Thread: Dickerson: "Five Things We Learned: Bears-Texans" (excellent read)

Originally Posted by JPosh2012

IMO we need to draft a TE in next year's draft. That is the one position that is going to hurt us in the long run that we don't have is a good Pass-Catch/Pass-Blocking TE. With Hester I think we need to move him back to KR/PR's only. I think that is why he has been so cold lately there. He is focusing too much. We need to let him just open and R-U-N! We need to use Bennett & Bush more.

Yea draft a TE, thats the ticket!

So now we just need to draft:

1.) an entire offensive line
2.) a protege linebacker
3.) a TE

How many first round picks do we have again? Hmmm, I think a TE can wait, if we get lucky in later rounds that would be nice but I'd just assume address other concerns. TE is a nice bonus but we have a lot of talent at the skill positions now, if we can't utilize the ample talent we already have what makes anyone thing we can utilize a talented TE?

Originally Posted by matsellah

The Hester Experiment has been going on for (seems like) ages. I'm just wondering if it's nothing more than justifying a roster spot. Which is ludicrous; the guy is the best returner in the history of the NFL, why not just have him do that? He wasn't a good DB, he's not a good WR. Play to his strength. The roster spot isn't paying any dividend, just call it what it is.

/end rambling

I keep asking the same question every year too. All we hear out of camp is how good he looks but once he gets up against CBs who play rough with him when the real games start he's a non-factor. The guy is a great return specialist and a good special use player but as a starting Flanker he's a zero. We might as well line up a 3rd TE and use him to pass block too for all the good Hester does.

What the deal with Bennett is I don't know. Somebody, preferably Tice or Lovie needs to explain how they can justify leaving a guy who is one of the most sure handed catchers in the NFL on the bench while we play a guy who just proves week and week why he not a staring level WR in the NFL. I'd sure as hell like to know too. If he's still hurting then say so.

Jeffery should be back this week or next and it's time to increase his snaps and decrease Hester's. Get Hester the ball where he has room to run and he's a dangerous guy but ask him to do the ordinary job of just catching passes and he leaves way too much on the table as far as I'm concerned.

Originally Posted by short faced bear

Three guesses:
!) Tice being stubborn
2) Hester's contract
3) Drake

You know the contract issue really isn't one. He's getting about the same money as Bennett is getting. All that talk about his $40 mil deal is just that.....talk. Most of the big $$$ came from incentives he could only earn if he did become a #1 WR and he hasn't so this contract thing should really be a dead issue.

I think Hester is probably a very good practice player and that's what earns him his stripes as the starting Flanker. Unfortunately most CB now know that all you have to do is get physical with him and knock him off his routes and you can take away his effectiveness. That and the obvious fact that he won't ever out fight a defender for a ball.

As a special use player he could be just that, special, but as a starting Flanker he's useless.

Bennett needs to be playing more and Davis needs to grab a seat on the bench or even better yet the inactive list. That's one way to get the point across that his play has been so substandard that he won't even be dressing for games for a bit. Try the other. We have nothing to lose since Davis is doing nothing to help his cause or the team.

If we do need to address the TE spot in the offseason lets make sure of it first. We got enough of those mother frockers on the roster so let's see what they've got before we go off looking for even more of them and end up with the same thing we have now. Davis was in demand in the offseason and we resigned him and there's a 50/50 chance that if we go looking we'll just end up with someone else's problem.

Originally Posted by XxMidwayMonstersxX

Yea draft a TE, thats the ticket!

So now we just need to draft:

1.) an entire offensive line
2.) a protege linebacker
3.) a TE

How many first round picks do we have again? Hmmm, I think a TE can wait, if we get lucky in later rounds that would be nice but I'd just assume address other concerns. TE is a nice bonus but we have a lot of talent at the skill positions now, if we can't utilize the ample talent we already have what makes anyone thing we can utilize a talented TE?

I think this is why we're stuck with K.Davis & the other wannabe's at TE.

I blame Jerry Angelo.

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

I was really hoping he would develop into a great receiving TE. He's not much of a blocker. But, he's not producing anything as a receiver either.

None of the TE's on our roster look very good.

Scouts Inc has Elderidge graded as "a below average backup"

They have Kyle Adams as graded 20 points lower than Elderidge.

Spaeth and K.Davis are obviously not cutting it for us.

Rodriquez is not listed as a TE on our roster anymore, but rather a FB. At his small size, he's definitely not a TE anyway. It would be huge to have a solid TE on the roster for us to use as a target for Cutler. Especially in the red zone.

86	Adams, Kyle	TE	6-4	255	24	2	Purdue
87	Davis, Kellen	TE	6-7	267	27	5	Michigan State
88	Eldridge, Brody	TE	6-5	265	25	3	Oklahoma
89	Spaeth, Matt	TE	6-7	260	28	6	Minnesota

Am I reading this right, that Eldridge is the highest rated of the pathetic TEs?

And he got waived the other day.

Eldridge was cut, we had to make room for McCown :/