Bears Want Their Respect and Danieal Manning, A Man Without A Position

by Adam T on Sep 10, 2008 7:20 AM CDT Comment 8 comments

Bears relish the chance to put all the medias advance trashing back in their face. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand whatever gets a team going great and many teams have made runs on the No Respect train and done well, but I'd like to think the Bears don't need to come back at journalists to get their validation that they are a better team than expected. Just work hard and come out and play. You'll get yours give it time.

Danieal Manning just doesn't seem to fit the Bears plan.

"My faith, my hard work, and just trying to be the ballplayer that I am, I let that all take care of itself," Manning said. "God's always going to make a way for me, regardless. I just have to keep putting the work in."

I feel sorry for the guy. I like Manning and a lot of his problems are management's fault. They never settled where they wanted to play him, so he never had an opportunity to just learn his position. I can't imagine when his contract is up he is going to want to stay here. Here the coaching staff is fickle. Somewhere else I am sure they can find a permanent spot for him.

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I DETEST MANNING

He is always in the right place but never makes the tackle. Every time he is on the field he is diving at ghost out there. Trumaine Mcbride has out played him since day one and i can not understand the loyalty lovie and management show him. I would have cut him after the superbowl. The man can not tackle he belongs on the 49ers. We could even ask for a juicy 4th rd pic which is way more than he is worth. But seeing how he brings speed and special teams ability he will be here a while.

by WavyGravy on Sep 10, 2008 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Loyalty?

I don’t think constant moving and demotions is loyalty.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Sep 10, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, if they want to come back at the media,

AND IT WORKS FOR THEM, then hell yeah. Let em do their thing. If they keep winning, I won’t complain at all.

Second, I think Manning has a ton of athleticism that Lovie and/or Jerry never could figure out where to put. I think he, like Rex, would do good with a change of environment. He’ll be successful somewhere else where the coaches aren’t as stupid.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 10, 2008 9:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

I would love to see Rex end up in NE. Would that not be funny? He would have the best deep target in the game and a solid line. I bet Rex could put up 2-4 TD’s a game and 2 picks.

Kick it to me... I'm open!

by #23 on Sep 10, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Meanwhile...

Chris Harris has been kicking a55 in Carolina.

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Sep 10, 2008 10:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

with his speed and athleticism

coupled with his not being a huge hitter, manning is an ideal FS, which is what he should have been kept at. now, i realize its better for mike brown to be at FS than SS for his injury concerns, but i see no reason why they don’t play manning as the backup (as well as a role in the nickel package). even if brown isn’t unluckily injured this year, he’s not going to be around that much longer. manning should be his replacement. let him learn that position.

by guy incognito on Sep 10, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

he's a moron.

He is very fast and vary strong but he’s always in the wrong place and refuses to make a hit or even a tackle that isn’t pulling someone down by the shoulders while CHASING THEM.

He’s faster and stronger than Mike Brown but Mike Brown is smart and never out of position.

I don’t feel sorry for him at all. He had 2 years at safety and never played decent, he wasn’t moved around THAT much, and the only reason they moved him around is because he sucked so bad.

cut him. Worst player on our defense by far.

by HesterSteals1st on Sep 14, 2008 5:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

terrible

Manning is terrible. I’m not sure why everyone likes him so much. He was at safety long enough to get things right. He’s constantly being burned deep regardless of what position he plays. He got burnt as a safety, so let’s try him at cornerback!!! Stupid. I do agree that they shouldn’t be moving him around so much, but that’s mostly because I think he should just be cut or be a backup if he can’t get the job done.

by a-town on Sep 24, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs