CrackerDog

Not sure but it almost makes me wish Jerry Angelo was still around. With a draft full of 2nd and 3rd round talent he would be sure to hit on a few gems. Seriously though, I don't think you can say before a draft who'll move up or down. It really depends on who slips to whatever spot that some team perceives there to be a bigger value for them than the cost of giving up some other pick they have to move there.

Trestman will size Cutler up in camp and the wheels will start moving then if there's a reason for them to move. I'm sure he's already watched dozens of games on tape. If Trestman is what we all hope he is, he won't need actual game performances in his system to make the call. And as for all this "what is cutler worth" stuff... Why does anyone here care? The guy will make what market says he should make, no more no less. As fans we should be focused on the games, the wins, the fun... Leave the business bullshit to the team execs.

No clue, I leave that to the professionals in the organization to figure out. All I know is he's the first QB I've seen in a Bears uniform in my lifetime that can do it all. He hasn't been consistent for a lot of reasons, some of which are on Jay and others that are on the team. His punk attitude is a big minus. The skills are certainly there and with an improved line (I HOPE) and a real offense (I HOPE) we should see Jay be all that he can be...

I think he's going to be a good player so wherever they take him is OK with me. With that said, he has slide written all over him and he's not as good as other LB's I think we'll see available to us when we pick in the first round... So I'd either move back (not a fan of this usually) or wait until the second round on Te'o. The likely answer is he isn't going to end up on the Bears.

If you're JA, only about 10% of his early round picks made it. If he was hitting 400 he'd still be here.

Understood. From an outsider's perspective, it was a blazingly fast decision that came down from Halas Hall on this. And there's something good to say about that too, I guess. It means we didn't mess around with the Urlacher deal for so long that we lost any ability to get anyone else... Thereby putting all the negotiating power in his hands. That was one issue I had with JA. Still, with a player like #54 you'd hope they could play it out some so it appeared they were giving him his due. 13 years of HOF caliber ball deserved better than what it appears he got. I think they came to right conclusion and did so very diligently, I'm just not in love with how Brian is leaving the team with this bad taste in his mouth. Even though, obviously, he had a lot to do with how it all went down.

I hated to see Brian go but the Bears made the right call here. With the cap you can't just pay guys for their legacy, you have to manage your money effectively to stay competitive. I assume the $2 mil offer was loaded with incentives and it probably only guaranteed the vet minimum. That's unfortunately also the right way to go about things given the circumstances. In football years, #54, love him or not, is old. Further, if you want to get pissed at someone, and I don't so I'm not, Urlacher is more to blame than anyone else. Or his agent oversold him on his own value. But a lot of guys in his position give a "home team discount" at this point in their careers just to finish things off with class, not have to move, etc. He didn't do that. I hope his knees still do have a few years on them and he's able to get at least what the Bears offered him elsewhere. More power to him. But it was time for the Bears to do exactly what they did. That doesn't make me smarter or dumber than Emery (or Jerry Angelo, etc). It's just my opinion.

Ha, I looked at PFT about 30 minutes ago to see if there was any URL news and must've missed it by a mouse click. Thanks for the update. I'd say there's about as much chance of Brian being on the Bears in 2013 as there is of me being suited up for them. And I'm 48. And for those who cry about how unfair the Bears were to Brian, why hasn't he signed with anyone else yet? Guess the team might not have been as unfair as was speculated. Hopefully he just retires and gets a job on TV somewhere.

Teo?

I take my son once a year. Sometimes I get tickets from a contractor and go more than once. Last year I went to the Colts game and the Packers game and I think I paid $200 a ticket each time. Ouch. But hey, if you don't want to pay it, nobody is forcing you.

A better topic would be who wanted Moss drafted by the Bears originally. I recall years and years ago (back in the Usenet days) saying putting Moss on the Bears then (when he didn't show up for his interview with the team) would've been a bad idea. And even after he produced huge numbers my claim was having him on a team with shitty QB's would be like putting earrings on a pig. I may have been wrong.

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. All that matters is this: "He had no involvement," Tuiasosopo said. "He did not know anything." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/r..._n_2590124.html Your "opinion" therefore has no basis in reality. It's a fairytale. At least you admit that. The one good thing is that you've got "no problem looking stupid". The mods should wipe this entire thread. It's meta bullshit and this site should be above that. More importantly, it has nothing to do with the Bears unless they draft him.

OK, so what does that tell us about Emery? I mean, his body of work thus far is this draft we all seem to hate and his picking a coach that looks like a huge dork. I'm not saying we should be down on the guy, time will tell. And some of the coaching picks look good to me despite the nerdly looks of the HC. Maybe McC was always targeted for the next D this team was going to play after he fired Lovie. If so, shame on him for throwing Lovie under the bus but congrats to him for playing multi-dimensional chess and getting to his goal. I just hope it all works out...

The comment you made that Jason responded to was a complete fabrication. If anything remotely close to your conjecture comes out in the future it'll not only surprise me but it'll be pure luck on your part. Rather than speculating and throwing around wild-ass conspiracy theories you might want to wait until that "some point in time [when] the truth will be out there". Otherwise you risk appearing to be a buffoon.

Amen. And the truly disgusting human beings are those that took him for a ride. This is somewhat unrelated but thought I'd throw it out there... The internet is awesome. It allows us all to communicate here, for example. But it's also a tool that can be evil, even devastating. I went to my son's school last year to hear a speech given by a dad who lost his son to suicide because his son was being cyber-bullied. The mom and dad didn't know what was going on and the kid is now dead. So, yeah, I can see how a hoax could be that elaborate and trick someone in his position. It's really a shame there are those out there that honestly want to believe the worst. It's the world we live in, I guess.

I agree with Mel on this one. He was a big fan of Angelo so his opinion could be a bit tainted but how can you argue with the points Mel makes here? Obvious needs were blown off, a tweaner was picked for a speed rusher and he didn't really develop and Alshon didn't see enough PT due to injury to upgrade that opinion. I believe Alshon will turn out to be a solid pick but he hasn't proven anything yet.

Nice pie fight ya'll got going.

Fact is you and I have no idea what was said in the communications between him and "her" and/or "her family". He didn't likely even have an address. Do you just hop on a plane and fly somewhere hoping to locate the funeral? He would've had to have been told he could come and where it was. I'm sure, if this isn't some sort of double reverse major fake out by Manti and ND, he was torn up about it. For me, I don't think I could fall in love with anyone I hadn't had physical contact with. A romance could start online but it would need to progress. But I'm 48 and didn't grow up with twitter and facebook and all the other electronic communications our kids are so reliant on. My 14 year old son is online with his buddies playing various computer games pretty much each night. This generation is a bit stunted when it comes to interpersonal connections and relationships, IMO. And this is for normal kids. Imagine being the star of the Notre Dame football team as it prepares for the national championship! It feels like to me that those judging him most harshly, without most of the facts, or ignoring the things we do know, are doing so with an ulterior motive. Whether that be a hatred of ND, a hatred for Manti's fame, whatever. I don't know. But the facts as we know them RIGHT NOW don't support the idea that he's a bad boyfriend, a bad person, a disgusting human, etc. They just don't. He's a kid and it appears he's a gullible naive one at that. And he pretty clearly lied after the fact which isn't ever a good thing but it's totally understandable given all the stuff this KID had going on in his life around the time it came out.

I agree with Jason. He's a huge chump but not some disgusting sociopath. At least that's my take given everything out there right now. The name of this thread and most of the posts in it may have been fine at the time they were first posted but they're out of line now. I'm not defending him. Even if he was duped initially he lied later. But there isn't anyone posting here who hasn't lied so keep those stones in your pocket unless your name is Jesus. The kid is a late first round talent who may slip into the 2nd. But it won't be over this foolishness.

Ha. Dude sure doesn't look like a football coach. That shouldn't matter but damn...

I'm not excited about any of these choices. Given this crop I'd choose Lovie. I'm sure I'll come around but right now I'm just not feeling it.

I see all the happy feet grave dancing on Lovie (and last year on JA) and I wonder how many of you really understand the big picture here. No, I'm not going to stick up for Smith because there's plenty of reasons over the last 9 years to say goodbye to him at this time. But this season at 10-6 with that god damn shitty O Line isn't one of them. I'm a Bears fan and I hope like hell Emery knows what he's doing but I saw no evidence in his personnel moves thus far that he honestly understood the most glaring problem he faced when he took over. You can't blame him for patching a few holes and giving Cutler some weapons but there's a long way to go guys. We won't likely be an 8 win team next year unless this off season is full of miracles. Again, Lovie is gone and that's fine with me. But get a clue guys, we aren't going to plug in Gruden and win the Superbowl next season. Dream on. Now, if we're all in agreement that we need to rebuild, it's time to cut ALL the dead weight and that includes players as well as coaches. Big names like Hester and probably Urlacher. We need two solid upgrades on the O Line and depth everywhere. A lot will depend on what D the new coach wants to run but many of our current players won't fit other schemes. In short, you got what you wanted, get ready for things to be ugly for a while and I think we have to stand by the leaders of the team for a while as things hopefully turn around. Let's not be whiny little crybabies at the first sign of adversity.

Don't get your panties in a ruffle girls. Jesus, this place is so full of pearl-clutchers. Lovie will get extended ONLY if Emery thinks he deserves it. Period. Most of the Lovie haters here wanted him gone so Emery could bring in his own guy. Well, the way it worked out, Lovie might be HIS guy. The line for thinking Emery sucks forms now... Get behind Terra.

I couldn't be happier that this douche is injured. And the fact that he's a Packer makes it that much sweeter!

I don't count myself as a "doubter" but I'm still waiting to see what happens when we play another team with a solid pass rush. Dallas had a guy or two out when they played us, the Jags just plain suck. Still, can't complain about the W. 4-1 at the break is nice and I guess we needed it right about now given Jeffrey's injury. Hopefully that doesn't prove to be anything significant. He opens the field up a lot and he's pushed Hester to be better than he's been at WR in his whole career. Nice to see our running game smash it down their throats too. Still, I'd like to see more pressure on the QB. Having GB two games behind us in the standings with Houston up next for them is nice! I can't believe the Queens keep putting up wins. Their D has been almost as good as ours, points wise. Well, we can relax for a week.