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Good stuff. I watch them down in Aliso Niguel at Patsy's Irish Pub. I happened to see you were in Mission and I was going to say it be weird if I never realized your one of the Bears fans that is there every week, haha. There's a Chronic in Mission too right?

Cool, it should be all fixed, so let me know if you guys run into any trouble with having to log-in every time you come by.

I screwed something up when I was messing with something on the server side and haven't quite gotten around to fixing it. I think it will be fixed by the morning.

Hey Sulster...I happened to notice you live in Mission Viejo. I'm in Irvine, but I was wondering where you watch Bears games?

Tony Sporado - Dallas Cowboys Sporado was there offensive line coach and he also has been very involved and I think became an asst. head coach. He's well respected and he could be inline to take the OC job when Garret gets a head coaching gig this off-season. He did a fantastic job on the oline and seems to be well respected in terms of general offensive knowledge so I think he would make a very good OC. I also think it would cost the Bears a lot.

That sounds awesome. If I remember I'll get you set up with ftp access for the server so you can save stuff you want online and all that jazz. That flash gallery sounds super sweet. Also, this goes out to you and everyone else, but remember, if there is some links you'd like on the site or anything else let me know and I'll get it done.

I'm not sure about the outline mode. I'll see what options are there cause I don't use it. As far as finding new posts, if you look at the topics (like in the main forum view) you will see a little arrow button next to the thread, if you click on that it will take you to the new posts since your last visit (so if the first new post is on page 2 of a thread it will take you right there). Hopefully that helps.

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I also think that as much as it comes down to drafting talent, it also comes down to having a great system in place that allows young players to develop and flourish. The Bears have been able to do that on the defensive side and to some extent at the WR/TE position but for the most part they have relied on veteran FA's (oline), RB's (Benson hasn't panned out yet, TJ was a FA) and have not really had much progress or guys step up/develop on the offensive side. I think the Bears need to look real hard at themselves and ask why this is happening. Is JA not giving the offensive staff enough talent in the draft or is the offensive staff not putting those younger players in a position where they can thrive, grow and develop or is it a combination of both (lack of bringing in enough young talent pencilled in with inept coaches that aren't allowing the young talent to flourish). I do really believe at least a large chunk of it comes to the Bears offensive coaches being relatively inept (and for sure not amongst the best in the league). I'd like to see them finally find something that works and damn it I will continue to call for Sporano from Dallas or Fassel. I'm sure there are other prime targets out there that I don't know of too.

I don't think there is a way to put a title in reply posts via this board format. Basically every title will be the same as the initial topic title. However, you can at least see an outline format (by looking in a post and hitting the visual options and changing it to outline) which will enable you to see the string of posts in a thread (which looks more like the old board did). After making the post, highlight the text that you want to change the font/color/size/etc and than click on those buttons when the font is highlighted. Test it out in here, but it should work. Note: You will have to re-highlight the texted area for each thing you want to do (ie, highlight, hit font and the font you want...than highlight again and hit the size you want).

I got to be honest, given the defensive line being completely decimated, I could honestly see the Bears giving up 250+ rushing yards and going down in an absolute horrible game (especially since you know there will be some ups/downs in Orton's first start back, which is only natural since its been so long since he played against a 1st string NFL defense). Either way I'll be rooting for the best.

Oh god, I hope Grossman is starting in Chicago all season next year and for the next 6-8 seasons (because if he is, it means he will have lived up to expectations and the Bears will be in good shape). Plus he's my favorite player on the team.

Kubiak is doing a real nice job there. They have accomplished a hell of a lot this season given the ridiculous amount of injuries they have had (they've easily had more key injuries than any team in the NFL).

Glad you were able to find the new digs.

Which is why I want the Bears to give big money to Tony Sporado and have him come in and become the OC. Sporado has an awesome reputation in Dallas and he completely rebuilt that oline into one of the premiere lines and has a large part to do with that offense. I'm sure Dallas would put up a major fight and it isn't the Bears MO to go out and give big bucks to a coordinator, but if there was ever a time, this would be it, imo (since the team still has a lot of talent, they just need to revamp the oline, which is one of the most important aspects of a team, but given this years draft class and crop of FA's, it is entirely possible to revampe the line in the off-season).

Haha, I don't know if I go with 2 Qb's, but I'm really not opposed to drafting one QB every 1-2 years for an extended period of time until you finally find the guy. Somewhere in there the Bears are bound to get it right, or at least I would hope they would.

I'd say of all my concerns with Brennan, 99% of which have nothing to do with his actual QB play, the only real concern I'd have comes from his relative un-orthodox delivery that makes him smaller than he is (sidearms the ball) and I believe it will lead to some deflections. At the same time he has the size which should give him the vision to at least see downfield and he does have a very strong & accurate arm with a quick release. He really does have NFL tools which seperates him from Chang and some of the Texas Tech QB's of the past.

Good post. For the most part I would be totally down with your off-season plan because it strengthens the trenches (ie both lines) and it also should give the Bears the ability to have an improved line one year from now and quite possibly one of the strongest line's in football the years following that (as the draft picks develop and slide in). The one thing I am scared to death of is the WR position would be awful. You have the potential of losing Moose and BB without adding one impact WR to replace them. This means whoever the QB is will be using Mark Bradle and Rashied Davis as the 1-2 with the team also putting a major reliance on Devin Hester being a full time WR by next year (which I think, given his track record of really taking a long time to develop at any one position, is just unrealistic). If the Bears kept BB/Mush than I would be on board with your plan (cut down on one of the FA lineman to go that route and try to sign Faneca, maybe another olineman if there is a solid starter out there for a good value, draft a tackle early and go from there).

Plus, I just think of all the money that Shaub got as part of the trade and he wasn't proven at all. Anderson has actually had a good season under his belt and I'd just imagine after he was traded he would ask for Romo money. That would be fine and dandy, but the Bears have major issues on the oline and at safety and they need to correct those before they can contend (and that means they need to invest money and draft picks in those areas, not at QB, at least not for the time being).

Hopefully we had the correct email addy down for him. If anyone knows him please pass him the message of the new location (I'll try sending him another email just in case the first one didn't go through as well).

Good to see ya back over here MbM. I'm thinking the best thing to do is run a search for Bars, Sunday Ticket, and Pontiac Michigan and you should get some good hits on google. Than just call up the bar to ensure that they will have the game on TV.

Would having a good, experience OC who can just discuss things and help evaluate offensive guys be enough, or do you want them to bring in another guy to kind of help Gabriel who has much more of a knack when it comes to offense? I really believe Gabriel is one of the best in the business but you definitely can't argue with the Bears lack of success when it comes to first day offensive talent.

Yeah, I think Grossman has a better chance to make the HOF than Simms has at starting again in Tampa (barring some sort of mega disaster where every one of there QB's gets hurt). They definitely need to find the guy who will step in when Garcia retires.

You also have to believe at least some of the rumblings that indicate that Harrison's injury is much more serious than Indy has ever led on and that the franchise does have some long term concerns about his future to remain one of the best receivers in the league. Clark is an awesome receiving TE who can also play a lot of wideout (because of his good speed/hands) and Peyton will do all the lobbying it takes to keep him there. As far as Sanders goes, I think he's going to ask for too much money and that Colts defense is a lot better this year and I think Dungy will say goodbye and try to bring in a cheaper safety (they can't give Sanders the type of money someone will give him on the open market, imo). He'll likely become the highest paid safety in the game (by all means I'm not implying he's the best safety in the game, but he is one of the best cover 2 safety's in the game).

Nah, he's not a team player, otherwise he would have been with Rosie cause I think thats the only person that could break his slump.