This is my issue. Yes, he is better than what they had but he is still just OK. There were a lot of these types of guys out there this year. I think that Rice, Edwards and Sims-Walker all fall into the same category. Williams just happens to strike me as the most annoying of the group.

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Yes, most Bears fans make a point of switching to the Jacksonville game during commercial breaks.

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Pretty sure we would agree the draft is almost always the better way to go. I'm not saying the Bears coulda done much better this year, that's why I agreed with DT. But this is little more than running in place for the Bears, that's why I understand other fans not being even mildly excited about it

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Most guys I know are NFL fans moreso than fans of just their team

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Sims-Walker is a better player, though.

Fantasy Football and gambling are the reasons people watch other games. I dont care about a NE v JAX game but if I am going against someone with MJD and I have Brady playing than you better believe I am flipping over to that game.

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Sims-Walker is a gamble as well. Almost every free agent is, since the team is letting them go. In Sims-Walker's case, Jacksonville is letting their most productive receiver go even though they've needed help at that position every year for about as long as I can remember. He has been productive, but not outstanding, he's rumored to kind of be a jackass, has had injury problems, and has a pretty low catch rate for the passes thrown his way. He's a good player, but there are always gambles.

My point is, however, that Bears fans know the problems with Williams because they've heard of him and seen him. They know Edwards. They know Sidney Rice. They don't know Walker, so they project whatever good things they want to onto him. That's like going through the whole "Why sign Julius Peppers, he takes plays off...I want AJ Otagwe!" all over again. Except that Roy Williams isn't that good, of course.

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People actually said this?

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Yes, and how.

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This seems like a projection of one overheard drunken bar conversation onto an entire fan base. I never heard anyone say Otagwe over Peppers. I did hear complaints about Peppers taking plays off but all great DE do that.

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At the very minimum, those two. There was a very vocal Otagwe contingent on this board last year. I'm ten minutes away from leaving for a wake so I can't do the thing where I piss off scorehead by quoting him. When I get time later I'll go through the old posts.

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Are you serious?

Well I would love to take a gamble on Nnamdi Asomugha, I hope he is good.

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Unless I'm misremembering I think it's safe to say as a whole Bears fans were ecstatic when Peppers signed. I wasn't on this board a whole lot last summer but I know my friends back home were.

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I already said that Asomugha was the one team-changing player in this group. He is also a 30 year old CB who is going to require a lot of money. Allocating 6% of your cap space to a player in the secondary on the downside of his career is a gamble, yes.

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Well I'll take that so called "gamble".

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IB is right about the Peppers signing. A lot of folks around here bitched about it, it wasn't until about mid season that most came around to saying it was a good signing.

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The Bears are going to sign Roy Williams and Sam Hurd. Do they still want Sims-Walker?

Did I miss something?

Hester does the same thing. The difference is he hardly makes any first downs.

That's right, only TOUCH DOWNS my friend.

DA BEARS!

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You can't always be the team that signs the best FA on the market. This isn't Madden. Sometimes you have to think outside the box and shop at Sams Club. Buy in bulk.

Roy Williams had 37 rec last year for 5tds and 530 yards in 15 games for a Dallas team that passed ALOT.

Oh and I did watch and pay attention to Mike Sims Walker for the last 2 years(he was on my fantasy football team 2 years ago) and I would say by far and away he is a better player than Roy Williams with alot worse qb in Garrard.

And if you think Braylon Edwards isnt better then Williams then Im sorry for your lack of football knowledge.

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You lost me on the Braylon Edwards thing. He is brutal.

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What we need is more of dem Hester types. DA BEARS should have signed dat Smith guy from the Jets. Line him up with Hester on punt and kickoffs, they could laterial it all da way to the ENDZONE my friend. S UP ER BOWL 2012 DA BEARS!

I like the pickup. He is already the best WR on the bears and a big target for Cutler and he knows Martz's system. The only thing is that he is a dog but what tall talented reciever doesn't have some kind of personality issues. Wide Outs are the biggest prima donna's in sports. And all of this hand wringing for Mike Sims Walker......Child Please.

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Really...Really. Maybe I would rather have Plexico over Williams because he is such a dbag on the field/off the field also. Also keep Williams and his learning curve. He is a guy that SHOULD have flurished with a team like Dallas but all he did was suck monkey balls and talk alot of trash. He has 60 catches with a pass happy team with Dallas. How the hell do you think he is going to do here?


If you really don't think Sims Walker is better then Williams please remove yourself from this thread. Please

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Wait so Plexico isn't a douchebag and Sims-Walker is the next Jerry Rice? Are you serious?

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That's a bit of a stretch on what I said but you can go with that if you want. I did say that Sims Walker is better then Roy Williams though.

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Bears are also bringing in another ex cowboy....Sam Hurd. Jeez. Good special teams player and 3rd down reciever (sometimes)

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Sims-Walker is an ok player but I think him and Roy Williams are pretty similar really. Either would instantly become the best player on the Bears. Once we get the details on how much was spent on them respectively it will be easier to tell if the Bears made the right choice. Either way unless the OL is better Cutler isn't going to be able to hit any of his wide outs while wearing someons ass as a hat.

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I hear the Suh Fedora line is going to be on Jay regularly.

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