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I wish the Bears would take a chance on Matt Jones. In the 2008 season he caught 65 passes for 761 yards thats impressive considering he only played like 11 or 12 games. If you are willing to take a chance on Plax you should be willing to take a chance on Jones he has a lot of talent also.

I for one, am very pleased with the Bears off season activity this year it isn't everyday or year or decade for that fact that a team gets a proven pro-bowl Q.B. and L.T. Yes Pace is older but still better at his age than what we had last few years. While I wouldn't mind a veteran W.R. I really think we'll be fine with our W.R. corps, Jay Cutler will make our receivers better as we have already seen from how successful Eddie Royal and Brandon Marshall has been in Denver, before someone comes here blasting about this statement I AM NOT SAYING Chicago's receivers are better or maybe not even equal this we will have wait and see until the season is underway but I will say Jay had something to do with their success anyone who says otherwise is just kidding themselves Jay was their Q.B. and delivered the ball to them on time and accurately. Some of Eddie Royal success was due to him but he also had Jay throwing him the ball, and now Jay is throwing to Chicago's receivers so E=MC2.

Watch some of last years OTA's with Orton throwing the ball, then compare them to this years with Jay throwing the ball HUGE difference even the most inexperienced bystander can tell the difference between the two, or should I say hear the difference.

Jay also is improving the corner backs play reason being last year under Orton corner backs played off the receivers by a good 5 steps and once the ball was in the air the corner backs could make up the distance because of the velocity at which Orton threw. Now with Jay throwing and with more velocity and accuracy our corner are learning to play tighter coverage because they no longer can make up the 5 steps they could with Orton.

The below list was hurried and may have errors but the the main point remains the same, and that is 80-90% of these receivers had top Q.B.'s delivering the ball, Top Q.B.'s and top W.R.'s goes hand in hand, only a select few W.R.'s make it without a top Q.B. delivering the ball.

Top 10 Receivers of 2008 by touchdowns
1. Randy Moss - NE
2. Terrell Owens - DAL
3. Reggie Wayne - IND
4.Braylon Edwards - CLE
5. Wes Welker - NE
6. Marqes Colston - NO
7. Chad Johnson - CIN
8. Plaxico Burress - NYG
9. Steve Smith - CAR
10. Andre Johnson - HOU

Top Ten Receivers of 2008 by yardage.

1. Randy Moss - NE
2. Reggie Wayne - IND
3. Braylon Edwards - CLE
4. Terrell Owens - DAL
5. Larry Fitzgerald - ARI
6. Marques Colston - NO
7. T.J. Houshmenzadeh - CIN
8. Andre Johnson - HOU
9. Steve Smith - CAR
10. Plaxico Burress - NYG

YOu have to ask yourself, do we want a Coke head or do we want a self-mutilator?

Duce, your starting to talk ridiculously, again. The Bears haven't even played a pre-season game and you are writing off all the work done this off season and draft, already.

3 of the 5 WR haven't even caught a pass and you are trying to describe how they "will" play. Come on man, get real. Steve Smith is the same height and weight, and has been performing and "running through" jams his entire career. Same could be said for Derek Mason, Hinez Ward, Santana Moss, Greg Jennings, Eddie Royal, or in other words all top end receivers.

Besides, the rest of your rant goes on about not spending our money, but yet why would we sign Plax when nothing has been finalized in his court hearings. Now that they are pushed back to Sept, that would be a foolish gamble to take. You shot down the Matt Jones prospect, and Boldin, as you know, cost too much for us to give! Wayne, is way too old, and is asking way too much for what he will bring to the table.

There has been more than enough shuffling this off season, and for one, it has shown a side of Jerry that has RARELY, if ever, been seen. Let this team develop, and grow from here. If we land a top end FA WR great, if not, it's not like any one of these kid could shine through the "criticism" of being too small.

Cutler + Plaxico? That's a whole lotta ego goin' on...

bgduece said: "when you best receiver is your back up tight end (6 TD's) this could be a long season." first of all Clark was brought in mostly in goal line situations so the 6 td thing is a bit deceaving. Olsen is better than Clark, that's why he starts over him. secondly, as a previous poster on here put, we haven't even seen the rookies so how do we know what they can do? Bennett played with Cutler at Vandy, so he has a history with him. he didn't play last year because they had vets like Booker ahead of him and took his development too slow. it won't be that way this year, because it didn't work and they are gone. this offseason isn't over and the Bears still might add a Plexico or someone to help shore up an area that needs help-if it needs help. This whole Cutler thing will blow up in Angelo's face if the Bears WR's show they arn't the answer. so you can bet JA will be watching the OTA's very closely. they have cap room if an addition is needed.

BMarsh is holding out in Denver maybe Bowlen and McDaniels will trade him J.A. could make a huge splash if he could land this one. We could give up Rashied Davis, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Jason McKie, Jamar Williams, Joey LaRocque, as a last resort Dez Clark or Kellen Davis.
We could either do a trade directly with Denver or through another team via a three way deal and could use combination's of players.
Out of the the choices available Plax, Jones or Marshall I would choose Marshall he already has some chemistry with Cutler and is the youngest of the three.

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Originally posted 11:52 AM ET  06.13 by bgduece

You make no sense...if we had participated in free agency over that last two years, we could have some depth, and a experienced WR..last year EVERYBODY told the Bears, you need a receiver and Angelo talked that physco babble, that we are happy with where we are...and for your information CLARK is the starting TE, and Olsen is the backup.

Olson is the starter

Ridiculous. NONE of this is fact!!! WHY? Because the season hasn't even started. Your entire POST is skeptical, WITH NO FACTS!You missed the entire point and just babbled again.

ALL those receivers that were mentioned are in the SAME category as ours. Their height and weight is identical. You can make excuses all you want, BUT THOSE ARE FACTS. Your assumption that they can't break jams, is garbage, you haven't even seen them play one snap against an opposing defense. Had you read my comment, it said 3 outta the 5 haven't even had a reception yet.

Who would you have rather signed, in last years FA pool? PLEASE, enlighten me, with all the choices we had 2 years ago.....CRICKETS. It was a blessing in hiding, that we didn't sign depth or a #1 WR, otherwise we wouldn't have had the resources to pull the trigger on Cutler this past off season. Not to mention, the bears didn't have a losing season 2 years in a row. I guess don't watch them, and just talk about them. We were 9-7 last year.

We went from a QB who gather 2900 yds, with this corps, and now added a pro bowler to the position. and you think we will remain constant. Ridiculous. Your assumptions are worse than your predictions.

Duece.... I gotta throw this in there just cause sometimes your cocky attitude needs it... ONE skilled player that we have signed as a free agent: Michael Gaines. I realize he is not a starter, but TE is still a skill position. Also your quote "with the exception of Orlando Pace, the Bears have not signed a free agent who start in years..." We signed Kevin Schaffer who started last year for the browns, and Pisa Tinoisamoa who has started the last few years with the Rams.