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However, with Grossman's contract situation, Quinn is not out of the realm of possibility. I would just rather move down and add more first day picks.

Depending on the status of Harris and Dvoracek, they may have to make someone inactive or cut someone once Tank comes back.

I hope he does. With the addition of Adams, this D-Line is looking pretty solid (with or without Tank). Dvoracek is also a wild card. There should be no reason why Harris is not back to 100%. These type of signings make the draft so much better. Now they can get the best available playmaker at each pick without having to sacrifice too much.

From all indications the first round swap is exclusively coming from the Washington side, so that is their initial offer. You have to believe there will be some negotiations to determine the best offer for both sides. Washington had already showed interest in moving out of the #6 pick, so the Bears should be able to use that as leverage. Another option could be the Bears swapping the early round 2nd for the #6 pick. That would give the Bears the #6 and the #31 with no 2nd round pick.

The game is listed as the 4:15 game. Is that on Monday?

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I just hope we can get this over, and get something for him, because I cannot possibly see how this is helping his image and value.

Yeah, but I am sure there are loopholes in that as well. The Bears can just as easily suspend him for those games without pay for "actions detrimental to the team". He sure has done enough already to warrant that. I just hope something comes out of the Owner's meetings. Lets get this over quick.

Thats why I kinda like the NE idea. 24, 28, and 37. Just think of that. Posluszny, Griffin/Merriweather, and OL or DL.

Yeah, he was the longest shot on that list. I never thought about moving up, but the 1st and 2nd rounder would be equivalent to the #3 pick.

That would be equivalent to the #16 pick (1000 pts). They could keep it or trade down Some guys who might be available at #6: Joe Thomas - OT Alan Branch - DT Adrian Peterson - RB Brady Quinn - QB Gaines Adams - DE Jammal Anderson - DE They could also work a trade with someone like NE and swap their 2 first rounders for the #6 pick, and swap a later round pick to make the value even. That would give them the 24, 28, and 37.

At this rate we will complete this draft sometime in June. We might want to speed up the picks to one or two a day.

Thats odd. I wonder if the Bears made him an offer, Carter turned it down and re-signed with Pittsburgh.

Sweet deals. I am feeling so much better by these moves. Carter played for the Steelers and played in 16 games a year 4 out of the last 5, so he seems fairly durable and is probably a decent backup. This all but guarantees that D. Manning will move to CB and Hester will be featured exclusively on returns. With all these moves, the draft is going to be exciting.

Nice pick up. Makes the Boone and Scott losses a little easier. Hopefully they will continue to pick up these values in FA so they can get the best available in the draft.

Normally the preseason schedule comes out the last week of March and the regular season schedule comes out the following week. In 2006, it was preseason (March 29th) and regular season (April 6th).

Tank just had his shit pushed in: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...bears-headlines

LMAO. Working out in prison = offseason conditioning in the NFL. I guess the Bengals are just going to start their off season conditioning in jail.

Wow, only 4 months, how ironic that if he starts serving it now, he will not miss that much time. Now my question is, how long will the suspension from the league be?

Hard to concentrate on the Bears with the Sox in ST. However, I would like to see some extensions to ease the pain of the TJ loss and Briggs situation.

Thats true, but traditionally the guaranteed money is around half the value. Also, that deal would have negated his salary for 2006 where he only made 720k. I am not saying he made the wrong decision, but at that point, what did he expect to make? It just seems like he will not be content until he is paid Urlacher money, and that will not happen with the Bears.

Two words - Damage Control. He hosed up and now he is trying to change his tune. Too late IMO. His true colors came out. Someone made a good comment about the fact that he should be pissed off at the Players Union for agreeing to the terms that the Bears are operating under. In the salary cap era, I think the Franchise tag is a good thing. I also like the fact that he said the 33 million over 7 was not fair at the time. Compared to what he was making at the time, and the money that would have been upgraded, that would have been a decent deal.

Another snippet from Briggs: So now the best case it to sign a long term deal with the Bears, after he said he would never take another snap for them?

An update from the ESPN interview: Man that seven-year, $33 million deal sure looks good now, doesn't it Briggs? That was March of 2006 which was definitely a fair market deal at the time. Either of those drafts would be sweet. I agree though, I think the 2nd one is more realistic.

HoofHearted, if you want to get in, you can take my 2nd team (Chargers) if you would like. If you don't want that team, there are a few others with more than one team that I am sure would be willing to give one up so you can participate.