There is an old saying in sales that goes something like... "There are always 2 winners in every deal: those who make the sale, and those who walk away first."



Sometimes I wish sports teams would adopt this attitude, but I can see why they don't think it's a good idea. I would understand if it turned out they were 70, or 80 percent correct with their player evaluations. But they aren't even close to that.

Didn't Angelo cut loose Bazuin only a year after he drafted him in the 2nd round? Not the best evidence of his drafting prowess, but he's shown a willingness to cut guys whenever.

Wolfe has special teams value, and he's a body to use in the backfield in third down situations. There's marginal value there.

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Wasn't he cut because of an injury?

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He was injured his first year. But he was also in bad in camp before the injury, and bad after. They weren't too willing to give him another chance, which ordinarily they would with a 2nd round pick.

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I guess it brings up another Angelo fault: Drafting players with an injury history...

edit: actually Bazuin isn't a good example because he was seemingly injury-free at Central Michigan...

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Bazuin was playing before they put him on IR too, I think. I mean he was injured, but played and practiced and everything. Then they figured putting him on IR for the year was a better option.

keep hester ,bennet and the one guy that cutler wants, and pick up 2 or 3 from the scrap heap. they are much better than the shit the bears have, they don't even have a # 1 or #2 receiver on this team........ a cast off from the giants ie; tyree,manningham, hixon,s.smith would be better than any wr on this team

Bears make final cuts; move 3 players to injured reserve
By Brad Biggs on September 5, 2009 4:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Bears have made it official with a series of moves today to reach the 53-man roster limit before proceeding to the start of the 2009 season. The players will get back to work with practice Monday at Halas Hall. Here are the moves reported on the team's Web site:

CB Charles Tillman was promoted from the physically unable to perform list to the active roster

RB Kevin Jones was placed on inured reserve with a torn ligament in his left ankle

DE Henry Melton was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury

S Dahna Deleston was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury

Melton's ankle injury was not believed to be serious and it could be a way to stash the fourth-round pick from Texas on the squad for a year. The problem is he cannot practice while on IR so the only work he can do is in the classroom and weight room. This marks the third time in four years the Bears have placed at least one draft pick on IR prior to the opening of the season. It could be concerns about depth on the interior of the line cost him a spot as the Bears kept tackle Matt Toeaina, who right now figures to be third in the rotation at nose tackle.

Here are the official cuts:

QB Brett Basanez
FB Jason Davis
FB Will Ta'ufo,ou
WR Eric Peterman
WR Brandon Rideau
G Johan Asiata
OT Cody Balogh
G Dan Buenning
C Donovan Raiola
DE Ervin Baldwin
DE Joe Clermond
LB Marcus Freeman
LB Kevin Malast
LB Darrell McClover
LB Mike Rivera
CB Rudy Burgess
CB Rod Hood
CB Marcus Hamilton
CB Woodny Turenne

Michael Gaines remains as a fourth tight end and an H-back capable of filling in at fullback if something happens to Jason McKie. The Bears are clearly concerned about depth on the defensive line and in the secondary where they went nearly all of training camp and preseason without their starting cornerbacks. They devoted nearly 40 percent of the roster to the line and defensive backfield.

So are we going with only 2 QBs?

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I said this to someone else before RFDC but if your into a game and you need your 3rd string QB than, well your pretty much fucked anyways.

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Some of the guys from the Giants would be pretty sweet!

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