[CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge

[Jim Ferolie]

God only knows.

But seriously, it's one thing to listen and be coached, another thing to see 
it work.

Why doesn't Mike Brown's leadership work from the sideline?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Cetina" <jason at cetinas.org>


> 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.
>>
>>
>> I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties 
>> than
>> standing armies.
>> - Thomas Jefferson
>> http://blog.chicagobearsfanforum.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----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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