madlithuanian

It just doesn't sound right, does it?

I hear ya TerraTor... If Mendenhall does fall to us for some odd reason, I will be in a deep funk if we don't take him...

...that I don't think Mendenhall will fall to slot 14. Given that, I do hope we shoot for OL. There should be enough top tier guys for us to nab one at that point.

Good to see we're doing our homework...

Yeah...but my DVD player will look awsome! We can get satellite next season...

I just read that too... Not sure what to make of it. I know many of us had been talking about that possibility actually for many years. I guess if it helps Urlacher and the team, why not? But I imagine this is just rumor talk...at least for this season.

Agreed.

Just threw it out there...I thought the same. I figure any released OL is fair game for discussion at this point.

Sold!

I couldn't agree more. Thsi town will LOVE you...if you just put out the effort. You need some achievment...but just knowing you're trying your heart out will garnish respect.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/ McKINNEY WANTS TO RETURN TO TEXANS Posted by Mike Florio on March 25, 2008, 6:58 p.m. The Houston Texans told offensive lineman Steve McKinney that they cut him loose in order to give him a chance to find a new team that would pay him the same $1.6 million salary that he was due to earn in 2008 from the team that signed him as a free agent in 2002. And so McKinney will look around for something else, and possibly could re-sign with the Texans. “It caught me off guard,” McKinney told the Houston Chronicle, “but they left the door open for me to return. I owe it to myself to test the market, but, truthfully, I’d like to come back here.” Frankly, however, it would have been nice if the Texans had given him a chance to test the market before the market opened. But that would have reduced the team’s leverage in contract discussions with Chris Myers, whom the Texans recently acquired in a trade with the Denver Broncos. Still, cutting McKinney now is better than stringing him along, keeping him around as an insurance policy against injury and threatening to cut him if he doesn’t take a pay cut in late August

He just irks me to say the least...

I hear ya...there are just too many Mass-holes out there!

I think the problem is far reaching...and they wanted a wrist slap and nothing more. But, I'll be happy to move up in the 3rd! It's almost a virtual late 2nd... I really didn't think we'd get anything out of it.

Ok LT and nfo...you caught my roaming eye! I'm all about ridiculously expensive scotch! Lagavulin's my favorite...mainly Islay. Laphroig and Bowmore are also one's I love to knock down with a fine Cuban! On my usual yearly trip to Chicago, I'd love to join you guys in some Bears discussions...with the help of some of the water of life!

I sure am not opposed to your picks... I like ... 1. Mendenhall (go figure...) 2. Baker (pro program) 3. Bennett (seems a decent chance at being good) 4. Brennan (roll the dice...) It hits all our offensive holes than guard. If there were a better OL in the 3rd, I'd have gone for Flacco over Brennan.

SPECTER TO LIMBAUGH: “THERE WAS FILMING” Posted by Mike Florio on March 21, 2008, 5:54 p.m. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is promoting a book (which, frankly, should make reasonable people wonder even more about his motives for getting in the middle of the NFL’s business). And thus Senator Specter is doing the kinds of thinks that people who promote books do — he’s seeking out opportunities to talk about the book on radio programs. On Friday, he appeared on Rush Limbaugh’s show. A full transcript of the interview is available at Limbaugh’s web site. At the tail end of the interview, Limbaugh asked Specter about the status of the inquiry into the Patriots’ cheating scandal. Here’s the exchange: “RUSH: Lot of football fans in this audience. Since the Super Bowl we’ve heard very little about this guy in Hawaii, Matt Walsh, that claims to have videotape of the New England Patriots and the St. Louis Rams walk through the Saturday before their Super Bowl. What’s the status of that? “SEN. SPECTER: Well, the status of it is that there has been an exchange of correspondence between Walsh’s lawyers and the NFL lawyers. I’ve seen the letters. Walsh’s lawyer let me see them on a promise of confidentiality, and I believe an objective and fair reading of those letters is that the NFL is discouraging Walsh from coming forward. “RUSH: Really? Because their statements are just exact opposite. “SEN. SPECTER: Well, the NFL says they’re trying to encourage them, and I issued the challenge to the commissioner a couple of Saturdays ago, and they put out a Sunday release that they were making substantial progress. Well, we’ve had almost two weeks since that Sunday release, and nothing has happened. I believe those. . . . Listen, I think the NFL has a duty of integrity. They have an anti-trust exemption, which gives them a preferred position. They are role models. If you can cheat in the NFL, you can cheat in college or high school or sixth grade math test. I think ultimately, Rush, if we get enough fire under it, they’re going to have to show those letters — and when they do, they’re going to have to change their tune and let Walsh testify, because those reports are looking pretty strong, but there was filming for the 2002 Super Bowl.” Those last eight words are, in our view, the bombshell. Specter said on Limbaugh’s show, which is heard by millions throughout the country, that “there was filming for the 2002 Super Bowl.” Was there? The Boston Herald reported that there was. The team has denied it. Walsh has said nothing. Maybe Specter misspoke. Maybe he meant to say “that” instead of “but”. Or maybe he didn’t. Either way, it’s a bold claim from Specter, and it makes us even more anxious to hear what Walsh has to say. Because one way or the other this thing isn’t going away until we hear from Walsh.

That would be fine by me. I do thnk that there could be a case for just a Non-Bears NFL area. But, I personally don't mind either or. I think I'd only find myself bringing up other players/team only if a Spygate happened again. Otherwise, I'm just talkin' Bears. Thanks for seeing this through!

Good deal. Let it ride!

Any chance we can put those benchmarks to a vote? Some seem just impossible to reach! ...and with the odds of an odd computer clitch killing off records at some point, maybe we do lower our standards a bit! I like everything up to key back -up... I then think Platoon Starter 3500 Starter 5000 MVP 7500 HOF 10000

...dogs and cats living together. The whole wrath of God thing...

clnr, You have to confirm for me...a freind that visisted the lovely Sweden mentioned that there is not so much violence on TV, but a lot more sex. If true, it sounds like the priorities are far more correct than in the US! ...with the exception of football of course!

That sounds lovely.

Now that's an edit I can live with!

Man, do we have low standards!