So, a favorite person on SlimTim's list of persons who deserve to be waived, Mark Bradley, got the axe today - ending a very tumultuous career with the Chicago Bears. This also continues a string of very, very poor decisions in the draft recently.
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Here is the cut list of some high draft picks - let's take a trip down memory lane:
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2007 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 62 Dan Bazuin DE Central Michigan
3 94 Michael Okwo LB Stanford
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2006 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
This was a pretty good draft for the Bear
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2005 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 4 Cedric Benson RB Texas
2 39 Mark Bradley WR Oklahoma
5 140 Airese Currie WR Clemson
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2004 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 47 Tank Johnson DT Washington
5 147 Claude Harriott DE Pittsburgh
5 148 Craig Krenzel QB Ohio State
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2003 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 14 Michael Haynes DE Penn State
4 100 Todd Johnson DB Florida
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2002 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 29 Marc Colombo T Boston College (never panned out for the Bears)
3 72 Roe Williams CB Tuskegee
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2001 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 8 David Terrell WR Michigan
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2000 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
3 69 Dez White WR Georgia Tech
3 87 Dustin Lyman TE Wake Forest
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1999 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 12 Cade McNown QB UCLA
2 48 Russell Davis DE North Carolina
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1998 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 5 Curtis Enis RB Penn State
4 94 Alonzo Mayes TE Oklahoma State
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1997 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 38 John Allred TE USC
3 69 Bob Sapp G Washington
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1996 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
This was actually a good draft
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1995 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 21 Rashaan Salaam RB Colorado
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1994 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 11 John Thierry LB Alcorn State
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1993 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 35 Carl Simpson DT Florida State
3 61 Chris Gedney TE Syracuse
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1992 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 22 Alonzo Spellman DE Ohio State
9 246 Mirko Jurkovic G Notre Dame (Related to Jurko???)
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1991 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 22 Stan Thomas T Texas
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1990 - Chicago Bears
Rd Sel # Player Position School
3 61 Tim Ryan DE USC (Does anybody like him as an announcer?)
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Week 3 - Bears lose to TB
What to say, the Bears lose. They had a good game plan, no receiver screens and no receiver end-arounds. Orton let loose on some passes to Brandon Lloyd their clear number one WR. They just didn't want it enough and ran out of gas. Really could have used more pressue on Griese.
Oh, I almost forgot to point out that Olin Kreutz had another typical day for himself, snap infraction at a very critical juncture. :(
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Oh, I almost forgot to point out that Olin Kreutz had another typical day for himself, snap infraction at a very critical juncture. :(
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Week 2 - Bears should have beaten Panthers
So the Bears lost. It just stings because they should have won this
game. They had this game and gave it away. Don't you just want to get
a hold of the entire Bears offensive playbook and burn all of the pages
that have Wide Receiver Screens on them? There is no reason for a
professional football team to ever run a Wide Receiver Screen play,
especially when the previous two times you ran them they were almost
picked off. An intelligent offensive coordinator would take advantage
of the advancing defensive back and call a "fake" wide receiver screen
play - knowing that the DB would be in the backfield by the time the
throw is off.
What is up with Olin Kreutz - not his best game by far - on the play
where McKie was stuffed at the line of scrimmage, Kreutz was on his
behind completely taken off balance by the DT.
Chris Harris played with a chip on his shoulder - I think that we may
need to have a Chris Harris award - given to the player that the Bears
cut who does well... Chris Harris, Marc Columbo, Bobby Engram, Tony
Parrish, Ted Washington, Walt Harris, etc...
My final point... and this is a big one... Why do you deactivate Adrian
Peterson and activate Mark Bradley??? Mark Bradley had one pass thrown
his way on a poorly ran route and almost had the pass intercepted. With
Adrian Peterson out, kick and punt coverage severely suffered...
Next up, Tampa Bay at home.
game. They had this game and gave it away. Don't you just want to get
a hold of the entire Bears offensive playbook and burn all of the pages
that have Wide Receiver Screens on them? There is no reason for a
professional football team to ever run a Wide Receiver Screen play,
especially when the previous two times you ran them they were almost
picked off. An intelligent offensive coordinator would take advantage
of the advancing defensive back and call a "fake" wide receiver screen
play - knowing that the DB would be in the backfield by the time the
throw is off.
What is up with Olin Kreutz - not his best game by far - on the play
where McKie was stuffed at the line of scrimmage, Kreutz was on his
behind completely taken off balance by the DT.
Chris Harris played with a chip on his shoulder - I think that we may
need to have a Chris Harris award - given to the player that the Bears
cut who does well... Chris Harris, Marc Columbo, Bobby Engram, Tony
Parrish, Ted Washington, Walt Harris, etc...
My final point... and this is a big one... Why do you deactivate Adrian
Peterson and activate Mark Bradley??? Mark Bradley had one pass thrown
his way on a poorly ran route and almost had the pass intercepted. With
Adrian Peterson out, kick and punt coverage severely suffered...
Next up, Tampa Bay at home.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Week 1 - Bears upset Colts.
So, football comes down to blocking and tackling - two things that the Bears have not done well in a couple of years. Today, they blocked for Kyle Orton and Matt Forte very well. Matt Forte gained yards where he was not touched until he was 4 yards past the line of scrimmage. Also the defense tackled very, very well. How about Lance Briggs with solid tackling today. The third thing to mention was limiting injuries - we came out of the game today without significant injury - especially no injuries to MIKE BROWN or Dusty Dvorcek.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Slim Tim's Preseason Bears predictions...
BEST CASE: BIg plays on Defense and Special Teams vault the team into contention. The offensive line somehow gels together and forms into a cohesive unit. They still have calls out to a couple of free-agent Tackles in Fred Miller and Willie Anderson both of whom can assist this team. Matt Forte's blocking skills can help the passing game immensely. With this best case scenario coming to fruition, the Bears will easily make the playoffs.
WORST CASE: The Bears get no assistance in the offensive line, Mike Brown gets injured again, the Linebacker core continue to show their age and continue missing blocks. Matt Forte and Kevin Jones do not get it done as professional running backs. Neither M Booker, B Lloyd, D Hester, M Bradley or R Davis prove that they belong in the same uniform worn by T Waddle. In this worst case scenario, the Bears will have a tough time scratching out 4 wins.
LIKELY CASE: The Bears will win some games based solely on Defense and Special Teams. The Bears will likely lose some games on Offense. This team has so much money invested in their first string defense, that there will be hell to pay if they incur serious injuries… My prediction is 8 wins and 8 losses.
Slim Tim
WORST CASE: The Bears get no assistance in the offensive line, Mike Brown gets injured again, the Linebacker core continue to show their age and continue missing blocks. Matt Forte and Kevin Jones do not get it done as professional running backs. Neither M Booker, B Lloyd, D Hester, M Bradley or R Davis prove that they belong in the same uniform worn by T Waddle. In this worst case scenario, the Bears will have a tough time scratching out 4 wins.
LIKELY CASE: The Bears will win some games based solely on Defense and Special Teams. The Bears will likely lose some games on Offense. This team has so much money invested in their first string defense, that there will be hell to pay if they incur serious injuries… My prediction is 8 wins and 8 losses.
Slim Tim
Slim Tim'
BEST CASE: BIg plays on Defense and Special Teams vault the team into contention. The offensive line somehow gels together and forms into a cohesive unit. They still have calls out to a couple of free-agent Tackles in Fred Miller and Willie Anderson both of whom can assist this team. Matt Forte's blocking skills can help the passing game immensely. With this best case scenario coming to fruition, the Bears will easily make the playoffs.
WORST CASE: The Bears get no assistance in the offensive line, Mike Brown gets injured again, the Linebacker core continue to show their age and continue missing blocks. Matt Forte and Kevin Jones do not get it done as professional running backs. Neither M Booker, B Lloyd, D Hester, M Bradley or R Davis prove that they belong in the same uniform worn by T Waddle. In this worst case scenario, the Bears will have a tough time scratching out 4 wins.
LIKELY CASE: The Bears will win some games based solely on Defense and Special Teams. The Bears will likely lose some games on Offense. This team has so much money invested in their first string defense, that there will be hell to pay if they incur serious injuries… My prediction is 8 wins and 8 losses.
WORST CASE: The Bears get no assistance in the offensive line, Mike Brown gets injured again, the Linebacker core continue to show their age and continue missing blocks. Matt Forte and Kevin Jones do not get it done as professional running backs. Neither M Booker, B Lloyd, D Hester, M Bradley or R Davis prove that they belong in the same uniform worn by T Waddle. In this worst case scenario, the Bears will have a tough time scratching out 4 wins.
LIKELY CASE: The Bears will win some games based solely on Defense and Special Teams. The Bears will likely lose some games on Offense. This team has so much money invested in their first string defense, that there will be hell to pay if they incur serious injuries… My prediction is 8 wins and 8 losses.
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