The Bears Den - 11/4/09
by ChiFan13 on Nov 4, 2009 12:00 AM CST
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....where Carol Slezak needs to be blasted from this planet ASAP.
The Beas excelled with the switch at linebacker.
Greg Olsen is excited to host his charity country music show.
ChicagoNow
Adewale Ogunleye blogeth! Don't miss this one - pretty entertaining.
The Bears dread the red zone.
Mark Potash: Bears fans and media have lost faith in Lovie Smith.
Carol Slezak waxes stupid on the Bears.
Jump with me....
Ten ways for the Bears' offense to improve.
Steve Rosenbloom: How will the Bears fare against the Cardinals?
Tommie Harris played well on Sunday. Against the Browns. Let's throw a party.
The road ahead for the Bears is pretty daunting.
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
John Mullin: The Bears need a November to remember.
Daily Herald
To those of you who say that Devin Hester isn't a legitimate #1, take a look at the numbers.
Ron Turner doesn't like what he's seeing now and in the future.
To protect Cutler, the Bears offense needs to scale back.
The Bears are paying a high price for ignoring their offensive line.
ESPN
Rodney Harrison wants the Bears to get Chris Chambers. ChiFan13 wants Rodney Harrison to go away.
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by Faizamaze on Nov 4, 2009 2:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Chambers hasn't been a legitimate threat
since he left Miami, and he was only borderline at that point. Why the hell would we want him?
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
by JerBear50 on Nov 4, 2009 2:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Chambers?
His name always seems to come up. But what has he really done in the NFL? Not enough to get the kind of attention he’s been getting. He’s an “adequate” #2 at best.
by Big Ike on Nov 4, 2009 7:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't even see him as a 2 at this point.
I think he’s a bench/injury replacement player at best.
"The time has come to get deeply into Football. It is the only thing we have left that ain't fixed." - HST
by JerBear50 on Nov 4, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked the article by LeGere about the Bears failure with the offensive line
At every level of football, since the sport was invented, everyone knows you win or lose based on what happens in the trenches. How is it that the Bears’ braintrust are the only people on the planet who didn’t get that memo?
If I were the McCaskeys, and I read that article, I’d want an explanation from Angelo, Phillips, and Smith right now.
by BearFan611 on Nov 4, 2009 7:03 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
The thing that bothers me is that they tried to upgrade and failed.
They signed Omiyale thinking he would be a good guard: Epic Fail
They signed Pace thinking he had 1-2 years left of tackle in him: Epic Fail
They signed Schaffer to be their swing tackle and as insurance to Williams/Pace injuries: eh
As is always the case with Angelo/Smith, something is drastically wrong with their talent evaluation and talent nurturing. They misread guys, and the guys they have won’t get developed properly.
by MuleTrain on Nov 4, 2009 8:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It is a little surprising that with all of the activity and off-season free agent signings
This line is looking more and more like it’s actually WORSE than last year’s.
But when you break down the actual free agent aquisitions (and how they became available), you see that we were probably doomed for failure:
1) Pace (who once was great, but now is not) got cut by one of the worst teams in the NFL.
2) Omiyale was a career back-up for Carolina, but Angelo paid him like he was a starter.
3) Shaffer is supposedly a decent run-blocker, but again, he got cut by one of the leagues’ worst (and most dysfunctional) franchises.
"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon
by JimmyMack on Nov 4, 2009 8:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In Shaffer's defense
he was cut for cap reasons more than lack-of-talent reasons. Even bad teams can be cheap – especially in the world of non-garaunteed deals
by torch on Nov 4, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that's exactly LeGere's point
they have pretty much ignored the O-line through the draft and then they were stuck with other team’s castoffs. You are correct, in my opinion, that their talent evaluatiing and player development skills are terrible which leads to the failure they are experiencing.
If this Bears team doesn’t prove that good line play makes average skill players better and terrible line play can make the best skill players look bad, then nothing will.
by BearFan611 on Nov 4, 2009 11:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Slezak article
What was her point?
We should except mediocrity… We should enjoy the Browns victory…
And there’s no hope in sight… Wow, I could go on, but instead I may just lay down…
by rdent4hof on Nov 4, 2009 7:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Really,
As players, you start the season expecting to be successful. You play the games expecting to win. As fans, you tune in expecting your team to win. Getting a talented QB like Cutler will naturally raise the hopes of Bears fans considering the history of futility at that position. What was her point is beyond me.
by Big Ike on Nov 4, 2009 8:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Harrison
I’m really tired of these former players and coaches with their own agendas…
Chambers is probably Harrison’s buddy that he’s trying to help. Just like Dungy saying he would draft Tebow 1st overall if he could. Dumb, dumb, dumb and dumb.
Guess I should just get used to it though.
Btw, this is another shining example of why I come here… WCG 4 Life!
by rdent4hof on Nov 4, 2009 7:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hey Rodney
why don’t you shut the hell up and go do some steroids. Nobody gives a crap about the opinion of a washed up cheater!
by Jhitt81 on Nov 4, 2009 10:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I wish our O - Line would cheat a little more, actually
No, I’m not advocating they should start taking ’roids, but their lack of aggression up there is really disconcerting. And here I was lead to believe that Shaffer was some kind of wild man, correct? Yeah, more like mild man.
by Waylon on Nov 4, 2009 10:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol
Shaffer was some kind of wild man, correct? Yeah, more like mild man.
dude thats like so corny.. lol
but yeah, i wish they would too. Like St. Clair was poking Ogun’s eyes, it’d be nice if our guys would go out and do stuff like that to protect our QB
by GtM on Nov 4, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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