+1. Very funny.

When John Tait and John St. Clair were our bookends prior to the upgrade of Pace and Williams. Schaffer is a very suitable swing tackle and insurance policy. And Omiyale is pushing Beekman, who had a good year last year. Just the addition by subtraction makes the improvement more than somewhat.

He’s not a Bronco !

Let’s move on.

I’m just trying to keep things focused on what is instead of what might have been. We need to forget Jay, wish him well, and move forward.

What’s up Mike.

My personal feelings don’t really come into this all that much. In this case, we have two main, active threads with over 350 total comments on them to date talking about this subject. My feelings in this case are based in an awareness that our folks aren’t ready to let go, and for whatever reason, Jay seems to be a bit of a lightning rod for commentary at this point in his life, which is ‘news’ to most folks. I think that it’s Ok to let the natural effect of inertia take over – when we’ve got a game against anyone but Chi, I don’t expect to hear much about Cutler on MHR. In the general boredom of pre-training camp fandom, It gives folks a chance to talk, laugh, debate and discuss, and that’s Ok with me too. You’ll notice that I haven’t been commenting much on these threads – it’s not a concern to me personally.

You might also notice that I bring up Cutler when it’s germane or matters to an article (like the Law of Threes this week), but otherwise I’m not concerned, so, yes – I’m looking at training camp with files on over 30 players that include research, articles, interviews and background that might make for a good Tales here or there, and I’m working on a 10 part history of the Draft and the Combine that includes a breakdown of the process from the 1st Draft in 1937 and the first Combine, which was sponsored by only three teams (Dallas, SF and Buffalo) in 1971 That’s my main focus. But I’m also aware that when I toss up a Fanshot or Fanpost on a national media article or interview that it’s going to draw folks from other websites, give them a chance to talk with our members and vice versa and that generally, a good time will be had by most, if not all. Which makes me happy ;-)

But remember. It was YOU who came to OUR site to discuss what was posted by Harv as “take it or leave it” hearsay. And then YOU posted on YOUR site your disgust with MHR members. We gave you our opinions in good faith.

I personally appreciate your dropping by and do wish your team success.

I don’t share your lack of worry about your WR’s. I think you’ve got middle of the road if not mediocre WR’s. A QB change alone (chicken & egg debate) will not change their skill set. Keeping Turner adds to your issues. Turner and Cutler will be like oil and water.

Barry Sanders was one of the best, if not the best RB to play the game. how many SB rings does he have?

I also am of the belief that WR’s make the QB look better. Case in point, and I hate to use this as an example because I don’t care for him, but I’ve drank too much too think any harder, is TO.

Like him or hate him, when he’s on a team, the team makes the postseason.

I have no reservations at all that we got a good deal from the trade.

I do have reservations that the Bears got a good deal.

I hope that we both feel at the end of the season that we got a good deal because I have no hard feelings against the Bears at all.

Since we’ll only see the Bears once every four years, there’s not any reason for me to hope otherwise. If both teams are on an upward trend, then that’s all that matters. More than the results on the field, I think this trade was necessary to change the cultures of both teams as well. For the Broncos, it was the message that the country club atmosphere is gone, and for the Bears I think its a sign that your management is ready to start taking big risks to get the team back on top. Cutler’s high risk, high reward, no question but I think Bears made a huge statement by getting him I get the impression from most of the Bear posters that part of the joy from the trade is that its the kind of thing the Bears normally didn’t do, that before the team was more about playing it close to the belt instead of going for broke. Am I wrong about that?

I can only do so much.