Bears and Tommie Harris Agree To Terms!!!

by Adam T on Jun 20, 2008 12:22 AM CDT Comment 14 comments

Tommie Harris has signed the largest contract given to a defensive tackle in NFL history.

The Bears and Tommie Harris agree to a 4 year extension worth approximately 40 million dollars through 2012. The deal includes 18 million in guaranteed money and 27 million over the next three years.

The contract is also the richest in Bears history.

This is the biggest off season move the Bears could have made. It was the #1 priority of the Bears as well as fans.

Harris, when healthy, is a dominant tackle who can control the line of scrimmage. The Bears can now shift their attention to signing Devin Hester to a new deal and then figure out what has to be done to make Brian Urlacher happy.

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Signing Harris!

Terrific!
Now if he would just stay healthy for a whole season.

by phastphil on Jun 20, 2008 8:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

hester

i still don’t understand why we are so gung how to give significant cap space to a kr/pr. On the potential that he coudl be a great wide receiever? we all know what happens when the bears grade offensive talent.

by mike b on Jun 20, 2008 9:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hester is not just some run-of-the-mill kick returner. Hell, we have plenty of people on our team that fit that bill. Look at Rashied Davis. Devin CHANGES football games. His mere presence on the field ensures excellent field position, even if he doesn’t touch the ball. He’s hit home runs as a KR/PR and he’s hit home runs during his limited time as a Wide Receiver. Although I believe he has enormous potential to be a star WR, he’s worth the money for his contributions on special teams alone.

BTW, I’m ecstatic that we signed Tommie to a long-term deal. He’s a solid player, a hard-worker, and is a stand-up guy…. we need more people like him on the team to resurrect the organization’s image which is shattered after the likes of Tank Johnson and Ced Benson.

Bear Down, Chicago Bears!

by topdoggkyle on Jun 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

do you think he will return 6 kicks a year

for the rest of his career?

they’ll just stop kicking to him.

by mike b on Jun 20, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And we'll still get good field position.

There will be situations where they won’t kick to him, but over the course of a season there will end up being a situation where they feel forced to kick to him.

All I can say is, we just have to wait and see.

Lovie Smith-isms:
"We get off the bus running"
"Rex Grossman is our quarterback."
"...and we'll go from there."

by GallopingGhost on Jun 20, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

thats what people said before last year and he had a better season than his rookie year.

dont even post a reply, cause I already know what its gonna say, “I’m sure you have only been a bears fan since 05 so there is know possible way you could know as much as me, d hester couldnt possibly do it 3 times because i say so.”
is there such a thing as a two hit wonder?

"snuffalufagus fucks my shit up"

by leopoldjones on Jun 20, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

right

and more teams also kicked away from him, and those teams usually won against us. that trend will continue if the bears offense still sucks, or at least it should.

sorry i insulted your boyfriend’s fandom.

by mike b on Jun 20, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any Bears loss wasn't Hester's fault...

In those games where teams kicked away from Hester and “usually won” (teams usually won against us last year regardless), we had great field position. Hester, whether or not he touches the ball, is invaluable to the special teams unit. Having the ball mid-field every time we go on offense is a great feeling; but as we all know, our offense couldn’t cut it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect much more production from the O this year.

Bear Down, Chicago Bears!

by topdoggkyle on Jun 20, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i didn't say it was his faul

but if you’re weapons are not going to get used…

the offense couldn’t be worse this year, so yeah hopefully we’re gettign the good field position one way or another.

it would be nice if he did some ball handeling drills.

by mike b on Jun 20, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My dad says

Devin Hester is wasted on a bad team and we should just trade him. That is crazy talk though, right? Or by your logic I guess he isn’t completely wrong?

Lovie Smith-isms:
"We get off the bus running"
"Rex Grossman is our quarterback."
"...and we'll go from there."

by GallopingGhost on Jun 20, 2008 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no we're not that bad

you keep a guy who can affect the game. you don’t give a guy who can affect the game but can be easily taken out of it a huge contract.

it sounds like people want to pay him big time wr money when he hasn’t shown big time wr skills. yes, he caught some bombs, A LOT of guys have and then were never seen again.

yes devin, thank you for the last couple years, have some money. but don’t break the god damn bank.

although looking at your dad’s point, would a first round pick that got you a tackle or or qb that could dominate for 10+ years be worth it?

would consistent prouction from a player who is on the field 50% of the time be worth not getting the 6 td’s a year and field position?

by mike b on Jun 20, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then again, one person on either side of the ball isn’t going to necessarily make all the difference in the world. Plus, you never know how a draft pick will turn out. Devin, on the other hand, is one of the few people in football that single handedly turns games. I’m not trying to take anything away from the rest of the special teams unit but, without Devin, they’re not returning 6 kicks back for TDs… and they’re not getting the ball mid-field every change of possession. There’s never been a player quite like Devin so it’s really hard to say what kind of money he’s worth. I can’t really answer that at this time.

Bear Down, Chicago Bears!

by topdoggkyle on Jun 21, 2008 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

peyton mannig can singlehandedly turn a game around, he just does it in a way your used to seeing, he give you old school production. walter payton turned the game around the same way. hester is nice to have becasue you get scoring from an unconventional place.

i agree with the draft pick comment, i don’t think you can trade game changers in their prime for picks.

by mike b on Jun 21, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs