2011 - 20?? Bears Offseason(s) Thread

[Internet Apex]

So who is the Worst GM in the History of Sportz going to pick? Surprisingly readable breakdown of the possibilities here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-pompei-bears-chicago--20110427,0,1674956.column

Oh, fuck. Hendry is with the Bears now?

Intrepid Readers: Matt Millen, Larry Himes and Isiah Thomas 

Hi.

[Chuck to Chuck]

So who is the Worst GM in the History of Sportz going to pick? Surprisingly readable breakdown of the possibilities here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-pompei-bears-chicago--20110427,0,1674956.column

Oh, fuck. Hendry is with the Bears now?

Intrepid Readers: Matt Millen, Larry Himes and Isiah Thomas  

Hi.

Hi, guys.  For some reason I was thinking Chicago only.

[Internet Apex]

So who is the Worst GM in the History of Sportz going to pick? Surprisingly readable breakdown of the possibilities here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-pompei-bears-chicago--20110427,0,1674956.column

Oh, fuck. Hendry is with the Bears now?

Intrepid Readers: Matt Millen, Larry Himes and Isiah Thomas  

Hi.

Hi, guys.  For some reason I was thinking Chicago only.

Fixed.

[R-V]

Some solid rage here.

http://deadspin.com/#!5796652/its-only-a-matter-of-time-before-an-nfl-teams-financials-are-leaked

[BH]

"The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have confirmed that free agent running back Garrett Wolfe was arrested on early Sunday morning in Miami.
"He became aggressive while being ejected by bouncers, and two off-duty officers were summoned," police detective Juan Sanchez said. "They gave him the opportunity to settle his bill, and he refused. He attacked one of the officers." The four-year veteran is facing charges of retail theft, disorderly conduct, assault of a police officer and resisting arrest with violence. Those are fairly serious charges, and very bad news for a soon-to-be unrestricted free agent that earns his money on special teams."

from ROTOWORLD, bros.

[Internet Apex]

"The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have confirmed that free agent running back Garrett Wolfe was arrested on early Sunday morning in Miami.
"He became aggressive while being ejected by bouncers, and two off-duty officers were summoned," police detective Juan Sanchez said. "They gave him the opportunity to settle his bill, and he refused. He attacked one of the officers." The four-year veteran is facing charges of retail theft, disorderly conduct, assault of a police officer and resisting arrest with violence. Those are fairly serious charges, and very bad news for a soon-to-be unrestricted free agent that earns his money on special teams."

from ROTOWORLD, bros.

nice choice jerry

[BBM]

So who is the Worst GM in the History of Sportz going to pick? Surprisingly readable breakdown of the possibilities here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-pompei-bears-chicago--20110427,0,1674956.column

Oh, fuck. Hendry is with the Bears now?

Intrepid Readers: Matt Millen, Larry Himes and Isiah Thomas  

Hi.

Hi, guys.  For some reason I was thinking Chicago only.

Larry Himes GMed somewhere other than chicago?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

So who is the Worst GM in the History of Sportz going to pick? Surprisingly readable breakdown of the possibilities here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-pompei-bears-chicago--20110427,0,1674956.column

Oh, fuck. Hendry is with the Bears now?

Intrepid Readers: Matt Millen, Larry Himes and Isiah Thomas  

Hi.

Hi, guys.  For some reason I was thinking Chicago only.

Larry Himes GMed somewhere other than chicago?

Yeah. He also GMed on the South Side.

[Saul Goodman]

Nothing about Major Wright's parties with porn stars or subsequent apology?

[SKO]

I found this fascinating. Matt Bowen knows his X's and O's.

[R-V]

Biggsy with an update on the tentative CBA. Whither Danieal Manning? Any chance that Malcom Floyd or Davin Joseph are SKO's new free agency mancrushes? And was I the only person who wasn't aware that Maynard is apparently done as a Bear?

Included in the report is the assertion that the rules for free agency will revert back to how they were in 2009 and before, meaning all players out of contract with four or more years of service will be unrestricted.

While that has been expectee, clubs still tendered qualifying offers to potential restricted free agents under the system that was used in 2010, when players needed six years of service to be unrestricted.

How will it affect the Chicago Bears? For cornerback Corey Graham, safety Danieal Manning and linebacker Nick Roach, it means good news. Although the Bears tendered a qualifying RFA offer to all three, under these guidelines they will be unrestricted, allowing them to enter the open market.

It's bad news for the team as it reduces the chances all three will return. In fact, Graham is a good bet to leave as a UFA. Roach is probably the best bet of the three to return as the Bears need a starter on the strong side, where he made six starts last season.

Manning, who has five years of service, was one of the players caught up last year by the change in rules. It's the influx of players in situations similar to his that is going to make free agency a bonanza when it opens, probably sometime next month.

The class of free agents will be nearly double its usual size, creating a massive pool of players for teams that will have to fill out rosters and spend to meet a salary-cap floor. If free agency starts in mid-July with training camps scheduled to open on time, it will be a mad dash of activity.

Some big names will head to free agency. The unofficial list includes wide receivers Steve Breaston, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Malcolm Floyd and Sidney Rice, running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and DeAngelo Williams, defensive ends Ray Edwards and Jacob Ford, tight ends Kevin Boss and Zach Miller, offensive linemen Willie Colon, Doug Free and Davin Joseph and cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Johnathan Joseph.

Strong hints indicate the Bears will pursue veteran punter Steve Weatherford in free agency. That's just one of the positions the team needs to address.

[morpheus]

Biggsy with an update on the tentative CBA. Whither Danieal Manning? Any chance that Malcom Floyd or Davin Joseph are SKO's new free agency mancrushes? And was I the only person who wasn't aware that Maynard is apparently done as a Bear?

Included in the report is the assertion that the rules for free agency will revert back to how they were in 2009 and before, meaning all players out of contract with four or more years of service will be unrestricted.

While that has been expectee, clubs still tendered qualifying offers to potential restricted free agents under the system that was used in 2010, when players needed six years of service to be unrestricted.

How will it affect the Chicago Bears? For cornerback Corey Graham, safety Danieal Manning and linebacker Nick Roach, it means good news. Although the Bears tendered a qualifying RFA offer to all three, under these guidelines they will be unrestricted, allowing them to enter the open market.

It's bad news for the team as it reduces the chances all three will return. In fact, Graham is a good bet to leave as a UFA. Roach is probably the best bet of the three to return as the Bears need a starter on the strong side, where he made six starts last season.

Manning, who has five years of service, was one of the players caught up last year by the change in rules. It's the influx of players in situations similar to his that is going to make free agency a bonanza when it opens, probably sometime next month.

The class of free agents will be nearly double its usual size, creating a massive pool of players for teams that will have to fill out rosters and spend to meet a salary-cap floor. If free agency starts in mid-July with training camps scheduled to open on time, it will be a mad dash of activity.

Some big names will head to free agency. The unofficial list includes wide receivers Steve Breaston, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Malcolm Floyd and Sidney Rice, running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and DeAngelo Williams, defensive ends Ray Edwards and Jacob Ford, tight ends Kevin Boss and Zach Miller, offensive linemen Willie Colon, Doug Free and Davin Joseph and cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Johnathan Joseph.

Strong hints indicate the Bears will pursue veteran punter Steve Weatherford in free agency. That's just one of the positions the team needs to address.

How was TIM SHAW omitted from the list of big name free agents?

[CT III]

Biggsy with an update on the tentative CBA. Whither Danieal Manning? Any chance that Malcom Floyd or Davin Joseph are SKO's new free agency mancrushes? And was I the only person who wasn't aware that Maynard is apparently done as a Bear?

Included in the report is the assertion that the rules for free agency will revert back to how they were in 2009 and before, meaning all players out of contract with four or more years of service will be unrestricted.

While that has been expectee, clubs still tendered qualifying offers to potential restricted free agents under the system that was used in 2010, when players needed six years of service to be unrestricted.

How will it affect the Chicago Bears? For cornerback Corey Graham, safety Danieal Manning and linebacker Nick Roach, it means good news. Although the Bears tendered a qualifying RFA offer to all three, under these guidelines they will be unrestricted, allowing them to enter the open market.

It's bad news for the team as it reduces the chances all three will return. In fact, Graham is a good bet to leave as a UFA. Roach is probably the best bet of the three to return as the Bears need a starter on the strong side, where he made six starts last season.

Manning, who has five years of service, was one of the players caught up last year by the change in rules. It's the influx of players in situations similar to his that is going to make free agency a bonanza when it opens, probably sometime next month.

The class of free agents will be nearly double its usual size, creating a massive pool of players for teams that will have to fill out rosters and spend to meet a salary-cap floor. If free agency starts in mid-July with training camps scheduled to open on time, it will be a mad dash of activity.

Some big names will head to free agency. The unofficial list includes wide receivers Steve Breaston, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Malcolm Floyd and Sidney Rice, running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and DeAngelo Williams, defensive ends Ray Edwards and Jacob Ford, tight ends Kevin Boss and Zach Miller, offensive linemen Willie Colon, Doug Free and Davin Joseph and cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Johnathan Joseph.

Strong hints indicate the Bears will pursue veteran punter Steve Weatherford in free agency. That's just one of the positions the team needs to address.

How was TIM SHAW omitted from the list of big name free agents?

TIM SHAW is sitting under a viaduct holding a sign that says "Will tackle you for food".

IT'S THE ONLY LIFE HE KNOWS!

[Internet Apex]

Biggsy with an update on the tentative CBA. Whither Danieal Manning? Any chance that Malcom Floyd or Davin Joseph are SKO's new free agency mancrushes? And was I the only person who wasn't aware that Maynard is apparently done as a Bear?

Included in the report is the assertion that the rules for free agency will revert back to how they were in 2009 and before, meaning all players out of contract with four or more years of service will be unrestricted.

While that has been expectee, clubs still tendered qualifying offers to potential restricted free agents under the system that was used in 2010, when players needed six years of service to be unrestricted.

How will it affect the Chicago Bears? For cornerback Corey Graham, safety Danieal Manning and linebacker Nick Roach, it means good news. Although the Bears tendered a qualifying RFA offer to all three, under these guidelines they will be unrestricted, allowing them to enter the open market.

It's bad news for the team as it reduces the chances all three will return. In fact, Graham is a good bet to leave as a UFA. Roach is probably the best bet of the three to return as the Bears need a starter on the strong side, where he made six starts last season.

Manning, who has five years of service, was one of the players caught up last year by the change in rules. It's the influx of players in situations similar to his that is going to make free agency a bonanza when it opens, probably sometime next month.

The class of free agents will be nearly double its usual size, creating a massive pool of players for teams that will have to fill out rosters and spend to meet a salary-cap floor. If free agency starts in mid-July with training camps scheduled to open on time, it will be a mad dash of activity.

Some big names will head to free agency. The unofficial list includes wide receivers Steve Breaston, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Malcolm Floyd and Sidney Rice, running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and DeAngelo Williams, defensive ends Ray Edwards and Jacob Ford, tight ends Kevin Boss and Zach Miller, offensive linemen Willie Colon, Doug Free and Davin Joseph and cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Johnathan Joseph.

Strong hints indicate the Bears will pursue veteran punter Steve Weatherford in free agency. That's just one of the positions the team needs to address.

How was TIM SHAW omitted from the list of big name free agents?

TIM SHAW is sitting under a viaduct holding a sign that says "Will tackle you for food".

IT'S THE ONLY LIFE HE KNOWS!

I laughed my pimply-white ass off.

[SKO]

Biggsy with an update on the tentative CBA. Whither Danieal Manning? Any chance that Malcom Floyd or Davin Joseph are SKO's new free agency mancrushes? And was I the only person who wasn't aware that Maynard is apparently done as a Bear?

Included in the report is the assertion that the rules for free agency will revert back to how they were in 2009 and before, meaning all players out of contract with four or more years of service will be unrestricted.

While that has been expectee, clubs still tendered qualifying offers to potential restricted free agents under the system that was used in 2010, when players needed six years of service to be unrestricted.

How will it affect the Chicago Bears? For cornerback Corey Graham, safety Danieal Manning and linebacker Nick Roach, it means good news. Although the Bears tendered a qualifying RFA offer to all three, under these guidelines they will be unrestricted, allowing them to enter the open market.

It's bad news for the team as it reduces the chances all three will return. In fact, Graham is a good bet to leave as a UFA. Roach is probably the best bet of the three to return as the Bears need a starter on the strong side, where he made six starts last season.

Manning, who has five years of service, was one of the players caught up last year by the change in rules. It's the influx of players in situations similar to his that is going to make free agency a bonanza when it opens, probably sometime next month.

The class of free agents will be nearly double its usual size, creating a massive pool of players for teams that will have to fill out rosters and spend to meet a salary-cap floor. If free agency starts in mid-July with training camps scheduled to open on time, it will be a mad dash of activity.

Some big names will head to free agency. The unofficial list includes wide receivers Steve Breaston, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Malcolm Floyd and Sidney Rice, running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and DeAngelo Williams, defensive ends Ray Edwards and Jacob Ford, tight ends Kevin Boss and Zach Miller, offensive linemen Willie Colon, Doug Free and Davin Joseph and cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Johnathan Joseph.

Strong hints indicate the Bears will pursue veteran punter Steve Weatherford in free agency. That's just one of the positions the team needs to address.

I thought they'd bring back Maynard and maybe have him battle a kid like that McGee guy they've had hanging around the last couple camps, but I knew they weren't satisfied with his performance last year which was his worst year in Chicago. His average keeps going down and he's 37. Weatherford's a good replacement.

My free agency man crush is Braylon Edwards paired with whichever guard Atlanta doesn't re-sign, but I'd settle for a guy like Floyd or Sidney Rice or whomever and then someone like Davin Joseph. Provided they come out of this free agency period with at least one starting guard and a wide receiver that isn't a muppet (but also isn't over 30, natch) I'll be happy.

A lot of this stuff could be found on my blog, if I had one.