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He did ask to be traded or suggested it (well his agent may have been the one to do so). Basically put the Bears are not planning (and won't) fullfill his request. He is under contract to play here and will be here for at least one more season (at that point we may trade him, especially if Benson emerges).

According to Mac, Jurko, and Harry on ESPN 1000 the deal is basically done. It will be very similar to Urlachers deal (in fact they said it will be bigger). Apparently the Bears are also planning to renegotiate Urlachers deal.

Not talented enough to do this, but I like our roster a lot and I think we added a ton of depht with this most recent draft and that depth will help our defense continually dominate (kind of like the Bucs have been able to do).

It was in the paper out in LA today that Manning could get as many as 4yrs in jail. Being he's an athlete he'll probably somehow get off with probation, but if he is gone for 4 years I assume the Bears wouldn't have to pay him any money?

For those that think Hester was a reach (and I realize this may not change your mind on that) but a report in Denver said that the Bronco's would have taken him with there 2nd round draft pick (meaning he wouldn't have been available). Mix this with the fact that the Titans were that close to drafting him over Lendale White and its at least nice to know that we couldn't have gotten him any lower. There is no doubting the guys athletism, it just hurts that he isn't a great football player already (not even at the collegiate level). On the bright side, if he was already proven at a position, we wouldn't have been able to draft him, so now we just have to hope we can teach him to become good, if we can, he turns into a very good pick. Considering our depth in the secondary (newfound depth at that), we should be able to have him slowly groomed into that spot while he really helps out our special teams unit.

Really great to see how Hester responded in his first go round. It sounds like he dazzled the coaches eyes and really looked good. It will be nice to see him get signed on time and begin his development. In fact, considering a lot of the guys we drafted early on were raw, it will be very important that Manning doesn't hold out as well. Considering they are both 2nd round picks, this shouldn't be an issue, but you never know. I'm excited to see what Benson does now that he'll have his first full off-season with the Bears and had a little time this season to add least see what the league was like. I wish Jones displayed the positive attitude he did when he joined the Bears, but it appears that he is letting the Benson thing get to him and it really stinks cause we are going to need both guys to step up if we are going to be a super bowl team.

Probably roster fodder and he was the 59th best undrafted CB according to the great blue north. Not exactly the fleetest CB but not super slow either. 59. Carlos Hendricks 5-10, 195 4.58 Alabama-Birmingham

If they do I'll be putting them up on the downloads section of our front page.

Here it is. This can also be used as a place for fellow fans to talk about other sports as well.