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Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 10:54 pm**

http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/vie ... p?ID=65410

I barely knew ya....

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 10:57 pm**

Wow, Steltz must be impressing at camp.

Good move!

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 10:59 pm**

That picture makes it bittersweet, even though we never saw her around.

You should've posted this one...

...I wonder what happened with this tackle. :-?

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 11:05 pm**

BULL even PAX wrote:Wow, Steltz must be impressing at camp.

Good move!

That's what I was thinking, but I also thought it's pretty early in the rookie minicamp to make serious upcoming roster decisions. But then I remembered how badly Archuleta sucks, so yeah.

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 11:23 pm**

Man that guy sucked last year.

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 11:33 pm**

BULL even PAX wrote:Wow, Steltz must be impressing at camp.

Good move!

Given this happened right after rookie camp, I'm on the same page with you. Addition by subtraction.

Posted: **Tue May 6, 2008 11:45 pm**

Steltz and McGowan are probably both better than Archuleta. Sadly.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 12:26 am**

This is too much great news in one day here in Chicago.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 2:15 am**

I'm certainly going to miss her

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 4:01 am**

Kevin Payne anybody?

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 3:26 pm**

Woo hoo! Mike Brown, Kevin Payne, Craig Steltz, Danieal Manning and Brandon McGowan. Not bad.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 5:40 pm**

Steltz *may* have been impressive in camp, but let's be honest, Archuleta was a complete stiff - most walk ons would bring more to the table than he did. :nod:

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 5:55 pm**

Cliff Levingston wrote:Woo hoo! Mike Brown, Kevin Payne, Craig Steltz, Danieal Manning and Brandon McGowan. Not bad.

Archuletta was horrible last year. The one thing I expected him to do was tackle, and he couldn't do that to save his life.

I'm really pulling for Mike Brown this year, that dude needs to stay healthy and have a chance to make plays. Between him and the four young guys I really like our depth at safety.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 6:15 pm**

My opinion, if the Bears go into this season with Mike Brown #1 on the depth chart, then add another position to the list of growing problems. The Bears just can't keep relying on Mike Brown to be healthy year in and year out. And that's what they're doing.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 6:26 pm**

WEFFPIM wrote:My opinion, if the Bears go into this season with Mike Brown #1 on the depth chart, then add another position to the list of growing problems. The Bears just can't keep relying on Mike Brown to be healthy year in and year out. And that's what they're doing.

They will, but that's why they drafted Steltz this year and acquired Archuleta and Payne last year; as insurance against him getting injured. Even if Mike Brown gets hurt again we've still some pretty good talent at the position.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 7:44 pm**

^^^+1

Yeah the safety position isn't as bad as we think. I think Manning is a decent coverage safety who seems to be pretty durable. If Mike B. goes down, Steltz and McGowan can fill those shoes as the run stopping safety.

Posted: **Wed May 7, 2008 8:41 pm**

I think McGowan/Manning was a pretty decent, if not good( I really enjoyed it) last year.

Oh man, who remembered our freaking killer running defense at the beginning of the year were they subbed McGowan in for Vasher so he could nail the RB. Worked soooo well against the Chargers/Chiefs.

Posted: **Sat May 10, 2008 5:26 am**

I read an article about how we released Archuleta, and it had a quote from Lovie about how they were hoping he'd have a great year for the Bears. How is he supposed to have a great year for the Bears if we release him?

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