[CBFF] Angelo finally to discuss season

[Jerry Madsen]

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On Jan 3, 2008 10:37 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Sent to you by Tom Shannon via Google Reader: Angelo finally to
> discuss season via Inside the Bears by Brad Biggs on 1/3/08
> Jerry Angelo will address the Bears' 7-9 season this morning at 10. It
> will be the first time the general manager has met with assembled media
> since Halloween as he became unavailable during the second half of the
> season after years of mingling in the press box on game days. Perhaps
> Angelo allowed coach Lovie Smith to be a single voice for the
> organization during the season.
>
> Whatever the reason, Angelo's voice will be the one that resonates in
> the offseason as the club prepares for free agency and the draft, where
> it holds the No. 14 pick. Smith has already let everyone know he would
> like his entire coaching staff to return, as well as the entire 53-man
> roster.
>
>
> ``We would like for all of our guys to come back,'' Smith said in his
> wrap-up press conference to the season Monday afternoon.
>
> It will be interesting to discover how Angelo feels about that given
> the club's drop off on both sides of the ball, particularly on the
> defense where the club has invested heavily, not only with draft picks
> but money, in building a talented core.
>
> Three things Angelo needs to answer:
>
> 1. Will the Bears make a run at any of their own free agents? LB Lance
> Briggs, WR Bernard Berrian, QB Rex Grossman, special teamer Brendon
> Ayanbadejo and TE John Gilmore, among others, will be unrestricted free
> agents. Typically, the Bears have headed off their own free agents
> before this point by signing them to deals. Is it realistic any of
> these guys will return?
>
> 2. Are the Bears in the market for a quarterback other than Grossman?
> Cleveland has made it known it will entertain offers for its restricted
> free agent Derek Anderson. His play dropped off in December, a primary
> reason why the Browns failed to make the playoffs. Is he an intriguing
> prospect? If so, at what price?
>
> 3. When Smith says repeatedly down the stretch that the Bears are
> ``close'' to being competitive again, can they still be in that
> position if they lose their own free agents?
>
> Stay turned. There promises to be some interesting developments that
> will be worth following into the spring.
>
>
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