Stinger226

the only WR I see us taking in round 1 would be Austin

I think there are better choices, but if he is there in the second round and the bears chose him, I would have to assume they did there homework on him and made a rational choice.

I think there are better choices, but if he is there in the second round and the bears chose him, I would have to assume they did there homework on him and made a rational choice.

Preseason doesnt really mean anything, but gives us a taste of things to come. The 3rd week will be a tell but not a very good team to measure against.

Good job, and I would have to say it will be Trufant, or Ogletree by your research. I also think your 2nd list will have one fall from that group. That could be the pick.

If we look back at the origin thread, everybody was sad to seem him go but kinda didnt get behind the bring him back scenario that you and Alaska pushed., but its all subjective. I guess the decision of not bringing him back, is backed up by everything that has happened since that day. Nothing. done deal

The probability of Clarbo coming here would depend on the money he would play for.

They wanted him back only for there price, why would they negotiate against themselves? No one else wanted him, so why pay him what he thinks he is worth.The market tells you what his valve is, not him or the Bears. Come to find out, they made him a fair offer for what the league valves him as. He wanted 5.5, and would have settled for 3.5, well if he plays that will be for the league minimum. THATS HIS VALVE

So I would have to say 2 votes would have been to bring Urlacher back and 5 would not. I am just trying to show Jason that if we we smarter than GMs, that the same decision that the NFL is making right now, is the same one that we would have made.. Not sign him is what we would have chosen to do. Since the Bears made the choice, and no other team is chasing him, that bringing him back was not a good idea.

I think that sounds like a bad idea. Anyone for talking about bringing TO in as a WR? There is a lot of bad ideas out there, we dont need add another one.

Since this is all a dream, how about Aaron Rodgers several years ago.

I do think we need to add to our CBs, with all the passing teams in the league, it can only help. What is cool , is we are in the position to take an impact player, which can be at many different positions.

He talked about Austin which not be considered a possession WR. I think we still have questions on our OL which may or may not work out, so I would have to take Warmack or Cooper if they are there, otherwise Austin would be a instant upgrade to our passing game.

The point I was trying to make is, since our boards members are smarter than GMs I wanted to get a consensus of what that actually decision would have been, since Urlacher story resurfaces this week. If you dont wish to participate, just dont answer. Since a lot of things were said, I just wanted to get a actually total on what we as a board would have did.

Your right, but if he retires because nobody wanted him I would have to say the right decision on not wanting him holds true. Or if someone signs him and he ends up being hurt same difference. The reasons why people didnt want him hold true. To make the statement( he will play well this year is a mute point) if he doesnt play, but it wil still go back to if it was the right decision to not sign him, which SO FAR looks like the right choice for anybody to make. So Im not sure IF HE PLAYED, you would have been right even matters.

Your right, but if he retires because nobody wanted him I would have to say the right decision on not wanting him holds true. Or if someone signs him and he ends up being hurt same difference. The reasons why people didnt want him hold true. To make the statement( he will play well this year is a mute point) if he doesnt play, but it wil still go back to if it was the right decision to not sign him, which SO FAR looks like the right choice for anybody to make. So Im not sure IF HE PLAYED, I would have been right even matters.

Since some people think we are smarter than most GMs lets put that to practice. First question. With the Urlacher controversy, WOULD WE SIGN URLACHER FOR THE 3.5 MILLION HE WOULD HAVE SIGNED FOR? My vote would be a matter of valve, the Bears offer him 2 mil to come back. He turned it down. I think that was a fair valve for what he would bring to the table in 2013. I dont think he would make the full season without missing games, therefore If he signed for the 2 mil, I would still draft his replacement in the first couple of rounds. Since he wanted a 2 year contract at 11 mil and would have accepted 3.5 but still wanted two years, I would say not take him. Therefore the right decision was made by the Bears. So lets see what the collective opinion of the GM board for the Bears think.

I agree, I dont think he finds any way to take hit he would get from making the statement(I wouldnt play for the Bears for 2 mil)meaning he would for someone else. I personally think he might have a hard time passing a physical to play with his bum knee.

I actually wasn't referring to anything you said, it was Jason's comment. I think your quite well spoken, whether I agree with you or not.

I never said people on message boards dont make intelligent comments, and that experts are king. All the smart people in the NFL make 50% mistakes on first round picks. I just dont think your all that sharp.(just kidding) You actually make some profound statements, but you also make some stupid ones too. What bothers me about you, is if someone doesnt agree with you, that automatically dont know what there talking about. I say stupid stuff(while at least once) sometimes to, but I dont put myself on a pedestal, I try to keep everything in perspective. What look at the so called experts and find some that agree with our line of thinking and maybe we think there sharp. I think the smart ones are probably close to 50/50 on there projections, but some get paid to make decisions and if they screw up they get fired. They have more stake in what they say or do. We dont do anything but argue or our opinions. There is a difference.

I base my opinions on everything I watch and read, its a composite of many different sources. The point I was trying to make is because you watched a lot of games, how many of a certain player did you watch, focus on? If you watch highlight films of any player, that will make anybody look good. I probably watched both players 2 games a piece, so I cant base my judgement on what I seen, so I rely on what I read. I have opinions, but keep them in perspective as to what I can be a realistic judge of.

How many games of Brown playing did you watch? I think I prefer to accept the opinion of people that scout players for a living rather than you because you watch a lot of football games.

I definitely think one of our first 3 picks will be a CB. I still think we will move down and have 4 in the first 4 rounds someway or another, which will fall inline with the positions you mentioned.

The more I read the more I like Brown, sounds to me to be more apt to take Briggs job after he retires.

any of those sound good to me. I still think Brown is going to be a tackling machine in the NFL and would prefer to grab him.