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Per Brad Biggs of the Sun-Times Marty Booker has signed a two-year deal wit the Bear.

 

Yes!!! He had to be cheap as hell. The sad part is, he's automatically our #1 WR. Hopefully we'll keep after Bryan Johnson.

 

Here's the suntimes blog report from Brad Biggs:

 

Booker agrees to two-year deal with Bears

Three days after losing Bernard Berrian to the Minnesota Vikings, the Bears have brought back a receiver they have always called their own.

 

Marty Booker agreed to a two-year contract Tuesday night. Booker, who holds the franchise record with 100 receptions from 2001, chose the Bears over the New England Patriots.

 

 

Even after trading Booker with a third-round pick to the Dolphins in 2004, general manager Jerry Angelo would refer to him as ``our Marty Booker,'' a sign of the regard he held him in.

 

Now, he is theirs again.

 

Check back for more details soon

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Per Brad Biggs of the Sun-Times Marty Booker has signed a two-year deal wit the Bear.

 

Hey Slick, thanks for the breaking news but you really need to title something like that, "Bear's sign Booker!" I clicked on it thinking it was another "Why we should sign Booker" post.

 

But you were all over that. Thanks for the quick info.

 

It's very ironic we only let Booker go because Terry Shea hated him & we wanted Wale. Because of that we signed Moose. Carolina let Moose go because they couldn't afford him. Now both guys are back.

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Deal is official.

 

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Wide receiver Marty Booker is returning for a second stint with the Bears after agreeing to a two-year contract on Tuesday. Check ChicagoBears.com later for expanded coverage.

 

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Good signing. Our receiving corps are still a mess however. We should still pursue D.J. Hackett.

 

Agreed. Booker basically replaces Moose. He's consistently had less production then Moose but similar. We now need a replacement for Berrian.

 

Although I have a bad feeling that replacement will be the combination of Devin Hester/Mark Bradley.

 

The nice thing is that Booker has played in at least 14 games every year since he left the Bears.

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Hey Slick, thanks for the breaking news but you really need to title something like that, "Bear's sign Booker!" I clicked on it thinking it was another "Why we should sign Booker" post.

 

But you were all over that. Thanks for the quick info.

 

It's very ironic we only let Booker go because Terry Shea hated him & we wanted Wale. Because of that we signed Moose. Carolina let Moose go because they couldn't afford him. Now both guys are back.

 

Good point. My view on him is that we needed a veteran presence if we were going to go with Bradley, Hester, and a rookie. So a good signing, not great but solid.

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Sorry for being redundant, but I thought that needed a !!!

 

Here's the Brad Biggs story from the chicagosuntimes.com

 

Bears bringing back Booker

 

March 4, 2008

BY BRAD BIGGS bbiggs@suntimes.com

Three days after losing Bernard Berrian to the Minnesota Vikings, the Bears have brought back a wide receiver they always have called their own.

 

Marty Booker agreed to a two-year contract Tuesday night. Booker, who holds the single-season franchise record with 100 receptions in 2001, chose the Bears over the New England Patriots.

 

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Marty Booker signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears and will be leaving his post as wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins.

(AP)

 

 

 

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The 10-year veteran was released by the Miami Dolphins last month and put his free-agent plans on hold while he explored a possible return to the Bears. They were more focused on working with their own free agents, but when Berrian departed for a six-year, $42 million deal with the Vikings, the Bears needed to make a move. Mark Bradley and Devin Hester were the only wide receivers under contract with a catch in the NFL.

 

Booker visited the Patriots shortly after being let go by the Dolphins, but then interest in him quieted. The Bears got involved in the last few days.

 

He had 50 receptions last season for 556 yards and one touchdown in a moribund Miami offense. The Dolphins cut him as Bill Parcells cleaned shop, and he was headed into the final season of a seven-year, $28 million contract the Bears gave him in 2002.

 

He was traded to the Dolphins along with a third-round draft pick for defensive end Adewale Ogunleye at the end of the 2004 preseason

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Good point. My view on him is that we needed a veteran presence if we were going to go with Bradley, Hester, and a rookie. So a good signing, not great but solid.

 

Agreed. Not to mention the bigger role that Greg Olsen should have with the team this year. Hell, Olsen might wind up being our #1 receiver.

 

We still need to add another WR either through the draft or free agency. But this fills a major gap. All of us can momentarily quit freaking out for the moment.

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I think this is a great move, and I wouldn't be all that upset with a WR corp of Booker, Bradley, Hester, Haas, Olsen, Clark.

 

Every time Bradley saw the field he seemed to be bigger, stronger, and faster than most. He seemed to be on the verge of a big play, but the OL sucked so bad, and the QB consistency wasn't there, so we never saw it. We also know that Devin Hester is a threat to Forrest Gump a play on every touch. We may also see Haas this year, who knows? And seeing a double-TE package that we were promised last year would be great!

 

I'm not all that worried about the receivers...unless of course the OL is not addressed...in which case the WRs won't matter nearly as much.

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Thank God. At least its a move. He should produce much more than moose.

 

This is an argument that was beat to death when he was first cut, but why the hell do we think he should produce more then Moose? Moose has outperformed him EVERY year since Booker left, and Moose signed.

 

Booker is a veteran WR who hopefully won't have as many drops as Moose (although I doubt he'll be as good at getting in position.)

 

I view this deal as a wash. Booker replaces Moose & should equal his production.

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This is an argument that was beat to death when he was first cut, but why the hell do we think he should produce more then Moose? Moose has outperformed him EVERY year since Booker left, and Moose signed.

 

Booker is a veteran WR who hopefully won't have as many drops as Moose (although I doubt he'll be as good at getting in position.)

 

I view this deal as a wash. Booker replaces Moose & should equal his production.

 

I agree, Moose was really starting to fall, Book should be able to outperform the 2007 stats Moose put up.

That gives us Booker, Hester, Bradley, Davis, Hass. I still see us adding another FA (Johnson, Hackett, McCariens) and then drafting one which would mean either Davis/Hass will be the odd man out.

 

Marty Booker

year rec yds avg td

2007 50 556 11.1 1

2006 55 747 13.6 3

2005 39 686 17.6 3

2004 50 638 12.8 1

 

Moose Muhammad

2007 40 570 14.3 3

2006 60 863 14.4 5

2005 64 750 11.7 4

2004 93 1405 15.1 16

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I agree, Moose was really starting to fall, Book should be able to outperform the 2007 stats Moose put up.

That gives us Booker, Hester, Bradley, Davis, Hass. I still see us adding another FA (Johnson, Hackett, McCariens) and then drafting one which would mean either Davis/Hass will be the odd man out.

 

Marty Booker

year rec yds avg td

2007 50 556 11.1 1

2006 55 747 13.6 3

2005 39 686 17.6 3

2004 50 638 12.8 1

 

Moose Muhammad

2007 40 570 14.3 3

2006 60 863 14.4 5

2005 64 750 11.7 4

2004 93 1405 15.1 16

I'll just throw this out there- Book was in a QB situation that can be argued was worse then ours.

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Marty Booker

year rec yds avg td

2007 50 556 11.1 1

 

Moose Muhammad

2007 40 570 14.3 3

Looks like Moose got outperformed last year...in addition to being over 3 years older (and surely more expensive) than Booker.

Moose had some value as a leader and a teacher and an example for the other WR's though.

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