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And had they made any of those moves (in fact they did with Pace), they wouldn't even have been better off.

I had actually thought Desean Jackson would have been the most realistic target. I'm still surprised Philly is spending the coin to franchise him despite the beef Desean and the Eagles had. I even started thinking about it and had came to the conclusion that you pair Desean with Floyd (or another 1st round wide-out) and Bennett and that is a pretty talented set of 3 wide-outs. Plus, they all provide different skill-sets. Bowe is the guy I want the most.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...,0,898839.story Chris Carter things Moss would be a good fit. I hadn't thought of the Tice/Moss connection but I guess I could get behind the signing if Tice was supportive.

Haynesworth isn't good and he's a lazy primadonna. Personally, I'm not very interested.

Unlike TO, I think Moss can still play. I don't think he's a #1 and i think he's an ass. As a result, I don't think I'd sign him. Over all the years back when he (& TO for that matter) were still legit #1's, I would have dealt with there shit. But when they aren't that anymore, I think you are taking an even bigger risk, especially with a guy like Moss who in one year left New England and Minny on terrible terms. Even his boy Chris Carter is throwing out some serious heat regarding how big of a quitter Moss is. Moss was a tremendous player and he can still help a team but I don't think I want his attitude around some of our young wideouts (especially if we are going to draft someone). I'd much rather invest in a guy like Reggie Wayne who could be a veteran leader and would be far less of a concern in the lockeroom. Oh, and he's still a decent receiver too.

That would be a serious mistake. Those guys are fast.

Completely agree. I think the Bears need 2, possibly 3 wide-receivers. In a worse case scenario (e.g, you strike out on the top 5 FA wideouts), I'd argue that you would be best off signing Royal (or Wayne), Garcon, and picking Floyd. The three guys should compliment each other well, add in Bennett, plus Hester, and while you don't have a true #1 (hopefully Floyd develops into that), you have a pretty darn deep corp's. Garcon is a sleeper. Dude has put up pretty good numbers each of the past 2 years (last year's were with a terrible QB). I don't think any of the above would cost significant money. Thus, you have money left-over to spend on a DE (Avrill), a CB, and olinemen. You might even be able to go after a safety (if you don't believe in Wright). There are a few solid safeties out there and safeties generally don't cost big money to sign.

Given he hasn't proven he can block at the TE level, I dont' think if I were a team I'd be picking him until at the earliest the late 2nd round. This is assuming this rumors are true. That said, you never know, someone could pick him as a TE. The problem to me is there are a lot of big TE's in this league that are pass catching threats that have size but far more speed than that reported 40 time. He's going to have a hell of a time creating seperation.

I'm very proud of the way the organization handles itself. I know we all have a lot of heated debates here about Lovie and the organization but one thing I think we can all agree on is that Lovie and our franchise are classy. And Tommie, thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

Just to play devil's advocate, didn't we apply that same logic to the Roy Williams signing? Albeit, I think Royal's struggles have more to do with injuries and playing with mediocre QB's. And I fully endorse signing him, but I wouldn't sign him expecting 90 receptions. I'd sign him knowing he'd be a good depth guy, giving the Bears a nice weapon at the #3/#4 wideout spot.

Ok. That I could buy into and I'd be a huge fan of that move. I like Johnson quite a bit though. He has his flaws but I think he'd still excel with a QB like Cutler.

I'm pretty sure Stevie Johnson is going to get almost double what you are proposing. How its structured and how much real money is involved is whole nother story but I wouldn't expect an average salary of just $5M per year. In fact, I thought I had heard on the radio he was talking 9-10M per year (consistent with VJax/Bowe). Why would you cut Spaeth? He is a good blocking TE and solid depth player? Plus he's the only TE the Bears have under contract.

I hope so. As a Hawkeye fan I like McNutt a lot. I also completely agree with you that Williams has zero heart and it is pretty clear. If I were to play devil's advocate, I would still say that sadly if the Bears don't add at least 2 other quality receivers, it might make sense to bring Williams back. And it really kills me to say that but this receiving corps is terrible (especially with Knox, who I don't even like, having to face issues that are far bigger than football).

Absolutely. He was a bust as a top pick. However, if you look at his overall career numbers and say he was a 3rd round pick, well, you'd be pretty pleased with it.

Routt is a good guy to look at. He isn't a great corner but he would be an upgrade over Bowman/Jennings. The problem with Routt is he's about the only quality player who you could sign at this point in time so the demand will probably be high. He also isn't exactly known to be a physical corner or that great of a tackler which means he probably isn't a great fit for the cover 2. Still better than our current starters and we know the Bears need to address the cornerback position this off-season. Personally I think Finnegan would be a great pick-up. Guy is tough as nails and physical as hell and to me not only is he a good cover corner, I think he'd be a very good cover 2 corner. He's also, surprisingly, a very good person. I used to think the dude was an ass, but he's just that on the field. There is a lot of stuff out there about the type of person he is off the field and lets just say he helps out and does significant charity work.

Roy Williams will probably have a significantly better career than either of these guys.

I don't think McNutt will be a stud in the league. I do think he'll be a solid player and you put him along with Bennett and find a #1 and I like the potential of those as your top 3 wideouts. Add in a Hester as a #4 and you are in decent business in time. However, I probably wouldn't pick McNutt until the 3rd round. I'm an Iowa fan and I like him a lot. He's gotten better each and every year. He has good hands and is a good route-runner with good speed and strength.

No. I just don't consider a blog a fully authoritative source for information. Ocassionally blogs can get things right (and I own a huge blog so I'm not anti blog's) but I'm not about to say that they are authoritative when they stand on their own.

Amen to that.

I don't, but i'm not going to buy off on everything based upon what the windycitygridiron says. I don't think the Bears had decided they didn't want him. I do think they decided there were other guys they wanted first. They aimed high and missed and got a guy that I think they knew would be out there. I hope it works better than the last time they did this (e.g., when they hired Martz).

Meacham would be a good pickup and given the Bears cap space they could afford signing a #1 and Meachem. They would not be able to afford both of those guys and a DE though which means you than need to look at DE and LT early in the draft.

One thing to point out, currently the Bears are only indicating he was hired to be the QB coach (not the passing game coordinator). Whether he is actually hired to do both has not been confirmed.

I don't recall the Bears stating that. I do recall a writer saying that some sources indicated that the Bears were not interested in Bates. However, everything I ever read was that the reason he didn't consider the Bears much the 1st time around was related to some sort of communication issue between Angelo and Bates. I realize people have a fun time ripping on management but the Bears reached out to some very good candidates, who turned them down (for better offers) and ultimately they got a guy that a lot of fans seemed to like from the beginning.

Seems like a good hire. I have zero problem with it and it made a lot of sense. Only confusing thing is why it took so long, but oh well.

I agree with you and like the depth we have in our current backfield. However, I seemed to get the impression that the Bears were going to cut Barber. I'm not quite sure I understood why because outside of that Denver game (which was dumb) I thought he played solid and I do think he fills a need. I also think Bell is pretty solid (outside of the fumbles). I like Lemichael as well but probably pass on a RB this year. However, late in the 3rd, I got to admit, that is pretty good value.