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Obviously not the most recent but I'd like to get a Herschel Walker return for Forte :) Edit: I'd settle for a Ricky Williams like trade too Ricky was a decade ago. Marshawn Lynch was recently dealt for very little. Reggie Bush netted next to nothing. The Chargers tried to trade Turner but he left via free agency. I can't think of any meaningful RB trade in recent memory.

I don't really care about the notion that he deserves it. It's a salary cap world and teams pay for the mistakes they make in handing out too much money for past performance. I don't care about the supposed lockerroom talk, that's Lovie's area and he handles it well. The Bears have had Briggs, Urlacher, Forte and others talking about holdouts and contracts for the better part of a decade and it's not the distraction people portray it as. And a franchise tag eats up cap space in one year, a longterm extension can easily eat up a lot more dead space in the 2 years it takes you to realize a guy has lost it and then cut him. Exactly. It sucks for Forte, and I love the guy....but he has every sign of flaming out during his next contract. Franchising him and letting him walk may be the best for the team and maybe for him. He'll earn more money in 1 year than he will in any other 1 year for the rest of his career. And he'll probably get more from another team than he would from the Bears. I hate to say this, but I think we've probably got a 1 or 2 year window to truly take advantage of our defense. To me, the extra 7-8 mill of cap space you have by extending Forte is much more important than his cap number in year 3 or 4 of this deal. Because I expect us to be slightly down at that time. On the other hand, with the cap space we currently have, we could build a true SB contender next year for a 1 or 2 year run, provided we draft halfway decently as well. If not for this, I would agree that franchising him is the best thing to do. That said, I'm not saying give him Chris Johnson money either. Give him a 3-4 year extension. If it's more than that, the only way I'd condone it is if the cap hit isn't much when he's likely cut during year 4 anyway. He wants Chris Johnson money. The Bears offered a hefty extension, but he's not interested in that. Regardless, there's no benefit to giving him a 3-4 year extension at big money. If he signs an extension this will probably be his last contract, and you should make it as long as possible. That said, the goal should be to transform from a team that occasionally contends thanks to a defense that steps up into a team that wins every year thanks to their QB. QBs determine consistent winners. If the defense has a 2 year window then the offense better be top notch before that window closes.

You don't wait. If it doesn't get fixed you bring in the next body, because there is always another body to bring in at the RB position.

what the hell is going on around here?

I don't really care about the notion that he deserves it. It's a salary cap world and teams pay for the mistakes they make in handing out too much money for past performance. I don't care about the supposed lockerroom talk, that's Lovie's area and he handles it well. The Bears have had Briggs, Urlacher, Forte and others talking about holdouts and contracts for the better part of a decade and it's not the distraction people portray it as. And a franchise tag eats up cap space in one year, a longterm extension can easily eat up a lot more dead space in the 2 years it takes you to realize a guy has lost it and then cut him.

It was a not-so-serious sprain, I believe. And whoever signs Forte to a longterm contract is going to regret it. He's got over 2100 touches dating back to college, and he's probably no more than 2 years away from extreme mediocrity.

http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/01/19/multiple-sources-efforts-to-trade-matt-garza-and-the-timing-of-the-theo-epstein-compensation-resolution-are-related/

So it's like the Bulls intro? With the Bulls crashing into the opposing teams bus? I haven't seen a Bulls home game since the late 80's, so no idea.

http://deadspin.com/5877515/why-yes-a-boston-bruins-fan-tackled-the-tampa-bay-mascot-after-it-doused-him-with-silly-string This must be a Florida thing (anything that is a Florida thing is a bad thing). Why the hell is a hosting organization actively creating hostility with away fans? I've never seen this sort of thing in the many away arenas/parks I've been to, except when I was in Miami and saw how much the stadium operators played into the anti-Jets sentiment. Pittsburgh does a stupid into where a Pirate ship blows up a boat with the logo of whatever team is playing there before the game, but it's mostly a one off thing at the beginning. In Miami they spent half the game fellating Jason Taylor and the other half trying to instigate fights with Jets fans.

Doesn't he have about a dozen kids? Maybe he's thinking about all those tuition payments and wedding expenses.

Does Schefter report on baseball signings? Experts tend to stick to their specialty.

I didn't even notice that the first time I watched it-- yeesh. are we going to trust dominican televised pitch speed indicators?

So he's a depressed commie coward?

So he has yet to coach at Pitt? That school's coaching turnover has been entertaining the past 3 years.

this is LITRALLY the craziest thing i have ever heard well done He does know people who would know. http://photos.indystar.com/photos/2010/2/7/352947/immersive.jpg

http://deadspin.com/5877269/peyton-manning-will-retire-today-reports-rob-lowe Rob Lowe is tweeting that his people tell him Peyton Manning is set to retire today.

My guess is that the Red Sox want to be able to say Selig screwed them rather than accept what they deserved on their own.

Them sinking their own ship will be little in the way on consolation. Would you really need to be consoled if Tice was no longer the Bears OC?

There is nothing at all irrational for hating all that is evil and wrong with the world.

I would bet on Greg Olson, which would suck. Probably one of the names already floated for the "passing game coordinator" position.

Because he couldn't hit but still played, and received praise. Therefore he must be good at defense.

It is pretty quick, but it also looks like a really simple small project.

Well technically they can, but they're unlikely to. No, per NFL rules they have to allow him to interview for the HC position. Huh...sure enough. I don't understand why they bother asking permission then. Professional courtesy. Plus I think they have to specifically ask for them to interview for the head coaching position. Teams and coaches probably want their assistants to get interviews elsewhere because it gives the impression, at least, that the staff is well respected around the league.