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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.

I want Andre Johnson and Jay Cutler to have monster games for my fantasy team.

You are correct. He has no more college eligibility left.

I don't know if football players believe in the term "slump" buster but here's a random story that I stumbled onto about Lisa Lampenneli apparently hooking up with a Bear player (they claim it to possibly be McBride). I sure hope that the player was trying his best to be a team guy and break the slump because any other reason is just well, gross. http://thebiglead.com/?p=3890

I thought he had a year left, but they were discussing it on Cold Pizza today and said that the Colts may not give him as much money as he wants due to the past injuries. He's still in his prime and knows the cover 2 like no other. Heck, I wouldn't have a problem going after old man Lynch too (the guy may be old and slow but he knows the cover two and would be 5 times the safety that Arch/Manning/McGowan were. I would think Indy would protect Clark before Sanders, but to franchise a safety isn't that bad of an idea because safeties don't get paid a ton so the franchise wouldn't even really put them on the bigs for a huge cap hit (while there are a few TE's that make major money).

Per Len Pasquerelli of ESPN.com It isn't quite as good as him actually getting released, but if it is true it is good to see the Bears aren't thinking that this was just a bad season for Arch and that they can still plan on counting on him next year. Sans the oline and the hiring of a good OC, their isn't a more important need on this squad than the safety position. Bob Sanders is going to be a FA (was watching a piece about him on ESPN today) and the reality is safeties don't tend to get ridiculous money. So my question is this, if the Bears only had enough money to do the following, what would you do, if the Bears could only give big money to 3 guys this offseason (Berrian/Briggs/Safety/Oline/QB). Note, at the QB spot you have the option of just resigning Rex to a smaller term deal which won't get in the way of the other moves. What would you do? Personally I'd go Berrian (just a ridiculous need at WR), Faneca, Bob Sanders (or if another stud safety is out there, that is fine too). I know Sanders has the injured past but if you have Sanders, keep Brown (have him renegotiate to a smaller cap hit and use him as a 3rd stringer, with Manning playing along side Bob and Brown as the insurance plan/backup starter...hoping that at all times one of those two guys is healthy). If the team also had the funds for Briggs awesome, but I really would like the team get one legit, big time cover 2 safety and I can't think of a better one than Bob Sanders.

Norfolk, I want to point out that you can make a post and than upload the picture in the post (which will than upload that picture onto the TalkBears server). From there you can get the URL of the Image and paste it in the signature section. Hopefully that makes sense (I'm a horrible explainer).

I'm not sure. About a week ago I tore my meniscus in the knee, while spraining my ACL/MCL. They initially thought I tore everything but I was lucky enough to go back in when the swelling had subsided more and they said I didn't need surgery and it should heal on its own. I can now walk, jog a bit (albeit I still don't have full range of motion) and from what I know my injury is more serious than the LCL (could be completely wrong). If I can do that, than I'm sure he's okay, especially with a brace. The Doctors said I should be pretty much recovered in another week (Its been pretty quick but I think that is because for the most part all my tendons were okay) with me being able to get back up to the mountains for snowboarding in 2-3 weeks (I'm being careful on that cause I don't want everything to blow). I do admit I'd be really careful if I were the Vikes, but if he can plant and make his cuts he's probably at no further risk of injury to the other joints.

I think the quote you are referring to is from the Giants game where they said they stopped running the no huddle because eventually the Giants would pick up on it and stop it. I am guessing it was Lovie being over defensive and trying to basically take the pressure off Turner. I am hoping Lovie knows the situation and already has guys in mind for the offense but he knows he can't just throw the OC under the bus mid-season (because bottom line in football your stuck with the system you got once training camp breaks, sans a couple adjustments).

This is an excellent point. I have on idea why Mush is running much any deep patterns. The ocassional deeper crossing pattern is fine but for the most part he's best utilized on short-mid yardage routes where he can utilize his size, strenght, and hands. He doesn't have the speed to be much of an asset on deeper plays (BB, Bradley, Olsen, & Hester are the only guys that should be involved on the deeper stuff).

I've just given up on Turner. It is so obvious that he is incompetent that if somehow the Bears don't fire him, I'll probably fall out of my chair out of laughter at the sheer stupidity of the organization.

My question is which team do I hate more, Vikings or Lions. For whatever reason, I love the Packers rivalry and can't find it to root for them not to make the playoffs (I respect the hell out of that franchise and Favre). When it comes to the Vikes/Lions I just have a bitter distate for both franchises. The only thing I like about the Vikings is Chad Greenway and Adrian Peterson (he is just amazing to watch). I hope neither of em make the playoffs, with the Giants choking in the first and the Pack making it to the superBowl (that way next year we can take the defending NFC super bowl Packers down a peg or two in what will hopefully be a much better Bears season).