Announced on Chicago Tribune Live, apparently broke earlier today. He's coming without a deal in the hopes of getting one done still.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-080529-brian-urlacher-chicago-bears-camp,0,2166480.story

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This is going to be pretty negative, but I have been all year and I have been pretty much dead on so too bad.

My major concerns are:

O line
Safety

Other big concerns being:
QB, DT, LB, WR and RB.

I think we are set at corner and TE.

DT: If the Dusty that we saw in the first half of the SD game is the real Dusty I am very excited, he brought energy and played well. Of course cheap depth would be nice, but I think adams and walker would be fine rotation partners. I think we are probably set here, just want to see more of Dusty. SIT TOMMIE NOW.

DE: If we keep Alex Brown starting and Anderson coming in on third I think we can be fine, Anderson is not ready to play the run and Brown has played well when he is in there. Wale is having the year we've wanted him to have for a long time.

LB: I don't think Briggs is a "because of Urlacher" guy. In fact I think he will be a Mike backer here in a couple years. Haven't seen much of Williams, maybe he can compete with Hillenmeyer next year, who seems to be very up and down. If Brian's days at Mike are numbered, maybe its time for him to be back outside or, if the wheels are still there, back to SS. I think that would have to be a slow transition, a LB crew of Briggs, the Hunter and Williams would be rough.

Safety: our second biggest concern imo. If mike brown comes back cheap, great; if not I think we draft the biggest bad ass we can, and sign some chris harris (not great or all that smart but can hit) types to add some depth. I am not sure what Daniel will end up being, without seeing better film on his coverage all I know is his tackling is piss poor. Either way we need depth, and maybe we can be grooming the next mike brown before he signs on as secondary coach.

Offensive line: Christ almighty. I have no idea how many guys we need to make it work, 2, 3 or 5.  I don't think you can realistically expect to pick up more than 3, maybe sign 2 and draft 1. Pick up two new tackles somehow and maybe beekman is ready. Three new linemen may very well be enough. This is by far the most important need; literally the entire team will get better from this improvement.

RB: with a better line we can roll with what we have, although I have doubts about Benson's dedication to become a better blocker. I think AP can push him, and as some have said Michael Turner would definitely push him. AP and Wolfe would be fine as S.T. and occasional backs in that case.
WR: I don't think berrian is worth big money right now, but he could be soon. I don't remember a drops problem last year, so I actually believe that could go away. Moose has always dropped too many balls imo, and he isn't getting any faster. Wish we could see more of Bradley, others are high on him, and he could really help. I think we need to pick up a legit top 20 guy, because I don't think we have one now. A lot of that is because of the entire o situation, but they have certainly hurt themselves with drops this year.

QB: I've talked enough about Grossman lately. We have a lot of other holes that if filled could help him quite a bit. He has looked slightly less moronic lately. I am not crazy about any of the kids in the draft, and to be honest it seems like you have to be lucky any more. Sign Rex cheap and draft a qb next year. Fix all the other problems and then be happy he is the weakest link again. If he wants too much money, solve the other problems and role with Neckbeard. I wouldn't give up anything to get any other qb's unless you have somehow managed to get everything else right.

I want a better kicker.

If Hester never plays offense again I will live. We don't have the right OC anyway. More on that later.

So, to recap:

Sign/draft oline and safety first.
Sign briggs
RB/WR upgrades
And depth, depth, depth as much as you can.

It wouldn't let me comment in the old diary so I copied it and put it here.

We have about 8 out of the 12 we need.

ID# is 92800 and the Password is defense

Just to make sure this doesn't get dropped we have 11 people in for player fantasy football.

mikeb -commish
tyger1147
chad
biglowitzki
Devin47
John Morgan
SportsWorld
elagoalie11
mark
NoisewaterMD
REMJICO

We need at least one more to have a 12 man league, but we are still taking all comers.  We can start a second league if needed.