The tight end position has been the biggest and most consistent strength for the Chicago Bears offense of the past few years.

Desmond Clark has been an extremely consistent tight end for the past six years before and has shown to be a good workhorse when the Bears need him.

The addition of Greg Olsen through the draft two seasons ago has added a big passing threat. Not only that, but he became an alternate for the NFC in the Pro Bowl, a great feat for a second year player.

But what is the state of our TE's right now? Join me after the jump. 

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The Chicago Bears' second Achilles' heel this season has been the wide receiver position, as they have had few strong receivers over the past few years.

Last season, they had brought back Marty Booker (now gone) and tried their hand with Brandon Lloyd (unrightfully gone).

The Bears still held on to Devin Hester, Earl Bennett and Rashied Davis as those who will likely be the main receivers if they decide to keep their current roster through to next season.

However, most who look at the Bears see them as a team that needs to make a move and add a receiver to become contenders next season.

So what does a look at the Bears receiving core reveal?

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I have seen a lot of people showing interest in Chris Simms over the past few weeks, especially after he has apparently shown interest in the Chicago Bears back.

However, just look at his stats in years where he wasn't average.  He had one year where his QB rating was over 65.

l don't trust him to help the Bears and I don't see what everybody else trusts.  If I had a choice, I would happily take Kyle Orton over the underachieving Chris Simms.

If he comes to the Bears  and turns out to be great, I want everybody on this site to come, find this post, and rub it in my face, and I will happily take the criticism.

However, I find it much more likely that, if Simms does become a Bear, the Bears either don't start him, or he is a major flop.

After a conversation with WCG, I have changed the format of my running series, and it even has a new name, switching the word "Possibilities" with "Breakdowns."

Now although I know that you all love to read about the inner workings of my articles, I think I should probably get to breaking down our running back situation.

The Bears were helped immensely by the addition of rookie Matt Forte, who came out as a second rounder from Tulane and gathered over 1,700 total yards.

Adrian Peterson and Kevin Jones were decent last year as backups, but the Bears ultimately failed as a rushing team, finishing 24th in rushing yards and yards per rush, a very, very, very bad team that supposedly "gets off the bus running."

So how are we looking personnel-wise? 

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I love the Chicago Bears...I mean I really love them.  I was about to break something (there was nothing reasonable in the vicinity) when the Bears were eliminated from the playoffs (we couldn't beat the Texans?  Really?).

I know that there are a ton of fans that are on this site, as shown by my first article getting, to this point, almost 800 votes on it's poll (which I will try to put on every article) and a lot of good conversation, so I know that this is a great site for Bears fans.

That being said, I think that some of you might want to get to know the actual writer behind just the whole BearsFan1 that you see.

I'm 17 years old (18 in about a month) and I'm going to go to Illinois State University next year, where I will be beginning my college career (I'm a little excited).

I'm the Sports Editor for my school paper and I love all Chicago sports (besides that baseball team that plays it's games on the South Side), and the Bears are my favorite of them all, followed by the Cubs, Bulls and Blackhawks in that order.

I started writing at BleacherReport.com about a year ago, I've written over 200 articles and acquired 83 fans along with Senior Writer status and have been a staple among the Top 30 writers on the website (which has at least a thousand members).

I have a Cubs blog, TheDailyCub.com, which has been on hiatus all offseason but is back in action for this season, as I have just started posting new material there.

But don't worry, none of my other commitments will deter me from writing here at the Windy City Gridiron.  In fact, I expect my writing other places to help me get more experience and grow faster so that you can get the very best writing possible out of me.

Overall, I hope that you all enjoy my writing, as I hope to enjoy my time here at Windy City Gridiron.

Now that the offseason is officially started, teams have started releasing players as they see fit to their situation, and teams are getting ready to start serious contract talks (such as Ray Lewis with the Ravens).

The Chicago Bears haven't made any big moves just yet (other than Ruben Brown's retirement) but they will likely have to make a few moves to try to move into position to overtake the Minnesota Vikings and stave off the Green Bay Packers for supremacy in the NFC North.

This is going to be a running series for my first set of articles for WCG where I break down each position in two different ways, how good our current players are, and who they could go after in the offseason.  Time to start with the most important position on the field, the quarterback position.

Time to get the ball rolling.

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