Angelo's Drafts Part II

We are going to look once more at Jerry Angelo's draft picks, this time at the 3rd pick in each draft since '01:

OG Mike Gandy - He played a while, don't know if he was good. Do these guys have to fight over #69?









OG Terrance Metcalf - Same with him. I think he was ok. I want a friend like Jurko who can tell me if offensive linemen are good.








LB Lance Briggs - Picked #68, Great Pick.






WR Bernard Berrian - At his best maybe a B+ for a while.










QB Kyle Orton - Still unproven. Half a season is as far as Rex usually made it too. Don't tell me about ten games as a rookie. Did you see those games?












DT Dusty Dvoracek - Too soon to say, maybe he's good?









RB Garrett Wolfe - Always will be thought of as a reach at #93, arguably a bust.












WR Earl Bennett - Hasn't made it on to the field yet.











Does Angelo deserve his reputation for late round steals? I think it was the Hester pick that gave Angelo that rep, but I don't see a lot of brilliance.

Jurko Is The Artie Lang of Sports Radio

More on this next week.

Packers 37 - Bears 3

The Bears are currently a disaster. Where to start? I'll just start and end with new "Lovie-Speak". He is now focused on the upcoming "6 game season" to right the ship. Here's a good Top Ten that offers common Lovie gripes in Chicago.





This week we are taking a look at GM Jerry Angelo's first pick in each draft since '01 and seeing how he's done.

WR David Terrell - Bust. Not sure if Jerry was calling the shots at this point but Terrell was a collosul failure at #8 in the draft.







OT Mark Colombo - Injurys. Bears finally cut him - starts in Dallas - is he good , who knows. That's for bjcowboys.blog to decide.

DE Michael Haynes - Big Bust at #14






DT Tommie Harris - Me and everyone else in Chicago wanted the Bears to lock Tommie up long term, but don't we expect the GM to be smarter than us? Either his legs are messed up or he took the money and got soft. This is on Angelo for giving money to a guy who may be totally injured and on Lovie for failing to motivate or utilize Tommie effectively.



RB Cedric Benson - #4 in the draft. Didn't work out. Some would say huge bust. (No disrespect to Cedric for using this photo - he was maced before this mugshot and anyway, this is how I want my Bears running back to look after partying on a boat during his off time.)






S Danieal Manning - What is Danieal Manning with the f-ed up spelling and the not knowing where to play him and raw talent and blah? Picked #42. Hasn't worked out so far.

Greg Olsen - Looks like a solid pick.



Chris Williams - Already injured, got injured, not playing, whatever, Bust.

That's a pretty awful track record, but Angelo has been given credit for later round picks, so let's look at his second pick in each draft since '01:





RB Anthony Thomas - Rookie of the year. Soon after, Bears cut him. WTF? Good pick, bad managing of talent.

LB Roosevelt Williams - Who?

QB Rex Grossman - I like Rex, but I recently had to let him go from my heart two weeks ago. If he had a chance to start last week against Green Bay after what we could call a rusty game against the Titans, he could have started working towards regaining my love and trust.

DT Tank Johnson - Good player, bad guy. I will give Angelo credit for cutting him - after the Superbowl.

WR Mark Bradley - I wanted to love Mark. With the Bears, a bust.

Devin Hester - Has having to worry about precise WR route running ruined the wholey individual act of running punts and kicks back like a motherfucker?

Dan Bazuin - Picked at #62, he lasted for a minute on the Bears. Bust

Matt Forte - Good pick.

Being generous and calling some picks bad instead of bust here's the totals -

Bust: 4
Bad: 7
Good: 5

I don't know how that compares to the rest of the league, but it doesn't look good.

Titans 21 - Bears 14

"If Kyle is back, Bears win."

Harry Teinowitz
AM 1000


I'm not buying it. Kyle wasn't looking too sharp before he got hurt 2 weeks ago. I'm waiting until the end of the season to decide what kind of player Kyle is.

Rex had one good drive last week against the Titans. He's almost dead to me.








It looks like Rex won't get a chance to redeem himself - Kyle is listed as probable against Green Bay.





Tomorrow is must win for the Bears. When Lovie start talking about getting over .500 as a goal, you'll know the season is going down the shitter.

Bears 27 - Lions 23

I have to admit I was excited when Rex came in. I don't forget what you did in the 1st half of '06 Rex!
Unfortunately, I also remember what you did in the 2nd half of '06 and you showed a bit of both against the Lions.

Ultimately, Grossman did what he does more often than not - pull the fat out of the fire and come away with a victory.











No doubt, he was helped greatly by R.O.Y. candidate Matt Forte tearing it up in the 2nd half.

22 Attempts 126 Yards










Speaking of R.O.Y candidates, Forte will be going head to head with Tennessee RB Chris Johnston, a.k.a. the black Josh Eustis, or the white Josh Eustis - I'm not sure what's going on here.












Orton was looking like "Bad Kyle" until his injury - strangely mimicking Good Rex/Bad Rex, complete with a leg injured during a scramble.
Along with Kyle on that cart may have gone the Bears ability to audible, shotgun or throw a screen pass.






Perhaps, Orton is lucky to not face Albert Haynseworth.

Here is Haynesworth ripping the helmet off Pro-Bowl Center Andre Gurode in 2006...









...And stomping his head.









Like a defenseless lion tamer in a cage, Ex-Bear Jeff Fisher controls the animal with a series of chest bumps and harsh words.

Haynesworth is the current front runner for NFL PLayer of the Year.




If "forced intentional grounding" were an official stat, Brian Urlacher would at least be leading the team in one category. He's even trailing Lance Briggs in baby mamas (3 to 1 I think).

Who is that with him - Shannon Sharp?






I want Brian to succeed so I can show action shots like this. Here's Yisra-el swatting down a Dan Orlovsky pass.















And here's Lance Briggs preserving the Bears victory by forcing a fumble by TE Michael Gaines AND recovering the fumble. A Pro-Bowl play by a Pro-Bowler.










I hope Rex doesn't get eaten this weekend by Albert Haynesworth. If he does, I'm predicting a big game for Quiet Thunder.

Bears 48 - Vikings 41

If you're in a pinch and need some Bears talk in the morning, you're going to have to chose between Hampton and Holmes on 670 and Waddle and Silverman on 1000.

I don't recommend listening to either, but I'm giving the edge to Dan Hampton over Tom Waddle.



Waddle is close to being tossed into the douche koozie. He does a Craig Kilbourn thing without being funny and he's got Silverman doing it now too and it's getting very creepy.
Avoid this show unless Jeff Dickerson is giving a Bears report.






Kilbourn today - Does he look weird, like some fishy business is going on in his face?





















I think the bi-week is a good time to admire Marty Booker's buttocks. It's what the Jews call a tushie.










It powered this 51 yard TD receptions.












Josh and Alfredo's homeboy Craig Steltz blocked a Vikings punt that Garrett Wolfe brought in for a TD.






Steltz literally has a red neck and face and he speaks Waterboy-style Louisiana.
I literally shit my pants. No you don't understand, I literally...







I noticed a shift in attitude as Lovie decided to NOT let the clock run out at the end of the 1st half. The Bears added 3 after a 19 yard pass to Olsen and a 48 yard FG by Hyman Roth.




The Bears play the Lions tomorrow at noon.

Falcons 22 - Bears 20

We have a fresh set of inexplicable coaching decisions to ponder.






What The Squib?!

1.) Robbie Gould finally has the strength to kick to the goal line. Don't take that away from Robbie. Don't ask Robbie to not be Robbie.
34 yard kick + 10 yard return = better off kicking out of bounds!

2) The decision shows your Special Teams you have no faith in them. We know S.T.'s has injuries, but you give up on them after a few long returns?

3) All of a sudden you're scared of Jerious Norwood like he's Devin Hester?
If you are squibing to a man not named Devin Hester with 11 seconds left, you are thinking too much.

Not even Devin Hester is Devin Hester right now. He's looking good as a WR, but he's pensive on returns. With 6 minutes left in the game, Hester fair caught a ball at the Chicago 46 with no one around him.





Is the Cover 2 working?




Lovie's coaching philosophy is being called into question in the press by the Tribune's David Haugh.

Haugh's frightening stat:

Atalanta's Matt Ryan: 30 throws 0 sacks
Tampa's Brian Griese: 67 throws 0 sacks




"Cover 2" is a zone defense. The more time receivers and quarterbacks have, the easier it is to find gaps between defenders. 0 sacks = 0 pressure.

We are doing a great job of shutting down the run - and that's important considering who's coming to town. But teams wont need a run game if they can torch us in the air.


Matt Ryan on 3rd and long for 1st down (tackled by):

3-16 : 22 yards (C.Tillman)
3-5 : 9 yards (M.Brown
3-8 :15 yards (D.Manning)
3-9 : 47 yards (K.Payne)
3-11 : 13 yards (M.Brown)





Compounding the lack of pressure from our D line are injuries in the secondary.


Nathan Vasher - Wrist
Charles Tillman - Shoulder
FS Danieal Manning - Hamstring
CB Trumaine McBride - Shoulder
CB Marcus Hamilton - Heel




Lovie defending his play calling after the squib "That's the coverage we like to run in that situation. We didn't execute it the way we need to but you don't all of a sudden start changing things you believe in."

Who knows how smart Lovie is. Does it seem like he makes half time adjustments? Does he have a plan to stop the slant pass? Can he get the offense and defense working in the same game?




Are the failures in play calling his or Defensive Coordinator Bob Babich's?


Are we going to care if the Bears are below .500?









Notes...


The handoff to Fullback Jason McKie for the 1 yard TD or first down is a failed experiment.







Roy Williams was traded to Cowboys this week and the hapless Lions had to scramble to change a website centered entirely on Roy. What am I going to do without "Rapping with Roy"?






You think you're above the law?

I was watching Above the Law this weekend and besides it being the 2nd best Steven Seagal movie next to the one with the Rastafarians, it was filmed in Bucktown at St. Mary's on Hermitage & Cortland.