The Bears Den - 4/29/09

by ChiFan13 on Apr 29, 2009 12:00 AM CDT in The Bears Den

....where crude jokes about Lance Briggs and Lamborghinis reign supreme.

In The Den

Chicago Tribune

Lance Briggs says he's fine. He worked out yesterday with a Band-Aid on his hand.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lance Briggs says he's fine. He worked out yesterday with a Band-Aid on his hand. No, this isn't a typo. Both the Trib and the ST wrote about the same thing.

Daily Herald

Bob LeGere discusses the Mike Mitchell rumor. Make sure to read this article.

Official Chicago Bears Site

San Jose State's coach is a big fan of Jarron Gilbert. Uhm....duh.

Larry Mayer discusses some of the draft grades the Bears received.

Larry Mayer also discusses our newest WR prospects.

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I would feel so much better

if Earl Bennett was being penciled in at slot instead of number 2. Maybe if Bennett was spending the entire summer with Cutler/the bears, but he has been at school (good for him and all). Expecting a guy who hasn’t seen the field and who has not spent extra time with the team during the offseason to simply perform as an NFL starter is ridiculous.

Maybe the relationship between Cutler and Bennett leads to on field production… but that alone in the absence of anything else positive is too big of a maybe. i am scared of a Bears opening day lineup of Hester and Bennett with Iglesias at the slot

by No It All on Apr 29, 2009 7:56 AM CDT reply actions

then who is # 2 if bennett is in slot?

If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.

by chi-town on Apr 29, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions

thats the big problem!

Bennett isn’t a decent number 2 and I doubt any of the rookies will be this year either.

by No It All on Apr 29, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions

how do you know what he is or isnt?

he hasn’t played!

Formerly HBCG

by Allie on Apr 29, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions

thank you for saving me the trouble of writing that.

Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!

by ifuwannacrownem on Apr 29, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Bennett should be fine this year

Last year we were so bad at WR that they had this rookie learning all three WR positions, what does that tell you??? They thought he could be the best option at any of the three positions.

That obviously did not pan out that way in ’08, but if we focus on putting Bennett in one position, I think with his skills and his past experience with Cutler, he should do pretty well. If nothing else, in critical situations their familiarity with each other will give Cutler the chance to draw a play in the dirt, or call an old favorite from Vandy to move the sticks or to get the ball in the endzone.

Unreasonable people make life difficult...

by WisBearsFan34 on Apr 29, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions

big deal

so a college wr was drafted as a wr and was expected to learn a whopping 3 different wr positions and his inability to master the complexity of the 3 wr positions id why he never even reached the field as bad as he was. sorry doesn’t pass the smell test and i don’t buy it. most importantly if anything his inability to grasp the position is disconcerting, not a positive to be considered moving forward and definitely not a justification for penciling him in now as our #2 starter.

by No It All on Apr 29, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope

that all of our opponents think the same way as you, and keep loading the box!!!! Cutler to Hester touchdown!!!!!!

If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.

by chi-town on Apr 29, 2009 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh My GOD!

There’s no hope for this season! No hope at all! Everything is a shambles! Cutler will throw 50 interceptions and the Defense will give up 50 points per game! Chicago will become the laughing stock of the nation! WOE!!

/sarcasm

Seriously though, catastrophizing is not healthy for you.

by northernsails on Apr 29, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions

i read somewhere...

that’s exactly what they did in college. bennett was fresh out of high school and didn’t have the offense down, so many of his catches were the result of "schoolyard’ plays and, as you put it, “drawing plays in the dirt”. plus, with the aformentioned comfort level, i see bennett being cutler’s favorite target this year.

by windycity72 on Apr 29, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Mike Mitchell

I was hoping that rumor was way off base, cause it certainly didn’t make much sense for them to reach for a safety at #49 and then proceed not to take one the entire rest of the draft.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Apr 29, 2009 2:03 PM CDT reply actions

Oh man

San Jose State’s coach is a big fan of Jarron Gilbert.

His coach likes him?? God, I hope the next breaking news story is from his mom!

Formerly HBCG

by Allie on Apr 29, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions

Be nice. Flag comments that you think are offensive. Use the "reply" button. Drink plenty of water. Compliment others. Rec comments and posts you like. Don't call people names. If you don't like someone's comment, attack the comment and not the commentor. Learn the difference in your/you're, then/than, to/too. Exercise. Relax. Stretch often. Find good in the world.

by Dane Noble on Apr 29, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton