I dare you. Seriously, I dare you. Go to ChicagoBears.com and watch the first video out of minicamp. I dare you to watch this video and not get excited. Because you'll see something in this video. You'll see the burnt orange and navy out on a football field. You'll see the the Bears. And you'll start dreaming of going back to the Super Bowl.
You'll see other things too. You'll see Devin Hester look like an offensive weapon while being the first candidate to make me stick my foot in my mouth for the 07-08 season. You'll see Cedric Benson look like an entirely different football player. Benson talks and makes you want to listen because he's as thoughtful and interesting a mind as you're going to find between the hash marks. You'll see #8 and you'll sigh...and hope...
There's a lot of other things happening you won't see. Lance Briggs is nowhere to be found and Lovie Smith sounds far from worried. Alex Brown has been vocal about trade demands and he may get louder as Mark Anderson has moved to the starting lineup opposite Wale. You won't see Greg Olsen (at an NFL mandated photo shoot) or Michael Okwo (finishing his studies at Stanford...anybody else like that?).
I'd go check it out if I were you. The Cubs don't win til this afternoon. (Side note: If you don't think Sweet Lou uses the Dempster shit storm to rally these guys, you're nuts. They sweep this weekend and get to .500)
#2 Midway Monster said . . .
AHHH YESS! The Midway Posts First!The team is crisp, focused. It's a new day! New focus. Many things are new, including Midway out of rehab and ready to return to his knock-your-mother-down-the-steps attitude.
Yeah! The birds are chirpin' a bit louder, the air cleaner, the sun is shining a bit brighter ... and my Bears look like they are hitting a bit harder. I am ready to win. I am ready to rejoin the madness.
--Midway--
PS - The Midway is a ChiSoxs fan. Always has been-even when the wore stupid shorts ... even when we had Disco Sucks night ... even when we stole Tom Seaver & Koosman (from the Mets).
May 19, 2007
#3 jdawg said . . .HEY! A weekend with just me posting!
S-L-A-C-K-E-R-S!--Midway--
May 20, 2007
#4 AfroCelt said . . .Almost Midway...
Lots to be excited about:
Hester looked awesome catching the ball and made the defensive players look "like they were playing in slow-motion".
Mike Brown is healthy and made the good point that anybody's foot would have popped in the spot his was in.
Grossman is working on his mechanics and using muscle memory to help him not break down when the rush is coming.
Ulracher looks better and bigger than last year.
And the team sounds really hungry.
May 21, 2007
#5 JB said . . .Is it August yet? No? sigh...
May 21, 2007
#6 Pissed off said . . .Realizing it's just camp...it's still exciting stuff. Looks to me like the start of something great.
~Grossman for MVP '07
May 21, 2007
#7 Midway Monster said . . ."YAWN" regarding the Cubs, wont win a world series for another hundred years.
Regarding football, its getting closer. I cant wait for opening day. I love watching all the stuff leading up to it. I just want to see how this thing plays out, whos our starters come mid season...stuff like that, what acutally happens with Briggs and Brown?
May 21, 2007
#8 Hodge said . . .Have you head Tank these days:
"Mr. Goodell has the league's interest to look out for. Whatever sanction he imposes, I know that it's in the best interest of this league."
Translation:
"Damn that prison time F&%King sucked! I am willing to play by the rules from now on!"
--Midway--
May 21, 2007
Does anyone know where the Bears stay before their games? If you know email me at Bazeballlegend99@aol.com
May 26, 2007
Here at DaBearsBlog, you are free to kill us or the Bears as you so wish. You are not free, however, to be an asshole. So if you spew racism or ill-meaning foul language (cursing about football is just fine) or anything of that ilk, your comments ain't gonna last long, jerk.