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Vikings have the money? I would love picking up Housh and in all honesty the Bears have the money to make the impact signing, but I actually think Holt is a better WR and better option.

Is he still playing at a high level?

Hillarious. Glad to see he didn't get totally screwed.

The Bears have tons of cap room. Giving a vet like Brooks a one year or two year deal with a little signing bonus would be chump change, especially since the Bears aren't expected to have to dish out any mega deals this yaer. There is no reason the Bears couldn't resign St. Clair (or sign a FA olineman) plus sign a WR like Holt/Coles, bring in a guy like Brooks and maybe sign a safety that gets cut. None of the above would screw up the long-term cap rammifications, nor would it prevent the Bears from giving a ton of money to orton if he proves himself this season like I hope he will.

If it was possible to position it to where we could have Urlacher, Briggs, and Brooks all on the field at teh same time I'd be down. Galloway is a little old but still effective when healthy. I'd prefer Coles or Holt but Galloway gives us some nice speed and a deep threat but I don't know if he's the right fit with Orton running the show.

If we don't get Coles or Holt, I'll be livid. Get one of them, trade down and take the best available wide-out in the early 2nd (hopefully Nicks). Otherwise if you can't trade down, target oline or LB in the 1st round (or Sanchez if he slides) and than grab the WR in the 2nd. Pencil in the FA signing, the 2nd round pick, Hester and Bennett and let the vet do some heavy teaching. It be the best WR corps the Bears have had in years.

Hakeem and Robinskie to me grade out as a bit more sure things and I really think either could turn into 100 reception machines.

Is Smith really going to fall that far? From being a potential #1 to sliding all the way out of the 1st round.

Maluga will be a great player. If Crabtree fell to us I'd shit myself. It won't happen though, unless he's going to miss more time than anticipated.

For those of you saying that Oher is a better LT prospect, lets remember that some experts thought that Williams better projected as a RT. Whose to say the Bears don't go with someone like Oher and use Williams as the RT.

5 mill is a bit too much for a guy who ultimately should be a depth chart guy. However, given the need the Bears have they might just have to sign him (since there aren't many better FA options). The problem is St. Clair will ultimately slide to guard if all goes well and I think paying him 5-6M a year to be a guard is ridiculous (since the Bears are clearly going to take another 1st day pick at tackle and have Williams benchmarked for the left side).

This would be a nice pickup and allow the Bears to continue to groom Beekman for the center spot when Kreutz is done. Plus if the Bears do what I want and draft a tackle early, plus resign St. Clair they'll have two tackle spots and a guard spot locked up long-term (ie, St. Clair plus Williams/Pick).

If the Bears want to target WR, I think there best bet is to move down into the beginning of the 2nd and take on of Bey, Nicks, Robinskie that are on the board (one of them will be there). Than use your other 2nd on the tackle that fell and you'll probably have picked up an extra 3rd round pick via the trade which you can use to snag a safety and a guard. So your first day picks all are addressing need positions. On top of this the Bears must sign a WR via FA. I'm not talking about breaking the bank on Housh, rather picking up a Holt or Harrison. Get a very good veteran who might not have a 1000 yard season left in him, but should be able to get 600-700 yards while mentoring the younger WR's (ie, Bennett, Hester, and the top pick). I think that as a whole you'd be talking about a much better WR corps (as the vet is better than Book was....Hester is better than Hester was last year....Bennett improves as the 4th....and the top pick is the 3rd and he would have more talent than Davis or whomever else). Plus Davis is cheap and can be a 3 or 4 early in the season if the younger WR isn't quite ready. I'd be thrilled if the Bears did the above and I don't think it is too unrealistic. It's not like I'm talking about them breaking the bank.

Rosenfels is solid and did well when used in Houston. Made some mistakes but I think he's got some potential. Still, like others said better him than Cassel but as a whole the Vikings QB won't be asked to do a ton and should have ample opportunities to succeed given the strong ground game and oline the Vikes have.

I assume Taylor will retire, but if he didn't, I would be completely interested in bringing him in to be Fotrte's backup. Taylor is a class act who still has a little bit of gas left in the tank (especially in a reserve role) plus he'd be a great influence on the Bears.

Leftwich will ultimately get more money than KO and right now KO is the starter. The Bears won't do that. Losman will be the guy, unless they draft a QB (ie, if Sanchez falls or Freeman becomes worthy of going at 18).

Are you kidding me? This would be the biggest no brainer in the history of no-brainers. Urlacher is past his prime and Boldin is in his prime and fills a much bigger need. I'd make the trade in a heart-beat. I doubt the Cards would and I have no idea what the cap rammifications of the deal wouldf be but in terms of actual compensation there is no way the difference between 1 3rd or 2 3rd's would prevent me from making this deal.

The Bears clearly have to have tackle high up on the list. It would be tough to win having two rookie tackles (ie, if we take one in the early rounds of the draft and add it to Williams, who is essentially a rookie). So with that in mind, I would expect the bears to add a veteran tackle or maybe opt for St. Clair, but I hope they only go the route of St. Clair if they truly think he's a quality starting RT in this league. I think St. Clair is a nice backup (since he can play guard/tackle) but ideally he isn't a starting tackle on a top notch oline.

Just cause Minny is going to go after Cassel doesn't mean they will get him. If they don't, they might think long and hard about going with Garcia. I still think Leftwich and some others might be higher on Minny's list as well though. Garcia could be a fit in Chicago, but I think the Bears need to bring in QB's that they think have a shot at being a long-term solution, not just some one year stop-gap. So if you aren't going to bring in a young QB to compete with Orton, I'd rather just draft a QB early this year, let Orton try for one last season and if he struggles you make the change and turn the reigns to the young guy mid-season.

I have to digress. Mike Brown was absolutely horrific last year in pass protection. He was still average at stopping the run but I think now is the right time to try and adjust. I don't believe the Bears have the in-house guys (Payne/Manning is not the right combination, imo, however it is possible that Tillman or Vasher is the right guy and that the squad will instead make a change at the CB position). I do wish Brown the best of luck in his future and hope one day he'll be a part of the Bears coaching staff.

Torry Holt would be fabulous.

This would be a fabulous freakin move.

This is good news, imo. I Liked Booker a lot and he's a respected vet but he clearly doesn't have much left. Now the Bears need to bring in a legitimate WR.

Honestly, I'll be comfortable having Vasher healthy and playing as a nickel back. Than in the uncapped year if he still stinks you axe him.

I'm sticking around. I think pretty much 90% of the core from that forum has moved here now so I pretty much consider this bearstalk. It's too bad none of us owned that domain otherwise the name could have stayed the same and everything.