Look, I know we just played a great game and beat a perennial power house, but we really need to think and calm down right now. Sure we looked great right now, but we still have a ton of question marks on this team, and I don't think many of them have changed after just one game.

QB: Orton looked good, basically what we expected (medium passes, not taking too many big risks). I still don't fully trust him to be a starting QB, but he convinced me to give him time.

RB: Forte looked great this game and has potential.

O-line: Looked pretty strong in the running game, but struggled badly in the passing game. Still needs a lot of work.

Defense: Much better than I thought, but I'm not fully convinced that they can still be a dominant defense.

Bottom Line:

We need to chill out and still remember that is still a team that was expected to finish last in our division. It was a nice win, but our expectations shouldn't change too much after this game; 9-7 imo, should be our goal.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/02/bucs-send-buenning-to-bears/

Has played both guard and center for the Bucs. I don't know much about him. I'm not sure if this move was made to finally get an average starter out there at LG or to just bring in some more depth, but at least the front office has done something to try to improve the o-line.

Anyway, as long as the pick we give up isn't higher than 4th round, I'm happy with this deal.

It would be nice to get some opinions on this guy from people that have actauly seen him play.

Though these aren't great sources, these deals have been rumored for a while and seem to have finally gone down:

Milan:

VP Adriano Galliani declares deals for Andriry Schevchenko and Ronaldinho are nearly done.

http://dailysportspages.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10423

Inter:

Deals to acquire Ricardo Quaresma and Frank Lampard have gone through.

http://dailysportspages.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13749

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File this one under the "random" category:

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/30/brandon-lloyd-raps-im-like-no-other/

Thanks to Hog Haven for the link.

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I know this is kind of out of the blue, but I saw this video and I thought I should put it on here. I find it interesting that almost everything they say, we have talked about here. Anyway, here's the link.

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d8076cfe5

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Apparently, the Bears front office is taking this whole thing very seriously. I feel like we shouldn't even go through the trouble. It's not worth it.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7916862

P.S. Hat-Tip to Pro Football Talk.com for reporting this

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I know you've all been waiting for this...
My mock draft! I'll probably change this a couple times from now to the draft. I'll have what I think will happen and what I want to happen.

              I think will happen:                

1st round: Chris Williams OT    
2nd Round: Joe Flacco QB        
3rd round: Ray Rice RB    
3rd round: Eddie Royal WR      
4th round: Jamar Adams S        
5th round: DeMario Pressley DT  
6th round: Jamie Silva S      
7th round: Chris McDuffle, OG    

               I want to happen:

1st round:  Rashard Mendenhall RB
2nd Round:  Joe Flacco QB
3rd round:  traded  

             Trade both 3rd's and next
             years 2nd to move back to
             late 1st, draft
             Branden Albert OG

3rd round:  traded
4th round:  Craig Steltz S
5th round:  Tom Zbikowski S
6th round:  Adrian Arrington WR
7th round:  Chad Rinehart OT

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So apparently JA is gonna find our next #1 in this year's draft. Who knows what will happen. I don't want him drafting a wide-out anywhere in the first 2 rounds for fear of a "bust". I don't really know what to think of all this.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080302-chicago-bears-free-agent-dav id-haugh,1,5741688.column

P.S. My mock draft will be coming soon.

Apparently Flozell Adams was re-signed by the Cowboys. I would have liked to sign him, but I'm not gonna cry over it.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=364666

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