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Chicago Tribune Live just reported that Marty Booker (freshly cut from Miami) has been contacted by the Bears, among other teams.

These aren't my thoughts, but hes cheap, a veteran, 31(kinda old for a WR), and it couldn't hurt our brutal offense.

What I don't like is it'll take away minutes from Mark Bradley. I expect a lot from Bradley this year, being now, almost a full two seasons from his ACL injury.

How has he been contacted if Free Agency doesn't start until the end of the month?

I don't want no part of Booker. The guy is near the end of his career..

He will just takes minutes away from our younger guys, and we need a true #1 and to re-sign Berrian.

When is the last time the Bears had a true #1 WR?

treyZz wrote:How has he been contacted if Free Agency doesn't start until the end of the month?

I don't want no part of Booker. The guy is near the end of his career..

He will just takes minutes away from our younger guys, and we need a true #1 and to re-sign Berrian.

When is the last time the Bears had a true #1 WR?

When is the last time the Bears had a true #1 QB?

Actually, i'd rather have Booker return than waste another season on Muhsin Muhammed. Plus, we're probably losing Berrian to free agency anyway.

I don't necessarily want Booker back, but I wouldn't be against it. With Berrian leaving, which I feel is inevitable, they have absolutely no WR's. Moose blows, Hester is a spot WR, Bradley doesn't look like an answer either. Booker will at least be an average WR that can add value to the depth chart, a nice possession receiver. But only if he's cheap.

Ruben Douglas has it spot on, it would be great to get him, as long as we can get him for cheap. If we can get him for cheap, and re-sign Berrian, then I wouldn't mind letting Moose go. I don't think he's a terrible receiver, but he's getting old, and having those two would be kind of redundant. If Berrian walks, keep Booker, and Moose, and hope to all that is holy that Mark Bradley turns out.

Why does everyone think Berrian is gone? He has said he wants to stay.. Unless I missed an article recently or something he's going to be re-signed.

treyZz wrote:Why does everyone think Berrian is gone? He has said he wants to stay.. Unless I missed an article recently or something he's going to be re-signed.

I have no sources. It's more of an educated guess on my part. I've heard speculation that he might try to go to the 49rs or Oakland (I can't remember which). Also, what other FA WR's are out there? He'd be at the top of the list of many teams. Why wouldn't Berrian say he wants to come back? That's just another offer he can use for leverage against another team, it also might convince another team to up their offer in order to draw his interest away from Chicago. I just don't really see a scenario in which Berrian comes back to play in Chicago unless they franchise him, and that would just be dumb.

BULL even PAX wrote:What I don't like is it'll take away minutes from Mark Bradley. I expect a lot from Bradley this year, being now, almost a full two seasons from his ACL injury.

Who's Mark Bradley? Sounds like a guy the bears drafted a while back. What position does he play? O-Line? Saftey? If he has talent I hope the coaches try to get him on the field.

emperorjones wrote:Who's Mark Bradley? Sounds like a guy the bears drafted a while back. What position does he play? O-Line? Saftey? If he has talent I hope the coaches try to get him on the field.

Bradley's got on the field plenty and has done jack squat since he tore his ACL. Cliff Levingston has very little hope of him becoming anything more than a 3rd WR.

IF we're hoping for anyone to get a chance, it should be Hester. He's raw for the position but has all the tools to be great.

Oh agreed. Should have put that in green font. Giving snaps to Bradley at this point over Hester is like AG getting minutes over Tyrus.

Bradley was actually outstanding when he got starts in 2006.

TylerB wrote:Bradley was actually outstanding when he got starts in 2006.

It was for an extremely brief time, but his assets really impressed me.

He jumped well, he moved well, he was athletic, and hes been said to have legit speed.

Whether or not the injury affected him, don't know, but we got no one and its worth a try.


For those who say Hester is a starting caliber wide receiver, I really don't agree. Hester is fast, thats it. He has the moves to make things happen, but he can't catch the ball like a WR should, thats why he started his career as a Dback in the NFL.

Hester is a great slot reciever and a 4th option. With Hester you still need a legit 3rd reciever. You can play Hester in the slot on 3 wr sets, but no way can he be your full time 1 or 2 receiver.

Hester will only flourish when we have better WR on this team that can block, run routes with finesse and precision, and if he isn't counted on to be the featured receiver.

Hester has a long way to go to be an elite WR in my opinion. So far, aside from his mental lapses when lining up, he's only shown that he can outrun a guy 1 on 1 straight down the field. He hasn't shown a ton of versatility out there. I think he can get much better though, just needs more time.

I think anything will be better than having to start both Bradley and Hester in 08.