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Angelo had to go.  That was terrible.

A GM makes his name on the bottom of the depth chart and Angelo failed.

Plus having to spend huge bucks and draft picks to get Peppers and Cutler showed how bad he was failing at drafting talent.  Love those two pick ups by the way but iof he was doing his job they either would not have been neccesary or they would have put the Bears in the Superbowl.

He failed period and I am glad he is gone.  Now how long does Lovie get?

I worry more about Knox's head than his back. I doubt that he would be cleared to play if there was a danger of further  injury but I don't know how you get your head right after a hit an injury like that. Talk about hearing footsteps.

Agree 100%.  He may start having alligator arms if he is afraid of getting bent backwards again. 

Reggie Wayne, anyone? Get him and DeSean or Cut's reciever out in Miami and we'd be set.....

I remember the big knock coming out on Nicks was his speed.  And I've pretty much come to the conclusion that straight line speed is really overrated when it comes to WRs.  Especially when you're facing pass rushes that barely give your QB 3 seconds to get the ball out anyway. I mean yeah, Hester's fast but how far has that gotten him as a WR?  Same with DeShaun Jackson.

What's more important than speed per se is the ability to separate from coverage, i.e., open up a window for your QB to get you the ball. We haven't had a big WR that can do that consistently for... well...  pretty much forever.

The good news is, this draft is chock full of WRs who are exactly like Nicks.  Big, strong guys with good hands who will never turn more than about a 4.5 in shorts but are gonna make plenty of catches on Sundays for the next few years for the teams smart enough to look past the 40 and pick them up.  There is more value at the WR position in this draft, right down to the 3rd round, then there has been in years and I hope our new GM is smart enough to take advantage.

Wow...  another one I didn't see coming.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-bears-hire-bates-to-be-qb-coach-20120207,0,6705053.story

Great news for Cutler.  Gotta wonder if Emery pulled rank cause according to multiple reports Lovie wasn't keen on this guy.

There isn't much not to like about Bates, IMO.  He helped Seattle get to the playoffs (and beat the Saints) with a Seahawks team that had even less talent on offense than the Bears...  so with some offseason upgrades at OL and WR here I think he'll do just fine.

It's rather embarrassing that it looks like we're getting him by default when he should have been our first pick all along...  but as long as we don't botch the OL coach hiring and Emery doesn't step on his dick in the draft, I have to rate this offseason as being pretty successful.

When is the last time the Bears made an offensive coaching hire and you thought, "Well, that was well handled and went smoothly?"

I can't remember the last time I could say that about ANY Bears hire...

Can anyone tell me how to stop the video and sound from starting up whenever you look at a tribune web page? Is there a setting I can change?