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Busy day at Halas Hall

Boomer — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:41:37 +0000

Cliff Stein and company had a busy day at Halas Hall on Friday closing a lot of deals and tying up some loose ends as the calendar turns from May to June.

First came a tweet from agent Drew Rosenhaus about the contract … [visit site to read more]

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Mayor Daley Defends Bogus PSL Tax

Boomer — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:15 +0000

Mayor Richard Daley is defending the City of Chicago’s amusement tax as this issue is starting to heat up. His honor has some distorted view of fans flipping their PSL’s and turning big profits.

“They’re flipping … [visit site to read more]

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Rashied Davis Has a Way with Words

Boomer — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:16:59 +0000

The Bears started their OTA’s on Wednesday and the Jay Cutler media circus has officially begun!!! Organized Training Activities are voluntary, but really, are pretty much mandatory. It was the first practice for the first franchise quarterback in nearly two decades (or ever, depending on who you ask).

Expectations for Cutler and the Bears offense are sky high. Wide Receiver Rashied Davis summed up the expectations for new addition Cutler thusly:

”He’s expected to [crap] gold, excuse my language,” Davis said.

Well said, ‘Shied. He was among many of the Bears receivers that had a tough time hanging on to Cutler’s laser beams. Rashied went on to compare Cutler to former Bear quarterbacks Orton and Grossman

‘I am excited more by his athletic ability than his strong arm,” Davis said. ”He can move around. I’m not saying anything against K.O. [Kyle Orton] and Rex [Grossman] because I love K.O. and Rex, but he can move around a lot better. He can throw the ball on the move a lot better. That’s just one of the things he can do a lot better.”

There’s nothing like saying, “No offense, but…” By saying that, you’re saying, “I’m about to offend you, just don’t get mad.” I’m not saying it’s not true, but no need to spell it out. You weren’t exactly Larry Fitzgerald out there last year, now were you, Rashied? … [visit site to read more]

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LOWER THE BOOM – Watch Your Wallets PSL Holders

Boomer — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:33:20 +0000

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Lock up your dogs – Michael Vick Released

Boomer — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:57:57 +0000

Former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was released from federal prison overnight, so lock up your dogs. I just can’t get the image of Fly … [visit site to read more]

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Mother Ship gets a facelift

Boomer — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:53:52 +0000

Bear Goggles On is proud to announce that the mother … [visit site to read more]

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Congratulations Matt Forte

Boomer — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:04:39 +0000

Congrats go out to Chicago Bears second year running back Matt Forte, who returned to Tulane this weekend to graduate. Nice job Matt!!! Unlike most kids graduating this year, Forte has a great job lined up. … [visit site to read more]

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Bears 4th in Peter King’s Power Rankings

Boomer — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:31:38 +0000

Peter King recently put together his “Tick Off Half The Football Fans In America Post-Free-Agency, Post-Draft NFL Power Rankings” and the Bears rank #4 on his list. Here is what the NFL scribe had to say about the Beloved:

I may not like how Jay Cutler babied his way out of Denver, but by Labor Day, the football world will have forgotten, and by Thanksgiving, the most popular baby name in Chicagoland will be Jay. (Unless it’s Jerry, as in Angelo, the man who stuck his neck out and made this deal.) Cutler’s a big-time player, and I suspect we’ll find out over the next few years if he has nerves of steel and can win the big game.
Now, there’s two things we don’t know about Cutler and this offense. There’s not a great receiver in the house and no promise of one on the way (Angelo should have guaranteed Torry Holt more money to get him to come to the Windy City). So Cutler’s going to have to make do with the Devin Hesters and Rashied Davises, apparently. (Not that there’s anything wrong with Hester. But he should be a third receiver, using his speed to game-break.) … [visit site to read more]

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Bear Buzz

Boomer — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:08:28 +0000

Trying to catch up on some loose ends for the week that was:

He’s not, for now…

Brett Favre allegedly, supposedly seemingly will not come out of retirement to join the Vikings. Can we call off the Favre-watch stakeout of Kiln, Mississippi? Can ESPN talk about something else? Stay tuned.

It’s unfortunate that he won’t join the Vikes, but maybe the sideshow can drag out into training camp and provide enough of a distraction to keep the defending NFC North champs off their game? Any time Sage Rosenfels or Tarvaris Jackson throws an interception, will they be looking over their shoulder?

In case you were wondering what Jay Cutler thinks about the possibility, don’t worry, Larry Mayer’s got ya covered from his chalk talk: … [visit site to read more]

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BEHIND ENEMY LINES – DRAFT EDITION

Boomer — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:17:48 +0000

As the dust settles on another NFL draft, I’ve crept behind enemy lines of the Bears NFC North foes to see what they did last weekend. If you missed my review of the Bears’ draft, check it out visit site to read more]

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