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    Once More Rick Morrissey Proves He Doesn't Know Shit From Shinola.....

    Now is not the time for Bears to get defensive in NFL draft

    BY RICK MORRISSEY rmorrissey@suntimes.com April 25, 2012 9:12PM
    SeveralNFL draft analysts have the Bears taking Whitney Mercilus with the 19th pick.



    Updated: April 26, 2012 10:23AM


    As usual, I’m sitting in the news conference in my underwear. This time, though, the dream includes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who is standing at a podium and saying, ‘‘With the 19th pick in the draft, the Chicago Bears take defensive end . . . ’’

    OK, yeah, I suppose there is some repressed frustration that my idea for a literal ‘‘press briefing’’ hasn’t caught on yet. But what I’m taking away from the dream is something much, much worse: the distinct possibility that the Bears are going to make a draft-day mistake by choosing a defensive player.

    Many of the ‘‘experts’’ are convinced the Bears need help on defense. And because the draft is Thursday night, we’ve had to hear about it every waking moment for the last three months.

    NFL.com has them taking Syracuse defensive end Chandler Jones in the first round. Three CBSSports.com analysts have the Bears taking Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus. A fourth has them selecting USC defensive end Nick Perry. So does FoxSports.com.

    Many Chicago writers and broadcasters are favoring Mercilus, as are Mel Kiper and his hair. Kiper’s colleague at ESPN, Todd McShay, has North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples coming to Chicago.

    Just to sum up: Not Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd or Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright.

    Not any of the many tackles and guards who will be available when the Bears pick.

    Really? From a team that gave up 105 sacks the last two seasons? From a team that had a left tackle, J’Marcus Webb, who allowed 12 sacks and was whistled for 15 accepted penalties last season? There’s no need for an offensive lineman to protect your most valuable asset?

    Was anybody paying attention last season when Jay Cutler was healthy? Did that look like a Super Bowl offense to you? Not once last season did I say to myself, ‘‘If the Bears only had a defensive end to take the pressure off Julius Peppers, they’d win a championship!’’

    What I recall saying was that it looked a lot like the same old Bears: not enough firepower at wide receiver and an offensive line that still doesn’t meet the level of excellence necessary to have a great offense.

    If the ‘‘experts’’ turn out to be correct and the Bears take a pass rusher, all it will mean is that they and new general manager Phil Emery had been sipping from the same glass of dumb and Coke.

    If the idea is that recently acquired receiver Brandon Marshall will answer all the problems in the passing game and that the team can stand pat offensively, well, that would be so Bears-like, wouldn’t it?

    There’s a groupthink among the team and the prognosticators that’s a bit frightening, and my only hope is that Emery is sending out misinformation to fool teams as to the Bears’ intentions.

    Some numbers for you:

    The Bears ranked 27th out of 32 teams in sacks allowed and 28th in quarterback hits allowed last season. Very bad.

    They were 17th in total defense last season. They were 28th in passing defense but 19th in sacks and eighth in opponent passer rating. Not so bad.

    The easiest thing to do is to place the blame for the offensive troubles last season at the feet of Professor Kooky, former offensive coordinator Mike Martz, and say everything is going to be better with Mike Tice running the show and Marshall and Cutler picking up where they left off during their days with the Denver Broncos. The Bears point to the arrival of Devin Thomas as more proof of their devotion to the wide-receiver position, but he’s more of a special-teams player.

    They have a No. 1 receiver in Marshall, provided he behaves off the field. That’s a big proviso.

    They have Earl Bennett, who is a No. 3 receiver. And they have Devin Hester, who still wants to be a receiver, even though his numbers scream that he’s a special-teams player.

    The No. 2 receiver, Matt Forte, is a disgruntled running back.

    And that’s it.

    Johnny Knox has bent over backward for the Bears and likely won’t play for them in 2012 because of that ghoulish injury
    last season.

    Roy Williams was supposed to be the answer last season, and I guess he was if the question is, ‘‘Who is the receiver whose one great season in Detroit looks fluky now?’’

    Sam Hurd has been unavoidably detained.

    But all we keep hearing is that the Bears need help on defense. Tell me it’s just a bad dream.
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    Sometimes I wonder how this arrogant fucktard even keeps his job. We never even hear a peep out of him until he has something negative about the Bears to write about. He and Hub Asskush must hang out and do beers and jalapeno poppers together.

    All he proves here is that he's a whiny little bitch who knows nothing about how the team he writes about operates or even any vague awareness of who is available in the draft and why they rank as they do. Has he done any research on the prospects or does he just sit around in his underwear criticizing other writers projections of who the Bears will draft?

    Beyond dropping a few names of first round prospects he says nothing about picks farther on down the line which might meet some of these desperate immediate needs we have that are more important than those of a defense that was almost totally ignored in FA in favor of spending over $25 mil on upgrading the offense. I doubt this lazy asshole even knows the names of any prospects beyond the first round and he's gonna come in here and criticize Emery's draft before the first card is even turned in.

    Will somebody buy this fucker a burger and beer and ask him to move down to the end of the bar. I don't want to listen to his bullshit anymore.

    We don't need defensive help.......right!
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    Quote Originally Posted by soulman View Post
    Sometimes I wonder how this arrogant fucktard even keeps his job. We never even hear a peep out of him until he has something negative about the Bears to write about. He and Hub Asskush must hang out and do beers and jalapeno poppers together.

    All he proves here is that he's a whiny little bitch who knows nothing about how the team he writes about operates or even any vague awareness of who is available in the draft and why they rank as they do. Has he done any research on the prospects or does he just sit around in his underwear criticizing other writers projections of who the Bears will draft?

    Beyond dropping a few names of first round prospects he says nothing about picks farther on down the line which might meet some of these desperate immediate needs we have that are more important than those of a defense that was almost totally ignored in FA in favor of spending over $25 mil on upgrading the offense. I doubt this lazy asshole even knows the names of any prospects beyond the first round and he's gonna come in here and criticize Emery's draft before the first card is even turned in.

    Will somebody buy this fucker a burger and beer and ask him to move down to the end of the bar. I don't want to listen to his bullshit anymore.

    We don't need defensive help.......right!
    This article was too dumb for words. Neither Blackmon or Floyd will make it past 10-12 and no other 1st round WR would help us out much in 2012. He's also completely misguided about Bennett. As you've pointed out Soul, he wasn't paid like he was to play 3rd downs from the slot. Bennett is the #2 flanker until proven otherwise.

    We have plenty of slot options (Hester, Sanz, Weems). What we need from a rookie is a developmental flanker as a 3rd-4th wideout on the depth chart (depending on where you put Thomas and figuring Knox is out).

    There's plenty of those guys in this draft. Well into the 4th.

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    Is this guy serious lol. I'm not for drafting one over the other but just to be so absolute is what would fuck up a draft. Let's just get a stud at wr,ol,dl,db and be happy we got a difference maker no matter what side of the ball the pick was on

    He is so flawed. I can make a case that cause we have a guy like marshal we can get a late round wr to be a number two like giants had with Cruz. I can also make a case we can get a later de and be successful cause we have peppers sort of like Miami did with Taylor and ogun.

    We haven't even picked yet and he is hoing the team lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by MPBears68 View Post
    This article was too dumb for words. Neither Blackmon or Floyd will make it past 10-12 and no other 1st round WR would help us out much in 2012. He's also completely misguided about Bennett. As you've pointed out Soul, he wasn't paid like he was to play 3rd downs from the slot. Bennett is the #2 flanker until proven otherwise.

    We have plenty of slot options (Hester, Sanz, Weems). What we need from a rookie is a developmental flanker as a 3rd-4th wideout on the depth chart (depending on where you put Thomas and figuring Knox is out).

    There's plenty of those guys in this draft. Well into the 4th.
    Mo ya' know I love you like a brother (oh and by the way Mom says hi, not HIGH , but hi ) so this is for you.

    JJ-30 posted this and if the Vikes pass on him this would be a move for Kalil and a good DE or DT at the top of two.

    Got this from another board so it not a fact. A Cleveland, OH radio stations and insider boards here as well as nfl sirius radio are reporting the Browns and Bears have had and continue discussions of a swap. The reported details seem to be Bears 19, 50, Forte and next years 1st for Browns 4 and 37. Assuming any deal would be predicated based on Vikes' pick.

    Like I said its being reported so it is not a fact, but thought I would post it anyways. I think as it reads right now we are giving up too much. But with Washingtons move it might cost this much.





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    Quote Originally Posted by soulman View Post
    Now is not the time for Bears to get defensive in NFL draft

    BY RICK MORRISSEY rmorrissey@suntimes.com April 25, 2012 9:12PM
    SeveralNFL draft analysts have the Bears taking Whitney Mercilus with the 19th pick.



    Updated: April 26, 2012 10:23AM


    As usual, I’m sitting in the news conference in my underwear. This time, though, the dream includes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who is standing at a podium and saying, ‘‘With the 19th pick in the draft, the Chicago Bears take defensive end . . . ’’

    OK, yeah, I suppose there is some repressed frustration that my idea for a literal ‘‘press briefing’’ hasn’t caught on yet. But what I’m taking away from the dream is something much, much worse: the distinct possibility that the Bears are going to make a draft-day mistake by choosing a defensive player.

    Many of the ‘‘experts’’ are convinced the Bears need help on defense. And because the draft is Thursday night, we’ve had to hear about it every waking moment for the last three months.

    NFL.com has them taking Syracuse defensive end Chandler Jones in the first round. Three CBSSports.com analysts have the Bears taking Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus. A fourth has them selecting USC defensive end Nick Perry. So does FoxSports.com.

    Many Chicago writers and broadcasters are favoring Mercilus, as are Mel Kiper and his hair. Kiper’s colleague at ESPN, Todd McShay, has North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples coming to Chicago.

    Just to sum up: Not Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd or Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright.

    Not any of the many tackles and guards who will be available when the Bears pick.

    Really? From a team that gave up 105 sacks the last two seasons? From a team that had a left tackle, J’Marcus Webb, who allowed 12 sacks and was whistled for 15 accepted penalties last season? There’s no need for an offensive lineman to protect your most valuable asset?

    Was anybody paying attention last season when Jay Cutler was healthy? Did that look like a Super Bowl offense to you? Not once last season did I say to myself, ‘‘If the Bears only had a defensive end to take the pressure off Julius Peppers, they’d win a championship!’’

    What I recall saying was that it looked a lot like the same old Bears: not enough firepower at wide receiver and an offensive line that still doesn’t meet the level of excellence necessary to have a great offense.

    If the ‘‘experts’’ turn out to be correct and the Bears take a pass rusher, all it will mean is that they and new general manager Phil Emery had been sipping from the same glass of dumb and Coke.

    If the idea is that recently acquired receiver Brandon Marshall will answer all the problems in the passing game and that the team can stand pat offensively, well, that would be so Bears-like, wouldn’t it?

    There’s a groupthink among the team and the prognosticators that’s a bit frightening, and my only hope is that Emery is sending out misinformation to fool teams as to the Bears’ intentions.

    Some numbers for you:

    The Bears ranked 27th out of 32 teams in sacks allowed and 28th in quarterback hits allowed last season. Very bad.

    They were 17th in total defense last season. They were 28th in passing defense but 19th in sacks and eighth in opponent passer rating. Not so bad.

    The easiest thing to do is to place the blame for the offensive troubles last season at the feet of Professor Kooky, former offensive coordinator Mike Martz, and say everything is going to be better with Mike Tice running the show and Marshall and Cutler picking up where they left off during their days with the Denver Broncos. The Bears point to the arrival of Devin Thomas as more proof of their devotion to the wide-receiver position, but he’s more of a special-teams player.

    They have a No. 1 receiver in Marshall, provided he behaves off the field. That’s a big proviso.

    They have Earl Bennett, who is a No. 3 receiver. And they have Devin Hester, who still wants to be a receiver, even though his numbers scream that he’s a special-teams player.

    The No. 2 receiver, Matt Forte, is a disgruntled running back.

    And that’s it.

    Johnny Knox has bent over backward for the Bears and likely won’t play for them in 2012 because of that ghoulish injury
    last season.

    Roy Williams was supposed to be the answer last season, and I guess he was if the question is, ‘‘Who is the receiver whose one great season in Detroit looks fluky now?’’

    Sam Hurd has been unavoidably detained.

    But all we keep hearing is that the Bears need help on defense. Tell me it’s just a bad dream.
    You only pick on him because you have a crush on him.

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    You only pick on him because you have a crush on him.
    Nah.....it's you I'm after Big Daddy. I was just usin' him tryin' to make you jealous.
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    Got this from another board so it not a fact. A Cleveland, OH radio stations and insider boards here as well as nfl sirius radio are reporting the Browns and Bears have had and continue discussions of a swap. The reported details seem to be Bears 19, 50, Forte and next years 1st for Browns 4 and 37. Assuming any deal would be predicated based on Vikes' pick.

    I think as it reads right now we are giving up too much. But with Washingtons move it might cost this much.
    I don't know. You're basically giving them Forte and a 1st round pick to make a huge move up to the 4th pick in the 1st and the 5th pick in the 2nd for what should be a franchise LT for the next decade. And there will still be some great talent at that 2nd pick. I think I'd be okay with this. The only pick you're giving up is from next year. Granted, it's a 1st, but hopefully we'll be picking at the bottom of the round anyways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by soulman View Post
    Mo ya' know I love you like a brother (oh and by the way Mom says hi, not HIGH , but hi ) so this is for you.

    JJ-30 posted this and if the Vikes pass on him this would be a move for Kalil and a good DE or DT at the top of two.

    Got this from another board so it not a fact. A Cleveland, OH radio stations and insider boards here as well as nfl sirius radio are reporting the Browns and Bears have had and continue discussions of a swap. The reported details seem to be Bears 19, 50, Forte and next years 1st for Browns 4 and 37. Assuming any deal would be predicated based on Vikes' pick.

    Like I said its being reported so it is not a fact, but thought I would post it anyways. I think as it reads right now we are giving up too much. But with Washingtons move it might cost this much.





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