Rebuilding mode...

[BearSox]

With the lack of activity in the offseason and the team's willingness of letting starters like Berrian and Briggs go, as well as special team contributors like Ayanbadejo and Gilmore, I am thinking more and more that JA and the Bears are going to spend the next season or two rebuilding the team to make them better for the future rather then putting all our resources into just for the next year or two.

 

I can't say this is a bad idea, but it would suck to see the Bears suck for a year or two, if not more. But with the young talent and future the Lions, Vikings, and Packers have, we might not be able to compete in the NFC North for more then maybe a year or two.

[Ed Hochuli 3:16]

With the lack of activity in the offseason and the team's willingness of letting starters like Berrian and Briggs go, as well as special team contributors like Ayanbadejo and Gilmore, I am thinking more and more that JA and the Bears are going to spend the next season or two rebuilding the team to make them better for the future rather then putting all our resources into just for the next year or two.

 

I can't say this is a bad idea, but it would suck to see the Bears suck for a year or two, if not more. But with the young talent and future the Lions, Vikings, and Packers have, we might not be able to compete in the NFC North for more then maybe a year or two.

I agree. The Queens and Lions kept getting high draft picks and eventually it pays off, and that it's starting to do. The Packers future looks bright with the exception of Favre possibly leaving after this upcoming year.

 

Yes, it would be terrible to watch this team suffer through 2-3 years of futility, but it's what JA wants, I guess. They raise ticket prices and then don't spend the money. It makes me sick...

 

"With the 2nd pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech"

[nfoligno]

Sort of like our nation and economy. All signs point to a depression, yet our leaders tell us that isn't the case.

 

Our leadership is saying we are not in a rebuilding mode, yet at the same time, all signs seem to point toward just that.

 

A year ago, we tagged Briggs as the stated logic was we were coming off a SB, looking to return, and could not lose Briggs for that run. Sort of like when a GM says this one guy may be expensive, but is the missing piece to get you over the top. This year, I think the logic could have been similar for Berrian, but our choosing not to tag him IMHO is a sign that we are looking at down the road rather than 2008.

 

We enter FA w/ a ton of cap space, but thus far we have only re-sign and extended our own guys, 3 of which were not even FAs (Clark, Brown, Orton). Now, while everyone else is spending on FAs, we are talking about reworking deals of players like Urlacher and Brown.

 

In today's NFL, you can build while you compete, but it sure does look like we are in a more traditional re-building mode, and to be honest, while I hate it, I can also understand it. We are not a player or two away, as we may have felt a year ago. On offense, we need a QB, RB, 2 WRs and 2 OL. On defense, we need a LB and two safeties. Some of those positions may be filled by young players on the roster stepping up, but that is a lot of needs to expect to be filled immediately.

 

I have a feeling 2008 may be more about developing youth.