The Weekend Bears Den - 8/1/09

by ChiFan13 on Aug 1, 2009 6:00 AM CDT in The Bears Den

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....TRAINING CAMP DAY 2!

In The Den

670 The Score

Laurence Holmes offers his thoughts on the first day of training camp.

ChicagoBears.com

Urlacher: This is the best Bears team since I've been here.

Devin Hester was excited to start training camp.

Here's some more videos from training camp. (Helmet tip: smudgers)

Chicago Sun-Times

The Bears signed former Texas P Richmond McGee.

Urlacher and Cutler were all buddy-buddy during yesterday's training camp.

The Bears are shrugging off the Cutler fight. Duh.

Brad Biggs wants to know one thing: Which newcomer (minus Cutler) are you excited to see?

Danieal Manning is ecstatic about returning to free safety. The rest of us aren't.

More after the jump....

Chicago Tribune

Dan Pompei is in full-on Cutler alert. Check this out.

Here's some pictures from yesterday's session.

Here's a video from yesterday's session.

Five more Bears on the spot.

Danieal Manning cramped up a little yesterday, but should be fine for today's session.

Here's some more observations from the first training camp practice.

Vikings 1st-round pick Percy Harvin was a no-show at Vikings camp.

Tommie Harris had some interesting thoughts on the defense and whether or not their time is running out.

Daily Herald

Take a look at this article about how many people were at training camp this year.

Barry Rozner: The real Bears story in 2009 starts in the trenches.

ESPN Chicago

Matt Forte and Kevin Jones might be in the backfield at the same time this year.

Jay Cutler finally got a taste of the craze that we all have surrounding his arrival.

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Here we go again!

Rashied Davis had one zip through his hands. He’s not used to Cutler’s velocity.

Sure, it’s the velocity.

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill

by propheteer on Aug 1, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions

Damn you Rasheid.

Did we have a poll on how many old Droppopatumus would biff in Training camp?

I'm teaching fools some basic rules.- MR.T

by Ditkavsworld on Aug 1, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions

Maybe if they made Rashied stand right in front of Lovie's head everytime they threw him the ball....

after 10 or 12 off of Lovie’s melon in the first 3 minutes of practice, the message that “HE CAN’T CATCH” might actually get through to our esteemed Head Coach.

by BearFan611 on Aug 1, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions

He took so long getting used to Kyle Orton's velocity

I’m not really sure how that can be taken as innuendo, but it really looks dirtier written than it did when I was thinking it out loud.

Is Clint Hurdle fired yet? YES
Is John Paxson fired yet?
Is Ralph Friedgen fired yet?
Is Vinny Del Negro fired yet?
Is Dan O' Dowd fired yet?
Is Jerry Angelo fired yet?

by ES46NE10 on Aug 1, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions

ESPN article on possible NFL Sleepers and Busts for '09

12 Fantasy “Experts” pick their top sleepers and bust for the ’09 season from each (FFL) position. Linkity Split

CHICAGO SLEEPER: Devin Hester (1)* and Greg Olsen (3)

Devin Hester, Bears (from Matthew Berry): He’s speedy, he now has a good quarterback throwing him the ball and, from what I hear, he has become a good route runner. He led the Bears in targets and receiving yards in 2008, and once you get past the elite guys, all you’re doing with your third and fourth WR picks is looking for upside anyway. This guy fits the bill.

Greg Olsen, Bears (from Eric Karabell): Jay Cutler lacks the same type of top-shelf receiving weapons he had in Denver, but the Bears do have a young, emerging tight end who could use a strong-armed quarterback to find him downfield. Cutler loved throwing to the occasionally healthy Tony Scheffler, and Olsen has exciting skills.

CHICAGO BUST: Jay Cutler (1) and Bears D/ST (2)
Matthew Berry chose Cutler but provided no explanation. The Bears D/ST were picked by Christopher Harris and Eric Karabell but again, no explanation given by either expert.

*(nominations)

Side note: KO is also on the Sleeper list.

- Smudgers

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by David Taylor on Aug 1, 2009 12:20 PM CDT reply actions