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The Bears just have never been interested in drafting non speed guys so I'm not surprised they went away from Jarret and Rice could still be there depending on what the Bears get (even though Rice too, is not a speed guy). I think they may be moving down because the guy JA wants isn't slotted to go this soon. That or the Chargers offered great value (it will be interested to see what we get.

I still think we may be surprised here. There are still some good tackles on the board.

There is a chance that the Bucs just took the guy the Bears would have potentially drafted. They may still look at an OT here, otherwise I think you'll see them grab a WR. I think they lean towards Rice.

The crazy thing is this....people were so pissed last year about not taking a te, but I think it worked out because Olsen is a superior athlete to everyone but Vernon Davis (who the Bears had no chance at).

freakin Awesome if we get him.

freak did someone trade up.

There are going to be a lot of trades. San Fran will take Staley. I just hoep there are still a ton of guys on the board when the Bears come up so they can move down and gain some more and than just have a boatload of quality picks and still get two guys on there early on list.

Seriously they could have taken WR's with there first two picks and I wouldn't have faulted them. They have an absolute horrid WR core, for cripes sake Gage/Wade are two of there best.

With no good trade offers, the Raiders make the only logical selection....drafting Jamarcus Russel, QB, LSU...the Detroit Lions are now on the clock. Other players considered, Joey Thomas, but after the Gallery disaster Al Davis did not allow me to pull the trick on another tackle. I also strongly considered Adrian Peterson but franchise backs are a thing of the past in this gm's eyes.

Whooo....happy aniversary...may year two be as memorable but may it also bring more Bear fans and a Lombardi trophy!!!!

Out of curiosity when does the draft start (so I know when I need to make my pick). And yes my pick is up for trade. Yes.

Sweet...da Raiders.

Last I remember is that he was asking for Urlacher type money which would be more like 40 - 50 million.

This is a tough move. On one hand Rivera was going to be long gone and I think Babich is the guy Lovie wants for the job and I don't think our defense will miss a beat without Rivera (however, other injuries or other things could effect it). That said from the outside perspective I wonder if other coaches will look at this and say hey why would I come to the Bears when they treat there coaches like this or like that. Either way I am going to say that I think this is definitely the best move for the long term future of the club since we should have some stability at the DC position for the next few years under Babich and with Rivera we probably wouldn't have.

It doesn't make sense. He's a 4-3 guy and they run the 3-4. Although if Rivera came in and had a candidate in mind to run a 3-4 I guess it would work. Seems odd though.

Doh, I wish I would have caught this. I had to get to work extra early this morning so I didn't get to watch the first half hour of Cold Pizza like I usually do.

Awesome, count me in.

Edwards wouldn't be getting cut but apparently the Chargers have already told him they will not be resigning him. Edwards also said he would not be coming back to the Chargers.

Not only will it do that, but it will at least give the Bears some options if we do in fact lose Briggs (for draft picks of course).

This article was one of the best I've seen in a long time. It talks about Grossman and the developments he needs to make and I think for the most part the author and the quotes are spot on.

In reality we didn't though. A CB with his technique would never have went on the first day. He went when he did because of his special teams ability and lucky for us he panned out with that in his first year. I don't know if we can truly rely on him to continue to be such a dominate return man but I do think he'll continue to make the opposition really strategize with our kicking game. Still for Hester to be completely worth it, he'll need to turn into at least a nickel CB and a good one. For him to turn into a bargain/steal, he'll have to develop into a #2 CB with big play capabilities. He has the tools to do that.

Hutchinson wasn't franchised. He was actually given the transitional tag or something along those lines that basically enables the team to match any contract. The Vikings put some ridiculous poison pills in it though that would make it pretty much impossible to match the Vikings offer. I do recall a few franchised players getting dealt and I think you can deal them for less than the 2 first round picks but if a team flat out wants to sign our guy (and not negotiate with the Bears for draft picks) than they would give up there first 2 first round picks they have (this years and next years most likely).

Hesters return was absolutely amazing though.

It is going to be tough to keep Scott. He can go elsehwere and be a full time starter while with the Bears he'll likely be behind Tank and Tommie (if they are both healthy and sane). We also have Dutsy back. Scott is our best run stuffing DT but he's good enough to start for a number of teams and I think this is his situation to get a nice pay check (nothing huge) and get him enough money so that he can have a good life if he is wise with his money. My guess is barring some set backs with Dusty/Tommie/Tank we'll probably end up drafting another DT to join that crew.