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I know I was part of the camp that talked and talked and talked about the Bears taking lineman after lineman in this years draft. I was the one who probably bitched more than anyone regarding our oline last off-season and the pure importance of taking at least 3 olineman with our first 4 picks.

Brandon Lloyd looked pretty darn good. He's got to be one of the starters. Bradley is gonna get cut.

The biggest mistake the Bears made was not franchising Berrian. This offense would be a lot different having a #1 WR. I realize Berrian isn't a #1 in the sense of TO/Johnson/etc, but he's an above average WR who would make the entire rest of the core better. Having at least one guy who can make the big play on offense would have been huge. And realistically they could have tagged Berrian and still did everything else this off-season (with the intent of letting BB walk). I'd have loved an offensive line signing but I realize Faneca got a ton of money and signing him would have impacted other areas (ie, in house guys who were resigned).

Not me, I've dubbed this the worse offensive unit I've ever seen in the national football league. Just way too many question-marks throughout the squad and the biggest Q is a horrendous line. Tom Brady could be the QB and this offense wouldn't be in the top half of the NFL. Things could change but i feel awful for Kyle/Rex cause neither of them have much of a shot.

All I can say is evaluate the throws. Rex was on the money with any throw where he had even some sort of time. He also got hurt by a drop early in the game (Bennet) which would have moved the chains and was hindered when Olsen ran a 3yd route when he should have been running a 5yd route (TE should be running the route on 3rd down to where the chains are). I noticed a couple things, Rex avoided the big mistake despite all the pressure (that pick had nothing to do with him) and I saw multiple times where he actually looked guys off and than threw to the other side of the field. It was pretty and something you didn't see out of Rex in the past. As a whole, didn't have any issue with his play given the terrible freakin blocking. Orton started the game terribly (if he threw a good pass on his first throw you'd be talking about a TD for the Seahawks cause it was a horrid read) but looked good later on and did do a nice job on the 2 minute drill. Overall, I still think Rex is the best QB on the roster but Orton has the slight edge on the job and barring a spectacular performance by Rex (or a horrid one by Kyle), he's got the job.

Technically speaking he looked better to me. Didn't backpedal into disaster, but at the same time when guys are coming in front of him he isn't going to be able to step into a ball. I think people forget that most QB's under pressure will throw off there back feet. Some will have the ability to run and create something but we know Rex isn't going to do that (neither is Kyle). However, Rex just needs to not run back 80 yards before throwing or fumbling. Plus its hard to side step when most of the time the pressure was coming from absolutely everywhere.

2nd unit was one and they were blitzing less. The Seahawks are known as a blitzing defense and it appeared there 1st string was going to send a message. It sucked because Grossman got absolutely killed and all things considering he didn't do too bad (considering he had zero time to pass). When he had any opening he was throwing accurate passes.

Technically speaking both Harrison and Davis had character issues which had them fall in the draft. Both had superior talent in comparison to where they went in the draft and I think both have very bright futures in Chicago.

Nope that was later on in the season.

Gage had one really good looking season with the Bears. I always loved him (maybe cause he has the same first initial as me and the same last name as me). He had great size and good looking hands but kind of fell out of favor when Moose/Berrian took over as the 1/2.

Given how much I bitched about the Bradley pick at that time (no one had him slotted to go that high in the draft) I would probably give that draft an F.

The good news is since the Bears have no proven Wideouts we'll likely see all of the wide-outs get significant reps (aside from Booker/Hester) and that should be mean both QB's get to see similar WR's.

The thing that sucks is, its going to be based on two preseason games. These guys are probably going to be pressing but I guess we'll see who the bigger man is.

Yep, this is bad. Hopefully things clear up because I really don't think he can miss another pre-season game and be ready to start. And if he can't get any pre-season reps to learn the speed of the NFL it will make it that much harder to just insert him into games in the regular season (with little to zero pre-season experience).

Orton had some sort of injury in the 2nd half of his big season. However, you can't compare the two's collegiate passing percentages as they played in completely different offenses (well at least to an extent). Both teams relied heavily on the pass, but Orton's offense was largely related to short quick passes where as Rex offense involved a lot more down field plays (and thus a great incompletion percentage). In fact, you won't find one scout in the NFL who will tell you that Orton is a more accurate passer than Rex. That much I can guarantee you. Rex is very very accurate, the problem is more with his reads and vision (which hurts him when it comes to the shorter routes). Hell I don't even think his reads are the problem, I think his issue with picks stems more from him being short and having poor pocket presence than anything else.

Will people at least admit that Rex did show signs of improvement during his second stint last year. OF course I still fully believe he was unfairly benched early last season. I'm not saying Rex didn't play well, but the play of the oline and more specifically the absolutely horrendous poor calling (and costly drops) absolutely killed Rex. Rex is by far the best QB on the roster and I think he'll prove it during training camp and more so in the preseason games.

Truthfully when you judge any pick you have to factor in the situation. Ie, how many picks were thrown because of the QB or because of the oline crumbling (although you should factor in that if one QB throws less picks when the defense is collapsing that should be considered a major strength for that QB) or the WR's running a poor route (or stopping the route or not deflecting a pass). Realistically this is something the coaching staff should know.

You really can't use that rookie season to base any statistics for Kyle. Orton was running a dumb-down offense and threw absolutely nothing farther than about 10 yards. He was at very low risk to throw an interception, not to mention the team rarely had him throw the ball. I think we can all agree that we have to throw out Orton's rookie season when it comes to how bad the offense was with him (he wasn't ready to run the show and the Bears ran a dumb-downed offense, this made him put up atrocious QB numbers but did limit his INT's).

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Just wanted to point out that Orton has botched more snaps than Rex in camp thus far. Or at least based on the ones I've seen reported.

I'm pretty sure Orton has fumbled a few more snaps than Rex this training camp. I don't know the exact count but its at least a few more. As far as I'm concerned its practice, this is the time to get it out of the way. I also know that the Bears have had issues with the QB/Center exchange ever since Olin has been here (its not just been with Rex). And I've seen it written multiple places that Olin doesn't snap the ball like a prototypical center does. Does that mean he isn't one of the best centers in the game, no, but by no means is he perfect as a football player.

Sounds like there is a good chance Favre will stay retired. Apparently he sent a text to Ed Werder indicating that the Packers GM is doing everything he can and it hinted at the idea of him taking a job within the organization (in the marketing sense of things).

I would definitely take him. He knows the Cover 2 system as good as anyone in the league and is a tremendous leader. Plus I like the odds that one of Lynch/Brown stays healthy the entire season which means the Bears will always have a leader in the secondary.

Do you guys seriously think we have so much depth at WR. We have a total of TWO, count that TWO, WR 'swho has proven a freakin thing in the NFL. One of them is Lloyd who since emerging signed a fat deal and completely dissapeared for a couple of seasons in Washington. The other is Booker who is past his prime. So I don't quite agree with the fact that the Bears have ridiculous depth. And the Bradley character that gets hyped so much is the same player that even while healthy wasn't able to break what was considered a poor Bears WR Corp's. So ya, I'm not buying this depth argument one bit.

I guarantee RMJ will be dealt. I can't blame him for being upset, he signed on with the Bears because he felt he'd have the opportunity to get significant time at CB. He is no longer getting that. However, instead of whining in public why not go out and bust your ass in the off-season and show that you aren't going to lose your job without a fight.