Seeing the cuts of Muhammed and the probable cut of Griese, I see the Bears aren't completely against cutting veterans past their prime. Faneca will make the team better and the contract won't look bad this year and probably not the next. They'll probably cut him a year too late or something, but they're non-guaranteed contracts. I was most against before because I felt the Bears were unlikely to cut high-costing players or something.

As with signing Berrian for more than what he's worth, though, these are things that a team must do to "rebuild on the fly". They have to spend smart, draft smart and get lucky and they'll be fine in a year or two.

soon enough.