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Mendenhall was recruited by the one and only Ron Turner. Will that have any impact on this draft, especially after seeing the Brandon Lloyd signing? Also, OT, how bad will Thomas Jones feel if the Jets draft McFadden? That would be basically 4 teams that pick you up, then draft or acquire your replacement within 2 years. This is the same guy who has averaged 1,100 yards over the last 4 years. Talk about no respect.

So is it safe to say that the Bears will pick one of the following at 14? Brian Brohm QB Louisville Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois Jonathan Stewart RB Oregon Ryan Clady OT Boise St. Chris Williams OT Vanderbilt Jeff Otah OT Pittsburgh Malcolm Kelly WR Oklahoma Limas Sweed WR Texas

The 7th round is a good place to pick up a punter or Special Teamer. Maynard is not getting any younger.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-3...o&type=lgns I think Robinson is right. You have to believe the Bears will implement more 2 TE packages this year in the Passing game.

Here is a summary of most of the major sites and who they believe the Bears will select: Chris Williams - OT - x5 (NFL.com, Pro Draft Guide, NFL Draft Countdown, PFW, SportingNews) Jeff Otah - OT - x4 (About.com, Draftek, Consensus Draft Services, NFL Draft Guys) Brian Brohm - QB - x4 (FoxSports, Football Futures, The Huddle Report, Draft.com) Rashard Mendenhall - RB - x3 (CNNSI.com. Scout.com, Athlon) Joe Flacco - QB - x2 (NFL Draft Guys1, NFL Draft Guys3) Malcom Kelly - WR - x2 (CBS Sports, Scouts Notebook) Ryan Clady - OT - x1 (College Football News.com) Summary (21 total): OT - 10 QB - 6 RB - 3 WR - 2 I will add more as we get closer to the draft. I used only the professional links from hailredskins.com and the major media sites.

Yeah, I totally forgot about Lloyd. If the Bears just signed Booker and Lloyd, and are trying to develop Hester and Bradley, then going after Jackson doesn't make much sense.

DAMN, but they can trade their current 7th knowing they will have more picks.

His last 3 years leave a lot to be desired. I don't see how this would be an upgrade over Benson. The main reason is injuries. I guess it would come down to how much the Bears were willing to spend on this type of deal. If I had to choose between paying D. Jackson or K. Jones, I am picking D. Jackson.

The Bears can always use those as throw-ins to move up a couple spots in the earlier rounds.

I don't recall a team being compensated for being tampered with, just the team doing the tampering gets punished.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7916862 I wish the Bears would take this offseason as serious as these allegations.

I'd take him in a second. He has shown that he can play at a high level with 3x 1,000 yard seasons and 5 seasons with 6 or more TDs. He is 29, so he definitely has a few more good years left in the tank. He would be an upgrade over Berrian and Moose as well. This would be a huge pickup. It would also allow the Bears to concentrate on other needs in the draft.

I say leave the NFL forum open, but allow posters to post where they like. So if they believe there is some relation to the Bears, let them post in the main forum. Once the season starts the NFL forum should pick up for those who post in there.

That's the problem. Everyone that came from Soxtalk is accustomed to the multiple subforums and everyone from BearsTalk is not. We just need to come to some common ground.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=ArCq...p&type=lgns

Can we afford to put more money into mediocre runners? He has never played a full season over 5 years. I would pass unless it was something really cheap.

The 3rd best of the unknown Safeties maybe.

It wasn't you specifically, just in general. I didn't think it was a big deal either, especially when the thread didn't seem to have anything to do with the Bears.

nice, lol.

I hope JA makes effective use of the cap and doesn't leave some large amount unspent.

I am surprised moving a single thread has generated so much strife. I barely see that as "moderating". I could see if Balta was editing posts or deleting them, but moving a thread does not seem like a big deal. I guess it is a matter of personal preference. It boils down to the forums and how they are used. I posted the same thing in the sticky thread. If we are going to have subforums, we need to use them. If we don't want or need them, we should remove them and only have the main forum. Right now we are in the middle and things like this will continue to occur.

All in all, those are some team-friendly deals. Even the Briggs signing wasn't as much as what people expected. Now we need a solid draft and maybe some post-June 1st cut pickups.

Then the best thing to do it is delete the NFL sub-forum and post everything NFL in the main forum. Otherwise this is going to be a recurring theme. Either use the sub-forums for what they were intended for, or don't use them at all and have everything in the main forum. Right now we are right in the middle.

If some team is going to give him more than what the Bears offer, let them.

That's what I was saying about someone falling into our laps. Every year someone falls out of the top ten into the teens. Hopefully this year it happens to be someone we need. I would hate to see Clady go to Denver, then Mendenhall go to Carolina right in front of us, but those wins at the end of the season sure were nice.