NightLink: Jerry Angelo Talks Football
by Dane Noble on May 14, 2009 5:45 PM CDT
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PrintIt seems like Chicago Bears General Manager Jerry Angelo has been in the media a little more often since the trade for Jay Cutler. This time, he sits down with The National Football Post's Matt Bowen to discuss Cutler, divisional opponents, and different aspects of our football team. It's a really good read, and I'll pull a few highlights from the article as an appetizer.
On the scrutiny that the Bears wide receivers, and Angelo himself on not going after a high-profile WR, have been under lately:
Our assumption is that it starts with the quarterback, and not the wide receivers," he said. "All you have to do is look north and see what Favre did with his receivers in Green Bay. I don’t care who you gave Favre because they always looked good.
"We have a good receiving corps that complements one another. (Juaquin) Iglesias gives us that big guy across the middle. When you talk wide receivers, you have to count the tight ends," he said, something he discovered when talking with Patriots coach Bill Belichick about the struggles the Patriots had trying to contain Chargers TE Antonio Gates.
On new DLine Coach/ Assistant Head Coach Rod Marinelli:
"He is a special coach who drives these guys, pushes the envelope, and guys respond to that," he said. "All great coaches are great teachers, and they get guys who want to please them."
Angelo also mentions that Offensive Coordinator Ron Turner also wants to find a niche for Garrett Wolfe. What that niche is, who knows. Angelo is excited, as many of us here are, about the RB duo of Forte/Jones, so I'm not really sure how Wolfe will play into things.
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This quote is sort of frightening..
"Jay is a guy who is always asking for more."
Can’t wait to see the negotiations on that next contract!
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, He wouldn't have given us arms" - Ditka
We have a tendency to reward our own...
hopefully, Cutler does enough to earn a big fat extension.
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oh yeah
trust me, if Cutler stays true to form, i have no problem paying him. I just wonder what kind of money he’s going to want.
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, He wouldn't have given us arms" - Ditka
This is the issue that will either make or break the bears. Yes, i am an actually a cowboys fan but I have enjoyed posting on your entry. Now on to the money: Tony Romo and Matt Ryan are already making $70 million on their contracts and they haven’t played as long. You WILL NOT be able to pay Cutler anything less than $100 million because that has become the norm and we are already preparing our pocket books for it. Both Eli and Phillip will earn more than that on their new deals. I know that Jay likes being in Chicago, but that is not enough to keep him there should the Redskins or anyone else offer the money. If you don’t pay that money someone else will-that’s how it’s done. BUSS COOK IS HIS AGENT AND IF HE DOESN’T SEE HIS HUGE FAIR SHARE, YOU ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE HOW DENVER AND GREEN BAY FELT WHEN HE GOT INVOLVED. THE THING IS DENVER WASN’T ABOUT JAY, IT WAS ABOUT COOK GETTING HIS MONEY’S WORTH AND HE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO USE ANY TACTIC TO GET WHAT HE WANTS:INCLUDING TAKING PLAYERS TO OTHER CITIES. YOU JUST DIDN’T GET JAY, YOU GOT THE ONE AGENT NO TEAM LIKES TO SEE COMING BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW HE OPERATES.
Needagoodtime!
LOUD NOISES SCARE ME
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Someone hold me....
Im very scared….
When I played I was a triple threat.... Stumble.... Fumble.....Grumble....
"Marcus Harrison iz in ur Backfield sackin ur Quataback!"
Please use your inside voice
When I played I was a triple threat.... Stumble.... Fumble.....Grumble....
"Marcus Harrison iz in ur Backfield sackin ur Quataback!"
TWSS
"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
by Ashley Czuba on May 14, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
YAY!
I think that’s the first time I’ve ever been engreeniated! :D
"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
by Ashley Czuba on May 15, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Wear it with pride...
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Your welcome...
When I played I was a triple threat.... Stumble.... Fumble.....Grumble....
"Marcus Harrison iz in ur Backfield sackin ur Quataback!"
Let me FTFY
YourYou’re welcome…
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I am really liking the team next year
I think we are a few spots away (RG, S, WR, LB) away from having a championship caliber team.
If Chicago wins the Superbowl Jerry Angelo will be talked about for generations.
If you want to crown em...
I think
we have enough at RG and LB. You can have some below average players on your roster and still win a SB. They just can’t be at key spots. I think we either need to get an above average WR OR a playmaking safety to have a super bowl caliber offense/defense.
DEJESUS!!!
Wonder
Ron Turner also wants to find a niche for Garrett Wolfe.
Wonder if we could develop Wolfe into the role Sproiles had while Turner & Tomlinson were all in San Diego.
Fast little back for a change of pace…. but I forget if Wolfe can catch at all. How are his hands? Any one know?
I hear Tim Burton is casting a sequel to Willy Wonka
Does Oompa Loompa count as a niche?
And the prevailing wind happens to be blowing from Vichy.
by xarker on May 14, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wrecked.
Well played…
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I remember before the Bears drafted Wolfe
They said when the Bears were looking at him before they drafted him he was catching everything.
Garrett Wolfe is not Darren Sproles
As a NIU graduate I had the good fortune to see Wolfe play 3 seasons in DeKalb. Wolfe is a gifted athlete, but he is not remotely the strong physical speciman that Sproles is. Rather Wolfe is a slight guy with great burst and speed, assuming of course the chronic hamstring problem starts to resolve itself. The other thing that separates Sproles is that fact that he was raised as a return man. Wolfe has never been a return man, either at NIU or with the Bears.
I think Wolfe can be an interesting weapon however. Maybe a poor man’s Dennis Gentry perhaps coming out of the backfield on third down plays.
Sproles has some strength
and Wolfe does not. A stiff breeze from the lake knocks him over. I had high hopes when we drafted him, but I think he gets cut if he doesn’t significantly improve.
by Mike Mueller on May 15, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Wolfe & Receiving
Garrett Wolfe doesn’t have fly-paper hands, … but close!
My guess is that niche is Indoor Football
Nothing against Wolfe, but I just don’t see enough value coming out of him. I would rather see Gaines take his spot on the roster, keep Kellen Davis and the new free agent fullback (T-something) and another, bigger back from the waiver wire. I just don’t think his moves and quickness are unique enough to make up for his lack of size.
Next Bears' Den one-liner?
“…where we’ve been hollering for him to replace McKie since the draft, but we still can’t spell “Ta’ufo’ou” without looking it up"
by Spongie on May 15, 2009 8:05 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well done!
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on May 15, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice article!
Very in-depth, and I liked how JA talked about the safety position being very difficult to find. I tend to agree with his philosophy on WRs, but it would surely be great if they can get a guy or two to step it up this year. I’m looking in your direction Cypress Hill….I mean Earl Bennett!!
"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
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