[CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge

[Jason Cetina]

Then what do they pay Darryl Drake for?

Jim Ferolie wrote:
> I agree totally. He might talk a little too much (he's got his own TV show, 
> for God's sake), but there is no doubt that the little veteran tricks have 
> trickled down to the young guys, and our WR corps beyond him is still young. 
> That's the No. 1 thing to me that causes WRs to take 3 years to develop in 
> most cases, the mind games, the fakes, the little things.
>
> Moose might not be super productive right now, but I don't think his 
> contract is that expensive, either. Anyone know the cap implications of 
> keeping vs. cutting?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>
>
>
> Jason,
>
> The Bear WR corps got better pretty quickly after Muhammad arrived.  I think
> its because a veteran presence and experience helped stabilize the group and
> that he taught the younger guys a lot of tricks.  That might make him more
> valuable than he would appear to be on paper.
>
> Just a suggestion.
>
> Tom S.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
>> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jason Cetina
>> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:38 PM
>> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>> Subject: [CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge
>>
>> WTF? Moose looks like a keeper? That can't be. I've got no problem with
>> Berrian leaving, but he should take Moose with him. I've got to believe
>> that the front office is trying to create some leverage to sign Berrian
>> to a lower contract. Or maybe the Bears are content with both of them
>> ending up as Vikings.
>>
>> From:
>> http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+North/Chicago/WWHI/200
>> 7/wwhi121407.htm
>>
>> Briggs, Berrian could be goners
>>
>>
>> Dec. 14, 2007
>>
>> On the Bears' free-agent front, the latest we're hearing on OLB *Lance
>> Briggs* and WR *Bernard Berrian*, the team's top two players eligible
>> for free agency, is that the team is leaning toward letting both of
>> them
>> walk. We hear the Bears believe second-year LB *Jamar Williams* could
>> very effectively man the weak side at a lot more reasonable cost than
>> what it would take to re-sign Briggs, who they feel is asking for more
>> than he's worth, his rock-solid '07 season notwithstanding. Team
>> sources
>> tell us the Bears feel the same way about Berrian and that they are
>> preparing to primarily revolve their passing game around the very
>> promising talents of University of Miami (Fla.) products *Devin Hester*
>> and *Greg Olsen*, with veteran *Muhsin Muhammad* looking like a keeper
>> at the "Z" spot for at least another season. Word is the Bears are
>> increasingly intrigued by the pass-catching potential of Hester, who
>> showed impressive glimpses late in the team's Week 14 loss to the
>> Redskins.
>>
>>
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