Thread: Bears sign Barber

Originally Posted by motownbear

This makes sense if Taylor getting cut cause he couldn't get any short yardage

Barber was always a battering ram of a RB and I thought he would have made a perfect Bears RB the year he was drafted but our GM had his head stuck up his ass then too apparently. There's no doubt he'd make a much better short yardage back than Taylor IF he still has anything left in his tank. He's put a lot of hard miles on that body by now and one scouting report I read on him says "he's a shell of his former self".

I have no problem with them bringing him in for a shot at a backup role but I've gotta wonder when they're gonna stop shopping these Cowboy "blue light specials". I'm not saying these were horrible pickups but the reality is that the Cowboys sucked last year and these guys were part of the reason they sucked. They may turn out not to be upgrades at all and I don't want to see us lose good young talent just to keep guys like Barber or Williams on the team.

Originally Posted by Aggie16

Lets just sign Leonard Davis and add another Cowboy, lol. I am laughing but it could happen if Garza is really our Center now.

LOL, just one more "fat boy" to cut in a week or two. I know Tice likes size but size doesn't mean fat as Marcus Harrison is finding out. That's another useless lump who needs to be cut soon now that we signed Okoye.

Originally Posted by soulman

I'll take a shot at anybody who can take the place of Chester Taylor. The only thing I can say though other than your point about blockers is that has anyone at Halas Hall looked how poorly the Cowboys did with these guys last year? I'm all for picking up more productive players but are we certain that Barber and Williams can be any more productive with this team than they were with Dallas?

One thing to take into consideration, soulman, is that you essentially had two wide receivers on the Cowboys last year with 1,000 yard seasons: Jason Witten (1,200 yards) and Miles Austin (1,041 yards). That might be part of the reason why Roy Williams wasn't targeted more. If he was injured, someone had to step up, and Williams was ultimately the odd man out and thus a casualty of the salary cap.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

He wasn't targted more b/c he lead the league in drops. It was also his injury that allowed Austin to steal the #1 wr position away from him. Roy sucks, and should not only not be on our team, but should not be on any team.
I'll take Hurd and Barber, but Williams was a ginormous mistake.

I'm willing to give Roy Williams a try. I know that the Bears aren't going to sign Malcom Floyd now that they have Roy Williams. If Williams can revert back to the form he was at while he played for the Lions, then I'll be happy. If he can give me a 1,000 yards this season, then the acquisition will have been a success. That being said, the jury is out on the guy, and we need to see if he can stay healthy.

I'm frankly excited to have Marion Barber and Sam Hurd (his first name is Sam, correct?) on board. I think both could be different makers on special teams and in the offensive backfield, respectively. I would probably move Chester Taylor down on the depth chart to at least the third running back position, if not cut him off the roster altogether.