(no disrespect to Frank the tank Omiyale)

i can’t stand this gm any longer, we need a gm who will pull off the move that gets us better

the Chiefs needed a qb as badly as we did, and what did Scott Peoli do?
brought in the qb that many of us wanted

the only thing JA has done this off season is use the coaches as a scapegoat for why the team did poorly the past couple seasons

we are 30 million under the cap and have more holes than the iraqi navy, why won’t this joker bring in some real talent, we are going to be awful last year

Ive been waiting to hear about this move and if it was for real or not. Sharper is not in his prime but he will help. Similar to when the Pats brought in Harrison. Sharper has always been a smart player and he can help our young guys like Payne and Steltz. It also would help with the field general in the secondary we lost in Brown. He shows up every Sunday and truely loves the game. Even though he played for the packers ( throws up in mouth) and the vikes I have always appreciated his passion and skills for this game.

I imagine he will be signed relatively soon. Not a bad move, but a very JA move. And I believe I called it when I said now that all the high-priced guys are gone JA will get involved. I hate it when I am right in this instance.

these small signings that save us money but come on bring in one big time free agent. Then go cheap on the rest.

Yes the latter is younger by two years, but less healthy than the former. It’s hard to quantify who has better range in coverage at FS, but at this point in their careers I’d bet on Sharper. I’ve always admired MB since coming into the league, but there’s a reason why he hasn’t been heard of in free-agency and DS has.

Too Old! Period.
OK – I guess – if they sign him for a one or two year deal at the NFL minimum.

by this move but then I’d be lying. I don’t hate it, I don’t love it either. JA is just being JA so I’m not going to get all upset because he won’t go after anyone if he has to spend some cash. Give me the checkbook I can spend the money better than he can.

He ain’t no spring chicken by any means, but he also just made the Pro Bowl in 2007. With our schedule in 2009, we will only face a few QB/WR tandems that could cause problems for our DBs. I definitely think Sharper can still hold his own for a couple more seasons.

Question is, will he play FS?

if we traded for Matt Giordano. AKA Littlte Lynch.

Why do the Bears keep doing this? They sign guys that have lost a leg or are on their last leg and think it will help our team. We need FRESH guys with talent, and i hope JA will find some in the draft. Not saying Sharper is bad, he’s just at the end of his career. If some of our guys hadn’t “mailed it in” after they were paid their millions, I wouldn’t be as worried, but some did and here we are. Get some OFFENSE first, or defense used to win games for us before, but they can’t do it anymore.

I have been a Bears fan all my life (even though I live in Minnesota and surround by obnoxious, ignorant Viking fans), and sometime I wonder which team is going to show up on the field any given Sunday. One observation I have had with JA is that he was KING OF THE WORLD when we went to the SB a few (sad) years ago. Everyone loved him then (cause we were, ahem, WINNING). Now, everyone hates him because we are, well, not. That happens a lot in sports. People hate people when they aren’t winning, and LOVE Lovie and JA when we’re winning. I hate to say it, but JA did a fairly decent job getting the Bears at least the opportunity to get to the SB. I also have to admit that sometimes when people throw money at big, dumb, arrogant athletes, it doesn’t always work out. I LOVED Nate Vasher as few years ago, but since he god PAID, he hasn’t been himself. Cause he got PAID. Real football players make money and try harder because they love the game. It’s hard to find those players theses days, and it seems like JA feels the same way. I agree that we need some better players on our squad (God love em), but we have a lot of money to hopefully pay #22 (he’s Paytonlike), and hopefully a stud WR or OT from the draft. We don’t need washed up players looking for a two year contract to finish their career, even though TJ would have been awesome. We need guys who want to play Bear football, not a T.O or even a Dawkins.
We need a GM who will get players that want to play in Chicago, but the only way that will happen, is if we have a happy family for them to join, AND we loosen our purse strings. And from the sounds of it, not too many FA seem to think that we are. Sad but true.