[CBFF] [Fwd: RosenBlog: It's the quarterback, people]

[Steve Behrens]

Hey, I'm on that wagon too!  And with a kid currently driving with a permit,
I'm getting pretty good at back-seat drive'n!

Go Bears!

-Behr

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Dwayne <dwayne at wctc.net> wrote:

> I'm the last member of the Rex club?
> So that means I get to drive the bandwagon, sweet!
> D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mom2iancal" <senzigx4 at rucls.net>
> To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] [Fwd: RosenBlog: It's the quarterback, people]
>
>
> > We all have our doubts about Rex.  I was a staunch Rex supporter until
> last
> > year, when  I threw in the towel too!  Here's to hoping we are all wrong
> and
> > JA is right
> >
> > teri
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil DeNomme" <pdenomme at gmail.com>
> > To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] [Fwd: RosenBlog: It's the quarterback, people]
> >
> >
> > > I'm thinking that JA saw Rex take the Bears to the super bowl and
> figures
> > > he
> > > can do it again with a solid running game and a great defense like to
> > > years
> > > ago.  I really hope that Rex can do that but I have my doubts.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > > [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Ryan
> > > Dietzenbach
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:42 AM
> > > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > > Subject: Re: [CBFF] [Fwd: RosenBlog: It's the quarterback, people]
> > >
> > > I'm going to suggest that building around a QB doesn't work very well.
> > > You
> > > can't have a good young QB and a porous offensive line.
> > >
> > > LT was the biggest need on this team **in the draft.**
> > >
> > > The QB problem--which is a huge problem--should have been remedied
> long
> > > ago
> > > if we're talking about the 2008 season.
> > >
> > > RD
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Cracks me up.
> > >>
> > >> Tom S.
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/sports/~3/280149296/cs-080
> > > 429rosenbloglink,1,6288103.storylink
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/%7Er/chicagotribune/sports/%7E3/280149296/cs<http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/sports/~3/280149296/cs>
> >
> > -080429rosenbloglink,1,6288103.storylink<
> http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~
> r/
> > >
>
> chicagotribune/sports/~3/280149296/cs-080429rosenbloglink,1,6288103.storylin
> > > k>
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>  Bears will get no quarter till they get a quarterback
> > >>
> > >> *Everybody has an opinion on the Bears' draft,* and some have video.
> > >> ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper, f'rinstance, is drooling over the Bears'
> > >> draft.
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3372946&category
> > > Id=2459789&n8pe6c=2
> > >> >
> > >> I mean, he's all over it like stupid on Dubya.
> > >>
> > >> In a face-to-face thingy with Todd McShay of Scouts, Inc., on
> > >> "SportsCenter," Kiper raved about the Bears taking left tackle Chris
> > >> Williams in the first round, running back Matt Forte in the second,
> > >> wideout Earl Bennett in the third and defensive
> tackle-slash-reprobate
> > >> Marcus Harrison in the fourth. Kiper concludes his analysis with the
> > >> idea that the Bears "did a real good job of helping out the
> > >> signal-caller."
> > >>
> > >> And of course that's the flaw right there. The signal-caller is the
> most
> > >> important position on the field, only the Bears don't know it. Or
> don't
> > >> know what to do about it. Yo, Mel, helping out the signal-caller is
> what
> > >> you do when you're too lame to make getting the right signal-caller a
> > >> priority.
> > >>
> > >> I love Kiper and his knowledge (not to mention his hair), but for his
> > >> sake and especially the brainiacs at Halas Hall, I'm going to say
> this
> > >> slowly: Quarterback ... first ... everything else ... after. In.
> That.
> > >> Order.
> > >>
> > >> Lather, rinse, repeat.
> > >>
> > >> *McShay opines that the Steelers* had a better draft, starting with
> > >> Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall, a running back the Bears
> > >> passed on even though running back was just as glaring a need for the
> > >> Bears as tackle, quarterback, head coach and general manager.
> > >>
> > >> *Maybe Bears general manager Jerry Angelo* refused to take Mendenhall
> > >> because he has already choked on Cedric Benson and didn't want to
> make
> > >> it so obvious that he can't draft tailbacks any better than he can
> draft
> > >> quarterbacks.
> > >>
> > >> *Kiper, though, loves Colorado State's Caleb Hanie,* one of the
> > >> undrafted free agent quarterbacks
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-29-bears-bits-chicagoapr29,1,315634
> > > 4.story
> > >> >
> > >> the Bears signed. Kiper loves the guy's big arm and said he "could
> start
> > >> in Chicago." Of course he could start in Chicago. Everybody starts in
> > >> Chicago, Mel. In fact, you're penciled in for the Tennessee game.
> > >>
> > >> *McShay says the Lions* did the best job on Day 2 of the draft. Guess
> he
> > >> didn't like the idea that the Bears took one guy with an SEC record
> and
> > >> two guys with a police record.
> > >>
> > >> *The Packers already named Aaron Rodgers their starter,* and then
> they
> > >> drafted two quarterbacks
> > >> <http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=744292>. This leaves the
> > >> Bears free to sign Brett Favre, right?
> > >>
> > >> *The Bears took a left tackle* who refused to punch an opponent
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-29-bears-bits-chicagoapr29,1,315634
> > > 4.story
> > >> >
> > >> during a Senior Bowl drill while the Lions drafted two guys who got
> into
> > >> a scuffle
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/SPORTS01/80428011/1
> > > 048
> > >> >
> > >> at the same deal. Not sure any of it means anything. Just sayin'.
> > >>
> > >> *Speaking of that left tackle,* how'd our story on Williams'
> > >> relationship with Bears scout Rex Hogan
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-080428-chris-williams-chicago-bears
> ,
> > > 1,6352706.story
> > >> >
> > >> miss the "Hogan's Hero" line? /[Eds' note: Because Vaughn McClure
> likes
> > >> his television to be of this millennium.]/ I loved that show. John
> > >> Banner as Sgt. Schultz: "I know nuss-ing." Angelo should just play
> that
> > >> video anytime he's asked about quarterbacks.
> > >>
> > >> *The Bears signed *an undrafted free agent named Shane Longest. He's
> a
> > >> kicker. How good is that?
> > >>
> > >> *The Panthers signed* defensive tackle Darwin Walker
> > >> <
> > >>
> > >
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080428-chicago-bears-
> > > darwin-walker,1,7219496.story
> > >> >,
> > >> so the Bears have a shot to run for 100 yards at least once this
> year.
> > >>
> > >> *The Raiders released Dominic Rhodes
> > >>
> <http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-29-nflbitsapr29,1,6305216.story
> > >> >,*
> > >> one of the guys who killed the Bears in the Super Bowl
> > >>
> <http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RhodDo00_playoffs.htm>.
> > >> Going from the Super Bowl to the street in two years -- can you
> imagine
> > >> that? As a matter of fact, Cedric Benson better start imagining that.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few
> pips
> > >> in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
> > >>  - Douglas Adams
> > >>
> > >>
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