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Taking the family down to San Diego Zoo and Seaworld for 2 nights / 3 days in a couple weeks. Catching spring training for 2 games in advance of a conference in Arizona.

Chris Emma ‏@CEmma670 2m2 minutes ago Danny Trevathan was given word that the Bears would be adding more pieces to their defense. The linebacker is pumped for what may be coming.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 09:01 AM) Perhaps. Our defense was awful and some of the turnovers were head scratchers. Guys were missing open passes by a good 3 feet. Moore played out of his mind and more or less replaced Jimmy's production on offense. We really need him on the defensive end though. Rose also couldn't keep up with a 33 year old Parker. Here is the problem. Turnovers have been an issue all season. The little things have been an issue all season. With injuries or not, I expect those aspects to fall on the coaches and players to correct them. I just don't have a stream of confidence when it comes to Hoiberg's ability to minimize those issues. That said, if Butler can get back and healthy, I'd love to see this team go on a run. Rose is playing really quality basketball right now and that is a great thing to see.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 11:31 AM) John McCain, who picked Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. Teaparty movement didn't exist. Mabye Palin was always extreme, but I never had that radical perception of her prior to that (hell, I didn't even know who she was prior to that).

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I predict we'll like up our dlinemen today and presume we are still going to go aggressive at a safety. Lemming indicates he thinks Miller will be back. I wonder what Pace would do if the Niners offered their 1st for Jay. Seems like Kaep is going to one of the Browns or Broncos for a 2nd round pick (wonder if we could make it a three team deal...this is presuming Pace thinks highly of one of the top couple QB's). Also, surprised we are interested in CJ Anderson, but than I look at his numbers and wow, he was a beast, great average per carry, still young. Supposedly he might sign an offer sheet today (I'd have to presume Broncos match).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 07:29 PM) @bradbiggs #Bears contract for LB Danny Trevathan short of the $28M range. Total value is $24.5M with $12M guarannted and $5M signing bonus. Trevathan has $1.5M base salary this season with $3.5M roster bonus. He has annual workout bonuses worth $100K each season. 2017 base $2M 2018 base $5.8M 2019 base $5.8M plus $500K roster bonus Trevathan base salaries in 2016 and 2017 are fully guaranteed. What are we missing here? Does the rest of the league think he was overrated? That seems like a steal? On a sidenote, why the f*** are we backloading the deal? Why, when we have a bagillion bucks in cap space, wouldn't we front load the deal a bit more (I realize it poses some risk if a player stinks, but still, we have tons of cap space).

Massie has had some off the field issues. When arrested he had indicated he has been intoxicated for 10 years, but noted he is not an alcoholic. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/...rt-on-his-team/

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) 3 yr deal per Briggs. Presume we will still look at safety plus Dline. 3 years/16.5m for porter.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 02:28 PM) Hope he stays healthy. I thought he was really good last year. Ian Rapoport on Twitter: "The #Bears are re-signing CB Tracy Porter, source said. They rejuvenated his career there. 3 yr deal per Briggs. Presume we will still look at safety plus Dline.

Hope he stays healthy. I thought he was really good last year. Ian Rapoport on Twitter: "The #Bears are re-signing CB Tracy Porter, source said. They rejuvenated his career there.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 02:02 PM) Guard. IMO. Spot on. I like this move more with Long back to being a mauler at guard. Upgrades at two spots on the line, with one being a significant upgrade (Long replacing the crap we had at guard last year). Go back to Long and Slausson beasting as guards. Adam Jahns ‏@adamjahns 40s40 seconds ago Sources indicate that #Bears have plans to move Kyle Long back to guard. FA would help dictate that, and now OT Bobby Massie to sign.

Dan Wiederer ‏@danwiederer 23s23 seconds ago New Bear Bobby Massie will have an instant bud in Kyle Long. They workout together at LeCharles Bentley's O-Line Performance Academy.

Wonder how much coin. He was looking for 8M per year. Does this mean Long moves to the LT or is he back at guard?

Sweet. Danny T is a nice pickup.

So let me ask a question....with Denver basically having minimal options (and defending champs), do the Bears dangle Cutler?

The O's have to be one of the worst constructive teams I've seen in a while. Talk about whiff city. Brutal given the money they spent this off-season.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 02:24 PM) Since 2003 we've had a winning record twice ('03 and '04) and were .500 once (2013). Outside of those three seasons the Sox have been mostly brutal record-wise. 2 of the worst ST records came in '06 and '08, so it probably won't matter, but it's nice to see regardless. I was listening to Bowden on my drive in this morning and I thought he summed spring up perfectly. Early on, records don't matter, as you get into the middle of spring, they become a bit more important, but the key is you don't want a brutal spring. A great spring, who cares, nothing to get overly excited about, but a bad spring, that can overhang. Be at or slightly above .500 and that is perfect heading into the season. Bottom line, you should only worry if you have an awful start. That said, I remember watching the 05 Sox in spring and they are just brutal during the stretch of games I watched (not sure where they finished) but poor fundamentals, etc. Right now, with regulars playing so little, any result is relatively meaningless, that said, I think wins and positive starts in general, juts help from the "mental" perspective. Everything resets once the season starts and it to me, again becomes important to get off to that good start. More so when you are a team who has opened out of the gates poorly that past few seasons (as it gets the head going...not again). Good start will be key for this club, imo.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) It gets misused a lot. And really, over 300 kids died. Maybe it shouldn't be reduced to sports joke. I had to google it. Presume I knew that it meant drinking the kool aid and somehow that got turned into a figure of speach from the drink. Did not know the genesis was the jonestown deaths.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 01:51 PM) How come Hillary supporters don't care about her alleged crimes and won't comment on my posts except to point out my disdain for Hillary? That's all I want to know. There are laws in society prohibiting government officials for putting classified information on their private email accounts. People's lives are at stake. If she gets off the hook then please, at least, pardon all those currently in prison for the same activity. Yes, I will shut up if all who are in prison are released for the same activity. I also don't like Hillary's defense in all this. She just says "I didn't do that." "I'd never do that." "This is a partisan witch hunt." Hopefully she'll have to go to trial where those answers won't be good enough. How come Trump supporters don't care about his alleged Trumpism? Okay, I made that up. Seriously, Hillary did something wrong and even referred to it in some emails. I agree that there are issues there, but I'm tired of all of the propoganda on both sides. The liberal media this or blah blah blah. At some point, are the parties going to start working with each other to actually solve issues instead of stand on pedestals and spew nonsense. I watched the democratic debate (I don't know if it was live or what, but was on CNN late last night) and I was like, oh, maybe my alternative choice to Trump isn't so great, maybe I'm better to stick to my write-in approach. The pandering on the liberal side is just crazy to me...I honestly can't believe some of the rheteroic just to ensure you get a vote, but than I watch the righties and they clearly do it too...Trump has mastered it with all of his theatrics. Whole thing is disagraceful in my eyes and I'd like to consider myself a pretty open minded and moderate conservative. But there in lies the problem...that doesn't fly in the "conservative" movement anymore. Everyone is on theory and no one is willing to get anything actually done. I hear it all the time from my old man...liberal media wants you to believe...like hell, I might be a sucker, okay, I am like everyone else in this planet, to some extent a sucker, but I can listen to people talk and I come up to my own conclusions (rational or irrational...rational to me, who the hell knows what someone else thinks) but I have never shook my head more at the state of everything. From the left wanting to hand and promise so many things that are impossible to do to the right who wants to veto every single thing that happened in the past 7 years for some principal. I don't give a f*** about what your going to veto, tell me what you are going to fix, tell me you are going to reach across the aisle and accomplish something. The only people who lose on this war on rhetoric is....you guessed it...the people. None of us win in this game between the right and the left. A healthy balance is critical. Makes you want to re-write the constitution to create some form of an amendment to the bill of rights or something that would somehow help / force parties to work together or something.

‏@BradBiggs Sounds like price tag on LB Danny Trevathan is going to be at or just a little above $7 million per season. That's not a surprise.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 11:30 AM) Very happy about this. Mcphee/Treviathan...heck yeah. I agree, that said, nothing done yet. Also like that we are evidently looking at Vazquez.

Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 4m4 minutes ago Just to clarify, I'm not the first one to pick up the Danny Trevathan signing. Simply passing along what info I received. #Bears Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2m2 minutes ago #Bears far from done in FA market. DE Akiem Hicks, OL Louis Vasquez & S Rodney McLeod are all names to keep an eye in the coming days.

Benjamin Allbright ‏@AllbrightNFL 54s54 seconds ago As I said earlier, now widely reported, #Bears are finishing up deal with Danny Trevathan

Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 51s51 seconds ago At this point, it would almost be shocking not to see Danny Trevathan & a DL (likely Akiem Hicks) in a #Bears uniform by the end of tomorrow