. And how creative he is in getting contracts worked out!

Charles will get more points that Forte, so just take Charles and go from there.

But do the Bears have a coach from VaTech? Sometimes it's better to choose the known evil over the unknown.

The point was we knew the S prospects up close and personal and choose Fuller instead. If Emery thought he is a better player than the two Ss that is what he has to go with.