[CBFF] ST - A win and a loss

[Tom Shannon]

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> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:02 AM
> To: CBFF
> Subject: [CBFF] ST - A win and a loss
> 
> A win and a loss
> Bears re-sign Briggs, but Berrian bolts to Vikes


> The Bears also have made the decision to start throwing more to Devin
> Hester. Money, that is. The team has held informal discussions with
> Hester's agent, Eugene Parker, about a new deal and it will move to
> the forefront along with efforts to extend the contracts of defensive
> tackle Tommie Harris, kicker Robbie Gould and, potentially, defensive
> end Mark Anderson. The idea is to ensure young core players are in
> place well beyond 2010.
> 
> ''The next major target [Harris] is in our immediate future,'' said
> Rosenhaus, who represents him. ''I don't want to get into too much
> detail, but he is very important.''
> 
> General manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith believe Hester has
> the skills to develop into a No. 1 receiver, something the team never
> considered Berrian to be.

I hope so.  WRs do traditionally take a season or two to develop.  Hester
probably isn't bright but it can't be brain surgery.

Rosenhaus constantly mentions Harris.  He probably considers this Berrian
signing to be good news on that front.  I think he senses that the Bears are
planning to shell out the majority of their cap room to him.  It's going to
be a bank breaking deal.

Tom S.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging
their prejudices.
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