I don't know why this photo screamed out to me to make a Photo-caption Extravaganza post, but it did. And now it's yours to play with. That's former Bears QB coach Shane Day on the left, just in case you missed the actual caption. And if I have to tell you who #6 is, then go away.

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Who am I to say that Rick Telander is a bad writer? The guy has written a few books, worked for Sports Illustrated and is generally considered a good sports writer. In college I had to read his book Heaven is a Playground for a sports history class I took and I will say I didn't much care for it. Anyway, that's kind of besides the point. What I am trying to say is Rick Telander might be a great sportswriter but his January 24 article about Jay Cutler not having "it" is dead wrong.

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That's right, I said doomed. But before you furiously type out some rant-like rebuttal in the comments section, read through my reasoning behind this. And no, it has nothing to do with me disliking Tice as the Bears' offensive coordinator. To err is human; to jump, divine.

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"...where we help mask the pain."

Licht back for his second interview Mayer: Patriots director of pro personnel Jason Licht, one of two finalists for the Bears general manager position, returned to Halas Hall Thursday for a second interview. One-on-One: Dick Stanfel

Bears’ general manager will have hands full Potash: Hiring a general manager in the middle of the evaluation period for the draft and free agency puts the Bears in catch-up mode. Video: Moon on Bears GM search

Emery Focuses On Talent In Later Draft Rounds WSCR: Nick Wright of 610 sports in Kansas City joined The McNeil and Spiegel Show to break discuss candidate Phil Emery, the director of college scouting for the Chiefs.

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ESPN is counting down a list of 20 current players that their expert panel believes could play in any era of football. The panels of experts is comprised of 20 Hall Of Famers and ESPN's John Clayton. The list is up to #5 and Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher makes an appearance. After the jump we'll take a look at what Mike Ditka had to say.

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The Chicago Bears will be players in free agency this off season. With a team one year removed from the NFC Championship game, and coming off an injury fueled disappointing 8-8 season (after a 7-3 start), they believe the window is still open. The Bears better be lining up on someones doorstep come March 13th with an offer in hand for one of the top guys available. Check out the free agent photo gallery from Sports Illustrated and tell us who you think would be a good fit in the navy and orange.

The things he's had to say about the offense are nice, but all he's really doing is speaking common sense.


Have we really come to this, Bears fans?

Just a few short weeks after being promoted to the offensive coordinator position, and narrowly missing the opportunity to interview for someone else's Head Coach position, Mike Tice is already being very outspoken about how he intends to run his offense.

The only problem is that the things he's saying aren't earth-shattering...they're just common sense.

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The notion of the tight end as nothing more than a glorified offensive lineman has retired along with former Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz. While there's still a place for the blocking TE in the NFL and in Chicago, the Bears will actually want to find a TE that can catch the ball. Could that guy be on the roster in the athletic Kellen Davis? Will he even be on the roster in 2012? With the help of the grading system from Pro Football Focus we'll take an in depth look at the TE position with an eye towards 2012.

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