2012 Chicago Bears Roster Turnover: Wide Receiver

To sign Bowe. Then draft Sanu at either the 19 spot or trade back into the first/early second to grab him.

I’m all for any of the big 3 receivers in FA (V-Jax, Bowe, Colston), and I wouldn’t be opposed to bringing in more talent from the early rounds of the draft. Regardless, WR is our top need, and it’s about damn time we brought in a GM who apparently understands that.

In that order. I’m actually feeling like there’s something to look forward to here.

I don’t think FA is that deep at WR, most of the teams will hold on to their top talent. You have to PAY to get top talent, and from the signing of the new GM, and scouting " guru " makes it even harder for me to believe they will get a no1 WR in FA. I hope I’m wrong, but from the looks of it, we’ll end-up with a 2nd round WR at best, or maybe 5th and 6th, depends what safeties are left in 3rd along with CB.

Go for offensive guard or best corner in the 1st, dtackle/corner and lb with the 3rd round picks and continue rounds 4 to 7 with talent on on the offensive and defensive line.what do you guys think.

….. Fins ain’t lookin so good considering his career may be over . So Marshall coming here ain’t dead just yet .

As much as I hate to say this I get the feeling that Bowe & Colston will get hit with the dreaded tag as will Stevie Johnson & DeSean Jackson . That would leave Vinny Jackson ( who wants a bank breaker in terms of a contract ) , Reggie Wayne ( who’ll likely want too much money for his age ) , Robert Meachem ( not really a number 1 guy ) & Wes Welker ( yet again not a number 1 guy ) . So we may have to count on the draft to get our playmaker unless we make a deal for a reciever . Me I’d kinda like to see our round one pick get used on Mike Adams from Ohio State , but thats just me . Then in the latter rounds grab a player like Ruben Randell or Dwight Jones .

Also I see Johnny Knox as a poor mans Bernard Berrian

I’d like to see his numbers from PFF, before and after the Cutler injury. I think it tells a vastly different story.

According to Mangini, “He’s another guy that has an outstanding work ethic, is bright, very bright, and he gets it. He gets what a great opportunity this is and everyday day he’s going to come out and make a case for himself. There may be some days where he takes some steps back like the rest of the group, but we brought in a lot of rookies. We brought in a lot of guys. We have a lot of new people and you’ve got to pop off the screen. He popped and he popped and he popped and eventually you learn his name and you learn different things about him and watch him a little more closely.”

Haggerty is 6’1", 195, from SW Oklahoma State, and has been running with the second team offense. He wears jersey number 86 and has been smoothly catching a lot of passes while dropping very few.

Mangini seems genuinely excited about this rookie, who if you read my 53 man roster I predicted makes the team. “He’s gotten some more looks because of the good things that he’s done and I’m excited about what he’s done.” said Mangini. “Now it’s a function of what he can keep doing.”

Terry Pluto of The Plain Dealer also writes that the coaches have been extremely impressed with Haggerty.

Haggerty was a four-year starter and two-time All-Lone Star Conference selection. The Dallas Lincoln product caught 54 passes with a 13.9-yard average and six touchdowns in 2009.

That didn’t get the NFL’s attention – he wasn’t invited to the annual scouting combine – but his workout on campus did. He ran a 4.44 40-yard dash in front of 18 scouts on his pro day.

Now we get down to the numbers game. Where does he fit, on the active roster, or the practice squad?

If this kid looks as good in pads as he does in shorts, the Browns are going to have a difficult decision to make. Placing him on the practice squad leaves him vulnerable to every other NFL team who may find a wideout with 4.44 speed and good hands too irresistible to pass up.

He wasnt great but he did make some good catches and is a good blocking receiver. I only see him as a player we should keep if we don’t happen to get a better receiver via draft or FA. If the Bears get a WR that can perform better, then by all means let Roy go.

Unfortunately it looks like a bunch of number 3 receivers. It seems like they need at least 2 FA or one big one and a high draft choice.

I know there will be movement and I hope the Bears will make good moves. I am wondering where there are positions of strength on the roster that could be used for a trade?

On offense I doubt we could give away most of our line. I don’t see much value behind the starters at TE, RB, WR, and we only have one FB.
On defense our safeties would not likely draw much interest. And again, I see little of value behind our starters at DE, DT, LB or CB.
Special Teams players do not generally hold much trade value.

Basically, do we have any areas of depth behind our starters? Steltz? Wright? J. Williams (the LB)? Bell?

And if there is no real trade value for our backups, then can we say we have acceptable depth…anywhere?

But “Aaron Rodgers blasts some NFC Pro-Bowl teammates” heres the full quote "I was just surprised that some of the guys either didn’t want to play or when they were in there didn’t put any effort into it," Rodgers said in a visit with ESPN Milwaukee and Jason Wilde this afternoon. Not as bad as they made it out to be but, really rogers have u never watched the pro-bowl?

Dwayne Bowe
Imagine opposing defensive backs having to deal with this along with Bennett and Forte in their backfield.

I really want the Bears to go after Dwayne Bowe in FA