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He's also cut two of his draft picks after just one season. One did not live up to his personal behavior expectations and the other couldn't play without getting hurt and he admitted his mistakes and moved on. For sure Hardin was an easy choice although I think that really was a Lovie pick.

Welcome back! I do think you'll have to go with 998 out of 1000 since the Vikings just hired him.

Is the open spot being held for Terrence Toliver or has he signed elsewhere?

This is what is known as a win-win situation. We win by having better blocking for Cutler and we win if Webb is attempting to block our DEs twice a year.

We can say this much about Emery: He has moved quickly to fix our offense and that includes hiring a HC with an offensive background. I'm looking forward to seeing the results. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...ars-roster.html Instead, the roster is laden with players acquired by Emery — including 19 of the 24 players on offense. Only quarterback Jay Cutler, running back Matt Forte, center Roberto Garza, wide receiver Earl Bennett and tight end Kyle Adams remain from the Angelo era on offense.

Last three cuts: Terrence Toliver J.T. Thomas Corey Irvin

The only good idea I have for you is to invite me to your tailgate party the next time I make it to Chicago for a game. I don't know how to cook but I do know how to drink and I promise to bring a bottle of Crown Royal Reserve which is what we toasted with prior to heading to the stadium last October (Seattle game).

That's good...

Simple, Jesus loves football.

Thanks, I don't even remember his name at all for the practice squad. I'm losing it in my old age. One way or another the Bears are trying to protect him, either for the practice squad by releasing him as late as possible or for the final roster. Maybe it's more of a way to give him confidence to sign with us for the practice squad. If he knows he's really close to making our final roster and he knows Earl Bennett could be near the end of his time so perhaps he might get a shot sometime this season, or be in line for a spot next year.

You didn't go off topic. I was hoping to generate some discussion about what people are seeing on our team or among our competition. If we were to go with what we truly know we'd only be talking about what is in the history books but that isn't much fun when the regular season starts in less than a week.

One of these is not like the others: 19 Anderson, Joe WR 6-1 196 24 1 Texas Southern 80 Bennett, Earl WR 6-0 206 26 6 Vanderbilt 17 Jeffery, Alshon WR 6-3 216 23 2 South Carolina 15 Marshall, Brandon WR 6-4 230 29 8 Central Florida 81 Toliver, Terrence WR 6-5 204 25 1 LSU 14 Weems, Eric WR 5-9 195 28 7 Bethune-Cookman 10 Wilson, Marquess WR 6'3 194 20 R Washington State I also have to ask who is Terrence Toliver? Of course I've already dug up some info on him but for him to be sitting on the roster at this point is a surprise to me. I can't even recall seeing him in a preseason game so now I have to go back and watch for him. IMO this is another indication that Earl Bennett's time with the team is done or nearly done as he might squeak onto the final roster. Knowing what Emery has done with other players regarding pay cuts it is hard to believe he hasn't approached Bennett with the same request.

Anyone know where our roster is at? How many more cuts need to be done?

We were trying to trade Earl Bennett but we can't cut him until he is fully healthy or we give him an injury settlement. The Bears clearly have young players they like and want to protect in Wilson and perhaps Washington. It's possible when Earl is healthy that we'll cut him and re-sign Jordan Palmer. I still lean toward the idea of us keeping just two QBs.

Impressed with this coaching staff. Not simply because they cut Webb but their decisiveness in rebuilding the entire Oline throughout camp and preseason. Of course the cap stone is cutting Webb first thing this morning. I'll say it and few will believe it but Webb will find work this year in the league. Somebody will need a backup swing OT and he's too intriguing with his athletic ability and coaches always think a fresh start in their system will help a player. Not totally surprised they cut Palmer as I said in another post...he's still available if we need him, or Edwards, and later in the year Blanchard will be too. If he's needed, the 3rd string QB is the end of your season so might as well keep a roster spot for a developmental player who has the ability to be a true starter in the league. If that isn't your 3rd QB might as well keep a player like DE Washington.

Could be worse...we could be relying on Vince Young as our #2 after just 3 weeks of practice.

A cheaper Earl would be nice. We overpaid for him years ago because we had no other options (bad planning and drafting by people who don't work here anymore). I like him and like having him on the roster when he's healthy but his health is always a big question mark. What is exciting in a read-between-the-lines way is that we feel Anderson and Wilson are ready to contribute. I say exciting because 1) we developed a UDFA talent relatively quickly in Anderson and 2) we actually drafted someone in the 7th round who looks like he belongs on the field when he plays with the first string. In 18 months, despite losing Johnny Knox to injury, Emery has rebuilt our WR corps to what appears to be a respectable level. Depth is unproven for sure but throughout this past offseason and through the preseason games addressing the WR position has not been a hot topic on this board.

No link just saw Adam Shefter report it on ESPN NFL Insiders. It's hard to know how aggressive they are with this or if they just did some shopping around to gauge interest.

Nothing like waiting for final roster cuts with a 4th pre season game coming up where no starters will play. So here are some random thoughts on the upcoming season: Eagles defense is bad. Chip Kelly offense not so thrilling to me. There has been a ton of hype but I've watched Oregon's offense for years and every time they played a team that matched up to their athletic ability they struggled. The NFL, save for a few teams, is fairly balanced in terms of athletic ability. Throw in some very quick 3-and-outs and the Eagles D will be gasping for air by the end of the 3rd quarter and they aren't good to begin with. Green Bay Packer fans are thrilled with Eddy Lacy. I see a player who is slow to hit the hole and one who does not have a lot of wiggle to him. The Packers spread offense and Aaron Rodgers will give him some room to run plus he brings power but I don't see someone to worry about here. Our Oline is actually good. Yes, I said that. Out of boredom I've watched a few preseason games around the league (what else can you watch at 2am?) and while I usually hate to make comparisons from them I will this time. I watched Cards vs. San Diego and we compared very favorably to the Cards Oline, a lot better actually. I know the Cards have issues on their line but so did we last year. I've watched a lot of both teams last year and one got much better on the Oline. Some of the plays against the Raiders we were like men against boys. We didn't win them all and mistakes were made at times. We're not consistently good but the arrow is pointing up here for the first time in years. AP better run for 2500 yds because Christian Ponder is still his QB. Devin Hester is back to his old ways and has looked great in preseason. I see his daring style has returned along with that very quick shiftiness he used to have. How long that will last over the course of the season we'll see but I'm optimistic this experiment will work out and I was not that way heading into camp. If Cornelius Washington can develop into the player his athletic ability suggests he can be, this could be one of our best draft classes ever. Long looks good, Bostic, Green (hasn't done much yet), Mills (completely surprised me how well he's played), Washington (needs a lot of development), and Wilson who looks poised to make the roster. I know it's way too early but I can't remember as many positive plays from so many rookies as I've seen this preseason. Time will tell but I like where we are at with the rookies now far more than I have at this point in previous seasons in a very long time.

I will reserve judgment until I see game 4 and I don't expect to see anything good from either of the two. I won't be surprised at all if we only keep 2 QBs. If something happens we'll likely be able to bring in at least one of the three and may have our choice of which one we want: Blanchard, Palmer, or Edwards. Blanchard hasn't show that much IMO although Trestman had some nice words to say about him.

No clue

Agreed, great find. What is most interesting to me is how many blocks we're seeing that are truly moving the LOS. I see Long, Mills, and others make some mistakes occasionally on assignments but this line is different from the last few years in that when they get it right it's very right. In other words there were quite a few (++) blocks. Mills has surprised me with how strong he is, Long we kind of heard about his strength. When these guys both get it right they are pretty good in the running game. I believe the mental errors will drop quickly for both Long and Mills.

I think I prefer the slow but steady Kyle Adams. He won't get as far but he'll arrive with the football in his possession.

If he can't catch teams are not going to worry about him. I wouldn't. I'd be thinking if they go his way and he catches the ball we'll rally to it and tackle him. Maybe we give up 1 big play but the upside is to double team a guy like Marshall and keep him from having multiple big plays.

I suspect Bushrod was part of an offense that ran a lot more plays than any of 3-and-out offenses the Bears have run the last few seasons.