[CBFF] ...Just Wondering ....

[P. Quinn]

  Steve,

  I kept my OSU opinions under my hat, because they are biased.  I would 
have been happy with Mangold, Holmes, Hawk, Carpenter, Whitner, Youboty, or 
Huston as Bears.  Huston will make the rostor. While he missed some long 
field goals last year, he made it a habit of splitting the uprights on 
kickoff.  The kid has a leg!

  Pat
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Steve Behrens" <steve.behrens at gmail.com>
  To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
  Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:08 PM
  Subject: [CBFF] ...Just Wondering ....


  Didn't get a chance to really watch the draft this weekend as I was 
running
  around for one of my son's basketball tourney's, so I don't know if this 
was
  brought up already or not, but regarding Pitt's trade to the spot directly
  in front of the bears 26th slot; Does anyone think that maybe Pitt was
  worried about the Bears picking Santonio Holmes up?  Maybe Pat might have
  brought this up being a big Buckeye fan (I think he was from Ohio St.), 
but
  the guy looked dominate in the clips they showed of him at WR and kick
  returner after the selection. And with him gone, the Bears then decided to
  trade out of their spot?  Just wondering out loud on that one.  I wouldn't
  have minded him at all if he had fallen to us.



  Overall, my sizable gut reaction was that I was disappointed that we 
didn't
  go out and try to get a playmaker on offense at either the TE or WR
  position, or barring that, we didn't get the best available offensive
  linemen.  After simmering a bit, and reading all of the posts and
  commentary, I feel better about trying to plug the apparent defensive 
holes,
  (although I will say this about our playoff game and the perceived 'hole' 
in
  our defense; I strongly feel it was more a failure of the coaches to 
adjust
  our defense than it was a complete lack of talent from the particular DB's
  that were burnt that day.) So with that said, if our coaching can learn 
from
  their (playoff) mistakes and with the drafted personnel that we acquired 
(if
  they're as good as we're being lead to believe), we should, barring 
injury,
  again have the #1 Defense in the league going away.



  Combine that with an offense (which was hamstrung as much by our rookie QB
  as it was by the coaches lack of trust in him to air it out for most of 
the
  season)… an offense that should take a **large** stride in productivity 
with
  a healthy Rex (If you're of the mindset that he's **the** guy), healthy
  rec's  (If you're of the mindset that  **the** guy is actually on the
  roster), A revitalized Moose (if you're of the mindset that he'll bounce
  back big), and that Cedric will post multiple 100 yard game (again, if 
your
  of the mindset that he's **the** guy, as well).   If you're of **that**
  mindset, than we're a DEEP DEEP playoff team….



  Personally, of just those four offensive issues, I think we'll hit on at
  least 3 of them.



  I can't wait until the season prognosticators start posting their 
respective
  prognostications!!



  -Behr
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