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Meachem, Manningham, Eddie Royal, Lauront Robinson. Definitely no one the caliber of the above players, but there are some options.

He has major injury concerns, so I'd pass.

I'd argue you can upgrade the wideout position even after signing Mike Williams. I'd rather have Williams and Garcon or Wayne + a lesser wideout than Vjax and some garbage. Just my personal 2 cents. Especially since this is a deep wideout draft so they should be able to identify talent in the draft as well.

I'd be surprised if he's there than. I think if you want him, you trade down and take him late in the 1st or early in the 2nd, knowing that you take a risk that someone might be more in love with him and grab him even sooner.

I also think we'd be better spending that money on an impact DE than a wideout who makes us better but isn't like a Fitz, etc. I think in FA you are best finding bargains who slide or signing studs. Paying big money to guys that are in between can be dangerous, unless it is to fill the need to make the superbowl. And I think some would argue that Vjax could do that.

Robinson is interesting. Did he really finally break out or is he more of a fluke. He has great athletic skills so you have to like his tools, but the question is why did he get cut and struggle so much previously. The issue i have with Colston is he is more of a slot guy so I wonder how the Bears would do having there 2 best wideouts being slot guys (e.g., Bennett & Colston). That said, depending on the system the Bears run, you have those two guys, and add a speed guy like Hill (or Wright) on the outside and combine that with Hester/Knox and it wouldn't be that bad.

Interesting.

I agree. I've bagged and been anti Moss, but if he is running a 4.3, forget it and sign him.

Chad Henne would be an interesting option.

Dude wasn't even ready to play in there big playoff games cause he was out hammered till 2 or 3 AM. Jackson has all kinds of problems and I've heard tons of bad stuff about the guy from one of his teammates on the Chargers (who is a probowler...it isn't some nobody). I haven't necessarily heard it direct, but i've seen it via email correspondence with my buddy (who is also one of my senior's that I manage) whose shown it to me (cause him and I talk major crap on each others teams; his being the Chargers, mine being the Bears). Jackson is talented and he's clearly an upgrade but he's got flaws and some of them are concerning.

Jackson is actually more similar to Berrian than you guys might think. He is primarily known as a deep threat and isn't necessarily known for being a strong slot/middle of the field receiver. That said, a lot of his catches are for first downs, but he isn't exactly the type of guy you throw the ball to at 3rd down and know the chain is moving (vs. a TO in their prime for example, that said, there aren't many players like that). Jackson is not a very strong fundemental wideout, he relies heavily on his pure physical athletism and is lazy which makes me extremely concerned a year or two down the road when he loses that speed (he'll be playing at age 29 this year).

I still have major concerns over Jackson. Boy am I getting picky but I've just heard too many bad things about him on local LA/OC/San Diego radio. Guy has had all kinds of issues regarding how serious he takes his profession and I worry when he gets paid, he gets lazy. We'll see though.

Lions will have a lot of money tied up to Avril, Stafford, and Calvin Johnson.

I like the rumors. DE and Wideout would make a lot of sense and would allow the Bears some flexibility to target BPA in the draft, especially if someone like Martin slid to them.

Good research. It makes sense that you can't trade down to get a restricted FA as it would have happened in the past. I don't think I'd give up the #19 for Wallace, given the Bears needs.

Quite a few people. We couldn't trade Briggs for anything more than a 3rd rounder and he's a high profile player. Heck, there is a possibility we'd be able to deal a 3rd or 4th and Briggs for Osi. Draft picks are far more valuable than players. Basically in his scenario, he is valuing Osi as a 2nd round pick, which seems fair.

He was talking about moving down and instead of getting a 2nd round pick getting Osi. Than with the 1st round later on, he'd sign Wallace (and thus you lose that 1st rounder). So essentially, our 1st round pick becomes (in a round about way), Wallace & Osi. We still have our 2nd pick. I think there are far worse things that could happen and I've already said if I were going to sign Wallace I'd first trade down and get an extra 2nd (or at a minimum an early 3rd).

Simple, because the difference between our 1st rounder and the Giants 1st rounder is pretty significant. It is the exact reason why if I were the Bears and what I wanted wasn't there, I'd have zero problem moving down towards the end of the 1st round to add in an additional 2nd rounder (since the difference via draft value would be of a 2nd rounder). I'd be fine with a 1st, 2 2nd's, and 2 3rd's in what is a deep draft in a couple of the areas the Bears need to beef up.

Louis looked like a pretty good guard to me.

Lance Louis, Edwin Williams, Chris Williams, and Chris Spencer. 4 guys that can play guard (+ Garza, who is our starting center and previously was a long time guard).

I think the Bears have a ton of OG depth.

If Martin is there, I would be surprised if the Bears didn't pikc him up. No way are they picking up 2 OT's though.

Haha....When I saw it, I thought the same thing. We have a lot of healthy disagreement here as a board (some fans in one camp, some in another) but this is clearly a unanimous upgrade!!!! Not too often a fan base celebrates a guy's release as much as we will Omilaye's, haha.

And I'll be honest, I'm pretty happy about that.

I have zero problem with that. I think it is a major need. I tend to think we probably would be better off moving down and than using 2 of our 1st 3 picks but if it happens to be that the BPA is a wideout at both of our 1st picks, than so be it. Bears need massive help at the wideout position.