Bear Down Baffa

Now I’m no Donald “I’m too classy to say anything bad about Rosie, but she’s a pig” Trump when it comes to self-promotion, but it’s hard to deny the accuracy of our staff’s predictions at the end of last season.  Let’s take a look at just how right we were… 

Our (2007) Top Ten predictions for the Bears future:
10. The Offensive Line needs work; even management can see this. The Bears will draft two O-Linemen and acquire at least one more via free agency. I’m hopeful they will acquire more.
OK, so we drafted one, and he hasn’t been in pads in weeks due to injury.  And we just acquired some leftover from Tampa.  This is the single reason the Bears will suck this year.  I guess that is our first prediction for ’08 – the Bears will not be good (write that down). 

8. If there is a man on the planet that deserves another shot, it’s Mike Brown. He will rehab and win his starting spot back, but get hurt in the first game of ‘08. But we’ll have Nate Vasher back from injury, and our secondary will otherwise be decent.
Our only hope is if the incendiary Brown doesn’t get hurt.  I hope we’re wrong on this one.  If I had to rob a bank to ensure his health, I’d be in prison tomorrow on armed robbery charges.

6. Dusty Dvoracek, whom Lovie said he told before the game that the Bears would have him in uniform their next game, will also return after failing to complete a single game in his first two NFL seasons due to injury. And he will secure our D-Line, as planned a couple years ago.
See #8 above.

4. The Bears will trade Cedric Benson for a 38th round draft pick or cut him. I think we all now know why he was holding out for large dollars – because he knew it was the only contract he’d sign. Can anybody say Curtis Enis?
Praise Jesus! I’m not going to brag, but we were on this one before the rest of the press.  Adding Kevin Jones and drafting what looks to be a solid RB in Matt Forte only make this decision that much better.

3. Despite the dramatic call from fans, the Bears will make no changes at QB. They will re-sign Rex to a 3-year incentive-laden contract and Orton will re-sign for 3 years as a backup.
No, they did not make a change (unless you call signing a handful of back-ups no one knows making a change).  We were off on the length of the contracts, but only because we didn’t think either would settle for such short deals (technically they could re-sign them, so the jury is still out on that aspect).  But of the possible outcomes of our three ’07 QB’s, we were right on with the two they kept.

2. Adrian Peterson, Garrett Wolfe, Devin Hester and Greg Olsen give us plenty of weapons at the skills positions. But since we won’t get a new QB, we need to upgrade at receiver. The Bears don’t value Berrian and will not pay him what he thinks he deserves. So he’s played his last game as a Bear. I don’t think they’ll draft a replacement, at least not early. So they’ll probably sign a mediocre veteran to duke it out with our ensemble of back-ups.
Correctamundo on not signing Berrian (and yes, I did just quote Arthur Fonzarelli).  In fact, his signing for $42M with the Purple People Eaters not only forces him to wear purple, but it costs their payroll a pretty penny to do so.  We need them to make mistakes like that in order to keep up with their running game.  Also, if you look up “mediocre veteran” in the dictionary, there’s a picture of Marty Booker, who the Bears brought back.  Lastly, every other WR on our roster (other than Hester, of course) could be described as part of an “ensemble of back-ups.”  I’d say we nailed this one.

1. The Bears will NOT re-sign Briggs. The only way they do is if there is somehow no market for him and they get him on the cheap, but this will not happen. So he gone! And just like Briggs filled in when Rosey Colvin left, Jamar Williams will fill in nicely for Briggs.
OK, so we were off here.  You can’t win ‘em all, especially when they involve whiney chicks threatening to hold out.  But Briggs is tough, and if he has to be a money player, then so be it.  As long as he delivers the goods.  That bitch.

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