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alexbrown96 Great win today! It sure is good to have a great offense. They carries us in the first half then we woke up and did out part. 3-1 feels good

BradBiggs Bears will re-sign DB DeAngelo Smith to practice squad today http://bit.ly/2IYc8U

alexbrown96 At work getting treatment on this ankle which felt ok yesterday. Great win for the Bears heading into the bye week.

trumaine26 Wrappin up rehab.... Next i'm Headed 2 da gym to get my upper body workout in....

SI_PeterKing RT @grizzlyblair: How bad is Hester's injury? ... Not bad at all. Sore neck.

JayCutler6 Big win before the bye week. Defense played great in the second half and we were able to put up a few points. pink cleats and all.....

JasonDavis43 @JayCutler6 pepto bizmal cleats and all

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This is the master list of twitter feeds of known Bears players, reporters, and people of interest to follow.  I'm posting this one time, so it can be linked to in future Twitter Da Bears posts.  If you are interested in following these players the links are below.  If you have a recommendation for someone to add please place a link in the comments.

Bears Players: Jay Cutler - http://twitter.com/JayCutler6 // Caleb Hanie - http://twitter.com/CalebHanie12 // Matt Forte - http://twitter.com/chitownforte22 // Jason McKie - http://twitter.com/Jmack37 // Devin Hester - http://twitter.com/D_Hest23 // Greg Olsen - http://twitter.com/gregolsen82

Desmond Clark - http://twitter.com/tightwork88 // Tommie Harris - http://twitter.com/RealDeal91 // Alex Brown - http://twitter.com/alexbrown96 // Trumaine McBride - http://twitter.com/trumaine26 // Nick Roach - http://twitter.com/ricknoach // Henry Melton - http://twitter.com/HenMel

Former Bear Players: Jason Davis - http://twitter.com/JasonDavis43 // Brandon Rideau - http://twitter.com/BrandonRideau // Jerry Azumah - http://twitter.com/jerryazumah

Bears Reporters: Brad Biggs - http://twitter.com/BradBiggs // ZachZaidman - http://twitter.com/ZachZaidman // vaughn mcclure - http://twitter.com/vxmcclure23 // Jeff Dickerson - http://twitter.com/ESPNChiBears // Larry Mayer - http://twitter.com/ChicagoBearscom // Bears News - http://twitter.com/Bears__News

Notable Tweeters: Drew Rosenhaus - http://twitter.com/RosenhausSports // Peter King - http://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing // Adam Shefter - http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter // Rich Eisen - http://twitter.com/richeisen // Merril Hoge - http://twitter.com/merrilhoge // Chris Mortenson - http://twitter.com/mortreport // Warren Sapp - http://twitter.com/QBKILLA

Interesting NFL Players: Maurice Jones-Drew - http://twitter.com/Jones_Drew32 // Chris Johnson - http://twitter.com/ChrisJohnson28 // Terrell Owens - http://twitter.com/terrellowens // Chad Ochocinco - http://twitter.com/OGOchoCinco // Larry Fitzgerald - http://twitter.com/Lfitzgerald11 // Randy Moss - http://twitter.com/r81m // Shawne Merriman - http://twitter.com/shawnemerriman // Shaun Phillips - http://twitter.com/ShaunPhillips95

Ok, not much happening with the Bears over the last 24 hours, but I thought some might enjoy reading some funny comments from some other NFL players and writers.  I also added in some injury reports on Bears players if you had any concerns.  Enjoy!

Twitter Da Bears

jerryazumah Everyone keeps asking me about predictions for tomorrow. Well here we go, Bears by 17. Statement Game!!!

jerryazumah Received a few text from some Bears! I expect big things early and often! Now back to my scotch!

alexbrown96 On the train headed down to the Hilton. Getting ready for the game tomorrow! Bear Down!!!

alexbrown96 Having dinner with my wife at red lobster!

Bears__News Jamar Williams / LB Jamar Williams will make his second career start for the Bears at strong-side linebacker http://bit.ly/7cdLe #NFL #CHI

BradBiggs Breaking down new defensive coordinator Lovie Smith & The Blitz. http://bit.ly/11aAHW

ZachZaidman Reminder of new policy at Soldier Field: http://www.soldierfield.net...

Adam_Schefter He practiced this week and said he expects to. RT @FreshGrooves: @Adam_Schefter Kevin Smith going to go for the Lions?

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ZachZaidman "[Desmond Clark's] ready to go," said Lovie Smith. "He's been motivated to get back on the field as quick as possible."

JayCutler6 Might be wearing these Sunday  http://twitpic.com/jz5g6

BradBiggs Lance briggs had full participation in practice. Good to go sunday with minor foot injury

vxmcclure23 Alex Brown was full go today off the ankle injury

vxmcclure23 Dez Clark full go for sunday. Hillenmeyer out, as expected. As is pisa.

ZachZaidman How's this for different? Bears having their defense practice with artficial crowd noise in background to prepare for Sunday's game at home

BradBiggs Johnny Knox ranks very well among rookie WR's. http://bit.ly/rJ0lC

BradBiggs Plenty of Bears/local ties on final United Football League rosters, including Tony Parrish, Simeon Rice, Bobby Sippio http://bit.ly/1OifFf

Jmack37 God Bless bear nation..getting closer to gametime cant wait..

BradBiggs Johnny Knox on WR he modeled "I would say Ochocinco. I like his style, not the way he talks, but the way he conducts himself on the field."

gregolsen82 Good week so far preparing for detroit..hangin in tonight catchin up on tv shows

JayCutler6 Had two good days of prep for the Lions.  Going to find some dinner and rest up.

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Is former Colts receiver, Marvin Harrison, really a possibility in Chicago?  Do you really want Harrison?  I sure don't, but this guy says that Harrison has an offer on the table.

According to an undisclosed source of mine, that encouragement from Tony Dungy may have worked on Coach Lovie Smith as the Bears have offered Marvin a contract to play for the Bears in 2009.

This line is the funniest of the article and could discredit everything else he says.

If in fact Harrison joins Chicago, his arrival should make the Bears' offense the best in the NFC North. His ability to stretch the field will allow for quarterback Jay Cutler to throw deep passes to him, as well as freeing up the middle for short throws to tight end Greg Olsen and dump-off passes to running back Matt Forte.

Hmmm. Not sure Harrison stretches the field anymore with those old, banged-up knees. What to think about this "RUMOR." Personally I'm hoping Rideau and Aromashodu both make the team. I'm not sure that would happen if Harrison was here.

The new layout has it's benefits and the autotag is nice, but it is hard to figure out what links you want us to click on to read articles now.  Can links we post be in orange as opposed to the standard blue for all the tagged words.  Or can we underline the links to the articles.  Or can we title links "link" and make the article links more obvious.  Or can we unlink all the auto tagged links like the tutorial mentions.  It is just difficult to figure out what to click on to go where we want to go now.  Thanks.  This is my feedback, if anyone else has feedback, feel free to add it.

Of course we are rooting the Devin will score many more TD's on punts in his career, but where did he rank compared to some of the best of all time and who are they and what did they do. 

There are many excellent return specialists today in Hester, McGee, Cribbs, Carr, Rossum, Davis, Hall, and many more. Some specialize in returning mainly punts or kickoffs. Some do both. Devin Hester deserves mention.

 

He has scored seven touchdowns on punt returns in the first two seasons of his career. Now entering his fourth year, hopefully he mas many more games to play. But, it is the NFL: Not For Long.

 

One can never assume he will score again, nor not suffer a career ending injury at any given moment. Even if he never does anything again on the gridiron, his two seasons have put his name on many peoples list.

This article is a great history lesson, but honestly some of the content is debateable.  It is a good read though especially with the slow week in news.

So today I ran across this Jay Cutler twitter page.  It is obviously not him, but it is abolutely hysterical to read.  You will roll over laughing.

I thought I would also include other notable Twitter feeds here as well.  If you guys have any that we might like, post them in the comments and we'll compile a list.

Also, Drew Rosenhaus has some comments about Idonoje and Ogunleye.

Fake Jay Cutler:

http://twitter.com/jay_cutler

Greg Olsen: http://twitter.com/gregolsen82

? Tommie Harris:http://twitter.com/RealDeal91

? Matt Forte: http://twitter.com/chitownforte22

ex Bear Brandon Lloyd: http://twitter.com/mrblloyd

Drew Rosenhaus: http://twitter.com/RosenhausSports

Peter King: http://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing

PTI: http://twitter.com/PTIShow

Windy City Gridiron (largest football blog on SB Nation): http://twitter.com/WindyCG

So reading through the John Madden retiring thread was pretty hilarious.  I hate John Madden, I love John Madden, I hate Cris Collinsworth, I love Cris Colinsworth, and so on.  It got me thinking, who was the most annoying announcer on TV.  Who do you hate the most to listen to?

Here is a small list of football announcers to choose.  Tell us who you voted for and why you hate them.  Also feel free to debate with others about their picks.

Due to a couple requests, I'm moving this to a fan post.

Post anything here that you have loved that JA has done or things that you have hated.  It could be trades, missed opportunities in the draft of FA, great moves big or small, bad contracts, good contracts or whatever.

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Here are some of my thoughts:

I honestly feel pretty similar about Jerry Angelo. Everybody wants to make the big splash but spending money wisely every season is a discipline. One thing I really like about Angelo is the way he puts a value on a player and then sticks to it. I don’t always agree with the value, but if you got get two big FA this year and over pay and they don’t pan out then it makes next year more difficult and the year after even worse.

Also, as far as trades go, a lot of times we assume that we didn’t go after someone and just lose out because a team wanted too much. We don’t hear about all trade inquiries. I think that if we did, we be shocked about the ideas that float around. Assuming we know is a bad assumption.

Some decisions I disagree with though are as follows:

• Alan Feneca last year would have really improved our line, still pick Williams and Forte and the line would have been much improved. Our interior line was horrible, and Forte still looked good. He needs a guard with some good run blocking.
• Not franchising Berrian. A lot of people knocked me on it, but one more year to get the position right could have really helped us. We wouldn’t be asking so many what if’s about Orton this year if he had Berrian, Hester, & Olsen to throw to. I also think we win one more game with him, make the playoffs, probably win the division.
• Not signing St. Clair – the guy wanted to stay. 3 million is not a lot for a starting OL no matter who thinks that is too much. Rookies are getting 6-7 million a year in the first round. Most lineman make 3-6 milliion if they are anything. Now we are desparate in the draft for a tackle when we could have developed a guy. We may even miss out on picking a WR in the first round because OL is so important now. Also we will be forced to start 2 rookies and this unknown guy. Yuck.
• Resigning Lloyd – We need someone with athletic catching ability and a known talent to stay on the team. He is cheap. Yeah he had an injury thing he could have played through, but 8-12 games of him would be worth that cash.
• Trading away Chris Harris – he is better than Payne and Steltz bar far. He is a great hitter and tackler. We just needed find a guy who could cover to pair him with. Now we have two safety positions to think about.
• Releasing Bradley – He never got a second chance after injury. The guy looked good to me and not to the Bears. I’m still baffled.
  
  Moves I like:
• Signing and resigning Kevin Jones. We took a flyer on him last year and didn’t see much, but the potential is even greater this year. We all know what he can do and has done. For the low cost of this signing and a backup role is well worth it.
• Releasing Bazine and Okwo – that was the beginning of not holding on to draft picks anymore. Admit your mistakes and move on and give someone else a chance to make you look good.
• Drafting Williams and Forte 1 & 2. Now we don’t know for sure on Williams, but I have hope there. Forte was a steal and a great move.
• Drafting Harrison in the third. That guy had a very decent rookie year. I think he will stay out of trouble. He comes from a spiritual family and just wasn’t living right at the time. He seems to have changed his heart and grown up some and is back in the faith. Hopefully he stays.
• Get Anthony Adams. We grabbed him for a steal of a price and even as a backup he is quality. Great value signing from SF.
• Drafting Hester and Manning really for special teams first and hopefully defense second. Toub is the man, but Angelo has been the architect. I think he has been a big reason for our special teams by drafting and signing FA’s for special teams like Ayenbedejo.
• Not signing Orton to a long term contract mid season – that would have been a waste of money. Now we can see more out of him or possibly be in the Cutler sweepstakes, although I’m not holding my breath.
• A lot of these moves seem small, but a bunch of small good moves put you in position. We’re still well under the cap and Briggs, Harris, Urlacher, A Brown, Peanut, and Vasher are locked up. We just need to fill in lots of wholes.
  

A few random thoughts:
Hopefully Steltz and Harrision will be payoff picks. We still don’t know much about Bowman although he is be moved to safety. Yikes, but if it works, that would be a lucky move and a joyous occasion. He is tall and fast and hopefully can help in coverage. We’ll see.