jason

Easy answer for a long post... He's a special teams player. That's his job. If all hell breaks loose, then he might get some PT at WR...but he is not a WR for the Bears.

That's just stupid. I don't get paid to post on the Bearstalk website. Or anywhere else. If I had mayer's job I'd answer better questions than the ridiculous cherries he picks, and I would be a much more liked journalist. Huge difference between tolerating something when it's your job, and posting semi-anonymously on a message board. You even admit we could do it. I'm quite sure he had better questions to answer.

I can't find the thread exactly, but nobody laughed at you regarding the Marshall pick or the Jeffery pick. Both were nearly unanimously cheered. People laughed because you wanted everybody on the planet over 6'6", and were adamant about signing Marshall, drafting Jeffery, and then signing another high priced free agent or two. It was exactly then, as it is now... Marshall is a no brainer. Jeffery was a good pick at the position. Weems is 99% ST, and isn't a WR. And Thomas is 0% on the team.

I love the archives sometimes. This comment made me laugh because the only person the ball could be thrown to would be Marshall. Jeffery would push off or get hurt. Davis would drop the ball. The 6'10" guy would be completely lost. And Drake wouldn't have known how to coach them if his life depended on it.

HA! Searching the archives and found this gem. Webb planning on "eating and drinking football." I guess we know why he was so eager to eat; he had the munchies.

Dude. Are you shitting me? Virtually everyone on the board, excluding you apparently (since you don't think so), can do the same job as well as he does. Answering a few questions a week? A month? Give me a break. I'm sure part of many of our jobs requires some aspects of writing, and I guaran-damn-tee you I write more informative and financially responsible material than Mayer does on a daily basis. I'm absolutely baffled you could think something so plainly ignorant, as if Mayer is a freaking brain surgeon or rocket scientist who does work that is leaps and bounds above the average person's head.

I don't know if this is a simple reply of truth, or a clever double entendre. If it's simple truth, I agree. Mayer sucks. If not, bravo for lacing sarcasm and a reference to one of my favorite lines from Taken.

Your whole premise is based on a big if. Especially for a guy who has limited football background and knowledge, and has bounced from team to team without significant playing time. And the saying goes, "if frogs had wings..."

It's infuriating! I asked legit questions in the past, and they never get answered. Almost nothing of significance ever gets answered. Maybe next he can answer whether Jay Cutler has the starter's role locked up this year.

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/chalk-tal...d0-394fa8a6cdcf Will Lance Briggs be moved to middle linebacker to control the defense? Seriously? SERIOUSLY!? These are the questions he gets? These are the questions he answers?! If the question was sent from someone on this board...

Actually, I'm not a big ERod fan. I'm a "don't waste a draft pick before actually trying to use his skill set and seeing what he has"-fan. The Bears have done far too much of this in recent years. It aggravates me. Don't freaking draft a guy unless there are plans to use him. I'm completely alright with picking up Cinnabon for the exact reasons you mentioned (i.e. basketball pedigree), but I loathe mismanagement of personnel. It's one of the main reasons why I hate how the Bears have dicked around with the OL for years, putting a G at C, a C at G, a T at G, and a scrub at T.

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Here you go again. :shakehead

Lined Up Using They could line him up at WR, TE, FB, and QB but if they run, run, pass deep, and direct snap to the RB, respectively, then he's not being used. Like last year. BTW, all this kind of stuff was discussed in ERod's comical draft thread. Wow, were there a lot of wrong people in that one.

Are using? When the hell did that happen? Did I miss that season? Or are you going off of what has been said about the upcoming season? We've been teased with the double-TE formation enough times that it was a positive in the running game one season and a positive in the passing game in another. I gotta see it to believe it. And, thus far, ERod has most certainly not been used "all over the field." But, yeah, let's go ahead and basically throw away a pass-catching, hybrid TE who excelled in college for a guy who is tall. Football Player > Measurables.

That's how I remember it too. I remember thinking, "We own the Falcons as long as Vick is their QB. Thanks Urlacher."

Michael Wright, despite working for ESPN, obviously didn't look at Urlacher's stats. Even the ESPN link within his own article to Urlacher's player page does not produce 1779 tackles. ESPN has him at 1353 total tackles.

No, I did not. But from your brief synopsis, it sounds like he's probably right. I think a lot of Carimi's problems last year with the bull rush dealt with anchoring himself too high or not leaning into the block. He was so worried about beat on edges that he just let the defender plow him. Then after the defender did that, Carimi was confused and often guessed on his mechanics. He should deliver just as many pass blocking hits as he receives, if not more.

Likewise. For some reason the offseason morphs opinions, and turns bad players into average players (see: Webb) and bad players into horrible players (see: Carimi). Carimi showed enough promise in run-blocking alone to be given a chance to compete. The fact that he was coming off of injury, and dicked around by one of the most overwhelmed coaches in recent history (Tice), should be the icing on the cake.

Measurables Football skills Hester has better measurables than Bennett, but there is no mistaking who is the better receiver. I'd still rather see ERod at the #2 TE position than a project like Cinnabon. There is a reason ERod was drafted in the 4th; he should be used for that reason.

Does he belong in the pantheon? Does he belong in the HoF? Let's make a quick comparison... Player A: 12 seasons, 179 games, 19 sacks, 7 INTs, 0 TDs, 12 Fumble Recoveries (FRs), 1488 tackles*, 2 DPOY, 10 Probowls Player B: 12** seasons, 180 games, 41.5 sacks, 22 INTs, 2 TDs, 15 FRs, 1358 tackles***, 1 DPOY, 8 Probowls Player C: 9 seasons, 119 games, ??? sacks, 22 INTs, 27 FRs, 1020 tackles****, 2 DPOY*****, 8 Probowls Which player is better? A case could be made for any of the three. They're that close. Player A is Singletary. Player B is Urlacher. Player C is Butkus. It's sort of an apples to oranges discussion considering defensive scheme, but the argument isn't about whether Urlacher is HoF worthy; that's undeniable. The real argument is whether or not he's the best MLB in Chicago Bear history. I never got to see Butkus play (other than highlight reels), but he appears to win the battle. More tackles per game than the others, the same INTs as Urlacher in three less seasons (not to mention the fact that Butkus certainly wasn't playing in the Lovie-2), and a ridiculous number of fumble recoveries shapes my opinion considerably. My opinion: Butkus > Urlacher > Singletary *Found Singletary's tackles on Wikipedia **We won't count 2009 when Urlacher played in a single game. ***There seems to be disagreement on Urlacher's tackles. NFL: 1229, Profootballreference: 1358, ESPN: 1353 ****Wikipedia again *****NEA NFL DPOY

I'd rather see ERod as the #2 TE than Cinnabon.

The summary: I think I didn't make it clear. I think Cutler didn't have a choice most of the time other than throwing to the #1 read. I just think they should have designed more plays where another player was the #1 read. THEN, if that guy is covered Cutler could just look towards Marshall and heave it like Cade McNown used to do with MRob. The result would not have been much different than throwing into double or triple coverage when he is the primary target anyway. 1. This relates to your point in 5, but confidence helps. I think confidence would make most better, and in terms of more targets, Bennett better percentage-wise. It's like a RB getting three carries up the gut on 3rd and 1. His YPC isn't going to be great. But give him another 10 carries not in that situation, and his average climbs. Same thought process. There could still be excuses. Adding the pieces is only the first step. The pieces must perform. If Bushrod and Slauson sucks, we still have the OL problem. If they don't suck, but Trestman decides to call the equivalent of slamming Garrett Wolfe into the middle of the line three straight times, then we have what I'll call the "Ron Turner Special." There could still be excuses.