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It also comes down to the play calling as well. The Bears telegraph too many of their plays. A solid O-line with some aggressive play calling makes RBs and QBs much better. If Rex can just play pitch and catch, he is pretty damn good, but when he can't even get to a 3 step drop before having to bring the ball down, something is wrong. If Benson gets through the DL, he normally has some pretty good runs. The problem was he was almost always hit at or near the LOS.

No, but it is borderline. If you are not outside all day, then it is no big deal.

Yeah, that is ridiculous.

If the Bears did go with Mendenhall, hopefully they would trade Benson, then also move up into the 2nd round to get a 2nd pick. I would not mind getting Mendenhall + 2 2nd round OLinemen. That would be the only way.

Why would the Cowboys trade 22 AND 28 to move only to 14? That value should get them into the Top 10. If Dallas trades anything, it would be 22 and their 2nd Rounder (61) and maybe a 5th for 14. That would give the Bears the following picks in the first 3 rounds: 22 44 61 76 91 They could then take one of their 5th rounders and try to move up a couple spots in the 3rd. I also agree with nfo, we need to trade down unless someone completely falls into our laps at 14.

Is this another Brandon Lloyd or the same one in the sticky post at the top? Either way, this is really nothing more than competition for Bradley and Davis. Someone needs to step up.

http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=090...mp;confirm=true I know it was posted in another thread, but I was just curious to see who everyone thinks the odd man out is Alexander or Morris?

Due to injury, Lloyd's 2007 was basically a wash. Now if you compare his first 4 years and Berrian's, they are pretty damn close: BB - 150 receptions, 2197 yards, 13 TDs, 14.6 AVG BL - 128 receptions, 1875 yards, 13 TDs, 14.6 AVG Also, like ostrogoth mentioned. Lloyd played for Turner at Illinois where Lloyd had back to back 1,000 yard receiving seasons in 2001 and 2002. So it seems like a pretty safe signing with some upside.

Thats the point. If everything is posted in the BearsTalk forum, then obviously nothing will get posted here. Also, it makes other posts drop off the first page faster when only one forum is used.

He is crying because he just realized how much money he is going to lose by not playing this year.

In that case, why have any other forums other than the main one? The Bears play in the NFC, so all NFC news is related to the Bears. The Bears play in the NFL, so all NFL news is related to the Bears. You can go on an on. It is better to break it down to the lowest level. If we are going to have subforums, they should be used appropriately. Only current Bears news (current players, etc) in the Bears forum, all other NFL info in the NFL forum. If you don't make it clear cut like that, then it will never work. Favre crying as Bears news? NFL Mock Drafts in the Bears forum?

Kinda odd. How much less was the Bears offer?

Dvoracek, Toeaina, and Wolfe.

I agree, no way we give up Ogun for a 4th.

Wow, that is a great deal for the Bears.

Now GB can start their own streak.

Tommy Kelly, but I voted for the traitor.

That's not saying much.

So we don't have a cap hit AND we get a draft pick. Pretty sweet.

It says he is in Tampa today?

I haven't seen it, but I am sure it was something about how he or his stats would have been better with a decent QB. Also, all those drops were not his fault, they were bad passes.

Mendenhall seems like the only option now with the question marks around Benson. Hopefully he is still around at 14.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3273710 Mendenhall is our only hope. EDIT: Didn't see the other thread in the Bears forum. Mods, merge or delete. Thx. Are we now putting any news in the main forum?

Yes I do. If that was the case, then hundreds of players would sit out every year if they played over what they felt their contracts were. Most holdouts occurred because the contracts were not even close to their production. In this case, if Anderson and Hester received modest raises from where they are at now, it would be hard for them to question that contract a year later. Now if they sign a 5 year deal, and play Pro-Bowl level for several years, then the two sides can relook the deals in a couple of years.

I believe anytime you can lock up a solid player into a longer contract, you do it. The market goes up every year. So to meet halfway, the team gets a decent number/years, and the player gets some guaranteed money. For Anderson and Hester. If they have monster years in 2008 before giving them extensions, then they will command much more compared to right now. Just think how much Hester would command in Free Agency.