February 21, 200917 yr comment_58540 http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...-bear21.article Peace Report
February 21, 200917 yr comment_58542 http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...-bear21.article Peace They had better do something...can you see Tait and St. Clair leaving? Report
February 21, 200917 yr comment_58546 Thanks for the post! That's some good news! Albeit, not groundbreaking, but solid. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...-bear21.article Peace Report
February 21, 200917 yr comment_58548 http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...-bear21.article Peace Mulligan mentions that the starting point for starting tackles is 5 million per. That easily explains why the Bears have not been very aggressive in pursuing him. Especially since St. Clair is 32. Now it's become a matter of desperation more then anything else. If we have to start Chris Williams opposite a rookie, we might as well start preparing for the 2010 draft. Report
February 22, 200917 yr comment_58579 Mulligan mentions that the starting point for starting tackles is 5 million per. That easily explains why the Bears have not been very aggressive in pursuing him. Especially since St. Clair is 32. Now it's become a matter of desperation more then anything else. If we have to start Chris Williams opposite a rookie, we might as well start preparing for the 2010 draft. Unless that rookie is Oher. Report
February 22, 200917 yr comment_58587 Unless that rookie is Oher. I never liked the idea we'd planned on starting Chris Williams at LT as a rookie. Terrible idea IMO. Thank christ we had a back-up plan with St. Clair. Williams is STILL an unknown. We need a back-up plan. AND we need a starting RT. IMO, we need to sign St. Clair, AND draft Oher. Report
February 22, 200917 yr comment_58651 I never liked the idea we'd planned on starting Chris Williams at LT as a rookie. Terrible idea IMO. Thank christ we had a back-up plan with St. Clair. Williams is STILL an unknown. We need a back-up plan. AND we need a starting RT. IMO, we need to sign St. Clair, AND draft Oher. A lot of people get good results from rookie LTs. Before Williams' back injury was news, I thought he'd basically be a redux of D'Brickashaw Ferguson, and Brick was definitely good enough to start his first year. Oher, though, I don't know. He's got great strength and mobility, but he's not even close to as polished as Williams was coming out of college. It wouldn't surprise me if he takes at least a year to really develop. That said, they could do a lot worse than resigning St. Clair as the starting RT and drafting Oher to take over in a year or two. If Williams is healthy, he and St. Clair should be at least above-average as bookends; two years from now, Williams/Oher could be WAY above average. Report
February 22, 200917 yr comment_58653 A lot of people get good results from rookie LTs. Before Williams' back injury was news, I thought he'd basically be a redux of D'Brickashaw Ferguson, and Brick was definitely good enough to start his first year. Oher, though, I don't know. He's got great strength and mobility, but he's not even close to as polished as Williams was coming out of college. It wouldn't surprise me if he takes at least a year to really develop. That said, they could do a lot worse than resigning St. Clair as the starting RT and drafting Oher to take over in a year or two. If Williams is healthy, he and St. Clair should be at least above-average as bookends; two years from now, Williams/Oher could be WAY above average. I had no problem with intending to start Williams since St. Clair was in the mix. If Williams was hurt or terrible, we had an ok back-up plan. If we're going to have not one but two totally inexperienced players, we'd better have at least one damn good back-up. Report
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