Could this be what we're waiting for ? As of June 1 Atogwe will be part of the free agent market , as will any other restricted free agent that was tendered as right of first refusal that is not signed . But the Rams do have a few options with OJ so lets jump right into it !

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The Bears went big early in Free Agency. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

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You guys may not remember this, but my very first contribution to this wonderful site was this guy, "What could an uncapped 2010 season mean for the Bears?"

In it, we took a look at some of the various implications an uncapped year had on rookies, free agents, teams, and the Bears. It finished up with this:

This part is completely open to debate. In a time like this, it could be the time the Bears step to the forefront and try to fix some problems. It could be the time they try to improve the bottom line. I'd put more hypotheses here, but honestly, every time I think I know what this franchise does, it does something that either confuses me to the point of anger, or puts some kind of false hope in me.

Three months later, Free Agency has started and the Bears did some stuff, but the big spending some predicted isn't there, leading us to wonder...was it much ado about nothing?

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Sure there were press conferences and the like, but you're telling me it wasn't until now that the Bears caught on to the fact that they were a bad football team, desperate?  For a long time the stories wafting from Halas Hall did not pass the smell or the laugh test.  

As a Bears fan I am thrilled with their moves in free agency, so far.  Nonetheless, I do not think the Bears finally decided to make moves worthy of a premier NFL franchise because they finally saw the light.  While I am not privileged as to the inner workings of Halas Hall (shocking isn't it?!), I think it was the presence of Mike Martz and Mike Tice that guided the Bears away from pseudo-shrewd business decisions and towards making moves more likely to win football games.

NOTE:  One may say "the desperation led them to bring in these better football minds".  Maybe so, but the question still remains why it took so long to take such obvious NFL franchise baby steps in the right direction? 

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2 months ago: SMU wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders makes a catch during the first quarter of the Hawaii Bowl NCAA college football game against Nevada, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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The Bears will be just spectators on Thursday, April 22nd when the NFL begins their first ever three day Draft.  The first round will get going at 6:30p.m. CT, with the second and third rounds taking place Friday, April 23rd starting at 5:00p.m. CT.  What an idiotic start time?  If maximizing viewership is the goal, why start at a time when three quarters of the country is either just getting off work, or still at work?  Anyway...  not the point of this post.  But when the Bears finally get around to making their initial selection in the 2010 draft (I'm hoping to be home in time to see it), with the recent free agent signings, and the swirling free agent rumors out there, the direction the Bears will take is really up in the air. 

If a free safety and offensive lineman end up being signed it'll really open up the possibilities.  Jerry Angelo can truly go with best player available then.  He may even go that route if his free agent spending is over.  Really the only sure bet from JA is that he'll draft at least one defensive lineman. 

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I'm still runnin' my eyes over the questions you guys left me last week, and I've found another I wanna respond to. This one comes "JackHammerBM." He asks...

"Hey Kevin. I have a question about the possible addition of 2 more regular season games & subtraction of 2 pre-season games. Just curious to hear it from an NFL players perspective. How do you feel about that?"

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I've been surfing around the net. Read a few rumors and speculation and decided to ask. On Offense and Defense? What do we need not only to take the Division but to get to the promised land. Heres a few FA (also RFAs) who would u want on both sides? Thank you Everyone on wcg and Bear Down

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as most of us know now, Jerry Angelo recently handed Mike Martz an interesting new toy, Chester Taylor.  The question I have is who should get the majority of the touches, Matt Forte or Chester Taylor.  After comparing the two side-by-side, 

Matt Forte's Rushing  and  Recieving Stats

YEAR TEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD 
  2008   CHI    16   63    477  7.6   19     4 
  2009   CHI    16   57    471  8.3   37     0 
Career            32 120    948  7.9   37     4

  YEAR TEAM G  ATT   YDS AVG LNG TD 
   2008   CHI  16 316  1238  3.9   50    8 
   2009   CHI  16 258    929  3.6   61    4 
Career            32 574  2167  3.8   61   12

Chester Taylor's Rushing and Recieving Stats

YEAR TEAM    G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD 
2002      BAL 15   33 122    3.7   17     0 
2003      BAL 16   63 276    4.4   32     2 
2004      BAL 16 160 714    4.5   47     2 
2005      BAL 15 117 487    4.2   52     0 
2006      MIN 15 303 1216  4.0   95     6 
2007      MIN 14 157 844    5.4   84     7 
2008      MIN 16 101 399    4.0   21     4 
2009      MIN 16   94 338    3.6   25     1  

   YEAR TEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD 
    2002   BAL   15   14    129   9.2   20    2 
    2003   BAL   16   20    132   6.6   23    0 
    2004   BAL   16   30    184   6.1   23    0 
    2005   BAL   15   41    292   7.1    20   1 
    2006   MIN    15   42   288    6.9   24    0 
    2007   MIN    14   29   281    9.7   50    0 
    2008   MIN    16   45   399    8.9   47    2 
    2009   MIN    16   44   389    8.8   33    1 
  Career           123 265  2094   7.9   50    6 

Anyone can see its a difficult decision, but one, I'm sure, Martz and Da Bears are going to love to have.

 The fact that Matt Forte's rushing Average per carry has never topped 4 yards and Chester's has topped 4 ypc six out of his 8 years in the league is one reason why I feel Chester Taylor should get the majority of the carries.  Also, at this stage in Taylor's career he is a much accomplished blocker which is a major asset the bears need because we all know how poor the Bear's O-Line is.  The Chicago Bears are going to only go as far as Jay Cutler's arm can take them so the back that will stick his neck between the blitzing backer and Jay should be on the field the majority of the time.  I think Mike Martz, Jay Cutler, and the Chicago Bears are going to love the new piece Jerry handed them recently.

   

I don't know if anyone has already posted this before or not and if so im sorry for reposting it.  I was looking at some rumors and I spotted this 1.  I really hope its true and the Bears make a push to try and get Atogwe from St. Louis.

I believe if we do get Atogwe our Defense will be set and we can focus on our O-line in the draft.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=tsn-bearsnotdoneramsatog&prov=tsn&type=lgns