http://www.bearslocker.com Daily Blog for Chicago Bears Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:19:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Bears really did a poor job in the NFL Draft last April.  First round pick (TE) Greg Olsen was a solid player who should improve in the future.  He played in 14 games (4 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 39 passes for 391 yards (10.0 ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/04/09/the-chicago-bears-forgot-last-april-that-they-had-to-draft-some-football-players/ The Bears have signed WR Brandon Lloyd to a 1-year contract.  He played in 8 games for the Redskins last season and he only caught 2 passes for 14 yards.  He has now played in 68 games in his NFL career and he has caught 130 passes for 1,889 yards ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/03/08/the-chicago-bears-sign-wr-brandon-lloyd/ The Bears have brought back Marty Booker on a 2-year contract.  Booker played in 15 games last season for the Dolphins and he made 50 grabs for 556 yards (11.1 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Booker has now played in 128 games in his NFL career and he has caught ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/03/05/the-chicago-bears-sign-wr-marty-booker/ The Bears have traded veteran QB Brian Griese to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a undisclosed 2009 Draft Pick.  The 32-year old Griese didn't play that well last season for the Bears who have decided to go with Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman at QB for the 2008 season.  Griese ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/03/03/the-chicago-bears-trade-qb-brian-griese-to-the-bucs/ The Bears figured that they could afford to trade Thomas Jones and give the starting job to Cedric Benson.....but it was a huge mistake as Benson was awful.  Benson played in 11 games (all starts) for the Bears last season and he carried the ball 196 times for 674 yards ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/02/13/the-running-game-of-the-chicago-bears-was-pathetic-last-season/ The Chicago Bears went through 3 starting QBs this season and they also lost starting running back Cedric Benson for roughly half of the season.  Look for the Bears to revamp their offense before next season because it was the major reason the Bears finished the season at 7-9 which ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/01/17/lovie-smith-loses-his-magic-touch-for-the-chicago-bears/ The Bears thought they had great depth at QB coming into the season with three QBs with starting experience but they all stunk this season.  Rex Grossman was especially awful!  He played in 8 games this season for the Bears and he completed 122 of 225 passes (54.2%) for 1,411 ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/01/03/the-chicago-bears-thought-they-had-great-depth-at-qb-but/ The Bears pulled out a nice win to finish out a very disappointing 2007 season.  Kyle Orton did a decent job of managing the game as he completed 12 of 27 passes for 190 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 interception.  Adrian Peterson also had a solid game as he ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2008/01/01/chicago-bears-33-new-orleans-saints-25/ This was a sweet win in a dim season for the Bears.  Kyle Orton just managed the football game as he completed 8 of 14 passes for 101 yards with a TD pass.  Adrian Peterson was a workhorse yesterday as he carried the ball 30 times for 102 yards (3.4 ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2007/12/24/chicago-bears-35-green-bay-packers-7/ The Bears offense couldn't get much going which cost them a chance to win this game.  Kyle Orton got the start at QB and he completed 22 of 38 passes for 184 yards with a interception.  Adrian Peterson had another sub-par game with 9 carries for 26 yards (2.9 ypc) ... http://www.bearslocker.com/2007/12/20/minnesota-vikings-20-chicago-bears-13/