Thread: Webb's doin' better

Originally Posted by motownbear

I believe that was the plan all along last short offseason but after a few practices Cutler lobbied for Garza to be the C cause he felt more comfortable with him

btw Spencer in Seattle was consistently ranked one of the worst c in the league year in and year out

the oline is patchwork just got to stick with it and see who is can be developed and who needs to walk. Good news is allot of these guys are operating on one year deals so we arent stuck with trash long term like omyfail

E.Will is looking pretty solid as a backup to Garza. Garza is a decent starting center (smart, experienced). E.Will is a much better backup option at center than Spencer. I don't know what you do with Spencer. He's an expensive backup. Surely they won't start him this year (he's regressed).

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

My gut feeling is that the Bears will go with Webb, Rachel, Garza, Lance Louis, Carimi, (LT to RT). I'm not saying this is MY pick, but that it looks like they may be the Bears starters when the dust settles. That would be a decent oline (for us anyway). None of these guys are standout players, but they are all decent enough to let us have a solid season.

C.Will is probably going to be our backup tackle. E.Will our backup center (he looks pretty good to me). Spencer could be a decent backup guard. So we'd have decent depth if we have injuries. Brown isn't ready for prime time NFL work yet. Maybe keep him on PS as a "project".

I can't believe the Bears would go with Spencer as a starter (anything) due to his play deteriorating this year. I'd rather see E.Will as our backup center than Spencer. I like Lance Louis over Spencer at RG. Louis is a guy on his way up, and Spencer just looks bad.

I think that pretty well nails it too. You have to look at who you have left on the bench when the dust settles to bail you out in the event that Webb or Rachal end up either getting hurt or getting their asses handed to them as starters. Having CWill and EWill in reserve give us two guys who can play the two positions on that left side or the right side and a backup to Garza at OC as well. It may not be exactly the way we'd like to see it go but it does make sense.

I believe Spencer is too expensive to keep as just a backup so if Rachal takes LG he'll be cut. They'll stick Ricky Henry back on the PS if he clears waivers along with Cory Brandon and that will give us some added depth if there are injuries along the line. We'll need to keep Brown on the 53 man roster though. We'd never get him through waivers in order to put him on the PS. Somebody would grab him. So that gives us one more reserve who could probably play either OG or RT in an emergency.

So that's my eight. The five you listed as starters with CWill, EWill and Brown in reserve.

Originally Posted by soulman

I think that pretty well nails it too. You have to look at who you have left on the bench when the dust settles to bail you out in the event that Webb or Rachal end up either getting hurt or getting their asses handed to them as starters. Having CWill and EWill in reserve give us two guys who can play the two positions on that left side or the right side and a backup to Garza at OC as well. It may not be exactly the way we'd like to see it go but it does make sense.

I believe Spencer is too expensive to keep as just a backup so if Rachal takes LG he'll be cut. They'll stick Ricky Henry back on the PS if he clears waivers along with Cory Brandon and that will give us some added depth if there are injuries along the line. We'll need to keep Brown on the 53 man roster though. We'd never get him through waivers in order to put him on the PS. Somebody would grab him. So that gives us one more reserve who could probably play either OG or RT in an emergency.

So that's my eight. The five you listed as starters with CWill, EWill and Brown in reserve.

We'd be in good shape with that for this season. Better than last year. Then add a couple of upgrades next year, and we'd have one of our better olines in recent years.

One more thought. Because our starters are not lights-out great, it looks to me like we don't have a huge dropoff in talent if we have a few injuries this year. The backups are almost as good as the starters, and experienced. Injuries to the oline are almost a "given" so it's nice to know we don't lose that much in talent if a guy gets injured (I realize this is a "glass half full" thing to the max.......

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

We'd be in good shape with that for this season. Better than last year. Then add a couple of upgrades next year, and we'd have one of our better olines in recent years.

One more thought. Because our starters are not lights-out great, it looks to me like we don't have a huge dropoff in talent if we have a few injuries this year. The backups are almost as good as the starters, and experienced. Injuries to the oline are almost a "given" so it's nice to know we don't lose that much in talent if a guy gets injured (I realize this is a "glass half full" thing to the max.......

Yeah, a fantastically mediocre bunch but at least there's some half way decent experience among them. That's not saying much but it's better than nothing at all.

Originally Posted by Shark86x

Webb could do better if he lowered the price on his T-Shirts. $30 ????? I wouldn't buy a Butkus T-shirt for $30. Maybe $25. Webb? He'd have to pay me to wear it.

Well if they fit his ass then there's a lot of cotton in those puppies. He should be giving them away just so it actually looks like he has some fans.