It's THAT big of a blunder. The Bears decided their oft injured running back Cedric Benson, is good enough to win a Super Bowl, even though can't seem to stay healthy longer than three consecutive games even with splitting the carries. So even though most NFL teams are going to the two running back system, the Bears have decided to trade the more successful of their two running backs, Thomas Jones, and their second round pick (62nd overall) to the running back-less NY Jets for their second round pick (37th overall). They gave up a starter who had 1,200+ yards two years in a row for not a whole hell of a lot. Moving up in the draft is fine, but it's no guarantee that you're going to get a starter the quality of Jones. Jets fans are ecstatic. The means it wasn't win-win. It was win-got screwed.
Why would the Bears do something that according to all football experts that I have seen thus far, amounted to them getting "pantsed" by the Jets? This coming season was Jones' last under contract and he wanted a new contract and was unhappy splitting carries. If you don't sign him to another contract, he would leave at the end of the season, probably, and you would get nothing in return.
The alternative course which the Bears chose, was turning the running game over to someone with limited carries in three seasons, who was the last player signed in all of the draft after being drafted and the only player to actually miss games by holding out after being drafted and has been hurt several times, including his knee in the Super Bowl. Once he goes down in game three, my current figure for the over/under on Cedric getting hurt, the Bears will be stuck with Adrian Peterson carrying the ball. Who? Exactly.
Now back to the list of players the Bears should have picked up to replace current players:
Jeff Garcia, QB Jake Plummer, QB Brad Johnson, QB
Kyle Brady, TE Daniel Graham, TE (not signed yet), Randy McMichael TE,
Ahman Green RB (especially if losing Jones!)
Joey Porter LB (for as much money as Briggs is balking at!), Adalius Thomas, OLB
There are some good safeties out there too that could take the place of Johnson and Worrell or possibly take over a starting role, but we'll see if the Bears go get one. Ugh.
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was that seriously a headline in a newspaper here?? Which one, which one?
No it wasn't Alexis. I just thought it would be funny to say even people over there know the Bears made a shitty deal.
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