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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

What are they thinking?


Just because the Chicago Bears advanced to this year's Super Bowl doesn't mean they have to grow an immense head.

They dealt their best running back, Thomas Jones, to the Jets for a measly late second round pick. And to add to the carnage, Chicago also threw in a second rounder so the Jets can have a potent one-two punch with Leon Washington next year.

Of course this move was about pride. Bears general manager Jerry Angelo needs his ego stroked. He's not going stand up and wave the white flag for making a mistake on the fourth overall selection in the 2005 draft.

However, it's not the first time Angelo has made an embarrassing draft flub. Rashaan Salaam answered a lot of questions as a No. 21 pick in 1994, fifth overall selection of 1998 Curtis Enis fit like a glove in the Bears backfield, Cade McNown sure worked out well as a No. 12 pick in 1999 and David Terrell, the eighth overall selection of 2001, is surely Hall of Fame-bound.

This man has got to be stopped. The Bears' offense scored about as often as the blonde geek in "The Breakfast Club." Getting rid of their only threat will only put more pressure on the defense to score even more. (So, Nathan Vasher, if you're listening, a handful of 108-yard returns are expected).

So without one of the NFC North's main offensive weapons that will make that division even more boring. Whoever scores 14 points first next year should be declared the winner.

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