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As far as WMD's MB, my approach would have been totally different. Still, glad we got the Bum that was running the show over there a silk necktie.

Common trac. Who gives a shit about sadam? Dude was just another money and power hungry despot who was brutally oppressing and torturing/killing his people to perpetuate his rule? Why are you so hyped up on him? Why not the 40-50 other bad guys in, say

What in my comments reflect an idea that the other scumbags don't deserve a predator up their asses as well? They'll all get what's coming to them sooner or later MB. It's all about the money, big guy. I don't care who's in the White House, our politicians check with the Saudi's and Chinese before they do much of anything these days.

Thanks for the song trac... I left a little love note for you up top btw. he he.

GP..I loved it but one flaw...DH is a WR now no KR's and the flyer might be a light rail.

This maybe our 2010 Bears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFpVsTuOpK8

Thanks lobo. By the way, are smurfs related to munchkins?

second cousins once removed

Yes. They are both delicious when dunked in coffee.

From Da Site:

Here

I suppose I would take:
Afalava > Bullocks
Beekman > Omiyale

Other than that, it's as good a set as the Bears have IMO.

+2

Very true trac, very true (you comment to my comment to you comment to my comment).

Did you guys see Vash got cut by the chargers? I don't know whether to giggle or just shake my head.

Hey, where's FQ been lately, he's been conspicuously absent.

geez, my "r" obviously wasn't working.

Nice try MB... you could at least improved the excuse to claim that your "r" did not work *inside parentheses*...

bruatal.

The real bitch Dave is that I usually spell check my stuff (in word) before I post , but of coure 'you' is correctly spelled. Damn it... thanks a lot grammar checker!

Clearly, I could have used the grammar checker to fix tense in my smart-ass rejoinder.

I wasn't going to take the easy shot and do that to you Dave. It was a good effort.

Geez, if folks are gonna get their panties in a bunch over typos and mis-spellings I am in DEEP doo-doo.

Or should that be "do-do"? And should it be "Jeez"? Or "Jeeze"? Or "Geeze"?

Damn! Now my brain hurts.

Hee's the ound up fom the two lette netwok: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/09/04/nfl.cuts.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

lol. I saw what you did

Boom Dave, boom.

Eye lov et!

Hahahah...

I guess, Turner was making up stuff when he said Nathan Vasher was playing good.

I really feel bad for him though, I know he should be set for a couple of years but I wonder how well he could have played if injuries didn't stop his career.

This will happen to Tommie Harris soon if he doesn't return to his original self.

Unfortunately 85, most players contract's are set up in a way that pressure's them into coming back too soon from an injury because so much of their salary and bonus's are contingent on certain on field criteria being met. Vasher lost his wheels and should have waited until he fully healed before coming back. Sad to see a guy go from the Pro Bowl to being cut in such a short time.

But, so much for the "We shoulda kept Vasher" crowd.

Ken Whisenhunt to Matt Whinert, er, Leinert:

"Leave your playbook, Trojan-breath. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out and take your piss-poor attitude and half-assed work ethic with you."

USC-University of Spoiled Children.

Yeah, I have to admit that I, too, thought Darren Sharper sounded like a good idea in the spring, but the Saints just had to PUP him because he's still trying to recover from microfracture surgery.

Yep. Good thing the Bear's didn't f that up.

Imagine that! A coach lying his ass off about a player's stautus. Sure glad the BEARS never stoop to that kind of stuff.

Fuckin Bullshit. So what draft pick have we kept from the past two years? umm idk. WTF these guys are so fuckin retarded where i would gladly and happily put a bullet in both those fuckin assholes.... DIE ANGELO DIE LOVIE..... im buzzed but fuck them! eat shit and die slow you shits, about the only thing i love besides my kids.... DABEARS!

I'm buzzed too. Thanks! I went from mad to laughing.

All of the NFL cuts.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81a25abd/article/cutdown-day-teams-release-players-to-reach-53man-roster?module=HP_headlines

Not much there in the way of offensive lineman.

You could say the same think about Halas Hall these days, too.

When are you gonna come in
When are you going to land
You should have stayed in the camp
You should have listened to your old man
You know they can't hold you forever
You didn't sign up with them
You're not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye Revis brick road
Where the dogs of secondary howl
You can't plant him in your big house
He's going back to his crib

Sung to the tune of.....?

Think Elton John.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0gXuifSAA

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0905-jay-cutler-bears-chicago-20100904,0,925216.story

Jay Cutler got Turner out of town.. and he puts him down in this story.

Idk about Jay or whether this is good or bad.

I don't really know if he directly puts him down, it really annoys me too if someone constantly asks me for input or advice and never takes or implements it. Just don't ask then. :)

Why did we draft La Favor again?

Was it a publicity move? Seriously, that was the wasted draft pick, I have ever seen. He didn't even get to play a real game.

Ohh.. Jackson signed with a team. They won't say who it is though.

TJ is not going to MN.. for now.

And one last thing before I think what jersey I should wear Sunday, why do we change peoples positions? Why can't they just play where they are good at?

We can't afford to use up a roster spot for him 85. Martz didn't feel comfy rolling with Hanie as backup and they weren't about let Hanie go after all the time that's been put into him. They flubbed the dub for drafting him in the first place.

At least they didn't get rid of a solid player to keep him.

see... that's Lovie Logic 101. If a player is a good athelete but sucks ass at one position, it must be that exact position they suck at and not their low football IQ, so keep moving them around in that position group until you don't look like a complete dumbass for not cutting them.

And If I am right, it sounded like they went after Mr.Bates, his old offense coordinator and couldn't get him.

of course he wanted to at least try and get his old coordinator after the offensive success they had in Denver. I think you are reading a little too much into the article. Just know that he has a coach now that actually wants his input and will help implement his ideas as well instead of being ignored by Turner.

85, I took it the same way as you. It looks like Cutler greased the skids out of town for Turner. I'm not conflicted on this. It was a good thing. Turner was horrible. Cutler speaks glowingly about Shanny, Bates and Martz. He never says anything about Turner (until this interview) and even then is pretty diplomatic about it.

All of the regulars on this blog could call the play correctly before it was run at least 85% of the time in the last few years. That's beyond bad. A real DC after watching hours of tape would probably be around 95%. Hats off to the OL the year we ran to the SB. With obvious play calls and a limited QB (I'm being kind because on a personal level I always liked Rex) it's amazing we made it to the SB. I can't imagine any scenario where Ron Turner will ever be an OC in the NFL again.

One could also say Cutler had something to do with Shanny being run out of town.

That's a crock. It was the horrible D and ST's year after year that got Shanny canned. Cutler was a pro bowler the year Shanny got canned.

Cutler's red zone woes didn't start in Chicago Canada. Cutler didn't help matters in Denver when Shanny dumped Plummer to start Cutler and it didn't work out. Listen, I like the guy but he's gotta make better decisions and learn to settle down in the pocket when there is one. I notice the happy feet on almost every play.

OK, you must be correct. One of the worst D's in the league that year vs a pro bowl QB. Yep, that darn QB got him fired. Please.

You're looking at my comment all wrong Canada. Shanahan got caught up in the Cutler or bust game just like our team has. A quarterback is the answer unless you have a good team around him. That's my point boyo.

Is boyo some conservative religious smear?

No Canada, I'm kinda like Bush and I like to give out nicknames to all my friends.

I feel special.

Contrary to pop. belief here, I like all you guys. No matter what kind of glasses you wear.

So, USC played Hawaii and the won, 45-36.
There was an interesting common thread in that game.

Neither squad did ANY live tackling in practice.

Sound familiar?

Totally agree about the red zone INT's. I was ranting about that last season. He had as many last year as Brady has in his NFL career. If I was sacked 10 times in a little over one game I'd be a little skittish too. I'm no Cutler apologist but there's a ton of reasons we sucked on O last year. Cutler was only one part of it.

SIGN TONY RICHARDSON!

What i need to know is how the hell does AL AFALAVA start over 10 games last year and played good decent football and then gets Cut? and Bullocks a guy who cant even fuckin make a starting position stays? Its like they cut the better guy and kept the suckier guy.

i keyed on Afalava and was utterly disappointed in his play. He brought the wood a couple of times but that doesn't make you a good nfl football player. He was absolutely brutal. Was he more brutal than Bullocks who is the definition of brutal? i don't know. They both made me shake my head at the extent that the organization has ignored the Free Safety position for years.

Was Al Afalava this bad?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7bCO5-69mU
by the way he is #29.

Total bullshit (Bullocks) man.

He was a freaking rook last year and did a damn fine job. Then he gets on lovies shit list somehow and barely sees any reps during the camps. Finaly, when lovies brilliant SS roster list takes a shit in preseason they HAVE to throw the kid in and he's out there in his second year without any practice? The guy is a player... he just needed to be coached, focused on a bit, and brought up to speed with the rest of the 1sts.

Common man. Bullocks is fucking terrible. I hate lovie and his bullshit roster politics. Play the best fucking player at the postion you fucking moron. Jesus christopher.

MB, Bullocks is fucking terrible, make no mistake about it. My concern is that Afalava took terrible angles, had his back turned to the line of scrimmage, seemed lost on the field and generally looked like he regressed terribly from last season. This just doesn't happen at game time, i'm sure the coaches were dismayed to see it during every practice as well. For the record, in the middle of a family parties during Bears games I routinely scream obscenities at Manning, Steltz, HH and Bullocks so much that it is now a family inside joke.

It's a moot point now Johnny, but why. That's an excellent point you bring up... WHY did he regress so much? It's puzzling to me. Besides hearing that for some inane reason he got onto lovies shitlist and was bannished to the depths to see zero reps all offseason, I don't get how a guy can go from promising rook to terrible 2nd year. It happened to forte, but there was an easy explanation. It sounds like you think he basically forgot all the fundamentals of being a DB?!?!

I have zero answers, and it doesn't matter anymore anyway... but that can only happen on a lovie smith team for christ's sake. Just ridiculous. The idiot MUST go. Honestly, I've never seen two men ruin so many carriers one way or another.

Busy day for ex-Trojan QBs. That will be John David Booty in the unemployment line behind Mr Leinert.

wasn't he LSU?

Wasn't that the brother, JOSH Booty, at LSU?

Confirmed.

John David Booty followed Matt "The Whiner" Leinert" at Southern Cal.

Keep in mind, Mr. Richardson is a fullback entering his 15th or 16th NFL season but the 4-Letter mopes say the Jets want to bring him back after game 1.

The Jets cut FB Tony Richardson. Should the bears be interested?

Hell yea! Sign him, release Wolfe.

Okay, back online and I've just seen the roster ...

Why is Jerry in a job again? What does he do? Draft players? So his top two picks that year were Pool Man and Lazyarse?
Excellent man, really and sincerely. He gets paid way more than the head coach, isn't that high-on-crack funny? I'm sitting here figuring out how I'm going to pay hospital bills and stuff ... and there's JA quite literally trying to strangle the Chicago Bears by whiffing the top picks every single year. Absolute, unequivocal incompetence. If you wanted to destroy the Bears, installing a gobshite like Angelo would be the most effective way of doing it. I wasn't even joking when I said he could have done a better job with random selections. He's bumming Philips, seriously, I don't know what explains his employment status at this time other than that.

* We have no full-backs. Greg Olsen is going to block the shit out of linebackers and linemen for Taylor and Forte? Sweet.

* We cut not one, but our two backup centers. Sweet.

* We have three healthy safeties? Really?

* Congratulations Messrs. Wolfe and Davis. The Smurf Houdini brothers pull another pair of rabbits out of the hat. The incredible shrinking man and Methuselah live to fight another day.

* How many teams fell off their chairs reaching for their phones when Tim Shaw was cut? Congratulations Hunter, nice rabbit.

* Has Jamar Williams made the pro bowl yet?

Shaw is way too short to be a backup at MIKE, so Hunter and 1.) So what?

2.) Garza is the backup Center, and Beekman was the only real cut, the other Center was an undrafted walk-on.

3.) Chris Harris, Manning, and Bullocks, I guess so.

4.) Agreed. I have no idea how those two avoid the cut every year..

5.) Shaw is way too short to be a backup MIKE and therefore would would not have been up against Hunter for a spot, Shaw is an outside guy and was against Iwuh... and lost.

6.)I doubt Jamar Williams is going to the Pro Bowl anytime soon since he is not even starting for the Panthers this season.

I don't get all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over Jamar Williams.

He had beau coup opportunites to crack the starting lineup and, except for injury reasons, never did in FOUR seasons in Chicago. Granted, all 4 are with Lovie making his puzzling personnel moves BUT, now Jamar looks like a spare part, once again, in Carolina.

Good Point! YES FUCKING PREACH THAT SHIT MAN!!!!!!!! YES!

Dan Pompei called LePew the possible Bears QB of the future as we waived him. Does this fucking idiot realize that Cutler is in his mid 20's? Is LePew going to wait a decade before being the QB? what an idiot.

Look, Cutler looked like dogshit in game 3. 2 of the 4 sacks were his fault for leaving the pocket too fast, his 1st pick he had 6 seconds and a clean pocket and he threw it right to the DB, his best completion was severely underthrown and Knox had to come back and fight for it, and he missed an open Hester deep. If that had been Orton people would be booing him off the field and beggin the team to start Collins after game 4.

Simply because he is paid a lot to do the job doesn't guarantee him anything if he continues to play poorly, look at Delhomme in Carolina, perfect example of a team having too much faith in a guy. Lefevour would have been a good insurance policy, a young QB capable of being mobile and making all the throws, pushing Cutler to ensure he doesn't rest on his laurels because of his paycheck.

The long bomb to Hester bounced off his hands. Can't blame Cutler for that one. I agree he looked like crap overall. He's got happy feet in the pocket. Not good. I understand why but it's alarming. Pepe looked good in one game against the scrubs. He looked like shit in 2 other games against the scrubs. He may turn into a decent QB but it's hardly a lock.

Hester stretched out and barely got his fingertips on it, that is on Cutler, maybe Fitzgerald grabs it... but he isn't throwing that ball to Fitzgerald.

Pepe looked pretty good in every game factoring in circumstances. He came in in game 2 with no practice reps after Hanie gets hurt and doesn't look half bad, his receivers dropping every other pass make his numbers deceiving, game 2 he was our best QB by far moving the offense scoring an actual TD, the ball he threw to Wolfe in the flat was one of the better passes Ive seen all preseason and wolfe has it go right through his hands.

It doesn't matter if he is a lock to be a good QB, it matters what we have in him and what value he has.. Caleb Hanie is an undrafted FA who has seen no real NFL action, is on his second offense and coming off a shoulder injury, and has now been demoted from the # 2 guy so; who would sign an undrafted guy who hasn't started in 3 years, would be on his third offense and is injured..... noone. But a projected 4th round pick who slipped to the sixth round and showed poise in the pocket and good touch on his passes; um duh that is a no brainer. If Collins is the #2 which he apparantly is, Pepe makes much more sense to keep as a 3rd QB than Hanie especially after an injury to his throwing arm.

game 3... he was the best not 2 sorry.

Wow the Eagles cut Macho Harris in his 2nd year... wasnt he like a stud USC safety?

Wow! The hits just keep on comin' for Trojanville this weekend.

No way on Hester's drop. He didn't lay out or leave his feet. He stretched out and it went off his hands. I've always heard the talking heads that were WR's say if it hits both of your hands you should catch it.

If Hanie doesn't get hurt we aren't having this conversation. Typical Bears luck, Hanie gets hurt and we have to sign Collins.

I'd take Hanie over Pepe any day of the week. As far as the projected round hooey ... You were drafted where you were drafted. He was a 6th rounder. If Pepe turns out to be a decent NFL QB remind me and I'll admit you were correct. Right now I"m not buying it.

Thank you FTW, good to see someone else has eyes as well. The most dangerous thing this organization can do other than allow JA and Lovie to keep their jobs is to forget about the cold weather come Nov/Dec. There's a reason we're supposed to be a running team first.

Yeah, Dan "The Last Daze of" Pompei can hang that Lefevour quote up there with tha "Great QBS don't have bad pre-season games" line from last week.

Shit! I knew LeFevour wouldn't clear waivers, they should of just had him and Juaqin come up limping and put them on IR. Damnit.

Oh well, I am mad we still have Bullocks, Hungry like the Smurf and Rasheeeeed but at least we didn't cut Bell or Kellen Davis.

ONE... MORE... WEEK

I'd have been okay with Shaw over Bell. +a lot on Kellen tho.

If you keep Shaw it is for his value on ST; so then if you are cutting a RB, you should cut the Smurf; then you keeping a real RB for your 3rd and keeping a good ST player.

Supporters of U. of Illinois football have FOND memories of Ron Turner, too.

Damn it, you *did* have to remind me what he did to my Alma Mater...

They couldn't come up with Master Bates?

Probably just as well, for the sake of this blog.

Uh, not a huge fan MBP.

I'm a little more fired up that Soundgarden is back together.

Come on MB, get with it. Everyone loves the old Peter Puffer.

Elton John vs. Soundgarden....I'll take Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings or maybe some old Keane.

I don't hate the dude, just don't own any albums. The wife likes him... and I'm sure all his disney stuff will be much appreciated by my daughted very soon, you just won't hear me blasting shining candle (or whatever) outta my windah.

I'll do some Metallica next time.

Good call MB. I remember Badmotorfinger blowing me away almost 20 years ago.

Pepe found a new home.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/bengals-claim-qb-lefevour-titans-grab-shaw.html

Good for him

So wait, tell me. We have no fuckin Fullbacks? and Let me guess Lovie is gonna try to make D Clark into one? sounds like the hester and defensive coordinator bullshit all over again. Wow these guys love pissin me off!

Fresno, I understand but, when was the last time we had a fullback that made the difference for us.

that dont mean we shouldnt have one or atleast try to get one. I mean shit man, thats like saying why have a Head Coach cause when was the last time one made a difference for us?

Martz will probably want to throw on 3rd and 1. I have a problem with that in Chicago come november/december.

This guy's pretty good too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aoFR47nw0

I am very relieved this fine morning gents.

As it turns out, we're not going to have to worry much about the 2012 season and whatever soap opera is almost assured to take place. Turns out that the Mayans were pretty much right and we are all SO screwed. I hope you all say your piece to the bears by then.

Looks like the world is going to end with Jerry fucking angelo and lovie smith as the last known chi bears coaches.

Talk about an apocalypse.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/23/mass.extinction.glb/index.html

Sounds like their grant is about to run out MB.

hahahaha... science baby, science.

Do you have your zombie phone ready trac?

Actually, it's a fund drive.

For another perspective on this, check out this gem by Michael Crichton - "Aliens Cause Global Warming"

http://www.s8int.com/crichton.html

I like Science, good Science that is. Observable, repeatable and testable. Any conclusions arrived outside of that criteria is a Religion or Faith based.

Irish, you've been conspicuously absent lately, everything ok with the girls?

Still haven't got my babies home, but thanks man. Dude I haven't even touched them or smelled them yet. And I feel a little guilty cos I'm not even in the same country right now. Back in the auld sod sorting out a new visa.

Checked in on you boys from Abu Dhabi though ... and I'm just starting the deep breathing exercises for the coming season. Preparing lots of positive vibes for our boys. Cleanliness is the order of the day. Clean minds. Clean blocks. Clean tackles. Clean execution. Clean snaps. Clean throws. Clean catches.

So if we just clear all the negativity from our minds ... and if we all just visualise Detroit getting smacked upside the head by a healthy squad of Bears, send out those positive vibes ... we'll get through this week by week.

Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .....

Ah.....the quiet before the storm. I hope it's not a cat 5.

FQ saw what we saw MB. I think he's taking a sabbatical to recharge his mojo.

I don't think so Trac. He's still gungho. He's a social media wizard... he's probably tweetin' up sandra bullock or somethin.

I digress Matt but the word exciting isn't exactly the one I had in mind.

as opposed to Ron Turner's "offense"?

Chamon man! You know it will be "exciting" either way. Either we will see our team come together and put together a winning season, possibly head deep into the playoffs, maybe even fuck around and get to the Bowl.

OR

Our organization will be flipped upside down and gutted.

Sounds exciting to me!

mmmmmBearssss

Not my nickname Trac, talk to the "Blogfather".

Besides, What kind of NFL player gets "scared into submission" by a nickname?

Lighten up Francis.

I'm not mad, it's just all so laughable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrllCZw8jiM

Nice GD!

"You just made the list buddy"

The blog has not faith?

Fearless predictions
Week 1: Win. Lions still suck

Week 2: Win. I'm not drinking the Dallas Cool aid. Close game, we win. Expect injuries (circa Dallas game in 07).

Week 3: Loss. Fucking packers. They are pretty good. I hate them.

Week 4: Loss. Giants are overrated. Eli won't put up huge numbers this year, but we will find a way to lose.

Week 5: Win. By now our O is starting to get it.

Week 6: Win. Seattle is bad.

Week 7: Win. McNabb is hurt and Rex Grossman starts. Sweet revenge.

Week 8: Win. Bills are terrible. If they pass for 300 yards on us, I will quit watching football in 2010.

Week 9: Loss. Vikes in the Dome will be tuff. Rice might be back too.

Week 10: Loss. Marshall eats our secondary alive. This is a game we give away somehow.

Week 11: Win. Nothing about the Eagles scares me anymore. They aren't that good.

Week 12: Win. Lions still suck.

Week 13: Loss. Pats are still good... really good.

Week 14: Win. Farve is injured by now. T-jack lays an egg on the road.

Week 15: Loss. Jets D is still good.

Week 16: Win. Packers already clinched.

Record. 10-6. NFC 2nd wild card by tie breaker.

This should not be good enough for Lovie to keep his job. Plus we are a few injuries/bad calls away from 6-10. ugh. bear down.

Week 7: Loss. McNabb is hurt and Rex Grossman starts. Sweet revenge on all asshole fans in Chicago.

Week 8 perdiction is funny as fuck.. good point

Wasted fucking draft picks! I fucken hate these guys.

I'm with you Fresno. My 5th grader would do a better job picking numbers out of a hat. Jerry needs to get out more and mingle with the fans. On second though, that might not be such a good idea.

Pimps Up... Trojans Down

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/09/cardinals-release-qb-matt-leinart/1

Man I HATE the Iglesias cut... so many better ways to deal with that, cut rasheeed, or milk Bennetts leg to the IR. I guess he was too tall to play WR for us, St. Louis is going to snatch Bradford's favorite target up faster than you can blink. Another thing about this season for the Bears that I am a little concerned with, has nothing to do with the Bears... but how many people are actually watching the FOX broadcasts? Is it just me or are there issues like every damn game. Game 1) first 20 min gone. Game 2) first 5 min and then audio/video sync problems all game Games 3) starts on time but intermittent Audio/video synce issues and same with Game 4. I really hope this isn't going to be a trend once the real games start.

Anyway, I really hope we keep Bell over Wolfe, there just really shouldn't be anyone on the Bears who is smaller than most high school freshmen.

Per WGN'S INSTANT REPLAY tonight, Iglesias has been signed to the practice squad.

Video of the best football player ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJeTgQ-lgvE
I wish there was a video of blocking highlights. Roland Harper got 995 yards rushing one season with Walter as the lead blocker. I wonder if any defender ever said "I got the best of Walter Payton today." I have to believe he gave out more punishment than he ever received from any one player in a game.

Did you notice how Payton carried the ball? It was like an extension of his body, awesome.

The only thing I'm pissed about HOF WP...he never got the rock for a touchdown in the SB..Even Da Coach regrets it. RIP WP.

http://discussions.chicagotribune.com/20/chinews/ct-spt-0906-bears-chicago--20100905/10

*sniff*.... *sniff*

Man I love Dez. Dude is such a team player. Olsen can't hold his jock.

And: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0906-bears-bits--20100905,0,1431360.story

Turenne cracked his ribs.

Tim Shaw got picked up by the Titans.

Guess who just got back today?
That wild-eyed boy that had been away
Hasn't changed, don't much to say
But man, I still think that cat can play

We was asking if he was around
How he was, where he could be found
Told them he was living downtown
Driving all the old hoes crazy

The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town
I said
The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town
The boy is back in town

Sunday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Meadowlands bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
And if the boy wants to fight, you'd better let him

That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting colder, it won't be long
Won't be long till the season comes
Now that the boy is here again

Before anyone asks, Thin Lizzy. Long time reader and big fan of this blog and you guys...

I'm feelin you GPLDan! Nice job, makes me miss old Phil Lynott.

I think like many years, there're reasons to be optimistic and reasons to be pessimistic.

On the optimistic side -

Cutler/Martz combo. I'm already liking Martz's playcalling, to me it seems worlds apart from our former asswipe coordinator. And we've only watched fake games! This team is going to be the first Bears team since Lovie Smith has been here to run competent and effective screen plays. And Jay Cutler, here at least we have a QB who, if he sees someone open as a play develops, can get them the ball. Whether our receivers can catch it, that's a question (Knox yes Hester no).

Running backs - no doubt this is the best combo since Jones/Benson and should have more upside than them. And see above for the overall positive effects of a revived screen pass offense on the running offense overall.

Tight ends - well most of us are close to dumping out the last dregs of koolaid remaining in the Greg Olsen glass. But he's at least better than average, I still believe that Kellen Davis could be a very good tight end and we still have Des even if he's apparently going to be our fullback.

More to go, I'll pick this up later...

Ah, Philo .... R.I.P. auld son

Ravens agreed to terms with WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh on a one-year, $855,000 contract.

but we're all set at WR...

Do you guys realize that other teams DO NOT fear us at the WR position. Every team feels that they can single cover Hester and Knox and send additional blitzes to rip Cutlers head off. I'm not saying that TJ is the answer by any means, but for that price, why not suit the man up on Sundays? I don't get it.

he's 35 and would need to pick up Martz's offense in 7 days. not gonna happen Joseph. Let's see how much offenses fear Knox and Hester when they are running 60yards for TD's. No one fears Hoosyourmama.

He's 32. He's gonna have to pick up an offense wherever he goes. Hester is fragile and Knox weighs a buck 80.

And who gets the ball in the redzone? 5'10 Hester or 6'0 Knox? How about paper thin vertical/alligator arms Girlie Thor? No thanks

And who's going to break those tackles?

New England and Pittsburgh each now a few Super Bowls with small receivers, and Marvin Harrison was no big dude.

C'mon guys, it's too late to re-invent the wheel. We're gonna roll with the smurfs whether we like it or not.

"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius".
Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSG5ANAdIp4

And another story about iglesita and pool boy... and more importantly a telling tale of what a complete and utter fucktard Jerry is with his draft picks. We simply cannot afford to let them moron piss away another draft

them = that

It happens every year with these guys MB. Angelo reminds me of the monkey that the bushmen catch by putting food in holes of tree's that aren't big enough for the monkeys to remove their hands without letting go of the food. Rather than give up their tasty morsels the monkeys remain trapped and the bushmen just walk up to them and clobber them over the head.

Angelo more often than not drafts he consider's the best talent available when the Bears picks come and he very seldom drafts the best player suited for the teams needs.

Unga comes to mind. No doubt the guy was a good value for a 7th round draft pick but we didn't NEED him. 11 Teams passed before Jerry's turn, who just couldn't stop him self. Our tight ends also come to mind. We ended up releasing a very good player in Angula because of too many TE's on the roster. Yep, these guys are definitely still playing checkers.

Indeed trac, indeed.

Btw, nice nod to the motherland trac.

Today's Bears Player of the Day is...................Chris Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB6fL064rvs&feature=related

Are RT's supposed to be mello guys?

Maybe RIGHT tackles can be, but LEFT tackles? Nope.

Holy Crapola. We coulda had Max Unger, Loadholt or Massoquai insteads of Poll Guy and Lazyarse ? Meh.

Pig Ben was not elected a Steelers captain.

On three. 1-2-3.... awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

VERY difficult to "Captain" from the press box and/or in street clothes.

So many things so awesome about that guy. Words always fail.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81a3cb17/Ellerbe-s-Flashy-Interception

Is that... is that lovie yeling at that kid? Oh, wait... no... that's a good coach.

Speaking of Lovie MB, did you watch the post game press conference last night? Lovie is feeling the heat. He seemed like he definitely didn't want to be fielding questions. Personally, I think he wore out. I think he's about to cave.

Not that it means jack shit, but good for Samurai anyway: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/gameflash/2010/09/02/4211_recap.html

Singletary may not be a good coach yet but he sure has the fire to scratch out 4 more wins than our bunch of gormless idiot's running the show. Who do you think will have more confidence going into the regular season? Oh that's right, preseason doesn't matter.

If we don't fix the OL and can't get off the field on 3rd downs, we're 4-12. If we fix both of those problems and ST's are still top 10, we're 10-6. That's a huge span but we've shown less than zero in pre-season. I know it doesn't count but it means something. I'm hoping the O comes together and the D pulls an Archie Bell and Tighten's Up. I don't think Lovie or JA will lose their job this off season due to the looming lockout so there really isn't any incentive to root against the Beloved.

Fixing THOSE two issues is QUITE a wish list. I'll settle for the O-Line so we can at least keep Cutler upright.

Don't get me wrong, I NEVER root AGAINST the guys I've watched in earnest for more that 40 years (GEEEZ he's old!). I've just learned over those years to keep my expectations low. Even in '85 I didn't really feel secure until the 2nd half of the Super Bowl. I was still nervous when the Sox were up 3 games to none on the Astros in the 2005 World Series figuring it would be just like a Chicago team to become the first to blow a 3-0 Series lead.

As I said, about the 9th win I'll start to get excited about the season. It'll be fun to watch though, good or bad. I just get this feeling that LDL is gonna try one of Bullwinkle's "Hey Rocky..watch me pull a rabbit out my hat!" routines. Hope I'm wrong.

Rocky: "Wrong hat?"

Bullwinkle: "I think it's OTHER than the hat."

BTW, ROCKY & BULLWINKLE -Season 4 coming out on DVD

That was some funny shit once you started to get the political jokes being tossed around.

Many of which are STILL RELEVANT today!

Agreed, good post Jeff very motivational I enjoyed it and I'm willing (as always) to drink the Bears kool-aid. And if you don't like it drink bitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtdFRHQwF2I

My only question would be why if you thought Prime Cutler and the Bears needed a year to adjust last year why they wouldn't need one again under a new Mike Martz offense? Also, I'm not sure that Lovie and Co. would be fired if the Bears had a losing season. It doesn't seem likely the Bears would pay millions of dollars to hire an established coach (like Bill Cower or John Gruden) while at the same time pay Lovie millions to relax and take a year off on the beach somewhere. I believe the looming CBA negotiations deadline is the biggest story this year. If the unions don't come to some sort of agreement we'll have a lockout and football as you know it will cease to exist.

Side notes:

1. If it comes down to Rahsied Davis and Joaquin Iglesias the Bears need to cut Davis. I know Iglesias hasn't been great, but we know what kind of player Rahsied Davis is: scrappy. Scrappy at best. I don't want scrappy. You can't spell scrappy without crappy and Rashied Davis needs to GO (Joke). But seriously. Watching Rahsied drop a big 3rd down pass brought up some bad memories and I realize he will never be good. He's average at best. Iglesias? He may never be great, but I'm willing to bet his ceiling may be higher and could develop into a solid WR for the Bears - which more than you can say about Davis. That piece of scrap.

2. Volcanoooooooo!

3. Doc, you're absolutely right about the Bears defense and the dead Lovie 2. I can only hope Trac's cloak and dagger theory proves correct... Except if it's the 'mug' defense which they unveiled a few years ago.

4. Here's what I'm expecting this year: A strong enough showing by the defense (I hope) while the offense struggles to "gel", much like last season. By the time Prime Cutler gets juiced up on offense, I'm afraid the defense will giving up yards and points at will. My only hope this year is that this offensive line and these WRs can come around in time before the defense starts to crash and burn.

I saw Sheed drop that pass, and I thought "well, he may be scrappy, but he still has hands of stone."

5. If you haven't already seen Christopher Nolan's Inception I suggest you go take a look because the special effects and the audio are captivating. And ladies if you like Leonardo DiCaprio you'll probably think he's DREAMY.

Did you see it?

Dude, I saw it in those D-Box Seats.

http://www.d-box.com/en/movie-theatre/

Holy shitballz!

It's time to bear down because contrary to everyone's belief we don't play the versions of all these teams that have had so much success in the past. Every team we play this year is so fucking beatable that it is not even funny. The Packers are the best team we play this year and Peppers is going to fucking molest their offensive tackles. Rodgers is absolutely fucked. Expect 3 step drops and quick slants all game because if they drop back far he dies quick. We are not playing against Superbowl versions of the Panthers, Giants, Pats, etc. The cowboys can't score a fucking touchdown, the Vikings 6'5 receiver Rice is not coming back by the time we play them and even if he does he will be coming back from hip surgery, are you fucking kidding me? We're worried about SIdney Rice after hip surgery? Wright will fuck his hip with his pringles can. The Bears go 11-5 hands down.

We all have no clue what will go down this season. We can guess, we can hope and we can be realistic. WE can do all of that and still be wrong. Either way, its 85, 05, or even 06, no one would be able to tell you how well they were going to become.

I think we are in for a suprise either way. We will be amazed that the pieces finally came together or shocked that all that talent can't win games. End of story.

+1

I've never watched a Bears pre-season and felt like I knew or understood the team less. I have no idea about this team. But my gut tells me they are very very bad.

That's What makes it Exciting! No?

I feel like the last few years, we've pretty much known what we should expect from Da Bears going into the season. Aside from aquiring Cuntler, it was the same shit, different year. New players, new coaches new Bears. Don't sell these guys short, this group could suprise us. Again, this could blow up in our faces this season. That would still be more exciting than what we've seen in recent years.

My gut says the same, GP. But, since I've been drinking heavily today, I'm ready to puke that gut out and make my official prediction - 12-4 (ala the miracle 2001 season) with a first round playoff loss to a real team.

11-5 and we win first round playoff game vs...the Philadelphia Eagles, as sweet revenge for 2001.

Ok I'm done pouting. Time to Bear if only for the players. They need a supportive fan base.

Atta-Boy!

right on.

"hey lighten up Francis"..classic GP..classic

off the F%@#%%@$ING SITE:

(LTD)Larry the douche-coined it!
10:58 PM - Just got on the plane for our trip back to Chicago. The Bears aren't happy with their 0-4 preseason record, but they're not discouraged either. Here's what Lovie Smith said after the game: "We would have liked to have won a few games; 0-4 in the preseason, that doesn't look good. But there's a bigger picture."

"yeah the bigger picture is me watching myself on the Jumbotron"!! I love watching myself on the Jumbotron-LDL

Most of us have already gone through or are coming out of this phase lobo. I'm here for ya pal.

Wash it down with a mouthful of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IW9wK_HNg

From the didn't know that file...

If 20-year-old George Halas had arrived on time to a work outing in 1915, his Bears might never have been established. Halas and other Western Electric employees were invited to ride a steamship across Lake Michigan for a picnic. But Halas showed up late, possibly because he overslept. By the time Halas arrived, the ship

I did not know that not-so-trivial bit of information. thank you, GP. Knew about the EASTLAND disaster but not that Papa Bear had, literally, missed the boat.

BTW, there is an excellent recreation of a erily similar steamer capsizing in the (little shown) John Wayne film, "CIRCUS WORLD".

Quite sincerely, one of the things I really like about the bloggers here is that little gems like this tossed into the threads from time to time...

Agreed!

Here's a gem for ya, the Bears cut Shaw and are keeping Wolf for his special teams ability. Am I missing something here?

yeah J..logic

OY! Yet ANOTHER in the long line of inexplicable, indefensible personnel decisions by his Royal Assness, Lovie Smith.

Le Pew and Pool Boy have been launched. Geez, Angelo drafts like a dickhead

Hey J, perhaps we should be encouraged that between the four head coaches we have, SOMETIMES they understand when a Jerry pick sucks and get rid of him.

The Bears continue to neglect the WR position and failed to pick-up a veteran in TJ Housamazilla.

The Vikings have signed T.J. Houshmandzadeh, a source tells FOX6 Sports in Milwaukee.

The Queeens! A division rival. Angelo you fucktard

I can't believe that Patrick Clayton for Greg Olsen + LaFavor wasn't a doable deal.

Houshmandzadeh didn't do squat with Seattle when we beat them last year. As a matter of fact he fumbled the ball which lead to a Cutler TD pass sealing the victory for us. Check out near the bottom of this article. I don't think he's near the player he was several years ago when he's was with the Bengals. I'm not worried, the Queens can have him.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009092710/2009/REG3/bears@seahawks#recap-channels:cat-post-recap-full-story

He's still better than whatever we have suiting up on Sundays now. Sad but true. Oh and he had Seneca Wallace throwing him the ball, in which Seneca threw for like 260 yards against us.

261 to be exact according to the link.

Steelers just cut this guy. Urbik was a highly talked about prospect heading into the draft and ended going in the 3rd round. Maybe Tice can light a fire under his feet. "Urbik" sounds like a good Bear name.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NFL&id=5326

Another Omlette. A guy who is a natural tackle being stuffed in at guard. Steeletrs fucked that up.

Hello...........echo.........echo..........echo........

Time for some therapy gents. Every day until opening day I'm gonna try to highlight a player on our roster that could be a difference maker for us. I hope this guy show up again this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYUp2ti9t4w&feature=related

GPL...........NICE TRIVIA!!!!! great digging bro

I'm afraid all I can realistically hope for this season is beating conference opponents. That is what I am hoping for. 0-16 is fine if Peppers does a Suh on Farve and Rodgers. I'll gladly trade 0-16 if Child Support could rise up one last time and provide a Joe Theismann moment to Aaron Rodgers. That would bring a tear to many a Chicagoan eye.

Praise be and hallelujah, GPL. Although Chili does the honors in my dreams. Cue Sandra Bullock ... "Julius Peppers is the most dominant end in professional football..."

One Missisippi ... Allen Barbre bites on an inside swim move by Julius Peppers .....

etc etc .... SNAP! Next!

You hear that Max ???

Sweet post...my violin is tucked deeply away.

Rapeherburger got his sentence reduced to 4 games, due to no civil or criminal case being filed. So he got a hummer in the john for free from an unwilling coed, and the commish lets him off because he's white and the backup in Pitt doesn't look that good. Hey ho, it's the NFL!

Suh got hit for $7500 for tearing Delhomme's head off. I think Suh spit out one of his gold teeth and said "keep the change".

Only shocker on there is Turenne. I thought they'd keep him.

He was our last corner over four feet in height .....

I am just waiting to "hear" the booing here on DBB if Lovie keeps Hungry like the Smurf. The metaphorical beer bottles will be thrown.

Actually I've got that reason listed as #543 Crown.

I wish I could export plays from my Tivo to Youtube without having a shitload of lawyers descend down upon my head - because i would post at least three plays I can find where Alfalfa just blew chunks.

His play was vomit inducing. His run support was awful.

So, you'd rather have Steltz and Bullocks GP?

you and me are on nthe alfalfa waggon crown. Kid had all the skills, they just didn't coach him up. Put him on the shitlist all offseason, then when they realized that he was the most skilled SS they had, they went oh shit and threw him in there after zero reps in 8 months.

These morons are keeping an injured Steltz and fucking bullocks instead. Same shit different idiotic move.

I really hope neither makes the field this year.

+1, although in all fairness crown, we don't have a whole lot of evidence on Steltz either way.

Agreed. But we all know Afalava was a better choice than Bullocks.

I am really, really pissed about keeping Bullocks. He was shit on a shingle.

Pre-season or not, the offensive lines looked wobbly last pre-season and well INTO the regular season and that feel like Deju all over again.
As usual, this Blog knew Orlando Pace was done WEEKS before Lovie figured it out and that only happened because Pace just finally broke down, physically.

It also eventaully dawned on Lovie that he should give Devin Aromashodu some meaningful playing time and whaddya know? BANG!!! This guy's a bonafide threat! THAT would have been a nicer idea in week 3 or 4 instead of week 10 or 11, numbnuts. I mean, your franchise QB had been telling you that since CAMP for crissake!

As Doc put it so well, the "Cover Who?" has long been exposed, but 5 years after it was still viable, Lovie STILL hasn't grasped that it ISN'T anymore.

Eventually, Lovie figures it out but always, and I mean ALWAYS, HE is the guy closing that barn door long after the horse, or the season, has galloped down the road.

I see no reason for "succumbing to optimism" with the increasingly clueless, Lovie Smith, still believing it's 2006.

Oh, and no offense but, in my opinion, almost as useless a waste of time as the NFL 4-game pre-season is the practice of going down the schedule and ticking off "Wins" and "Losses".

Scratching my head on the Shaw cut....

Iwuh makes Shaw expendable. He's shown to be a better LB and had 61 special teams tackles for the jags last year, which was 3rd best in there franchise. Shaw had 30 sp tackles last year for us.

Thanks Crown. I guess I feel a little better. I just thought he was a hustler and liked his agressiveness on kick coverage. Iwuh did some good things this summer. I was suprised to see that he had 61 ST tackles. Wow, how is that 2X our franchise record and only thier 3rd best!!!??? I hope he can carry that over to this year.

AMEN BROTHER! AMEN! not to mention another wasted draft pick

GP, you and Albert in Tuscon can join in as well.

Maybe this is a glimmer?

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/comments/o-a-cause-for-optimism--404761.html

Actually I was kinda hoping the Bears would take a look at him and possibly bring him in for a workout/psychiatric evaluation. He could really help us and since the Bears might/will cut Inglesias, TJ would be an instant upgrade to what we have now. They guy has had 6 consecutive 900 yard seasons including 2 b2b 1000 yard seasons. If we can get him on the cheap and Seattle cover the balance, shit I say we get him. I wonder what Ruskull's opinion of TJ might be, if he thinks he has anything left in the tank, I'm sure he would share that info with Angelo. Angelo might just have the stones to pull the trigger on a signing like TJ. Worst case if we did get him and it doesn't work out, old Virginia can fire Ruskell at the end of the year too. It sounds crazy but think about it.

http://www.nfl.com/players/t.j.houshmandzadeh/profile?id=HOU337963

The guy says some dumb shit sometime, but I say sign him and let the shitstorm begin!

In my humble opinion, the guy had a monster year in 2007 and he's been chasing the buck ever since. His yards have gone down since then and his touchdowns are way down. He had 3 last year and 4 the year before that. Not saying he isn't a good receiver but I wouldn't pay him what he's asking. Find me a guard and a FS and lets talk.

I couldn't tell you wiggi. With all this cloak and dagger stuff the Bears are now implementing, who knows?

I don't even remember which of the two leagues I signed up for, what the site was, or my logon info... I think my team is gonna be a bye. :(

go to espn and click on forgot password. they will email you your password. the league is already set. da bears bloggers

get on it FTW/ @trac Im ready asshole..haha

Don't worry about your asshole Fresno, I'm not a Fudgepacker.

hahaha

Then you'll be happy to know that Nintendo is reviving some classics, INCLUDING Donkey Kong for the Wii platform.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/

If you haven't already seen it, do.

Only 154.5 hours until the season starts! IF the Bears stay healthy, they could pull off 10-11 wins, with some timely turnovers / luck. Not too confident in the front office or head coach, but maybe the players overcome their deficiencies. And run the damn ball effectively for a change.

Someone probably already posted this video, but I'm gonna post it just in case. Pretty accurate ratings in my book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrNQLRDvnc&feature=related

Two great bookends for this great saga of the top ten!!! Who-Ha Bears!

Holy shit that was funny! Man, I'm hoping for a great year from Forte. He was a victim of the "sophomore slump" and injury bug last year, he's gonna snap this year baby!

hahahaha..

That explains why all our presidents have sucked since Renaldus Magmus.

Benevolent dictator. Only way to go.

As always, Chris Rock breaks down the 2 party system to what it is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvPBfMzKjE

And of course the man himself, Bill Hicks :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXpdJLJqG9U

+1k on Bill Hicks.

Well Johnny Waffle

Often as not, a guy with a lot of "Smarts" is better than one with a lot of "intelligence".

It is also a term used by "some" in academia to disqualify most reasonable thinking human beings minus a PHD, the opportunity to speak to an issue using the facts at hand, common sense and logic. I love good science, I just strongly disagree when a religion is snuck into Academia and is presented as science.

Problem is, we've been on the wrong side of that equation (see how I did that Irish?) for too long.

Btw, string theory kicks ass. Soooo coool

Revis is back: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/09/06/reports-darrelle-revis-jets-agree-on-new-deal/

Wineart to the Texans

That is what my Thin Lizzy tune was about, nobody caught that I guess.

Oh, uh... yeah. Yeaaaaah, toooootally GP. I was with ya man. I was just linking to the actual article for backup. No, seriously, I was all over that reference. I'm wickid smaht like that. Good times... goood times.

Not Football but nice to look at
http://ansblog.com/2010/02/us-football-girls-league-team-photos/

Ok, ok... so it was a C- and a C. So what!?

"deliberately"...tough to legislate against intent, SC. You can do a whole lot of damage without forethought.

William Kennedy Smith. HAHAHAHAHAHAA!

No Jimmy. No they don't.

hey Doc. Read up you ruthless math bastard.

Seasons almost here MB.

I'm sure every game will be a gut wrencher. It seems like been that way ever since the 49ers victory the year of the Super Bowl. I really can't remember many easy pleasy victories since that game. Maybe I'm forgetting one or two but not many I'm sure. I would love to see at least a few games where we cruise to a victory this year, oh well, maybe my son will see one after I'm gone.

By the way, going back over the scores that year reminded me how good our D was that year. Not great but very good I think.

I'm still holding out for the Cowher reign Trac. If the world and civilization doesn't implode unto itself in 2012, we could have teh chin and all the glory that comes with him... this season's record regardless.

I'm strapped in and based on what I've seen (and haven't seen) in the offseason, my expectations are very low... so anything is possible and I will just be glad to be watching Bears football baby. Bear down Trac, bear down.

" a much better team "

That quote by you coupled with your current post is PRICELSS!

Hope you enjoy watching the Green & Gold on their march to Dallas this year...

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I think the Bears have a good chance to go 3-1 over the first four games.

We play the Lions at home, that should be a win.

I think the Bears can go into Dallas and sneak out a win by catching the Cowgirls out of sync early in the year.

We play the Cheese Sticks at home. Should be a win. We shut down their offense last year pretty good. Gay pornstar Aaron Rodgers was held in check in both games. Packers aren't as good as everybody is predicting they will be. Will split the series tho.

Then the Bears play at the Giants. That will be a close game but the Bears might struggle on the road early in the year.

"If wishes and 'buts' were candy and nuts, what a wonderful Christmas it would be."

The bears will be 1-3 or 2-2 at best, possibly even 0-4 depending on what Lion team shows up opening night. And, no, the bears aren't beating the Packers.

If there are 2 things i know about Wisconsin Rockstar it's that you can't find a size 2 pair of panties anywhere and that Green Bay without Favre will NEVER, EVER, win the big game. Face the facts, they just can't get it done and will lose to the Bears as well. Calls for McCarthy's head will be unleashed. If the Pack win the Superbowl I will buy you The End of History beer. If the Bears beat the Pack both times this year I will buy it myself and will send you the taxidermied rodent that the bottle came in so you can use it as a makeshift condom to bang whatever poor soul you tricked into sharing your bed and that extra large order of fried cheese curds you picked up at the Brat Stop.

Didn't mean to post ahead of your verbal assault on Douchtansky, but I was watching the end of the Bears recap show and took to long to post

Only in your feeble mind...

Didn't know they gave computer time at the local loony bin...

There's that stale cheese smell, again.

Since you can't smell through a computer, I'm going to go out on a line & say that's probably your upper lip or the pile of shit in your undies that you've decided to leave sit there for the last 3 days. No wonder you're known as Baby Huey....

...limb...

Don Banks has the Bears going 5-11 and being last in our division.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/09/07/predictions/1.html

Peter King also thinks it will be open season on Jay Cutler cause our Oline sucks

Dream on, MB, dream on. No offense but, what on god's green earth makes you think the McCashkeys are ever going to pony up the money to sign a head coach who will command TOP dollar? Spare me the "They signed Julius Peppers" argument because they then promptly jettisoned their most consistent defensive lineman to help defray the costs. The Bears will be shopping for their next head coach in the "Coordinator, no-NFL-head-coaching-experience aisle", as usual, and that is NOT where you will find Bill Cowher.

I know AL, sadly... I know.

It's the visualization thing. I am trying to throw it out there as a 'will happen', and maybe somehow it will happen. Have you ever seen, 'the secret'? I'm not a huge fan of the media circus it is, but the base concept behind it is solid.

Just trying to wish us into a new era, but I totally agree that as long as the McC's are our owners, we're pretty much fucked.

Yup. Doesn't look like they will be selling the Bears any time soon and Chicago fans will continue to be saddled with bottom tier ownership in a top tier market.

Hester had one till he got a holding call. The most absurd call was trading Jones, I never really understood why.

Looks like he's lurking again.

http://www.moronail.net/images/stories/dg_pictures/1007/9FF0305F0B48-1.jpg

Jimmy, I wish the Bears organization made smart decisions like the Patriots.

Doc, I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that.

Thomas Jones forced that trade. He agreed to be a good soldier in '06 because Angelo promised he'd move him after that. Of course, THAT was all set in motion by the drafting of "Cedric the(drunken Entertainer."

The out of balance thing to me seems to be that we have no 3rd string LB but a 4th string RB, who has never really shown anything at RB but is kept because of ST value. If you are going to keep a guy for ST value, wouldn't it make more sense to keep 1 3rd string LB ie Shaw as opposed to a 4th string RB in Smurf?

Garza gives them the flexibility at G/C to do that. He has starts at all three interior spots so if Lance or Olin are hurt he would move and Johan would fill in at LG. At RT, they really have Schaefer if Omiyale is a disaster and are hopeful Webb can be the future there. After Pre-season LT is the one I am more worried about, we have a 1st round pick there who I am praying can hold down the fort.

No love for Lovie.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/07/pfts-week-zero-power-rankings/

Are they serious.. is that really possible this year? We only win one game?

Look at our schedule again 85. It ain't easy.

Ok well preseason is passed us, And boys we are officially in our first week in this new season. LION week, Jeff give us the breakdowns. Im so excited! if your readin this then yell HELL YEAH! cause thats how i feel. HELL YEAH! WOOOOO! DABEARS ARE BACK BABY!

Ouch.

same pundits were saying we were going to the superbowl last year. it's amazing that people aren't held to any sort of journalistic accountability. you can just spout shit out of your mouth and then completely change your tune and no one says a word.

sure you can Johnny. They are there to make money and sell subscriptions (i.e. advertising space). Who knows what these guys actually believe.

Does Manu still have what it takes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GZovPzhOw

hee hee

Another season holding ticket fan got up and said "I haven't seen a touchdown in six games."

Lovie replied, "Thank you. Thanks for the support."

Fucking re-diculous. Was there anyone there to ask real questions of these buffoons, or were they all plants?

lol every time Irish speaks on here, I imagine a cross between Mickey & Bullet-Tooth Tony (from Snatch.)

"Our plans are always sound," Angelo said. "Sometimes, they don't work. It's not because the plan wasn't sound."

Unbelievable.

Insanity Dave.

Stands up alone in his office and slow claps for Doc's backup center/left guard rant.

Hey Matty, make another comment. I don't want to scroll the whole way up to see your buetiful pair of brains or as I'm guessing Irish might say, a proper set.