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The Bears got over the loss of Olin Kreutz's supposed leadership just fine while there were still people bitching about the Bears not re-signing him. It will be no different with Urlacher gone. Can he play or can't he?

Looks like it's gonna be McCown. I actually thought he was pretty serviceable when he was forced into action 2 years ago. Looked good in pre-season last year. If McCown would have to fill in for a game this season, I think we will be okay. If Cutler goes down with another season ending injury, like with the thumb, then the Bears are screwed anyways. Very few teams are fortunate enough to have a backup who's good enough to take over a team and lead you into the playoffs.

Unfortunately, you know as well as I do that there is going to be people who still think Cutler can do no wrong and the offensive line will still be the reason for everything he does poorly.

Hopefully he plays better than last year, because last year he was awful.

Anybody else find it a little creepy how Dan Pompei keeps calling him Tommy Zbikowski? Even Brad Biggs keeps writing articles about him coming home. Who the hell cares? Have the Bears never had a Notre Dame product play in the city of Chicago before? I don't get it.

I could go definitely go along with that.

You can find a rookie to return punts and or kickoffs. Not that difficult.

Not sure the logic behind this move. He's pretty much just a guy.

Good stat from Zach Zaidman. Emery said this about him.

He's 30 years old. He is what he is. The Bears still need more youth at that position, so it shouldn't change their priorities in the draft at all. I'm not sure he's a MLB in our system either.

Bushrod, Rookie/Brown, Rookie, Louis, Webb/Carimi

So basically you just don't like the read option? Just trying to see what your stance was on everything else. The funny thing is though, RGIII wasn't even hurt on a read option play. It wasn't even on a designed run either. I understand that play leaves your QB open to more hits, but it's not nearly as dangerous as the spread option, or the triple option play you see in college football where the QB is running parallel to the LOS until the last possible second when he chooses to either keep it or shovel pass it off to the RB. You usually have room to slide or get out of bounds because of the space it creates in a defense. I'm not even hung up so much on the Bears running the read option as much as I want to see them be more creative in general with their play calling. I think San Francisco is a perfect example of an offense that's a pain in the ass to game plan against, even prior to them running the pistol with Kaepernick. We witnessed it first hand. Now they're just a nightmare.

I'm not sure either Ogletree or Brown are true MLB's, unfortunately, although Ogletree might be best suited to play there if need be. I'd still probably take a chance on them just because of the value they present, and IMO, they're clearly the two best LB's by far.

How about New England last year taking a portion out of the Chip Kelly playbook? Green Bay uses read option concepts with Randall Cobb out of the backfield, do they not? Then there is Peyton Manning and his trade mark no huddle offense that no other team besides the Atlanta Falcons have tried to duplicate. My question to you would be, why do you think teams are putting this stuff into their offense if they don't find it beneficial?

Well then you better find a better example than the Patriots, Packers, Broncos, or Saints because all of those teams have some kind of creative trademark or gimmick that they use to keep the defense off-balance. It's not necessary to do a lot of things. It's possible the Bears could win games without running a single play out of the shotgun too.

You are so missing the point. It's not about needing to run a specific play, it's about putting things on tape, which keeps teams in the film room. I'm all for anything that may give the Bears an advantage. One of the reasons Trestman was hired was because of his offensive ingenuity. If that means sprinkling in the read option a time or two every so often to open up a play action pass, great.

The low ball offer pretty much tells you that they didn't want him back. They tried to cover it up with public comments that made it seem as if they really wanted him. Time for a fresh start, I guess.

Wonder what would have happened had Major Wright not destroyed Urlacher's knee in the game against the Vikings. Sucks to see an All-Time great go out because of a contract dispute, but it was probably time. Thanks for the memories, 54.

I doubt it. I'm thinking Ogletree or Arthur Brown. He was the most adamant that they did not want him back. I think there was still a sense of optimism from fans that he would be re-signed.

Dan Bernstein was right after all. Hello LB with the 1st pick.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. They're not going to run Cutler to death. I'm sure they'll be smart with it, and it'll be used sparingly. I'm glad it's in the playbook, and I hope we see more pistol offense that's not part of the read option package. Could be just a simple hand off, could be a misdirection run or a play action pass. Anything to keep the defense honest.

I do think he will be back at a reduced price. Nobody else wants him, and I don't think the Bears want to put him in a situation where they force him into retirement.

Nobody is giving you a second rounder for Devin Hester. That ship sailed years ago, and even then it was a stretch. The Bears probably couldn't even get a 7th rounder out of Hester right now because every team knows that they could just release him.

Excited about this. I'm sure it will be something we use on occasion, maybe 3rd and short situations to keep the defense honest. The best part about the Pistol offense is how dangerous the play action fake can be in the passing game. Cutler will now have a lot more open space to work with whenever they go to the pistol.