conversely, the bears saved a lot of money by winning their last 2 games, giving them some money to negotiate with harris and hester long-term. it's a give and take. however, if they could have scored a pick in the mcfadden range, they could have spun him off to dallas for their 2 first rounders and possibly scored otah and stewart. maybe they'd make the same deal for mendehall, who knows? who is mendehall? ;)