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Doesn't mean much if you know he is comparing Cutler to whatever QB will start for the Raiders. But in all seriousness, I'm sure Emery did he 45 minute explanation of the Bears offseason why all his moves fit perfectly with what the Bears are trying to do, etc. I bet there was advanced stats in there too.

Listening to Mac and spiegs earlier? Yep.

Am I the only one that recently discovered that Olt's last name is pronounced "Alt"?

also opens up a 40 spot

Not sure what we got back. Probably a PTBNL?

Wonder how much this has to do with most of Allen's dome games being home games.

I think you can draft a TE that would be able to play a ton, a WR that can easily move to 3rd on the depth chart that often uses 3 or 4 WR and 3 OL positions that can change hands this year with the right draftee. True enough. I just think there are diminishing returns on upgrading the offense compared to the defense at this point. That's not to say that if there wasn't an unbelievable value on offense, I wouldn't want them to take him and worry about the rest later. I like the offense but do not think for a second we are at the point of diminishing returns on upgrades there. The WR group is a 2 man operation. There is one legit NFL TE. The offensive line is stable but very unspectacular. The RB has a lot of miles and the QB is not Peyton Manning in his prime. There's literally room for improvement at nearly every spot. I agree with this. Plus with the offensive line, I think PFF graded them as fairly middle of the pack or slightly below average (granted a major improvement over past seasons) and they gave up something like the 4th most QB hurries in the NFL, but one of the lowest sack totals too. Too me that suggests a solid amount of luck. Not to say that Long and Mills won't be better next year, but Garza is old and declining and as awesome as Slauson was last year, can we expect him to play at that level again next season? I wouldn't be opposed to a 2nd or 3rd round pick on an OL if they like the guy.

Holy wow, Hub loves the move. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. http://www.chicagofootball.com/2014/03/26/arkush-allen-makes-bears-a-contender/avfwrk5/

The problem with Noah is it seemed like the Bulls were collecting high energy, high effort bigs at the time, but had a glaring need for a low post player. Hawes was seen as a much better low post prospect, at least in my memory...he hasn't exactly turned out that way. I thought Noah would be another Tyson Chandler type player and never expected he would be able to have the effect on the game that he has.

Agree with all of this except the "Allen isn't going to play every snap" thing. Allen's snaps have actually gone up the last 4 years and he's threatened to retire if he was only being offered a role as a situational pass rusher. Now maybe that was only an idle threat and I don't think you are implying that Allen will be used as a situational pass rusher only, just reduced snaps in some situations, but I think the Bears gave him some sort of assurance that he will be an every down player and Allen will throw a fit if the Bears try to reduce his role. Just my opinion Also look, Lance Briggs isn't bitching about something the Bears did:

Bears will wait until next Monday to introduce Allen

Yup, now the pressure comes from being able to replace players over the next couple of seasons through the draft. I don't think Emery really wanted to build his defense (or any part of his team) through FA, but the circumstances dictated it. Amazingly we havent lost any draft picks in rebuilding both sides of the ball other than Marshall.

Houston can move inside too, right? Yup the Raiders played him inside often. Good point I wouldnt be surprised if he was the 3 technique when the Bears are playing traditional 4-3

DE - Jared Allen, Lamarr Houston, Willie Young DT - Jeremiah Ratliff, Stephen Paea, Nate Collins, Israel Idonije LB - Lance Briggs, DJ Williams, Jonathan Bostic, Shea McClellen, Khaseem Greene CB - Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings, Kelvin Hayden, Isaiah Frey S - Ryan Mundy, MD Jennings, Chris Conte, Craig Steltz Still need big help at safety but that's some overhaul without even getting to the draft.

holy [expletive] [expletive] Well they certainly improved the line this offseason

Yup. Just read that. He had been battling some stuff for awhile. Very sad.

Etherington is going to transfer now too. I've heard rumors that there might be 1-2 more? Basketball in the state of Indiana is a mess right now. Butler even sucks now. So in terms of quasi relevant D1 teams in Indiana we have Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Butler, Valparaiso (i said quasi), Ball State and Indiana State. Yuck.

Matt Forte was the worst blocking RB in the NFL last year? http://sportsmockery.com/matt-forte-statistically-worst-blocking-running-back-nfl-25363/ Weird because in 2012 he was the 7th best.

Shitty start

Geez. Louisville, Kentucky, Michigan and possibly Tennessee and all like 4.5 hours from Indy

Michigan just broke their team record with 14 3s in a NCAA tourney game but I guess there are exceptions to every rule.

Poor Cubs....they are going to have to pull Clark if this keeps up.

I'll always remember those 4 seconds.

They? The Illuminati? Duh No the teams in their bracket