Archive for October 8th, 2012

5. Bears Tease – Then Unleash Fury in Jacksonville

Mon, Oct 8, 2012

The year was 2003.  The Bears had two first found picks.  They went with Michael Haynes (5 1/2 sacks in 43 games), and Rex Grossman (33 TD’s and 35 INT’s in 36 games).  But in the second round they picked Peanut “Butter and Jelly” Tillman, and in the third round they selected “Sir” Lance “A lot” Briggs.  Briggs became a perennial All-Pro, while Peanut took 9 years to make his first Pro Bowl (though he should’ve been acknowledge way sooner than that).  And on Sunday, the two came full circle.

It was a beautiful day – for a thunderous shellacking

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