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Giants up 21-16 at Half. Manning actually looked solid on the TD drive right before the half. It will be interesting to see when the teams start resting their starters.

From Rotoworld: Martz has always been a great offense guy. Would there be any shot at the Bears getting him? Would we want him? Did he and Lovie get along in STL?

Yeah Bush not playing is disappointing, because I would love the Bears to get some hard hits on him.

Wow, 7 for Long. Pix, I completely agree. If anything, we trade down and add a 2nd or 3rd rounder.

I would say right off the bat, with the players returning from injury, the Bears are a 8/9 win team next year. If the Bears can solidify the OLine, that will probably give them 2 more wins as long as the Offense gets on track. I can see a Bears team winning as many as 11 next year, with a low of 7 depending on how everything falls into play this offseason.

I tried to include most of the top picks, even though most would be out of reach for the Bears with their current position. Which player would be the biggest upgrade over the current player? McFadden over Benson? Ryan over Grossman? Dorsey over DT2 rotation? Long/Clady over Miller? Sweed over Berrian? 10 choices was the max, so there may be other players that are not listed.

For Moose, how much would the cap hit be if we cut him? After June 1st?

Urlacher at OLB? That would take pressure off his chronic back?

I know it is early, but would it be possible to pin a 2008 NFL Draft thread/sub-forum so we can start dumping stuff like this in there?

Barnett was clearly wrong with his after the play antics. The Ref had every right to get him off the pile. Bears 2, Packers 0 Refs 1, Barnett 0

Smart move. Just let him get healed up for next season. No point in risking further injury. I too am wanting to see Hass at least get some chances.

Np, that is the site I use for odds words.

They said the game is now on 3 networks. It would be hilarious if it was a brutally bad game with NE losing.

Some classics there.

With the Crayton signing: How much more will it take to keep Berrian?

NFC Championship rematch for two teams out of the playoffs. Playing for pride.

Indifference; to be used when one simply does not care. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meh

I'll do the Offensive Starters first: QB - Grossman - Sign to an incentive-laden contract. He would be the fall back option if nothing else happens. RB - Benson - Stays, started to show some signs before injury, even with brutal O-Line. FB - McKie - Stays, solid play for the price OL - Miller & Brown - GONE, Metcalf - needs to compete for job WR - Moose - GONE, try to trade, if not, cut after June 1st; Berrian - keep if the money is right, otherwise look for a comparable FA acquisition TE - Clark - Keep, Only makes a $1mil in 2008, and is last year of his contract. Olsen needs to start though. So for offensive starters, get rid of Miller, Brown, and Moose.

The whole point is they do the voting too early. Players who come on strong at the end of the season basically have no chance at the Pro Bowl. BearSox mentioned Fred Taylor. He is a prime example of this. He had zero 100 yard games thru Week 11, and now has had 5 straight since Week 12. The problem is if they started to vote around Week 12 or 13, then he would've not looked like a Pro Bowler. His teammate, Jones-Drew already had two 100 yard games at Week 10. So it would be hard to pick Taylor around Week 12/13. However, right now it would be a pretty easy pick. There is reason why they cannot wait until the day after the regular season to start voting, or at least the last week of the season.

Exactly, thats the point.

Was Brian playing that good because of that or because Briggs was not in? Also, didn't Kennedy play for Lovie in STL?

Now the one thing that is the wild card is injuries. If we get some of these guys back at 100% for next season, some of the holes will be filled already.

That is true. Someone else mentioned that as well. Performance-wise there is little difference, but pay-wise there is. Looking at that, I could see them going QB or RB with that pick.

Crazier things have happened. I am still thinking that the Bears pick up someone no one is thinking about.

YES!