tshanno@gmail.com
10-03-2008, 04:43 PM
http://chicagobearsfanforum.com/blog/?p=306
Bears
* What can you say about Tommie Harris' suspension? It seems its
been coming on for a while. Its disappointing and surprising to those
of us who accepted Harris as one of the good guys on the team.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned much is that there is probably a
little mini-war going on between Harris and the Bears. Consciously or
unconsciously, Harris obviously feels more comfortable sounding off
and embarrassing the Bears over issues like Mark Bradley's release
because of the rich contract he signed in the off-season. After all,
what are they going to do? Release him and eat the cap space? Well,
he got his answer. They can suspend you without pay. If I were
Harris, I'd be a little more quiet off the field and a little louder
with my play on it.
* One can't help but notice that Harris ran to the Chicago Tribune
with the full story, giving them an exclusive by locking out the Sun-
Times. It would seem to be yet another extension of the war that
Bears players like Brian Urlacher are waging with the Chicago Sun-
Times. I'm not sure what the problem is but they better get over it.
There are two papers in town and fans can't be expected to accept only
one version of the truth because that's the version the players want
printed. Indeed, it is getting to the point that when I want an
honest opinion, I may have to go to the Sun-Times knowing that they
won't bow to pressure from the players by altering their views. Its
an unfortunate situation.
* The Rams, at least, have decided that conditioning will not be a
factor in their losses anymore. They are conducting conditioning
drills on Monday and Wednesday during the week.
"There's a reason why we haven't played very well in the fourth
quarter," head coach Jim Hasslet said. "I don't know what it is, but
I'm not going to let conditioning be part of it."
Maybe Bears head coach Lovie Smith should take note. The Bears looked
pretty tired in the fourth quarter against the Eagles before that
courageous goal line stand. Admittedly the offense left them on the
field for most of the third quarter but it may be that they're going
to have to get used to it.
Elsewhere
* Mike Florio at ProfootballTalk.com has noted that Pacman Jones
is trying to move out of his Cowboys-issued apartment. I can only
agree with him that this is the first step towards Pacman landing back
in trouble. The Cowboys might be able to avoid it while he's still
making money for them but it will be a continual fight and inevitably
he's going to land in jail.
* Former Bear Cedric Benson made his first comments about the
Bears to the Cincinnati press:
What is known is that the NFL has yet to see the aggressive, speedy
back who while at Texas become one of five men to rush for 1,000 yards
in all four seasons. In his three seasons in Chicago, he never gained
more than 647 yards in a season and his average yards per carry was
3.8.
"Just not being with the right team; not being in the right
situation," Benson said as a way of explanation. "Hopefully we can
start that all up here now."
Ah. I see. No admissions about his lack of discipline. About the
lack of conditioning. No comments at all indicating that, just maybe,
he was at fault and he had to change his work ethic. Instead, it was
the team's fault.
Hopeless. Absolutely hopeless.
* Andrew Brandt of the National Football Post comments on a recent
study by the San Diego Union which discusses why football fans are
more accepting of the use of performance enhancing-drugs than baseball
fans.
That needed a report? Gee, could it be because all you have to do is
look at most NFL players to know that they're probably on something?
Or maybe because we see rookie after rookie who had no injury trouble
in college all of the start sudden pulling hamstrings and incurring
various other related injuries for the first couple years after
joining the league?
We're not idiots out here, guys. What do you expect us to do? Call
for the suspension of the entire NFL?
One Last Thought
Our quote of the day comes from Bears linebacker Lance Briggs
regarding Tommie Harris' situation.
"Tommie knows exactly what to do in this situation," Briggs said.
"When he comes back, when he's on the field, then we will welcome him
back. Nothing needs to be said to a leader."
Yeah. Especially by you.
Bears
* What can you say about Tommie Harris' suspension? It seems its
been coming on for a while. Its disappointing and surprising to those
of us who accepted Harris as one of the good guys on the team.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned much is that there is probably a
little mini-war going on between Harris and the Bears. Consciously or
unconsciously, Harris obviously feels more comfortable sounding off
and embarrassing the Bears over issues like Mark Bradley's release
because of the rich contract he signed in the off-season. After all,
what are they going to do? Release him and eat the cap space? Well,
he got his answer. They can suspend you without pay. If I were
Harris, I'd be a little more quiet off the field and a little louder
with my play on it.
* One can't help but notice that Harris ran to the Chicago Tribune
with the full story, giving them an exclusive by locking out the Sun-
Times. It would seem to be yet another extension of the war that
Bears players like Brian Urlacher are waging with the Chicago Sun-
Times. I'm not sure what the problem is but they better get over it.
There are two papers in town and fans can't be expected to accept only
one version of the truth because that's the version the players want
printed. Indeed, it is getting to the point that when I want an
honest opinion, I may have to go to the Sun-Times knowing that they
won't bow to pressure from the players by altering their views. Its
an unfortunate situation.
* The Rams, at least, have decided that conditioning will not be a
factor in their losses anymore. They are conducting conditioning
drills on Monday and Wednesday during the week.
"There's a reason why we haven't played very well in the fourth
quarter," head coach Jim Hasslet said. "I don't know what it is, but
I'm not going to let conditioning be part of it."
Maybe Bears head coach Lovie Smith should take note. The Bears looked
pretty tired in the fourth quarter against the Eagles before that
courageous goal line stand. Admittedly the offense left them on the
field for most of the third quarter but it may be that they're going
to have to get used to it.
Elsewhere
* Mike Florio at ProfootballTalk.com has noted that Pacman Jones
is trying to move out of his Cowboys-issued apartment. I can only
agree with him that this is the first step towards Pacman landing back
in trouble. The Cowboys might be able to avoid it while he's still
making money for them but it will be a continual fight and inevitably
he's going to land in jail.
* Former Bear Cedric Benson made his first comments about the
Bears to the Cincinnati press:
What is known is that the NFL has yet to see the aggressive, speedy
back who while at Texas become one of five men to rush for 1,000 yards
in all four seasons. In his three seasons in Chicago, he never gained
more than 647 yards in a season and his average yards per carry was
3.8.
"Just not being with the right team; not being in the right
situation," Benson said as a way of explanation. "Hopefully we can
start that all up here now."
Ah. I see. No admissions about his lack of discipline. About the
lack of conditioning. No comments at all indicating that, just maybe,
he was at fault and he had to change his work ethic. Instead, it was
the team's fault.
Hopeless. Absolutely hopeless.
* Andrew Brandt of the National Football Post comments on a recent
study by the San Diego Union which discusses why football fans are
more accepting of the use of performance enhancing-drugs than baseball
fans.
That needed a report? Gee, could it be because all you have to do is
look at most NFL players to know that they're probably on something?
Or maybe because we see rookie after rookie who had no injury trouble
in college all of the start sudden pulling hamstrings and incurring
various other related injuries for the first couple years after
joining the league?
We're not idiots out here, guys. What do you expect us to do? Call
for the suspension of the entire NFL?
One Last Thought
Our quote of the day comes from Bears linebacker Lance Briggs
regarding Tommie Harris' situation.
"Tommie knows exactly what to do in this situation," Briggs said.
"When he comes back, when he's on the field, then we will welcome him
back. Nothing needs to be said to a leader."
Yeah. Especially by you.