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Mark Harrison Fails Physical

myronaiii — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:21 -0000

Mark Harrison Fails Physical

Looks like he won't be on the team unless they sign him later. He goes back to free agency.

Panthers looking at Omiyale

myronaiii — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:43:22 -0000

Panthers looking at Omiyale

I only put this here for comedic value. Are there no OL free agents left that a team is actually bringing this guy in?

Raiders sign Roach

myronaiii — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:22:36 -0000

Raiders sign Roach

Our SLB is gone. I wish him well. He was always a respectable plug and play guy that should get a chance at a more prominent role.

Bleacher Report Mock

myronaiii — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:05:55 -0000

From Sean Jensen's twitter account I came across this Bleacher Report mock draft. I look to WCG, both the articles and the comments (hands down best commentary on a website) for a lot of input from people around this time because I don't follow college football.

So, I'm very curious what everyone thinks of this mock. I hope their assumption that Cooper and Warmack are gone by 20, but it is possible. I'm hesitant about the first round pick. First of all, we're taking the 5th best LT, and I wonder if that is the BPA at that spot. I want OLine help as much as anyone, but I'm not sure of taking a Tackle who only played RT and was injured last year.

I think Ertz is fine with the 2nd round pick as long as there wasn't a MLB or SLB we wanted at that spot. I don't know much about the other guys. So, as I said, I'm looking for your thoughts. What say you?

Madden 13 & The Bears

myronaiii — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:48:09 -0000

I picked up the newest installment of Madden a week or so ago, and I've only sat down to play it twice; however, in even my short stint of playing it I've walked away with a few Bears-centered thought and questions that I wanted to share and ask.

Join me below the fold to discuss the new game and Our Beloved. Be cautious, though, as I'm typing this on my phone while having a liquid lunch and who knows where this could go......

So, Madden -- you either hate it or love it. I always say I'm not going to get the next one, but a drawer of my entertainment center contains Madden 10, 11, 12, and now 13. I lie to myself; I'm addicted.

In prior years, I always start my franchise as the Bears and go at it, although now it's called Connected Career instead of franchise. It's not a big deal as it's still similar. In the past the computer was about as good at trading as a room full of dumb kids playing Settlers of Catan. That led to me giving away Rex and a First round pick for the likes of Payton Manning. I'm talking per-gimpy neck Payton too. In other years I'd go out and work on a stud WR among other things. But, all has changed (for the most part).

So far, the only changes I've made have been to drop players the Bears dropped in real life (I started playing before the most up to date rosters were available). Sorry Rashied Davis. Can't remember if I kept Sanzenbacher or not, and Knox isn't half man half machine in the game; he's back to his usual self. Oh, and I dropped Clutts and signed a FB that was a FA and better. That brings me to one issue with madden in general, I feel you HAVE to have a FB. The Bears playbill hasn't really changed in 4 years of Madden that I own, and a good lead blocker is necessary.

Moving to Bears specifics and Madden, I can't explain the sigh of relief that is Marshall. He makes your virtual life so much easier, and I've got to guess my feeling while playing has to be echoed by Cutler in real life. He just gets the job done. If he has single coverage, it's OK to say F it and chuck the ball his way. He'll catch or make sure the DB doesn't. Having him on the team makes me realize how different of a game plan I ran with Hester, Knox, and Bennett in previous iterations of the game. The passing game is completely different. Notice I haven't even mentioned Alshon; the kid shines. This year had made me go from thinking run first to pass first because of these developments.

Just because I look to pass more often doesn't mean Forte and Co. isn't helpful in the game. He is what he's supposed to be: dependable. Bush is also good to have. But, overall, the running game is the same from previous versions.

A quick note on special teams: I used to be able to run back a kick off with Hester probably 50% of the time (I play on all-pro, which is just below the hardest difficulty), and that has changed. It's harder to do. I'm guessing it's more about the game makers making it more difficult in general.

Our offensive line in the game, in my opinion, is even worse than in real life. They actually rank Webb and all his nation higher than I would, but Garza and Carimi are ranked low. I mean low. This explains why a good pass rush gets to Cutler much faster than you'd think in the game (and possibly in real life).

Switching sides of the trenches, other than Pep, our line isn't valued as highly as I think they should be. Shea is valued at something like 79/100 or close to that. I called EA to see if they docked him points for having a horrible first name, but they haven't returned my calls. Conspiracy! Our DT's are severely under ranked. It's an excellent example of the word "sadness"; almost on par with the first Becky crawling back to join the cast of Roseanne. Additionally, I find when I control Peppers that he is utterly useless. I would initially think that is because I was controlling him and I'm utterly worthless. That reminds me, I need to call my wife. But I digress...anyway, I control Idonije and I get a sack. I don't get it. I've done the same thing in multiple games with different OTs in the other side, but I find it impossible to do damage when controlling pep. He does well on his own though.

Our safetys are probably under rated too, but I don't have too much to say on them.

All in all, the new madden is great. The new engine has made a lot of difference, and I love how the new Bears players have changed the dynamic of the team in real and virtual life. I should probably go back to work now.

**I'm typically a grammar nazi, but this was typed on an iPhone. If there were mistakes and you want to point them out, suck it. I just got on at work and made a few edits, probably not enough though.

Vikings sign Jerome Simpson to 1 year deal

myronaiii — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:09:25 -0000

Vikings sign Jerome Simpson to 1 year deal

According to Jay Glazer (through Rotoworld), the Vikings got a potential #2 WR. I guess his 3 game suspension wasn't that big of a deal to them.

A question I'm wondering: Why haven't I seen anyone on WCG asking about this guy? Is it his discipline issue? I think he would have been a #2 here easily.

Urlacher Predicts 50 Sacks For Peppers

myronaiii — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:15:27 -0000

Urlacher Predicts 50 Sacks For Peppers

Obviously he's kidding, but he does have a bit of a point.

Interesting WR/KR Prospect?

myronaiii — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:52:48 -0000

Interesting WR/KR Prospect?

I don't know what you can do with a 5' 10" WR who only weighs in the 160's, but his workout numbers at the proday were ridiculous.

Trading Down in the Draft

myronaiii — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:04:32 -0000

Nearly every mock draft I look at has as taking Floyd at 19, and it seems everyone (myself included) would be OK with that draft pick. I also have been seeing increasing mention and support for us drafting Mohammed Sanu from Rutgers, who is also a tall, pass catching machine. Sanu is projected to be a late 1st rounder by a handful of mock drafts, including CBS Sports and SI.com.

Seeing as there is universal agreement that the Bears have needs in almost ever position, how could a trade down to the bottom of the 1st round impact our other needs? Below the jump I'll throw out some draft pick values and theorize what we could get in return.

According to the draft value chart everyone uses, our 1st round pick has a value of 875. I'm leaving our 2nd round pick be for now, but I'm also looking at the value of our 3rd rounder we got from Carolina (I miss you, Gregg). Draft pick 3.10 is valued at 220. So, those two picks combined put us at 1060 points.

The two mock drafts I referenced above have Sanu going 30th or 31st, so I'm picking 30th to be safe. The 49rs currently hold that pick, which is valued at 620 points. Looking at San Francisco's other picks, which I believe is at or near the 30th pick in each round, their 1st THROUGH 4th round picks add up to 1074 (give or take a point).

One Question: Would you be willing to trade our 1st and one of our 3rds to San Fran if the result was us getting their 1st through 4th, and this assumes we get Sanu with our 1st?

Going a little deeper, let's say we did that. After drafting Sanu, we'd have two 2nds, two 3rds, and two 4ths to go with our 5-7. Our second round picks, with their values in parentheses, would be 2.18 (400) and 2.30 (284). Our 3rds would be 3.17 (185) and 3.30 (124). The top pick in the 2nd round is valued at 580. That means our 2.18 pick and our 3.17 pick could potentially get us the first pick in the 2nd round. If we did that, our picks would look like this:

Round 1.30 -- drafted Sanu

Round 2.1

Round 2.30

Round 3.30

Rounds 4-7 at our original places

Last Question: Assuming I ran into the draft room wearing a unicorn pelt and somehow guaranteed all this would happen, would you guys want Emery to pull the trigger (and hopefully report to the NFL office so it goes through)?

*******PLEASE NOTE******** I don't guarantee 100% accuracy on the numbers above, but they should be within a handful of points. Also, boobs.

Fred Miller Signs with Bears

myronaiii — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:57:53 -0000

According to 670TheScore and the Chicago Sun-Times, Fred MIller has signed a 1 year contract with the Bears.

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According to 670TheScore and the Chicago Sun-Times, Fred MIller has signed a 1 year contract with the Bears.

CHRIS WILLIAMS INJURED?!

myronaiii — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:20:27 -0000

Per 670 The Score, a Chicago sports radio station, Chris Williams left the training camp field (under his own power) with some sort of injury. I'm guessing it's minor, but it's still scary to think that our first round pick is injured in his first practice. The injury occurred during a drill in which the team was not wearing pads. I believe it was an inside running drill (or some sort of linemen work out).