Bears re-sign Fred Miller

[CBS7]

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears on Wednesday bolstered their offensive line by re-signing veteran tackle Fred Miller to a one-year contract. Chicago made room on the roster by waiving rookie tackle Kirk Barton, a seventh-round draft pick from Ohio State.

[Chewie]

Fred Miller, I know Willie Anderson and you, sir, are no Willie Anderson.

[emperorjones]

He's going to be backing up Tait correct?

[The Sheik]

Anytime an OSU guy gets cut Im happy.

[bobsampson]

Good more help.. He sucked last year but they said he was on a bad a akle and that he had surgury in January, supposedly he's all better now.. Hopefully he'll be in game shape real quick, ready to contribute

[NoSkyy]

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[SportsWorld]

Fred Miller: I was hurt in 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/fo ... 3000.story

Fred Miller's return to the Bears on Wednesday started on the wrong foot — or ankle, to be precise.

The veteran tackle, released after last season, said his right ankle wasn't healthy throughout the 2007 campaign, which might have explained his struggles.

"I was probably playing about 40 to 50 percent," he said. "Once I had my surgery taking out the bone spurs and the cartilage that was floating around, it's back to 90 percent.

"It's never going to be 100 percent, but right now it feels pretty good."

Ahh so this explains the 5 false start penalties a game out of him

[DanTown8587]

I guess its good they have a veteran in case of injury, but really people develop a good lineman. The best lineman they drafted this decade (2000 on) is playing in Dallas and their starting RT. I bet the Bears look line again Rd 1 this year and they need to keep doing so until they have two bookend tackles. A running football team cannot have such an average line AND qb.

[TNBT]

I don't mind this signing. We need help and depth on the line, and Miller is a proven player. However, we can't keep adding vets. At some point we are going to have to stock the line with fresh young players.

[dougthonus]

At this point in the season you're not really going to do much better.

[CBS7]

The Bears wanted Kirk Barton back on their practice squad but he was picked up by Miami.

[ChronicKerr]

This pickup can't hurt.

According to KC Joyner's source the Bears O-Line is the real deal

http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/foot ... id=3581683

BAD PLAYS

Carolina (vs. Chicago)
The Panthers scored eight fantasy points against the Chargers last week, but it was largely due to a touchdown return. Take that play out and they totaled only two points against an offense with a retooled line. The Bears aren't likely to pass the ball very often, so sacks and interceptions will be hard to come by. In addition, my scouting eye says Matt Forte and the [b]Chicago [/b]O-line are the real deal.



Never saw this coming!

[NoSkyy]

I imagine Carolina will start to stack the front against Orton and daring him to throw.


Should be interesting.