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I would have to think the Bears would wait to negotiate/extend Harris until the middle of next season. I just wouldn't be confident enough about his knees/health status to give him a 5 to 6 year extension with 30+ in guaranteed cash.

Oh, I forgot the #1 most important cut...Ron Turner

I think the two guys that I can pretty much guarantee will be cut are: Darwin Walker (he could always restructure, but no way are the Bears going to have him counting ~5M against the cap next year) Fred Miller (again, they could restructure, but I think and hope the Bears go a different, young direction at the tackle spot. Plus he's due to make around $5M). I'm not sure what Griese's cap hit is, but if he is due to make any substantial amount I would drop him. It is clear he isn't the starter in Chicago and the only question is whether the Bears end up going with Rex/Orton/Draft Pick or if they end up letting Brian & Rex go and go after a starter with KO being the backup and a journeyman brought in as a 3rd stringer. In terms of signing our FA's. Unless Jamar Williams plays ridiculously I think the Bears will make a strong push at resigning both Berrian and Briggs. Berrian will probably get a ridiculous offer and it could price the Bears out. However, we also have to realize Berrian is the only above average WR this team has and it may damn well be necessary to over pay to keep him. Moose isn't a huge cap hit, IIRC, but they could always restructure and I think he's still a valid asset to have (the key is drafting or getting someone else to develop into the 2nd WR with Moose playing the slot position; He's still a great teacher, a great blocker, and he knows how to make the 3rd down grab). Abandeyjo is a must have back (assuming it costs special teams money) as he is just a coverage stud. Arch is a gonner and I figure Mike Brown will restructure or retire (I don't see him playing anywhere but Chicago, but I also don't see the Bears handing him the starting position next year..maybe he proves his way back and earns it, but they will have options at safety). As far as Ruben Brown goes, if nothing goes right in FA, bring him back, but I think the Bears need to draft a guard, sign a FA guard (ie Faneca), draft a tackle (1st rnd pick). Oh and I'd think RMJ will be gone. In fact, the Bears do have the ability to clear up a decent amount of cap space which should put them in a spot to be able to sign a big time lineman.

It wouldn't be Bearstalk without a "grouchy sig".

Awesome News. Congrats Iggy!!!!

I think it is also important to not play a couple guys, specifically Urlacher and Harris (the last thing I want to see is either of those guys get hurt). Urlacher has been playing hurt all year and I'm sure he'll end up finishing the season but in Harris case there is no excuse to have him out there (the guy is pratically playing on one leg and is going to need off-season surgery, why not let him get it now so he has an extra month or so to get ready for camp).

True...but than again is anyone quite like Saban? I think it would be hillarious if Miles ended up going to Michigan and somehow Saban left Bama to come back to LSU (not that it will happen, I just think it would be funny).

By the way, was stumbling on the other board and just wanted to say CONGRATS!!!!!

Awesome news. Congrats!!!!

Wait, Miles is heading out (didn't he agree to an extension a week or so ago)?

Hey Kingston. Its been a long time, good to see ya over here. From what I know Pixote is doing good. I know he's been working hard but hopefully he can chime in on this thread (he registered today and is working on sending out the email to all the members of Bearstalk).

Soxtalk is a White Sox website (not a Bears site) that I run (it is on the same server as this forum and uses the same software). There are quite a few members of that site that are Bear fans and I'm sure we'll see some of them join on up here and start posting amongst us. Looking forward to that Salary cap analysis. Once you got it posted, we can throw up a link on the header portion so people can have access to it throughout the season.

I'm very hopeful that all of the regular's at Bearstalk.com will make it over here and I'm even hoping when we send the mass email out we'll end up seeing some former members make their way back over to the new digs.

This is what will have to happen for the Bears to make the playoffs this year: Bears must win out. Minnesota, Arizona, Detroit, and Washington must lose two of their next three games. Most of them plays at least two teams that can beat them. Arizona has an easier schedule, but didn't look so hot today. Carolina must lose one game.

You are probably right. I think we all had super high expectations and since none of us have seen him play good in a Bears uniform we've kind of written him off. He would have to renegotiate his contract though since he's due like a $5M bonus or something this off-season.

Anthony Adams was a teammate of Kennedy's and he has been surprisingly solid for the Bears (I really like the way he defends the run). Too bad Adams has had some injury issues all season.

Haha, I knew the comparison was someone I should be ashamed of.

I want to throw this option out there for those more comfortable with outlined layout of the old board. If you are in a thread, hit the options button (near the top of the thread) and than look at the display options (I think that is what it is called) select the option for "outline" (this option will give you a more similar layout to what was on the old forums).

Interesting. I remember at the time of the draft that Kennedy was thought of in a similar light to that of Tommie Harris. I remember Harris being more explosive with Kennedy being the bigger body that would be a so called sure fire run stuffer. Things definitely didn't pan out for Kennedy but maybe, just somehow, a change of scenery will do him good and he'll turn into a quality depth guy on the Bears line for next season (behind Dusty/Tommie/Adams). I fully expect Darwin Walker to be long gone.

I'd love to see Williams find a way to slide into Briggs spot with Urlacher taking a seat for the rest of the season (lets see if he can get healthy for next year). This way the Bears can see what Briggs can do at MLB, plus they get to see Williams on the field which will give them an idea if he can replace Briggs (if the Bears opt not to sign him) or if they end up using Williams instead of Hillmeyer.

One of the things we will try to set up in the coming week's is a chat room which people can use during game's as well as during things like the NFL draft (I know we had one on the old forums and we'll definitely have one on here).

It is funny what can happen in a year. Last year the Bears were favorites to go back to the Super Bowl (now they aren't going to make the playoffs) and the Falcons were just an improved Mike Vick away from being a major contender all while the Texans were continuous bottom feeders. Now the Texans are the only team (albeit their hope isn't much better than the Bears) with a shot at the playoffs and they've done all that with about a zillion guys on IR.

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Dang, that is a short time at Atlanta. It just goes to show that the biggest mistake you can make is giving ridiculous money to a college coach that has proven nothing in the NFL. This is a great hire for Arkansas though. They seemed to go after all the big names and failed, than after getting a lot of heat in the media, they end up pulling a horse-shoe out of there butts and get an even better candidate. I can't say this is a major loss for the Falcons cause I think there are probably better guys to hire than Petrino anyway and those guys will cost much less money. The Falcons are in pretty terrible shape though.