BEARS DEFENSE FALLING APART

[HarveyWallbangers]

Agreed.

Actually, there aren't that many guys on the Bears now that are injury prone, but that's been their M.O. for awhile. For some reason, it always seems like Mike Brown's loss is devastating to them. Yet, he gets injured most years. They do need a replacement for him.

[VegasPackFan]

It has to be really hard with Brown especially. When that guy is in the game, he does amazing things. He just cannot stay healthy.

How or when do you just decide that a highly talented player just isnt worth it due to injury. Brown is a huge difference maker when he is in there.

[BallHawk]

For some reason, it always seems like Mike Brown's loss is devastating to them. Yet, he gets injured most years. They do need a replacement for him.

They should of picked up Marquand when they had the chance.

[b bulldog]

Mike Brown on the Bears=leroy Butler for the packers
I am not a big brewwers fan but why in the hell don't the fans get in an uproar about a guy like sheets. The guy is ALWAYS HURT! I wonder if he can look the brewers brass in the face when he picks up his milion dollar checks?

[MJZiggy]

If the packeras lost Barnett,Harris,Woodson and Bigby we would be screwed! No team can lose talented players like the bears have and still be realisticly in the running for a championship.

The difference is that the Packers have over $10 million in cap room to make some attempt at picking up stopgap replacements and the Bears right now have something like $300K in cap room. Hope that 7th round pick has a good time out there...

[Fritz]

Injuries really do make a difference. But nobody seemed to feel sorry for the Pack in Shermy's last year, which seemed frickin' ridiculous in terms of the number of injuries.

[3irty1]

Glass dolls are a frustrating but accepted part of baseball. Every team has them. Its just part of the game. Pitching a baseball is a very unnatural motion. Eventually guys like Kerry Wood and Mark Prior will prove too fragile to evern rehab completely but Sheets has had a wide variety of fairly freakish injuries. In baseball where money is no object, his salary is a small price to pay for one of the best hooks in the game.

[b bulldog]

Sounds like a homers spin on sheets

[KYPack]

So far, everything that could of gone wrong for the Bears has gone wrong.

Grossman has sucked
Benson hasn't been able to step into Jones' shoes
The defense isn't playing like they did last year
Injuries
Packers playing well

You got it.

The "Nightmare Scenario" is now in play for the Bears.

& I love it.

[Scott Campbell]

The Packer are undefeated at 3-0. Their fans are ecstatic.

The Bears are reeling at 1-2. Their fans are jumping off bridges.

The world is right.

[Patler]

Sounds like a homers spin on sheets

Ben Sheets pitched 4+ years for the Brewers and never missed a start, averaging over six innings per start. He was an absolute horse sucking up innings. His first injury came in 2005, so its really been only the last couple seasons that he has had problems. Sometimes players run through a stretch like that and get over it. Sometimes it continues. Hard to say for sure yet with Sheets. Don't forget, one of the "injuries" was an inner ear infection the doctors couldn't get cleared up and caused vertigo for weeks, keeping him out of the lineup.

If the young pitching comes a long, Sheets could be a prime candidate to be traded.

[Bretsky]

If the packeras lost Barnett,Harris,Woodson and Bigby we would be screwed! No team can lose talented players like the bears have and still be realisticly in the running for a championship.

The difference is that the Packers have over $10 million in cap room to make some attempt at picking up stopgap replacements and the Bears right now have something like $300K in cap room. Hope that 7th round pick has a good time out there...

Care to name anybody out there who would actually warrant much more that minimal wage ? Maybe Cory Dillon if you want an experienced RB.

The 12,000,000 amount doesn't do much more good ths year than sitting on 500G at this point. It's for renegotiation, the future, and front loading .

[Bretsky]

Injuries really do make a difference. But nobody seemed to feel sorry for the Pack in Shermy's last year, which seemed frickin' ridiculous in terms of the number of injuries.

AMEN