Reports Of Da Bears Demise Pre-Mature?

[Scott Campbell]

That team down South is a bunch of massive chokers until proven otherwise. They almost blew their bye week home playoff game again last year. They looked terrific against the Saints. Then the stunk again against the Colts.

You have to be reasonably consistent to win the whole thing. They aren't. Not yet.

South of Utah? Cardinals?

The Cardinals would have put up a better fight in the Superbowl.

[The Shadow]

1. The offensive line appears on it's last legs. Brown & Miller, in particular.
2. They let the wrong running back go. Jones is superior to Benson.
3. No Ian Scott next to bad hammies Tommie Harris is gonna hurt them.

[RashanGary]

I agree Shadow. I see the Bears as a team on the decline. They still have two years, maybe three to be good, but I think last year was their best shot and they missed it. Grossman taking a huge step could make them similar to last year but I doubt that will happen.

[BEARMAN]

1. The offensive line appears on it's last legs. Brown & Miller, in particular.
2. They let the wrong running back go. Jones is superior to Benson.
3. No Ian Scott next to bad hammies Tommie Harris is gonna hurt them.

1. Brown and Miller are just fine ! You say old, I say experienced.
2. Jones did not want to play for us, Benson dose. Benson showed glimpses of the great back he can be last season, just give him alittle time and you will see another great BEAR R/B !
3. Da BEARS have just signed another DT, plus one coming off injury last year, and a couple off season aquisitions (sp), Da BEARS D line is in great shape ! Tommy is back 100% !

You cheese eaters better look out ! Da BEARS are comming, and they are hungery !

[MJZiggy]

Ok, ok, but if you're gonna keep saying that, you really should learn to spell 'hungry' for me quick...And I hope it's hunger and not complacency (well, I don't hope that but you get the idea)

[pack4to84]

1. The offensive line appears on it's last legs. Brown & Miller, in particular.
2. They let the wrong running back go. Jones is superior to Benson.
3. No Ian Scott next to bad hammies Tommie Harris is gonna hurt them.

1. Brown and Miller are just fine ! You say old, I say experienced.
2. Jones did not want to play for us, Benson dose. Benson showed glimpses of the great back he can be last season, just give him alittle time and you will see another great BEAR R/B !
3. Da BEARS have just signed another DT, plus one coming off injury last year, and a couple off season aquisitions (sp), Da BEARS D line is in great shape ! Tommy is back 100% !

You cheese eaters better look out ! Da BEARS are comming, and they are hungery !

First are you sure he wants to play? He sure didn't look like he wanted to play in the biggest game of his short career. SB

2nd there not hungry they got there and that was good enough for them. They will not have the same tough D like last year. and I mean PERIOD write it down. It will rank some where around 6th to 9th but not like it was last year.

[Rastak]

I agree Shadow. I see the Bears as a team on the decline. They still have two years, maybe three to be good, but I think last year was their best shot and they missed it. Grossman taking a huge step could make them similar to last year but I doubt that will happen.

I don't see the Bears as a team on the decline but they certainly are vulnerable. I don't see them as unbeatable but as the class of the division.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I don't see the Bears as a team on the decline but they certainly are vulnerable. I don't see them as unbeatable but as the class of the division.

I'd agree. They remind me of the Packers of 2001-2004. Good team, dominating a crappy division, but not quite championship caliber.

[BEARMAN]

How do I save thease comments so as when Da BEARS go to the SB (again) this year I can pull them out and rub your collective noises in them ?

Yes, Benson wants to be the featured back and play !

Our "D" is as strong if not stronger then last year ! Tommy and Mike are back at 110% ! Lance is singed and will play. We have added Archaleta and some DT's, Tank who ?

What did the pack do to better themselves in the off season ? Nothing !

[The Shadow]

I would be greatly surprised - no, shocked - if Tommie Harris returns to pre-injury form. His greatest asset was the quick first step, and a hamstring injury of that magnitude simply does not evaporate without the player losing a significant amount of 'suddeness'.
Thomas Jones was a very important part of the locker room leadership of that team. In addition, he was a gutsy type - and the Bears players loved that. Cedric Benson is roundly disliked by his own team, plus his Super Bowl little girl act did not sit well with teammates. Jones' absence, combined with Benson's less than stellar performance, represents another downward trend for the Bears.
Experience is great - but Reuben Brown's continuing decline is cause for concern - and he's now ANOTHER year older. Fred Miller also continiues to noticeably slow - and Aaron Kampman surely must be licking his chops over the prospect of multi-sack games.
The Bears have some very glaring problems, despite the glowing media powderpuff pieces about their offense.

[HarveyWallbangers]

On the other side: Archuleta blows, they lost their best RB, Muhsin is on his final legs, their non-descript OL overachieved last year, and the league figured out Sexy Rexy after the first half of the season.

[Scott Campbell]

How do I save thease comments so as when Da BEARS go to the SB (again) this year I can pull them out and rub your collective noises in them ?

Uhhhhhh....hate to break it to you. But you dissappeared for months after your last trip to the Superbowl. You sure you want to go through that misery again?

[Bretsky]

I would be greatly surprised - no, shocked - if Tommie Harris returns to pre-injury form. His greatest asset was the quick first step, and a hamstring injury of that magnitude simply does not evaporate without the player losing a significant amount of 'suddeness'.
Thomas Jones was a very important part of the locker room leadership of that team. In addition, he was a gutsy type - and the Bears players loved that. Cedric Benson is roundly disliked by his own team, plus his Super Bowl little girl act did not sit well with teammates. Jones' absence, combined with Benson's less than stellar performance, represents another downward trend for the Bears.
Experience is great - but Reuben Brown's continuing decline is cause for concern - and he's now ANOTHER year older. Fred Miller also continiues to noticeably slow - and Aaron Kampman surely must be licking his chops over the prospect of multi-sack games.
The Bears have some very glaring problems, despite the glowing media powderpuff pieces about their offense.

Shadow,

I'm surprised to see the Thomas Jones comments; I was listening to a Bears Radio Homer station while driving in ILL a month ago and they stressed that Thomas Jones in the locker room will not be missed one bit. Indicated he was a selfish player.

To be honest I have no clue at all either way.

Just glad they have Grossman

[The Shadow]

B :
I've heard just the opposite.
Benson is generally disliked & not trusted; Jones was greatly appreciated.

[oregonpackfan]

I look forward to watching the Packers beat the Bears at the PackerRats gathering on October 7th.

Let's get a lotttery going among the PackerRats to determine which one of us gets to take Bearman home to use as a rug in front of the fireplace!