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He's 30 years old. He is what he is. The Bears still need more youth at that position, so it shouldn't change their priorities in the draft at all. I'm not sure he's a MLB in our system either.

Bushrod, Rookie/Brown, Rookie, Louis, Webb/Carimi

So basically you just don't like the read option? Just trying to see what your stance was on everything else. The funny thing is though, RGIII wasn't even hurt on a read option play. It wasn't even on a designed run either. I understand that play leaves your QB open to more hits, but it's not nearly as dangerous as the spread option, or the triple option play you see in college football where the QB is running parallel to the LOS until the last possible second when he chooses to either keep it or shovel pass it off to the RB. You usually have room to slide or get out of bounds because of the space it creates in a defense. I'm not even hung up so much on the Bears running the read option as much as I want to see them be more creative in general with their play calling. I think San Francisco is a perfect example of an offense that's a pain in the ass to game plan against, even prior to them running the pistol with Kaepernick. We witnessed it first hand. Now they're just a nightmare.

I'm not sure either Ogletree or Brown are true MLB's, unfortunately, although Ogletree might be best suited to play there if need be. I'd still probably take a chance on them just because of the value they present, and IMO, they're clearly the two best LB's by far.

How about New England last year taking a portion out of the Chip Kelly playbook? Green Bay uses read option concepts with Randall Cobb out of the backfield, do they not? Then there is Peyton Manning and his trade mark no huddle offense that no other team besides the Atlanta Falcons have tried to duplicate. My question to you would be, why do you think teams are putting this stuff into their offense if they don't find it beneficial?

Well then you better find a better example than the Patriots, Packers, Broncos, or Saints because all of those teams have some kind of creative trademark or gimmick that they use to keep the defense off-balance. It's not necessary to do a lot of things. It's possible the Bears could win games without running a single play out of the shotgun too.

You are so missing the point. It's not about needing to run a specific play, it's about putting things on tape, which keeps teams in the film room. I'm all for anything that may give the Bears an advantage. One of the reasons Trestman was hired was because of his offensive ingenuity. If that means sprinkling in the read option a time or two every so often to open up a play action pass, great.

The low ball offer pretty much tells you that they didn't want him back. They tried to cover it up with public comments that made it seem as if they really wanted him. Time for a fresh start, I guess.

Wonder what would have happened had Major Wright not destroyed Urlacher's knee in the game against the Vikings. Sucks to see an All-Time great go out because of a contract dispute, but it was probably time. Thanks for the memories, 54.

I doubt it. I'm thinking Ogletree or Arthur Brown. He was the most adamant that they did not want him back. I think there was still a sense of optimism from fans that he would be re-signed.

Dan Bernstein was right after all. Hello LB with the 1st pick.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. They're not going to run Cutler to death. I'm sure they'll be smart with it, and it'll be used sparingly. I'm glad it's in the playbook, and I hope we see more pistol offense that's not part of the read option package. Could be just a simple hand off, could be a misdirection run or a play action pass. Anything to keep the defense honest.

I do think he will be back at a reduced price. Nobody else wants him, and I don't think the Bears want to put him in a situation where they force him into retirement.

Nobody is giving you a second rounder for Devin Hester. That ship sailed years ago, and even then it was a stretch. The Bears probably couldn't even get a 7th rounder out of Hester right now because every team knows that they could just release him.

Excited about this. I'm sure it will be something we use on occasion, maybe 3rd and short situations to keep the defense honest. The best part about the Pistol offense is how dangerous the play action fake can be in the passing game. Cutler will now have a lot more open space to work with whenever they go to the pistol.

Saw on Twitter, from Trestman's comments this morning, that he says Urlacher could be a 1st and 2nd down linebacker. If he's only on the field part-time, why even bother bringing him back?

The rule passed. Friggin joke.. Just one more rule the referees have to worry about that'll end up getting interpreted 50 million different ways.

I brought this up a few months ago as a possibility. Depends how much money we have left to spend. I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. We definitely need that speed element.

I still think Bushrod could end up being a very bad signing. Actually, both of these signings could end up being bad. I'm not as confident as some. I guess only time will tell.

If these rule changes keep up, pretty soon we will be watching 17 weeks of the Pro-Bowl. It's getting ridiculous.

I threw up over the idea of Tim Tebow being our backup quarterback. Calvillo is 40 years old and has never played a down of NFL football in his life. Nobody in their right minds is going to offer him a contract.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Nick Roach played fairly well at MLB last year. Maybe I'm selling him a bit short, but I saw him miss a few too many tackles for my liking. I thought he got off balance too easily at times. Not sure what we're losing with him that we couldn't have replaced in the draft.

Money-wise, yeah, there's no way he's worth the kind of money he got, and he might flop in Miami, but in Minnesota, he would have been in a perfect situation. Adrian Peterson alone would get him open. If Ponder improves, even a little bit, I think Wallace would have put up career numbers with the Vikings.