Chicago Bears Offseason 2012

[Banedon]

Rick Stroud ‏@NFLSTROUD

Bucs DT Brian Price failed conditioning run before his trade to the Chicago Bears.

 

Apparently several Bucs failed Schiano's conditioning test.

 

After his first training camp practice as the Bucs’ head coach, Schiano said several players failed his conditioning test, a series of 16 sprints of 110 yards with 45 seconds of rest between them.

 

“We have a minimum standard,” Schiano told the Tampa Bay Times. “And if it’s not met, then there are consequences.”

 

Schiano said training camp won’t be easy for the guys who didn’t pass.

 

“There will be a day when we show up here and on the first day and everybody passes,” Schiano said. “I wanted it to happen [Thursday]. We’ll get there. There’s no panic. We’ll get our guys into shape. But that makes training camp harder on those guys. There are additional things they have to do. There are conditioning things they have to do. And training camp’s hard enough.”

[Banedon]

Vaughn McClure has a fluff piece on 4th round pick TE Evan Rodriguez, but it sure would be nice if he was any good.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-bears-rookie-rodriguez-impresses-20120727,0,4172325.story

[Guest]

Vaughn McClure has a fluff piece on 4th round pick TE Evan Rodriguez, but it sure would be nice if he was any good.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-bears-rookie-rodriguez-impresses-20120727,0,4172325.story

 

I think he's going to have a legitimate role at some point this year...

 

http://www.csnchicago.com/sportsnetChicago/search/v/57167268/bowen-s-breakdown-how-to-utilize-evan-rodriguez.htm

 

Also, Bowen agreed that he looked good yesterday.

 

 

‏@MattBowen41

 

Rookie TE Evan Rodriguez looked quicker, ran much cleaner routes today than I saw during mini-camp. #Bears

[rawaction]

Rick Stroud ‏@NFLSTROUD

Bucs DT Brian Price failed conditioning run before his trade to the Chicago Bears.

 

Apparently several Bucs failed Schiano's conditioning test.

 

After his first training camp practice as the Bucs’ head coach, Schiano said several players failed his conditioning test, a series of 16 sprints of 110 yards with 45 seconds of rest between them.

 

“We have a minimum standard,” Schiano told the Tampa Bay Times. “And if it’s not met, then there are consequences.”

 

Schiano said training camp won’t be easy for the guys who didn’t pass.

 

“There will be a day when we show up here and on the first day and everybody passes,” Schiano said. “I wanted it to happen [Thursday]. We’ll get there. There’s no panic. We’ll get our guys into shape. But that makes training camp harder on those guys. There are additional things they have to do. There are conditioning things they have to do. And training camp’s hard enough.”

 

It's gotta be hard as hell to sprint the football field (plus 1 endzone) 16 times in a row. We ran sprints with no interruption like that when I played, but we did it 10 times at most and most everybody was significantly slower by the 2nd half of those.

[rawaction]

Vaughn McClure has a fluff piece on 4th round pick TE Evan Rodriguez, but it sure would be nice if he was any good.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-bears-rookie-rodriguez-impresses-20120727,0,4172325.story

 

I think he's going to have a legitimate role at some point this year...

 

http://www.csnchicago.com/sportsnetChicago/search/v/57167268/bowen-s-breakdown-how-to-utilize-evan-rodriguez.htm

 

Also, Bowen agreed that he looked good yesterday.

 

 

‏@MattBowen41

 

Rookie TE Evan Rodriguez looked quicker, ran much cleaner routes today than I saw during mini-camp. #Bears

 

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

 

My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.

[Banedon]

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

 

My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.

 

Spaeth seemed to play pretty well for us last year though. I don't remember any glaring issues there.

[rawaction]

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

 

My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.

 

I swear I made this exact post when the Bears signed him. LOL. He actually blocked OK last year I thought. Much better than Steelers fans led me to believe he would.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

 

My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.

 

I swear I made this exact post when the Bears signed him. LOL. He actually blocked OK last year I thought. Much better than Steelers fans led me to believe he would.

 

I barely remember him playing, aside from a td in philly.

[Banedon]

I'm interested to see what they do at TE. Kellen Davis was re-signed, Rodriguez is obviously going to be on the roster. Then there's Spaeth and Kyle Adams. This "new" offense should allow Adams to shine, and the Bears really liked him last year. Speath is the best blocker of the group. So, it'll be real interesting who wins the 3rd TE spot and if they possibly carry 4, which I don't know why they would take 4....but they did last year, and they should only need 3 RBs this year, with Bush, Bell and Forte all proven capable.

 

My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.

 

I swear I made this exact post when the Bears signed him. LOL. He actually blocked OK last year I thought. Much better than Steelers fans led me to believe he would.

 

I barely remember him playing, aside from a td in philly.

 

He had 2 TD's, only 7 catches (Martz). Played in 15 games.

[Guest]

I remember him catching a TD at Soldier and handing the ball to his family who was sitting in the front of the end zone seats. It was very early in the season.

[jersey cubs fan]

I remember him catching a TD at Soldier and handing the ball to his family who was sitting in the front of the end zone seats. It was very early in the season.

 

You could say it was early. Week 1 against Atlanta.

[Guest]

I remember him catching a TD at Soldier and handing the ball to his family who was sitting in the front of the end zone seats. It was very early in the season.

 

You could say it was early. Week 1 against Atlanta.

 

 

Figures. I just remembered that it was extremely summer like. Very sunny and not in an October or November way.

[cubbyvirus00]

I'm really starting to think highly of the recent trade for Price. This guy is only two years removed from the draft and granted he had some injuries, but with the proper mentoring (Rod Marinelli) and coaching why couldn't he develop into a fine contributor?

[rawaction]

I'm really starting to think highly of the recent trade for Price. This guy is only two years removed from the draft and granted he had some injuries, but with the proper mentoring (Rod Marinelli) and coaching why couldn't he develop into a fine contributor?

 

Because these things hardly ever work out. Okoye was not the norm last year, and even he was never as injured/bad as Price has the last 2 years.

 

That being said, this doesn't have to be a monumental move for it to be worthwhile. The Bears were looking at a situation where one of Ronnie Cameron, Nate Collins, John McCargo, Jordan Miller, or Demario Pressley was going to be getting legitimate playing time as the 4th DT in the rotation. Brian Price put up 24 tackles and 3 sacks last year. Those 5 in their careers have put up 64 tackles and 3 sacks, with 25 of those tackles and 2.5 of those sacks coming from McCargo way back before 2007.

 

The Bears were going to make a move for a DT at some point. Whether a camp cut or trade. Getting a recent top 40 pick for a 7th rounder was probably as good as can be expected. Not that I'm super confident that Price will all of a sudden live up to his pre-draft hype, but the chance he does is worth giving him a shot over those never-will-be's he's competing with.

[Banedon]

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[Brian]

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[Butterscup1679666578]

i've seen 3 pictures of cutler this offseason that he was smiling in. WHAT A JERK

[WrigleyField 22]

Those pictures dont show the graves of puppies in the background.

 

 

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[ctcf]

Brian Price has passed his physical

[Butterscup1679666578]

Chicago Bears ‏@ChicagoBears

 

LM: Newly-acquired defensive tackle Brian Price has passed his physical with the #Bears.

[Theo]

I find this a bit disturbing:

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4676699/moore-mcclellin-get-a-shot-on-special-teams?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

If not in the [rotation at defensive end] early in the year we're going to use him on special teams ... kickoff return, punt return possibly... maybe have him rush the punt. He can certainly help us.'

 

WTF! First off, we drafted him to be a difference maker at defensive end, not to play special teams, and what is this nonsense about him not being in the rotation at DE? There's no redshirting here, if he can't be in the rotation right away, then you failed with the pick.

[Banedon]

I find this a bit disturbing:

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4676699/moore-mcclellin-get-a-shot-on-special-teams?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

If not in the [rotation at defensive end] early in the year we're going to use him on special teams ... kickoff return, punt return possibly... maybe have him rush the punt. He can certainly help us.'

 

WTF! First off, we drafted him to be a difference maker at defensive end, not to play special teams, and what is this nonsense about him not being in the rotation at DE? There's no redshirting here, if he can't be in the rotation right away, then you failed with the pick.

 

You realize that the Bears use starters on special teams, right? I'm ok if they ease him in a bit slowly. I'd rather have him be successful long term than to be overwhelmed.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Jeff Dickerson ‏@ESPNChiBears

 

TE Kyle Adams just knocked McClellin backwards during a run drill. Adams a bubble guy to watch again this year. #Bears.

 

Jeff Dickerson ‏@ESPNChiBears

 

But McClellin does show a burst off the line of scrimmage. Could be a good situational pass rusher early on. #Bears.

[davell]

PFT made mention we were after Otah, before he was teaded to the Jets. He's yet to pass their physical and could come available again.