Brian Griese leaving town?

News is that the Bears will try to get rid of Griese before next Tuesday. So why is this happening so soon? It is reported that if he is still around by March 4th, 2008 the Bears will have to pay him a $300,000 roster bonus. With the Bears needing to fill so many positions this year, it is unlikely they will want to spend this extra money.

'Brian is extremely disappointed he will not have the opportunity to be free to talk with whomever he wants,'' said Griese's agent, Ralph Cindrich. ''There's not any question that would be his preference.'

I think that Brian was a good backup QB, but not the starter that he wanted to be .

So are we still sad we lost Thomas Jones?

Like most bears fans I was sad to see Thomas Jones go this last season. His replacement for this year was Cedric Benson out of Texas. I thought that Jones and Benson were a good combo last year, making it all the way to the Superbowl. This year however Benson was picked as our lead HB and Jones went off to the Jets. The Bears invested alot in Benson taking him as the 4th overall draft pick in 2005, Players they passed on that year were Braylon Edwards (WR), Shawn Merriman (OLB), Ronnie Brown (RB) and Aaron Rodgers (QB) just to name a few. We lost Benson after 11 games this year to injury, wich sidelined him the rest of the season. Jones was able to play all 16 games of the season for the jets and I thought it would be interesting to compare thier numbers on the season.

Cedric Benson

Recent Career					Rushing							Receiving										Fumbles
Year	Team	G			Rush	Yds	Y/G	Avg	TD			Rec	Yds	Y/G	Avg	Lng	YAC	1stD	TD			Fum	FumL
2005	Chicago	9			67	272	30.2	4.1	0			1	3	0.3	3.0	3	8.0	0	0			1	1
2006	Chicago	15			157	647	43.1	4.1	6			8	54	3.6	6.8	22	9.3	2	0			0	0
2007	Chicago	11			196	674	61.3	3.4	4			17	123	11.2	7.2	19	8.2	5	0			3	2

Thomas Jones

Recent Career					Rushing							Receiving										Fumbles
Year	Team	G			Rush	Yds	Y/G	Avg	TD			Rec	Yds	Y/G	Avg	Lng	YAC	1stD	TD			Fum	FumL
2005	Chicago	15			314	1335	89.0	4.3	9			26	143	9.5	5.5	41	7.2	6	0			2	2
2006	Chicago	16			296	1210	75.6	4.1	6			36	154	9.6	4.3	21	7.3	5	0			1	1
2007	NY Jets	16			310	1119	69.9	3.6	1			28	217	13.6	7.8	25	8.5	8	1			2	0

As you can tell Jones didn't have a good year with the Jets. If Benson would have been able to finish the seasons going at the rate he was, its likely he would have put up better numbers than Jones. Im not a benson hater like most people, i think he still has a chance to prove himself this next seasons. On the other hand I dont like Adrian peterson at all, im hoping the bears get rid of him and look into free agency or a 3rd round draft HB to have someone to compete with Benson, and get the Bears running game back out of the trash.

Lovie worried Urlacher will kill Grossman

Urlacher ....arguably one of the best Linebackers in the game will have to put up with Rex for one more year. Urlacher is quoted as saying “They have fun. They fly around and they're always smiling. They don't know when they screw up.” Could this be a shot at Rex and his "always having fun" way of living? Hopefully Urlacher will check his firearms at the door if Grossman throws another 7 interceptions in 8 games..33 career.

Adrian Peterson?

Just wanted to put up a comparison of our " Adrian Peterson" VS the Minnesota "Adrian Peterson".

Our "AP" isn't cool enough to have a graphic like that..so here are the stats

SPLIT	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LST
2007	151	510	3.4	21	3	51	420	8.2	30	0	3	2
Career	284	1132	4.0	36	8	70	609	8.7	37	0	5	2

And here is the good AP

SPLIT	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LST
2007	238	1341	5.6	73	12	19	268	14.1	60	1	4	3
Career	238	1341	5.6	73	12	19	268	14.1	60	1	4	3

WOW.... Bears AP has been in the league 6 years and his career totals dont even match the good APS. It is embarassing, but think of how good we would be if we could trade them...even for 1 game.

Now that Both QBs are signed, who will get the hotter girls

Now that both infamous Bears quarterbacks have a signed deal..now its time to get some girls!!! The question is who can get hotter ones? Rex is known for "having a good time" both on the field and on the bench. He always seems to be in a elated state, whether winning or loosing. He is also part of the F**k it , im going deep club..I think the girls like this. Now Orton comes across as a "Man of the Woods" with his beard he refuses to shave, and supposedly planted more trees than "Johnny Appleseed". Its way to close to call, so I will have to make a poll for it soon.

QB party..Both Signed to a 1 year deal

Both Rex Gross and Kyle Orton have been signed to a 1 year deal for the 2008/2009 Season. So what does this mean? The Bears are not confident in either of them to be thier quarterback for years to come. With these short term deals also comes a more realistic possibility of a high round quarterback draft. We will have to wait till April to find out, but be aware Rex and Kyle..the party might be over!

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