Now I understand that the unexpected death of Gaines Adams was an unfortunate, incredibly sad event to his family, friends, and the organization.  However, just looking at the loss of Gaines Adams in purely a football aspect, did it open the door for Chicago to bring in Julius Peppers?  Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith, and the rest of the Bears organization was very high on Gaines entering this season and expected him to start and excel.  He and Peppers play the same position.  It doesn't seem realistic to think Angelo would have went out and spent big money on a player when they already traded their highest pick entering this off-season on that same position.  According to an article i found, when an NFL player dies while still under contract, the team  has no obligation to pay the remainder of his contract, which gave the Bears some extra money to spend this off-season.  So i ask the hypothetical question, would the Bears be better off entering the season with Gaines Adams and the 91.5 million dollars that could have been spent on other needs or Julius Peppers?

as most of us know now, Jerry Angelo recently handed Mike Martz an interesting new toy, Chester Taylor.  The question I have is who should get the majority of the touches, Matt Forte or Chester Taylor.  After comparing the two side-by-side, 

Matt Forte's Rushing  and  Recieving Stats

YEAR TEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD 
  2008   CHI    16   63    477  7.6   19     4 
  2009   CHI    16   57    471  8.3   37     0 
Career            32 120    948  7.9   37     4

  YEAR TEAM G  ATT   YDS AVG LNG TD 
   2008   CHI  16 316  1238  3.9   50    8 
   2009   CHI  16 258    929  3.6   61    4 
Career            32 574  2167  3.8   61   12

Chester Taylor's Rushing and Recieving Stats

YEAR TEAM    G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD 
2002      BAL 15   33 122    3.7   17     0 
2003      BAL 16   63 276    4.4   32     2 
2004      BAL 16 160 714    4.5   47     2 
2005      BAL 15 117 487    4.2   52     0 
2006      MIN 15 303 1216  4.0   95     6 
2007      MIN 14 157 844    5.4   84     7 
2008      MIN 16 101 399    4.0   21     4 
2009      MIN 16   94 338    3.6   25     1  

   YEAR TEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD 
    2002   BAL   15   14    129   9.2   20    2 
    2003   BAL   16   20    132   6.6   23    0 
    2004   BAL   16   30    184   6.1   23    0 
    2005   BAL   15   41    292   7.1    20   1 
    2006   MIN    15   42   288    6.9   24    0 
    2007   MIN    14   29   281    9.7   50    0 
    2008   MIN    16   45   399    8.9   47    2 
    2009   MIN    16   44   389    8.8   33    1 
  Career           123 265  2094   7.9   50    6 

Anyone can see its a difficult decision, but one, I'm sure, Martz and Da Bears are going to love to have.

 The fact that Matt Forte's rushing Average per carry has never topped 4 yards and Chester's has topped 4 ypc six out of his 8 years in the league is one reason why I feel Chester Taylor should get the majority of the carries.  Also, at this stage in Taylor's career he is a much accomplished blocker which is a major asset the bears need because we all know how poor the Bear's O-Line is.  The Chicago Bears are going to only go as far as Jay Cutler's arm can take them so the back that will stick his neck between the blitzing backer and Jay should be on the field the majority of the time.  I think Mike Martz, Jay Cutler, and the Chicago Bears are going to love the new piece Jerry handed them recently.