Re: The Chicago Bears Offseason Thread

[David]

per ESPN1000, the Bears pulled their offer to Ayanbadejo off the table.

[YearofDaCubs]

per ESPN1000, the Bears pulled their offer to Ayanbadejo off the table.

Probably because they felt he wasn't worth 2mil at his age and couldn't guarantee him playing time. Sucks to lose him but I'm sure someone will step up and pick up the slack.

[rawaction]

per ESPN1000, the Bears pulled their offer to Ayanbadejo off the table.

Probably because they felt he wasn't worth 2mil at his age and couldn't guarantee him playing time. Sucks to lose him but I'm sure someone will step up and pick up the slack.

 

Isreal Idonje probably already did. IF Ayanbadejo was the best special teams player in the NFC (probowler), then Idonje may have been the 2nd best.

[Soul]

The exodus from this club is very concerning.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

I'm glad Griese is gone. He was worse than I thought he would be for the Bears.

 

He was fairly similar to what I thought he would be for the Bears. Not bad, but not good. If this was a very good team that just needed hand holding at QB, he could have done the job. Unfortunately, the Bears needed more than hand holding at QB.

 

oh, come on, you were drinking the griese kool-aid along with everyone else after the win over philly. you even disagreed with my statement depicting him as an ordinary journeyman qb. haha. :wink:

 

I was never on the Griese bandwagon and everyone on WCFB knows!

 

thats because I drive the bus for the rex grossman fan club.

Edited March 4, 2008 by Handlebar McSkullet

[UMFan83]

So not realizing Ayenbadejo was going to be a FA after the season, I was at the Bears/Saints game at the end of the year. My friend works in the pro shop making customized jerseys, and he told me he could make me one. Trying to be trendy and get a jersey that no one else has, I told him to make me Ayenbadejo jersey. I am going to get 1/2 of a game use out of it....darn

[Balsa]

Maybe they took their multi-year deal off the table because he wasn't getting enough interest from other teams and they can hire him at a one year salary?

[Jon]

So not realizing Ayenbadejo was going to be a FA after the season, I was at the Bears/Saints game at the end of the year. My friend works in the pro shop making customized jerseys, and he told me he could make me one. Trying to be trendy and get a jersey that no one else has, I told him to make me Ayenbadejo jersey. I am going to get 1/2 of a game use out of it....darn

I'm surprised Ayanbadejo is gone, but I still would have gone with Idonije. He's got to be my favorite Bear now since the end of last season.

 

I'll miss those ridiculous guns of his...

[Magnetic Curses]

ayenbadejo deserves a chance to start somewhere. he was good when he stepped in for briggs a couple of times in 06.

 

hester is really going to miss him.

[brinoch]

ayenbadejo deserves a chance to start somewhere. he was good when he stepped in for briggs a couple of times in 06.

 

hester is really going to miss him.

 

Yeah, running past him the other direction...

[RedFlash]

ayenbadejo deserves a chance to start somewhere. he was good when he stepped in for briggs a couple of times in 06.

 

hester is really going to miss him.

 

Yeah.......not so much.....

[Magnetic Curses]

ayenbadejo deserves a chance to start somewhere. he was good when he stepped in for briggs a couple of times in 06.

 

hester is really going to miss him.

 

Yeah, running past him the other direction...

 

i think they won both games he started.

 

actually, it was one game, and we beat detroit 34-7 and had 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss.

[jaydee]

Who is left at WR? Moss (not a chance), Walker (probably not a chance) and Hackett (will have to overpay for him)

Absolutly nothing left at WR. Horrible planning by Angelo. Make no mistake, 2008 is a rebulding year.

 

Angelo has done nothing wrong with WRs this offseason. There was no one out there anyway, unless you want to overpay grossly like the vikings did for berrian. i don't see how 2008 is rebuilding just because we don't have bernard berrian, he wasn't that great...

[cubbyvirus00]

the bears absolutely have no O-line, no WRs, and no RB.......08 is going to be a disaster.

[RedFlash]

Who is left at WR? Moss (not a chance), Walker (probably not a chance) and Hackett (will have to overpay for him)

Absolutly nothing left at WR. Horrible planning by Angelo. Make no mistake, 2008 is a rebulding year.

 

Angelo has done nothing wrong with WRs this offseason. There was no one out there anyway, unless you want to overpay grossly like the vikings did for berrian. i don't see how 2008 is rebuilding just because we don't have bernard berrian, he wasn't that great...

 

Agreed. I believe if Lovie Smith will give him a chance, and he actually takes advantage of it, Mark Bradley can equal if not be the better reciever in 08 and beyond. But again, that's a BIG if.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Mark Bradley?!?!? This is a guy who couldn't beat out Rashied Davis on the depth chart this past year. And now he is the #1 WR? Pass me some booze, it will be a long season.

[cbbryan]

Mark Bradley?!?!? This is a guy who couldn't beat out Rashied Davis on the depth chart this past year. And now he is the #1 WR? Pass me some booze, it will be a long season.

 

I believe he said he could be the #1 WR if given the opportunity.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Mark Bradley?!?!? This is a guy who couldn't beat out Rashied Davis on the depth chart this past year. And now he is the #1 WR? Pass me some booze, it will be a long season.

 

I believe he said he could be the #1 WR if given the opportunity.

Who said? Mark Bradley?

[RedFlash]

I am still a buyer of Mark Bradley ability. I think given the chance, 2008 will be Bradley's beakout yr. With that said, I wouldn't mind a couple of solid WR to add to the core, especially if Davis leaves.

[NCCubFan]

Make no mistake, 2008 is a rebulding year.

Absolutely unacceptable. The Bears had been rebuilding for years and years (with the exception of the fluke 2001 season). They finally make it back to the playoffs for two years. Rebuilding AGAIN so quickly after only two playoff appearances is not an option.

[UMFan83]

Make no mistake, 2008 is a rebulding year.

Absolutely unacceptable. The Bears had been rebuilding for years and years (with the exception of the fluke 2001 season). They finally make it back to the playoffs for two years. Rebuilding AGAIN so quickly after only two playoff appearances is not an option.

 

Yes but its the NFL. Very few teams can have sustained periods of success. How many current teams have made the playoffs 3 years in a row? The Bradys and the Mannings and the Seahawks. That's it. Even in a terrible NFC, only one team can consistently be good. Rebuilding doesn't have to be 4-12 rebuilding. It can be 8-8 rebuilding. I'm not saying its an excuse, and I'm upset the way this offseason has gone, but maybe they realized that they needed to get better and they couldn't do it in oe offseason.

[Soul]

Make no mistake, 2008 is a rebulding year.

Absolutely unacceptable. The Bears had been rebuilding for years and years (with the exception of the fluke 2001 season). They finally make it back to the playoffs for two years. Rebuilding AGAIN so quickly after only two playoff appearances is not an option.

 

Yes but its the NFL. Very few teams can have sustained periods of success. How many current teams have made the playoffs 3 years in a row? The Bradys and the Mannings and the Seahawks. That's it. Even in a terrible NFC, only one team can consistently be good. Rebuilding doesn't have to be 4-12 rebuilding. It can be 8-8 rebuilding. I'm not saying its an excuse, and I'm upset the way this offseason has gone, but maybe they realized that they needed to get better and they couldn't do it in oe offseason.

 

That's the only explanation that makes sense to me and doesn't have Angelo and Lovie as complete idiots.

 

Because if winning in '08 was the plan, they are [expletive]. It's not just losing Berrian. You've got to look at the big picture. The entire offense is now junk outside of our TEs, really. Sure there are some journeymen players there, Kreutz can probably still play -- but the holes are many, and FA is essentially drained now with NO movement by Angelo. There simply aren't going to be enough opportunities to improve that many positions for '08.

 

As a GM you need to have future years in mind. The exodus from this club, plus all the positions that have degraded to the point where we have nothing; it's all happening at once, it seems. And that's what a good GM needs to be able to avoid.

 

Think of it this way -- most clubs that went to the Super Bowl failed to make the playoffs the next season. But look at the year after that; many of them were right back in. Even with the draft yet to come, our offense is so horrible now I don't see a playoff run in '08. That's bad planning. It's very simple.

 

This is a disaster. And it's not just me saying it; many others are starting to take notice. If it's a 2-year plan then fine, but what I'm saying is, other clubs haven't had to do that coming off a Super Bowl year.

[NCCubFan]

Favre's retirement changes everything. Angelo MUST take advantage of the opportunity to recapture the division.

[Derwood]

sadly, by the time the get their ish together on offense, guys like Urlacher will be past their prime or on another team

[ctcf]

Favre's retirement changes everything. Angelo MUST take advantage of the opportunity to recapture the division.

 

Thats a bit of a knee jerk reaction if you ask me.