2009 Chicago Bears offseason

[Keener98]

Urlacher interviewed about the whole thing, and he says everything is fine, "but I did call him(Cutler) on the phone, and say whats up [expletive]" .

[David]

yea... that was pretty funny

 

[manbearcub]

Goony... DAVE KAPLAN

 

 

Was it Dave Kaplan??

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper883/stills/ve9f7wy8.jpg

[salukifudd]

Goony... DAVE KAPLAN

 

 

Was it Dave Kaplan??

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper883/stills/ve9f7wy8.jpg

 

That's Litke, I went to high school with his son.

[David]

I know the comedian he looks like... I just can't pull out the name.

[Banedon]

Cutler drew laughs when he said, 'I would never get in Brian Urlacher's face'

 

P**sy.

[Magnetic Curses]

it's not quite like the night before christmas, but it's pretty close. [expletive] jacked.

[minnesotacubsfan]

god I hope I can get Bear games in the Pacific NW. this could be a fun season

[Mark Priors Calves]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-31-bears-brite-chicago-jul31,0,6283714.story

 

Marcus Harrison is a fatty.

Defensive lineman Marcus Harrison, a player the coaches believe should contend for a starting role at nose tackle, will join Tillman as inactive. Tillman is on the physically unable to perform list for the start of training camp while Harrison is on the non-football injury list after failing his physical for an unspecified reason.

 

The Bears want the 6-foot-3-inch, second-year player from Arkansas to get his weight down. He checked in at 323 pounds Thursday, but the coaches want him to play at 309.

[Mark Priors Calves]

god I hope I can get Bear games in the Pacific NW. this could be a fun season

There is definitely a fair share of primetime games this year and one game against Seattle. I bet you'll get a decent amount to watch.

[Magnetic Curses]

god I hope I can get Bear games in the Pacific NW. this could be a fun season

 

i was in seattle for the 2001 and 2002 seasons and i was able to watch most of the games. man, i wish i could be there for the bears-seahawks game.

 

the first pro football game i ever saw in person was at husky stadium.

[Keener98]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-31-bears-brite-chicago-jul31,0,6283714.story

 

Marcus Harrison is a fatty.

Defensive lineman Marcus Harrison, a player the coaches believe should contend for a starting role at nose tackle, will join Tillman as inactive. Tillman is on the physically unable to perform list for the start of training camp while Harrison is on the non-football injury list after failing his physical for an unspecified reason.

 

The Bears want the 6-foot-3-inch, second-year player from Arkansas to get his weight down. He checked in at 323 pounds Thursday, but the coaches want him to play at 309.

 

309 huh, not 305 or 310, but specifically 309. Umm thats odd

[David]

Maybe the requirement was "under 310?" *shrug*

[Banedon]

Lawrence Holmes is doing a training camp blog if anyone is interested.

 

http://www.670-thescore.com/blog/category/training-camp-blog/

[Banedon]

Tight end Greg Olsen arrived at camp along with a camera crew from the NFL Network. The station followed him for the day

 

Corey Graham said he was surprised not to be the first-team left cornerback in place of the injured Charles Tillman but vowed to prove himself during camp. Zack Bowman got the nod with the first group.

[David]

[Banedon]

There's a ton of twitter feeds, and of course twitter is blocked at work for me. If there's anything good posted, please repost here. :)

[Banedon]

Cornerback Charles Tillman said his back started acting up during OTA's. He tried rehabbing it and when it didn't get better he opted for surgery.

[Derwood]

Training camp always makes me nervous. Some major, season changing injury is always lurking around the corner.....

[jersey cubs fan]

Goony... DAVE KAPLAN

 

 

Was it Dave Kaplan??

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper883/stills/ve9f7wy8.jpg

 

That is the dude I'm talking about.

 

Reminds me of Robert Schimmel.

 

http://stupidcelebrities.net/wp-content/robert_s4.jpg

[jersey cubs fan]

Goony... DAVE KAPLAN

 

 

Was it Dave Kaplan??

 

Kaplan's is the smarmy host who points with his finger a lot and thinks Reed Johnson should be the everyday leadoff hitter playing center.

[Banedon]

HAHA...from a Winners and Losers article about Favre....

 

Chicago Bears: Guess who just inched closer to the playoffs? Favre's buddy himself, Bears QB Jay Cutler.

 

Without Favre, the Vikings are still the defending NFC North champions. But adding him as the missing ingredient to a potential Super Bowl run likely would have relegated the Bears to aiming for a wild-card playoff berth.

 

Now with the Vikings still uncertain at quarterback, Bears fans can join Packers fans in rejoicing and hoping for a division crown of their own in 2009.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-31-bears-brite-chicago-jul31,0,6283714.story

 

Marcus Harrison is a fatty.

Defensive lineman Marcus Harrison, a player the coaches believe should contend for a starting role at nose tackle, will join Tillman as inactive. Tillman is on the physically unable to perform list for the start of training camp while Harrison is on the non-football injury list after failing his physical for an unspecified reason.

 

The Bears want the 6-foot-3-inch, second-year player from Arkansas to get his weight down. He checked in at 323 pounds Thursday, but the coaches want him to play at 309.

 

309 huh, not 305 or 310, but specifically 309. Umm thats odd

 

When Lovie was first hired they made a big deal about how the coaching staff set specific weight limits for guys based on their body mass and there would be fines and other penalties for making it. It's some sort of formula for the different positions, so they aren't going to round to the nearest 5. It was also true for coaches, back then at least.

[cubweiser03]

ZZ blog.

The o-line will benefit from Cutler & Forte. If you can't block for them you simply can't play

Put this above Garza's locker. Im already getting a little iritated reading stuff about the oline and nothing about a competition at RG. Lovie mentioned he was excited about the Beekman/Omayle competition at LG, how bout RG damnit. I know its early so im not trying to get to worked up about this.

[Banedon]

The first practice of training camp starts this afternoon but there's already been some movement.

 

The Bears waived linebacker Joey LaRocque, a contributor on special teams last year as a rookie. The seventh-round draft pick from Oregon State battled injury during organized team activities.

 

In essence, this means the Bears are likely to keep both Nick Roach and Hunter Hillenmeyer although both have fallen down the depth chart in the linebacker rotation. The Bears will need them on special teams.