Mark Bradley is Ready to be #1.

Bears fans should quit worrying about their offense.  They don’t need to worry about the fact that they have re-signed two quarterbacks who have proven their inefficiency in every aspect of the game of the professional football to one-year deals as a sort of a band-aid on a bullet wound for the position.  Bears fans shouldn’t worry that Cedric Benson will be going in the fifth round or later of most fantasy football drafts this year.  They shouldn’t worry about any of this, because Mark Bradley says he is ready to be the Bears #1 receiver.

No offense to the young man on whom the Bears saw fit to use a second-round pick to acquire in the 2005 NFL draft, but I’m not sure how to take this bit of information. While it’s nice to see that the receiver does not suffer from a dearth of self-confidence, I don’t think his assurances should really quiet the concerns of the entire offense.  Luckily, Lovie Smith has commented further.  He seems to have a much more realistic view of the situation, and one can even assume he has a plan for improving the Bears’ offense next year.  So the Bears are in good hands.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 31, 2008 - Post a comment

Bears have Interest in Otah

The Chicago Bears have done all they can in free agency so far.  They opted to not sign many of the top-flight players who were on the board.  They didn’t really make many upgrades along their offensive or defensive line.  While they may not have picked up any big name receivers that were out there on the board or tried to sign a new quarterback, the Bears did manage to keep their two best linebackers.  They also re-signed two of their quarterbacks, and they have since turned their attention to the draft, making the scouting rounds.

This article claims that the Bears are interested in Jeff Otah.  Otah is a prospect out of Pittsburgh who plays offensive tackle.  He is projected to go first round, but has been plagued by ankle injuries for nearly a year.  While Otah is certainly a talented player, I’m not so sure the Bears should be taking chances on injury-prone linemen in the first round.  The Bears need solid, dependable men who will play every game and make their team more consistent.  I’m just not sure Otah fits that bill.  I hope the Bears decide to go with a different player with their first pick.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 28, 2008 - Post a comment

Muhammad has Choice Words for the Bears

There are many different types of breakups.  There are breakups that totally destroy your life, where you never really get over the other person for years to the point that your friends are kind of tired of hearing about it.  There are breakups that are dirty and hurtful where both parties break each other’s possessions, and it gets really ugly at the end.  Then there are amicable breakups, where you realize that it’s just not working out, and the two parties go their separate ways on friendly terms.  Well, according to this article, the Muhsin Muhammad/Chicago Bears breakup was not amicable in the slightest.

Muhammad went on a local radio show in his new city and had a few choice words for his old team.  In particular he said the Bears locker room had “no class.”  You can hear the comments pertaining to the Bears right here.  Or you can listen in to the entire interview if you’d like to get the comments completely within context.  I’m not really sure what went down between the Chicago Bears and Muhsin Muhammad while he was in Chicago or when he was leaving.  However, it is clear that whatever happened left a rift between Muhammad and the team that will not soon be mended.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 27, 2008 - Post a comment

Bears Getting Draft Picks

It’s the offseason, in case you hadn’t noticed. It is still that dead period between free agent moves of actual importance and the all-important NFL draft. As such, the good journalists all over this country are forced to come up with nonstories about basically nothing. They give us retrospectives, lists, and any multitude of of other stories that only half-pertain to what is going on with the world of the NFL, be they write-ups on possible pre-draft needs, low level free agent signings of men who might not even make the cut of your team, answers to grumbling players, or just plain lists of all time greats.

This report claims that the Bears could get up to 12 draft picks in the upcoming NFL Draft.  This is great news for Bears fans who have likely been disappointed with the Bears lack of productivity in the free agent market.  The Bears could get many solid draft picks with all their different selections, but the question remains:  Can the Bears manage to win with such a veteran defense and a young offense?  If the two squads can mold quickly and learn from one other that’s one thing.  However, if the offense can’t keep up with the defense, it could be a long year in Chicago.
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Permalink - Posted in General on March 26, 2008 - Post a comment

Niners Fined a Pick for Tampering with Briggs

According to ESPN.com, the NFL has decided to strip the San Francisco 49ers of their fifth round pick in the draft.  The league also decided to swap out the 49ers third round draft pick with the Bears’ third round pick, bumping the Bears up a few spots with that pick.  All of this is due to the fact that the 49ers were found guilty of tampering with Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs during the 2007 season, during which time Briggs was under contract as the franchise player for the Chicago Bears.  According to this report, the 49ers had improper contact with Briggs’ agent Drew Rosenhaus.

While the 49ers admit to having contact with Rosenhaus, they still maintain that there was nothing improper about their dealings with the agent.  The team has said they will work harder to remain within compliance with the league on this matter in the future.  However, can we just point out how horribly flubbed this issue was by the 49ers?  They tamper with Briggs, then fail to sign him (or even garner much of his attention), and then they lose a draft pick and draft position over it?  Someone is going to get fired over this one in San Francisco.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 25, 2008 - Post a comment

Chicago Bears 2007 Season Stats Breakdown

The Chicago Bears stats totals from 2007 prove that the Curse of the Super Bowl Losers lives on. They finished the season with a 7-9 overall record and allowed the Packers to gain control of the Frozen North in a year when they were supposed to be the class of the whole NFC.

On offense the Bears did better through the air than on the ground, though they were not helped by a quarterback situation that was less than ideal. Chicago ended the regular season with 3,362 passing yards, good for exactly 15th in the league. They were no slackers through the air, despite all the bad press. On the ground they only managed to record 1,330 total yards (30th in the league) and had the worst yards per carry average in the NFL (3.1). It seems like the bad running game didn’t help the passing game much, or vise versa.

Either way, the offense can always try to blame the defense for not giving the team much to work with. Despite being one of the best defensive units in the NFL just a year ago, the Bears allowed 3,708 total passing yards (27th in the league) and 1,967 passing yards on the year (24th).

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 24, 2008 - Post a comment

More Chalk Talk!

I really have to apologize to anyone who reads this blog.  I usually try to keep everyone up to date on the goings on the Chicago Bears organization, but this week there simply hasn’t been much to report.  The Bears are quietly putting together their draft board, and they aren’t exactly being forthcoming with any of their insider information.   Perhaps the Bears took this week off because of Easter?  I know Lovie Smith is a religious man, so perhaps that’s what happened.  Hopefully the Bears will get back to making news next week.  Until then, we have yet another installment of Chalk Talk to save us.

This batch of questions are much more lucid and intelligent than the last batch, and all of them have to do with the offensive side of the ball.  Wouldn’t you know it?  Bears fans aren’t that concerned about their defense or special teams, but they’re very interested in what the Bears can do to actually field an offense that isn’t a joke.  These questions are mostly about the Bears’ running back situation, with a question about Chad Johnson thrown in just for fun.  I would love to see Johnson on another team, but I don’t think he’d go to the Bears, simply due to their quarterback situation.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 21, 2008 - Post a comment

Chalk Talk about Hester

Once again, we have very little Bears news to report, so we hit up Chalk Talk.  The questions in this one are particularly awesome, ranging from “have the Bears considered moving Devin Hester to running back?” to “What do you think of wide receiver Devin Thomas as a draft pick for the Bears?” to “Would you like to see Brett Favre in a Bears uniform?”  I didn’t make that last one up.  That is a legitimate question from a certifiably insane Bears fan who should be ashamed of himself.  I mean, who in God’s name actually wants to see Brett Favre in a Bears uniform?  Satan?  Insanity.

As for the other two actual football questions, I liked the answers given by Larry Mayer.  While it seems great in theory to put Hester in the backfield and let him carve up defenses, it’s not as though his skills as a kick returner would immediately transfer to being a great running back.  Hester is also a bit too small to be a running back in the NFL.  As for Devin Thomas, I like him a ton as a prospect for the Bears.  So does Mayer.  Hopefully the Bears see what we see and continue to bolster their young and talented receiving corps.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 20, 2008 - Post a comment

Bears Searching for New Ad Agency

You know I say it all the time.  It’s a terribly slow time of year in terms of football news.  To be honest, whether you’re a pro or college team, right now making the news is not entirely a good thing.  It seems lately that the only teams making big news are the teams who are signing big time free agents, and if your team is signing big time free agents, then you’re likely attempting to get better because you weren’t the best last year.  Or, you might be making news for other unsavory affairs (like losing half your defense or being embroiled in a cheating scandal, just to cover the two Super Bowl teams), which is never good either.

And so it is with all of this in mind that I must report the Bears are looking for a new ad agency, and they may make a decision very soon.  While this has very little to do with football, it does speak to the plight of the Bears as an organization at the moment.  The Bears need some serious marketing spin after the season and offseason they have had.  That’s not to say the Bears haven’t done a lot of good things.  Rather, it just seems on the surface that perhaps The Bears are in worse shape than they really are.  Hopefully a better ad agency can help properly market the Bears and their strengths.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 19, 2008 - Post a comment

Bears Eyeing Offensive Tackle

With the NFL draft just around the corner, it is time to shift our attention to which players the Bears plan on selecting this year.  This report claims the Bears are looking hard at Boston College offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus.  Aside from having one of the funniest names in football, Cherilus is an exceptional offensive tackle who already has experience working with Josh Beekman, a player the Bears drafted in the fourth round last season.  Cherilus would bolster the Bears’ depleted offensive line and add stability in the trenches.

While many fans are likely to pitch fits if the Bears go with anything but a QB in the first round, but I happen to think this could be a great pick for the Bears.  It’s a really smart, safe bet that will likely pay off in the long run.  The Bears need to revamp their offensive line, and badly.  The Bears need a run game far more than they need a pass attack.  What good is a quarterback without an offensive line to protect him, anyway? And look at it this way.  If this doesn’t work, the Bears will have a high draft pick next year to take a QB.

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Permalink - Posted in General on March 18, 2008 - Post a comment


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