The Bears Den: February 10, 2012

And of course they are not tagged. Im not sure why everyone is not down with getting Meachem and then drafting a possible starting or short term developmental receiver like Sanu, Toon, or Mcnutt.

and in hindsight that is true but let’s be honest, the reason why Lovie hired Martz was because nobody else wanted the job, Bates turned them down at that time because they had just come off a lousy season yet they retained both Lovie and Jerry- that meant to everybody that Lovie was on the hot seat and no up and coming OC (or even DC since Fewell turned down that job too so Lovie had to promote Marinelli to take over because nobody wanted it either.) wanted to work in that kind of environment.

So this brings us back to the present: Lovie is still in the hot seat and so he decides to bring in Bates as the QB coach and elevated Tice as OC simply because once again, nobody wanted the job.

Earth to McCaskeys- if you want to make wholesale changes to make it attractive for anyone then for God’s sake fire everybody, don’t make the HC a lame duck again because no one will want to work with him (at least one who isnt desperate).

Mario Williams would look good in a Bears uniform

Since yahoo being stupid…(I’m T.moore of course)

Their receiving corps and consistent pass rush. If the Bears can get significant upgrades in both positions, we could possibly stamp our tickets to the Super Bowl.

Is the one titled “next to be cut”..

First off, my reasons for wanting Bowe over vjax or colston are pretty simple.

Bowe plays in cold weather and has put up great numbers playing with a stable of below average qb’s and no wide receiver help (wasn’t mark Bradley their #2 receiver at one point!?).

Vjax is a west coast warm weather guy who has played with a great qb. Colston is a dome guy playing with a great qb. I’m not saying cutler isn’t a great qb, I’m just thinking those guys are probably looking a little better playing in a friendly home field situation with a great qb slinging it their way.

As far as everyone wanting to get a #1 receiver at a “reasonable” price, well that’s just not gonna happen. If the bears want to seriously upgrade their biggest weakness they are gonna have to pay up just like they did with peppers, that’s just the way it is. If they wanna go out and bargain bin it some more on Roy Williams types then we know they are just gonna piss away the most talented qb the bears have ever had.

Also, Stanford routt was cut by the raiders after al Davis gave him that absurd contract, but it you look at his numbers that dude is a legit shutdown corner. In 2010 opposing qb’s had a 30% completion percentage against him which was tops in the league and obviously with the loss of asomugha it rose a little bit but was still 48% in 2011 which is top 10 in the league. Tillman isn’t getting any younger and we haven’t had a capable corner next to him since vasher’s one good year. If the secondary gets a little better it will automatically give the dline a boost and give them a little more time to get to the qb. I really hope the try to make a move on routt.

Normally you get what you pay for, and pay is in order for talent, non the less the team has a lot of needs, WR is just one of them. Draft is just one of the tools used to replenish, FA is the other, the Bears will have to spend to get top players, like everyone else. I like Bowe and VJax, but we’ll see what we get.

is there something goofy on the site, because the “recent posts” seem to be about a week off???? Just checking my sanity.