SB Nation User Blog: escolio

At least we know someone at ESPN watches the Bears...

escolio — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:46:42 -0000

"Sour Officiating Moment: City of Tampa defensive end Gaines Adams intercepted a screen pass and returned it for a touchdown against Chicago. The play was a tight end screen, and Adams not only got into position for the interception by interfering with Bears tight end Desmond Clark, he practically threw Clark to the ground. That would have been legal in high school, where there is no pass interference behind the line of scrimmage. But in the NFL, Adams should have been flagged, and it should have been a first down for Chicago."

From Gregg Easterbrook's "Tuesday Morning Quaterback " ESPN Column

Lets hope for Favre to the Bucs

escolio — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:38:06 -0000

Where would you Bears fans want Favre to go? Personally I think the best fit for us would be Tampa Bay, because it would force them to get rid of a QB or two. Garcia AND Simms would be gone, and we would have shot at both or either of them. I know Garcia would be a short-term fix, and we need to see what Rex and Kyle have, but I feel that with Garcia at QB we are immediately in the NFC North's Driver seat. He is still mobile enough to make up for the left side of our line, and he didn't play in the league long enough to get a ton of miles on his arm (which is plenty strong enough if you remember the year he was with Philly throwing bombs to Stallworth). Heres hoping Favre to the Bucs happen.

The other team that has been "allowed" to talk to Favre is the Jets, which wouldn't benefit us as much because they have a similar QB battle going on. Pennington would probably be gone if Favre joins the Jets.

Poll

Would you rather see Jeff Garcia or Chad Pennington in a Bears uniform??

Chad Pennington

4 votes

Jeff Garcia

17 votes

Neither

13 votes

Other Jets or Bucs QB

1 votes

35 votes | Poll has closed

Bears Training Camp Video

escolio — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:30:31 -0000

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Watch these and tell me what you think. It seems pretty obvious that our QBs are wildly inconsistent day to day, but our WRs seem to be making some good cathes. It makes you wonder how much the corners are actually jamming the WR in practice for them to be so open. Biggest surprise for me? Brandon Rideau, Mike Hass, and Earl Bennett. They've all caught everything, Bennett especially with some great catches on poorly thrown balls. Mind you, Hester hasn't caught a pass yet so this will only get more interesting. Based on the increased reps Nick Hill got on Day 3 with Hanie getting zero, it looks like the coaching staff has taken a shine to the kid (who I absolutely loved coming out of SIU).