Archive for April, 2011

At least during a lockout, the Bears can still hand out one of the more prestigious awards they hand out.  Today, Anthony Adams and J’Marcus Webb received the Brian Piccolo Award!!!  This award is special because the Bears players vote amongst themselves for the rookie and veteran who best exemplify the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor of the late Brian Piccolo.  As you are probably familiar, Piccolo was a running back for the Chicago Bears from 1966 until his untimely death from embryonal cell carcinoma on June 16, 1970, at age 26.  If you have never seen [...]

The work stoppage and subsequent lack of money coming in hasn’t slowed Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler down.  The often maligned quarterback has been dropping some coin during the offseason.  Shopping trips to LA, a trip to Africa and the latest a trip to Cabo with a 5+ carat ring in his pocket. Rumors swirling around the interwebs say that Jay popped the question to reality startlet girlfriend Kristin Cavallari last weekend. No official word yet from either Jay or Kristin’s people, so no word yet on a date.   Congrats to the happy couple!  

We are currently in a state of limbo.  I’m not talking about the stupid party game where you dance under the stick to see how low you can go.  I’m talking about limbo, the place between heaven and hell.  The place between football and lockout. Even though Judge Susan Nelson ruled in favor of the players doesn’t mean we’re back to business as usual.   Far from it.  First came an e-mail from the group formerly known as the NFLPA telling players to show up for work on Tuesday. “Be advised any player going to work tomorrow is doing so under [...]

I’ve been sifting through mock drafts galore over the last few days trying to come up with a scenario where the Bears actually get one of the highly sought after offensive linemen that they so desperately need.   Truth be told, if you look at enough of them, you’re bound to find the perfect situation where the player(s) you covet most to be wearing the Orange and Blue will be there at pick #29.  It’s not as easy as it looks.  To give you an idea, you’ll get the chance to play GM. I’ve taken the mock draft from ESPN Chicago’s [...]

In the equivalent of a last second touchdown pass into the back of the end zone for the go-ahead score, the lockout appears to have been lifted, for now.  But as avid football fans, we know better.  In the last 2 minutes of a game, this play will be reviewed, so the real outcome remains in doubt.  Were both feet in?  Did the receiver maintain control?  The Calvin Johnson play ain’t got nothing on this legal play. Judge Susan Nelson put a large W in the players’ column, granting an injunction that the lockout imposed by the NFL owners come [...]

DeAngelo Hall can’t leave well enough alone.  After he used a 4 interception game against Jay Cutler and the Bears to springboard himself into a new Cadillac for winning the Pro Bowl MVP, he is still clowning Cutler.  No kidding.  Hall appeared on a radio show in DC last week and he had no shortage of things to yap about, including Cutler. “Jay is definitely a clown,” Hall said. “I played against the kid one other time, and it was when I first went to Oakland, first game of the season we played on a Monday night. And (then-Broncos coach [...]

The Bears are flirting with disaster. They run the risk of losing the most consistent performer this team has had in practically the last decade. I’m not talking about Brian Urlacher or a position player; I’m talking about Special Team Coordinator Dave Toub. Clipped from: www.suntimes.com (share this clip) It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that one of their top coaches is grossly underpaid. Remember when Lovie Smith was among the lowest paid head coaches in the league?  Remember when Ron Rivera got a huge pay raise to be a linebackers coach when he left the Beloved as D-coordinator?  [...]

Happy Easter Bears fans!  Use this holiday to reflect on this: if the original JC could rise from the dead after 3 days to save us, the Chicago Bears own JC can rise from a knee injury in the NFC Championship game to save the Bears!