[CBFF] The Bears and Marty Booker seem to be perfect for each other.

[Phil DeNomme]

LOL.  Isn't being the #1 WR in Chicago akin to being the tallest midget?  ;)

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Chicago Bears Inside Slant Sports Xchange


 Updated: March 14, 2008, 1:20 AM EST

 The Bears and Marty Booker seem to be perfect for each other.

 The Bears get a physical, veteran presence at wide receiver, two
things the current roster is lacking, and at the bargain rate of $3.5
million for two years. Booker gets the chance to once again be the
go-to guy in someone's passing game, as he was from 2001-03 in his
first go-round with the Bears.

 "Going anywhere else, I would have had to take that role of being a
No. 2 or No. 3 guy," Booker said. "Coming into Chicago, I have the
opportunity to get that No. 1 job and be the No. 1 guy. Plus Chicago
is where it all started for me. I still feel I have some unfinished
business up there."

 After Booker was traded from the Bears to the Dolphins during the
2004 preseason, he was forced to take a back seat to talented 2005 Pro
Bowl pick Chris Chambers, although he still averaged 48.5 receptions
and 657 yards in his four seasons in Miami. But he was released late
last month in a cost-cutting maneuver that saved the Dolphins almost
$4 million under the salary cap.

 Last year, his 50 catches ranked just 29th in the AFC, but they were
more than the total of all the other returning wide receivers
currently on the Bears' roster.

 "I just feel I didn't get the opportunities I wished for when I was
in Miami," he said. "Given opportunities, I know I can still play this
game at a high level."

 Booker was a Pro Bowl pick in 2002 after back-to-back seasons of 100
and 97 catches, the top two performances in Bears history. He watched
with mixed feelings when several of his former teammates, including
quarterback Rex Grossman, participated in Super Bowl XLI in Miami.

 "The whole trade thing, it was something that just jumped on me so
quick, and I didn't see it coming," Booker said. "It was tough. But we
all understand that's the business side of it. You always have to
adapt and overcome. I put it behind me and moved on.

 "(But) sitting there, down here especially, with the Super Bowl being
here in Miami when Chicago played Indianapolis, it was kind of tough.
You always want to root for the guys that you played with, (but)
you're also like, 'Man, I don't want them to win and I'm not there.'
It was good to see them make it and hopefully I will get that chance
again myself."



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