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I thought that the higher rounds waited for somewhat of a ripple effect before they complete contracts. I would assume they would be waiting to see what teams before them signed similar positional players for. Regardless, nice to get these contracts done and out of the way. They have to be a relief for these rookies so that they can concentrate on their game (and where do spend all that cash).

All the Bears need to go on that, and maybe they would appreciate what they have, instead of wanting more. Maybe they can have Butkus put them back in their place.

Lloyd.

Full size pics through the thumbnails.

To me, Bo is a Raider, Brock is a Cardinal, and Carlton is a Phillie.

Dusty's injury is completely unrelated to what put him on the IR. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me in late May.

I agree with Jason. That 7-9 record was very misleading. This team will be around 9 or 10 wins and will at least be the Wild Card.

At this point, put the best team on the field. I'm just glad both QB's are getting a fair shot.

So you won't be ready for 10-12 minutes or until fully cooked?

Yeah, but Brady would never even had sniffed the field if it wasn't for Bledsoe getting injured.

What is amazing is the transformation of Belicheat himself. He was a mediocre coach at best posting a 36-44 record with Cleveland with only one winning season in five years. He goes from that to the head coach of NE with a 91-37 record and 3 Super Bowls.

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I had a similar experience a few years ago and did exactly as you said, and it works. They didn't even give me a ticket, just told me to keep it down or they would be back.

Didn't Hass catch everything as well? Just seems like the feel-good stories that accompany new draft picks. There is no way Lloyd just gets released, especially with Turner there. He will get every opportunity to stick around.

Knightni, Once again thanks for the hard work organizing this with all the write-ups. Which players listed spent the least time playing for Chicago? Suggestion for next poll: Do the same thing with all the Chicago sports teams (by sport/position). Example: All-time Chicago Basketball team (C, PF,SF, PG, SG). Each ballot selects one for each position. All-time Chicago Football team (QB, RB, FB, WR, TE, etc, etc) Do offense, then defense, then special teams. All-time Chicago Baseball team (Sox and Cubs) All-time Chicago Hockey team (G, D, D, RW, LW, C) I don't know how hard that would be, but there would be some interesting battles (Middle Linebacker, Cubs vs Sox).

This year seems to be the only year they could move him for something, but I would wait until a team comes calling during training camp. Someone always gets hurt. If the Bears want to move him next year, more than likely they would cut him due to his salary. I don't think any team would want to take that salary on for a Nickelback.

Sign me up!

Pix, Sign me up. As long as the draft is on the weekend or at night I am good for the live draft.

Nice work Knightni. Not one Bull yet is amazing.

Wow, they can't even spell his name correct. He probably thought mph were kph since it was a BMW.

Urlacher was expected, but Benson. Does this push him down the charts? http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?i...ce=NFLHeadlines Also, Orton received majority of the reps with the 1st team: More on Benson: http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2008/05/ot...sing_bears.html

Punters and Kickers revolt over balta's exclusionary comments. Hey, they are players too.

Grossman doesn't have that good internal clock. I would rather see him just throw it away half the time instead of forcing it. That would seriously solve a lot of his issues. Also, they need to do more quick sets and 3 step drops with timing patterns. He gets in trouble when he is just sitting back there looking for the 3rd and 4th option. This has a lot to do with the receivers as well. Moose was not very good last year. Like I said before, this is Grossman's last shot with the Bears. He has a one year tryout, and if he can come in and be a league average QB with some consistency, he will stick around. If not, he will not be on the Bears in 2009.

That's awesome. That is all Benson needs right now is some "calming influence".

I don't know how much weaker than Moose/Berrian you can get. It is probably more of a wash with Booker/Bradley/Bennett.