Chicago Bears Offseason 2012

[Cubswin11]

The Football Outsiders Almanac has the Bears opponents this season at -5.7% DVOA, the easiest schedule in football by the measure.

 

Which is nuts when you consider 25% of our schedule is against Green Bay and Detroit.

 

Yeah, but we get to play some soft divisions. Also, looking at our schedule, 5 of our last 7 games are divisional games....that's really odd scheduling. Is the NFL purposely trying to put more divisional games later?

Pretty sure it was last year (or within the last few seasons) they put this in and that was their reasoning. To have more meaningful games late (think it's their best attempt to keep teams from sitting guys weeks 16/17 and keep the races lasting longer) and hopefully have divisions decided in the last few weeks and potential head-to-head matchups of do or die games.

[Banedon]

Bears will waive Tyler Clutts.

[Theo]

Bears will waive Tyler Clutts.

Don't like it

[jersey cubs fan]

FBs aren't very useful.

[Banedon]

Yeah, and Tice doesn't really use FB's. He just doesn't fit in. He's good at what he does, the Bears just don't need it.

[Magnetic Curses]

they will use evan rodriguez when they need to, i think.

[Banedon]

Brittan Golden tweeted that he's been released.

 

Biggs says Bears will part ways with Xavier Adibi, though not yet official.

[Banedon]

CB Isiah Frey released, but will be added to practice squad.

[Banedon]

@seankjensen: BREAKING NEWS: #Bears close to re-signing DT Amobi Okoye, who was released by the bucs.

[jersey cubs fan]

desperate times

[Theo]

We got Brian Price from then and now Okoye back. That's payback for when they fleeced us on Gaines Adams, lol

[Banedon]

It sounds like Okoye would be limited due to his knee early on and TB wasn't willing to wait through that. I guess the Bears are?

[Banedon]

Bears will waive S Mark Legree

 

Also, 7th round pick CB Greg McCoy.

[Banedon]

Biggs also say that the Bears will probably terminate the contract of McCown.

[Guest]

they will use evan rodriguez when they need to, i think.

 

adams and spaeth too

[Banedon]

Bears will waive CB Cornielius Brown.

 

Cheta Ozougwu will likely make the team.

[Banedon]

Lorenzo Booker wins the 3rd RB job. Allen released. That's the right call, imo.

 

McCown was released per Vaughn McClure.

[Banedon]

Jabara Williams to the practice squad. Bears will sign Blanchard to the practice squad tomorrow.

[Pushfrog98]

Lorenzo Booker wins the 3rd RB job. Allen released. That's the right call, imo.

 

McCown was released per Vaughn McClure.

Allen looked pretty solid as well. Can't really go wrong with either as a 3rd RB/ST, though Booker has an advantage in KO returns.

[UMFan83]

Whose gonna be the 3rd string QB then? That dude that won every game he played in college?

[Theo]

We don't need a third string QB

[Banedon]

Bears waive WR Joe Anderson.

 

Won't be a 3rd string QB. Blanchard will be on the practice squad, and thus is the closest thing we'll have to a 3rd string QB. The Bears clearly wanted to use that roster spot elsewhere.

[Guest]

Biggs also say that the Bears will probably terminate the contract of McCown.

 

Played well enough to get a job somewhere, I would think.

[Banedon]

Biggs also say that the Bears will probably terminate the contract of McCown.

 

Played well enough to get a job somewhere, I would think.

 

Def. That's why we had to go with Blanchard for the practice squad. They'd never be able to keep McCown there.

[Banedon]

Packers cut OL Reggie Wells. Supposedly can play anywhere on the line. Maybe some interest there?