The Bears Den: March 16, 2010
by Dane Noble on Mar 16, 2010 7:30 AM CDT
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...where 2010 Bears Madness is in full swing.
Would you rather open the new Northern New Jersey football complex, or play in Canada... or both?
Rashied Davis speaks up about the potential lockout.
Tommie Harris among group headed to Uganda.
Kevin Seifert takes a look at the NFC North, and evaluates what the Bears have done to help Jay Cutler.
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Seifert also tracks the UFAs in the North.
Orton just wants a fair shot, and thinks he is still the guy in Denver. Quinn might beg to differ.
Incognito headed down to Miami to pay the Phins a visit.
Brad Childress testifies in the Williams case; asked under oath who his QB will be next year.
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Man… I ride all year on football, everything else is dull comapred to it now, to even think a lockout is a possible, let alone probable, is supremely depressing
"If I were a food critic being asked to write about the meal and experience at Waffle House, I would provide a drawing of two happy fat people giving each other a high five."
by BearNecessities on Mar 16, 2010 7:42 AM CDT reply actions
And there seems no urgency to get something done
Hello, just because your league is a huge cash cow right now doesn’t mean the people won’t leave during a lockout. People will leave to the benefit of one of the other major 3 sports leagues. Start hammerin’ out something now NFL or you’ll be sad you screwed it up.
by Sam Householder on Mar 16, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Bears' Madness Continues Today
A couple of notes on Bears’ Madness. First, vote however you feel like. I don’t care who is better, has the better resume, has more Pro-Bowls, is more popular…vote however you d@mn well feel like. That’s it. There’s no criteria. If you want to vote for the better player, then do it. If you want to vote for who you’re passionate about, do it. If you want to vote for a guy you just admire & like, then do it. If you want to vote for a guy, you love (or loved) to watch play even if it was only a season or two, then do that. The criteria is vague for a reason; to generate “thoughtful” discussion. If you disagree, in the comments, make your case. Please keep it respectful.
The Polls will, yes, clutter up the site this fist week. Sorry about that. They will not be on the Front Page until next week, when we’re down to 2 posts a day. If you are upset that FanPosts on the right are sliding down the scree, then REC a FanPost you want to keep visible. 3 REC’s will put it up in the Recommended FanPost section.
A full pdf bracket will be available today. If you are upset at an omission, well, what can I say?
Thanks for all who are participating, especially in the comments.
Thanks, MuleTrain
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 8:02 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
dont tell Just Dave though
vote however you feel like. I don’t care who is better, has the better resume, has more Pro-Bowls, is more popular…vote however you d@mn well feel like. That’s it. There’s no criteria
"If I were a food critic being asked to write about the meal and experience at Waffle House, I would provide a drawing of two happy fat people giving each other a high five."
by BearNecessities on Mar 16, 2010 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I have offered my apologies for my original stance on this.
I really don’t like popularity contests but I’ve tried to keep my comments constructive and made my arguments for the players I like. I can’t help it if I’m always right. J/K…..
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
Is it OK to have an Omission debate?
Just for fun? I think you could have thrown Brock Forsey into it just for the hell of it. That could have been fun. Replace McCaskey or Wale w/ him. I dunno, i’m just saying.
by Sam Householder on Mar 16, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Just keep it civil, please.
Is it OK to have an Omission debate?
Yes.
We all (the writers) picked the 64 we all liked. I took a few liberties as the author to put a Payton/Grossman and Halas/McCaskey vote in there, because I thought it would be funny. Like the real tourney, the 14-16 seeds have no real shot. Like the real tourney, the intrigue is in the sweet 16 matchups & beyond.
I know I left a lot of very deserving Bears’ off the field of 64. The Bears have 26 Hall of Famers; they are not all on the list.
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions
No doubt.
You should have picked a play-in of like Virginia and Ted Philips, lol that would have been good for some laughs.
by Sam Householder on Mar 16, 2010 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
4 new votes are posted in FanPosts
South 4 Jimbo Covert vs 13 Anthony Thomas
South 5 Red Grange vs 12 Marcus Robinson
East 7 Johnny Morris vs 10 Tommie Harris
East 2 Brian Urlacher vs 15 Adewale Ogunleye
4 more will come out this afternoon.
I just posted this to one of the polls
But could you make a single bracket post that links to the individual poll posts for easier navigation?
I'll have that in the afternoon post today,
However, once the poll is decided, they are being deleted to un-clutter the site.
I’ll also have a posting of the full bracket…here’s a preview:
EAST
1 seeds: Walter Payton
2 seeds: Brian Urlacher
3 seeds: Dan Hampton
4 seeds: Lance Briggs
5 seeds: Bill George
6 seeds: Richie Petitbon
7 seeds: Johnny Morris
8 seeds: Jay Hilgenberg
9 seeds: Jay Cutler
10 seeds: Tommie Harris
11 seeds: Tom Thayer
12 seeds: Leslie Frazer
13 seeds: Harlon Hill
14 seeds: Otis Wilson
15 seeds: Adewale Ogunleye
16 seeds: Rex Grossman
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions
South
1 seeds: Mike Singletary
2 seeds: Dick Butkus
3 seeds: Gary Fencik
4 seeds: Jimbo Covert
5 seeds: Red Grange
6 seeds: Stan Jones
7 seeds: Keith Van Horne
8 seeds: Devin Hester
9 seeds: Neal Anderson
10 seeds: Rosey Taylor
11 seeds: Brian Piccolo
12 seeds: Marcus Robinson
13 seeds: Anthony Thomas
14 seeds: Desmond Clark
15 seeds: Robbie Gould
16 seeds: Kyle Orton
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?
Butkus is a #2? Sorry but this whole thing is a sham. I was all for it but after seeing that I can’t possibly respect this anymore.
They were deleted!
In order to unclutter the site, the one’s with obvious winners were deleted. The winners will move on to round 2:
Payton, Cutler, Dent, McMahon, Fencik
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Poll is closed on that one, he was up 69%-31%
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Jay Hilgenberg
I thought it would be much closer.
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
MIDWEST
1 seeds: George Halas
2 seeds: Gale Sayers
3 seeds: Sid Luckman
4 seeds: Jim McMahon
5 seeds: Bronco Nagurski
6 seeds: George Blanda
7 seeds: Steve McMichael
8 seeds: Willie Gault
9 seeds: Lovie Smith
10 seeds: Marty Booker
11 seeds: Dave Duerson
12 seeds: William Perry
13 seeds: Mark Bortz
14 seeds: Chis Zorich
15 seeds: Ron Rivera
16 seeds: Mike McCaskey (for comedic purposes)
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
WEST
1 seeds: Mike Ditka
2 seeds: Richard Dent
3 seeds: Wilber Marshall
4 seeds: Olin Kreutz
5 seeds: Doug Plank
6 seeds: Doug Atkins
7 seeds: Mike Brown
8 seeds: Big Cat Williams
9 seeds: Rick Casares
10 seeds: Peanut Tillman
11 seeds: Kevin Butler
12 seeds: Doug Buffone
13 seeds: Mark Carrier
14 seeds: Patrick Manelly
15 seeds: Brad Maynard
16 seeds: Tom Waddle
by Mike Mueller on Mar 16, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
MuleTrain
I know you’ve come under some fire for this, but I think this is a great break from the norm…thanks
"If I were a food critic being asked to write about the meal and experience at Waffle House, I would provide a drawing of two happy fat people giving each other a high five."
by BearNecessities on Mar 16, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
+1....
I appreciate the time and effort you put into this, Mule-Train. Thanks, bro. Gives us something to discuss and I think it’s a pretty cool way to pass the time til the draft.
Kudo’s bro!
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1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.
by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 17, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
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Just click “flag” and then “spam” under the comment, and that will alert us.
Thanks.
I would rather play in Canada
Than the new Meadowlands. The new Meadowlands will be hopping that night, at least the Canada games haven’t sold as well as they wanted and the Bills suck.
by Sam Householder on Mar 16, 2010 11:17 AM CDT reply actions
I'm sure Tommie would be game for Canada...
can you say free health care? Oh, no he didn’t!
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by David Taylor on Mar 16, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can’t be the only one guffawing at this :-D
"F*** everybody outside of Halas Hall. BEARDOWN" - WavyGravy
"if we need it, we’re not drafting it. not high anyway. look for Angelo to go after a DL/DE – because that’s just the kind of asshat he is.." - junkhorse
"44 years of football history and nothing to show for it. I wish I wasn’t banned at the Norseman.." - tfrabotta
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