[CBFF] [Fwd: BEARS PLANNING FRIDAY VISIT WITH THOMAS]

[Tom Shannon]

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    BEARS PLANNING FRIDAY VISIT WITH THOMAS
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Posted by Mike Florio on April 24, 2008, 8:59 a.m.

At a time when most of the smoke signals emanating from Halas Hall 
suggest that the Chicago Bears will focus on improving the offensive 
line and/or the running game with the 14th overall pick in the draft, a 
league source tells us that receivers coach Darryl Drake is heading to 
Michigan on Friday to meet with, and possibly to work out, receiver 
Devin Thomas.

Of course, there’s a chance that the smokescreen is the team’s 
eleventh-hour interest in Thomas.  If the Bears can cajole the Bills 
into taking him at No. 11, or dupe someone into jumping in front of them 
at No. 14, there’s a chance that the player whom they truly covet will 
slip through to them.

Regardless of the motive, the fact remains that the meeting will occur 
on Friday.  If the Bears were hoping to send out phony vibes about their 
interest in Thomas, they presumably would have met with him earlier than 
the day before the draft.

Unless, of course, they want the phony vibes to be /really/ convincing.