[CBFF] So how many draft picks will start for the Bears? -- chicagotribune.com

Tue Apr 29 11:10:45 MDT 2008

As a Bear, I've never seen 'Damn Good' out of Benson. Ever. If Benson plays
like he did last season, he'll be sitting by the 4th game, maybe
earlier.   And considering Benson's injury, and the fact we hear he's not
working hard at recovery, my odds of Forte starting (at some point this
season)? better than 50/50.

Williams is a lock to be starting at some point this season, if not
immediately.

Odds are Bennet will be starting as well at some point.

At this time, I'd like to clarify the term 'starting'.  We all know there
are easily bruised egos in this league (ex: Benson), and while I believe all
of the above and a few yet to be discussed could very well become the
official 'starters', they also may only show that they 'should be' the
starts, playing more snaps than the 'official' guy, but not actually ever
getting the start, due to the all important 'ego soothing' that coaches feel
the vets deserve.  I kind of equate this to a title fight, where as, if the
challenger doesn't out-right knock the champ out, he'll have to knock him
down a couple times. A close win won't get you that belt, or a 'starting'
spot on the team.  I will say that Lovie doesn't prescribe to this
philosophy as much as some other coaches (or past Bears coaches).

Now, with that said, I'll continue with Harrison, who'll get into the
rotation just as much (and possibly more) as Dvoracek,  but may never trot
onto the field as a starter this year.

Seltz will be the starter only if Brown goes down again, so I hope we don't
see much of him, but am damn glad we have him just in case. I think he's  #2
on the depth chart after 1/2 a season.
Bowman won't beat out our two starting corners, but he'll be in the
rotation, and like Seltz, Glad he's there in case one of our guys go down
(yeah, I think he'll be the #3 corner on the depth chart fairly quickly,
health permitting)

 I think this draft class provides a wealth of talent, whether it be
starting, rotational, or depth; it will provide all of those.  It just won't
provide a new QB, which I still believe sticks in a few craw's and will have
to be gotten over before you can fairly evaluate this draft class.

-Behr

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think I just have a higher opinion of the guys already on the roster.
> O-line should be better with Williams but I sincerely doubt the seventh
> rounders are going to start. On the D-line there's O-Gun, Brown, Anderson
> and Bazuin at end and Harris, Dvoracek and whoever they're keeping from last
> year that looked good at tackle. I don't think Benson's as bad as he
> performed last year - his 2006 was damn good and people forget that because
> he was splitting carries. That doesn't mean I think he's a great player, I
> just think he's good enough to start and be a serviceable back. The rest of
> the defense really looked good by the end of the year and safety's the only
> position I see a rookie starting - but even there, Kevin Payne's going to be
> back from injury and they have Brown, Manning and Archuleta. WR is a
> position that doesn't usually get production from rookies and with the QB
> situation I doubt we'll know anything about Bennett's ability. Basically I'm
>  putting all my hope in Williams and something magical happening at the QB
> position.
> -Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:57:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] So how many draft picks will start for the Bears? --
> chicagotribune.com
>
> And, of course, what I said has nothing to do with that.  I said you
> might as well be optimistic about the chances that they'll help the team
> because you haven't seen a single one of them play yet.  The only thing
> I can figure is that you apparently believe the opposite.  Better to
> give the majority no chance at all and doom the team to a worse record
> than they had last year - in April!
>
> Damn and I thought I was negative.  At least I want to wait and see them
> play before I doom them to mediocrity.  You can't even wait that long.
>
> Tom S.
>
> mactbone wrote:
> > It's not that I'm dooming the team, it's just that I don't see this
> class magically fixing the things that went wrong last year because the big
> problems were QB, O-Line and D-Line. O-Line should be better with Williams
> but D-Line improvements are going to come from better health to the guys
> that were already on the roster.
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com>
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:56:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] So how many draft picks will start for the Bears? --
> chicagotribune.com
> >
> > Beats the hell out of me, Chris.
> >
> > I can't sit here and bash the team this early.  Let me get a look at
> > these guys and see how they do.  There are also guys like Dvoracek that
> > I've barely gotten a look at because they've been hurt.  Hell, I don't
> > know.  Maybe Grossman will come alive this year.  I have my doubts but
> > what the hell do I know until I've seen him?
> >
> > It's not that I blame you for your pessimism.  There's good reason for
> > it.  Its just that its only April and I just want to watch these guys
> > before I start bashing on them.  My comment was tongue in cheek.  Until
> > they hit they field and you can start criticizing them, every guy they
> > drafted is a star.
> >
> > Tom S.
> > --
> > mactbone wrote:
> >
> >> How many rookies started two years ago?
> >> -Chris
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com>
> >> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> >> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 7:17:24 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CBFF] So how many draft picks will start for the Bears?
> -- chicagotribune.com
> >>
> >> mactbone wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> OK, but how bad does that mean you think the Bears team was last year
> that all these guys will be starting?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I think they were 7-9.
> >>
> >> Tom S.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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