The following article from the Trib is pretty interesting and Mr. Huppke quotes America's preeminent Bears authority very early on.
GOT A CRUSH ON BRADY?
By Rex W. Huppke | Tribune reporter
February 3, 2008
The standard Super Bowl recipe -- one part chili, 99 parts testosterone -- has been spiced up this year with a pinch of "man crush."
The heterosexually acceptable term, aimed with increasing frequency at Hollywood-handsome New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has risen from awkward obscurity to become a comfortable part of everyday dudespeak.
It permits anyone, from male sports talk radio hosts to the chubby fellow at the end of the bar, to openly admit their affection, or even infatuation, with another man and his manly life.
Take, for example, die-hard Chicago Bears fan Jeff Hughes, co-founder of a Web site called Da' Bears Blog. On the blog, Hughes wrote about his man crush a couple of years ago on retired Bears wide receiver Tom Waddle.
"To an entire generation of Bears fans, he's something of a folk hero, kind of like a Paul Bunyan," Hughes said wistfully. "I wonder if he knows it."
He might, but Waddle is presently preoccupied. On his ESPN 1000 morning radio show, the receiver, legendary for his on-field toughness, has repeatedly confessed to having a man crush on Brady.
Hughes said he understands, and isn't jealous.
The term "man crush" doesn't carry any sexual implication -- it's just one man's acknowledgment that another man is attractive and leads an enviable life. Take Brady -- rugged good looks, a supermodel girlfriend in Gisele Bundchen, tons of money, can do no wrong. It echoes back to the days when men longed for the lady-draped lifestyles of Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin.
Of course men back then didn't call it a crush or devote much time to examining the phenomenon. Which raises a question: Is admitting to a man crush just smart-alecky, modern-day barroom banter, or does it reflect a loosening of the normally uptight American male's sexual mores?
Eli Coleman, director of the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota Medical School, said language often signals a shift in sexual attitudes. In this case, it could suggest another step away from homophobia.
"If this term is legitimizing that it's OK for a straight man to find another man attractive in a non-sexual way, then I would hope it would be something that would help break down barriers," he said. "I think it's very healthy. Our men have traditionally had difficulty emotionally connecting with other men, and underneath that the difficulty has always been the fear of homosexuality."
When the good-looking "Broadway" Joe Namath was tossing the pigskin for the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, it's unlikely many gents in Newark were talking about their crush on the QB. But now, sky's the limit. Man crushes on George Clooney, Brett Favre and Brad Pitt abound.
"We have not in the past found men, even in an open kind of way, acknowledging how attractive another guy is," said Rick Garcia, political director of the gay rights group Equality Illinois. "Women could say, 'Oh look at Sophia Loren, isn't she gorgeous?' But years ago you never heard guys say, 'Rock Hudson is so handsome, isn't he great looking?' People are just much more comfortable with same-gender feelings."
And to any who might think the "man crush" term is a sign of lexicographic hedonism, take note: the No. 2 ranked guy on the Web site mancrush.com is none other than Jesus Christ. (As of late Saturday, Tom Brady was at No. 3, manwiched between Jesus and Teddy Roosevelt.)
"Men are very jealous of what other men have," said Waddle, the unabashed Brady admirer. "To see a guy who has three Super Bowl titles, the beautiful girl, everything, it makes you think, 'Hey, if I could go back and be somebody, that's who I'd want to be.'"
Marc Silverman, Waddle's on-air partner at ESPN 1000, credits Brady and the hype surrounding the Patriots' run at an undefeated season with the recent rise in man crush declarations.
"I think it's certainly adopted more by sports fans, for sure," Silverman said. "When we were kids, how many times were you pretending to be your favorite sports guy? This is the same kind of thing, only for adults."
Undoubtedly there are some grizzled men who bristle at this development, wondering how, exactly, talk of crushes seeped into the granite of guy lexicon.
The concept may have risen from an early 1990s episode of the TV show "Seinfeld," in which baseball star Keith Hernandez befriends Jerry Seinfeld. The comedian behaves like a smitten teenager, at one point saying: "I know he's a guy ... but I LIKE him!"
Christopher White, director of education and training at the National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University, has a different theory.
He believes the not-too-distant metrosexual phase, in which men were told it's OK to use hair and body products, dress nice and be sensitive, may have left some American males with a desire to return to their traditionally masculine roots. So guys today look at stars like Brady and put them on a pedestal.
"It's kind of twisted," White said. "Straight men don't seem to know how to deal with their own sexuality now. They've been told they should be primped and perfumed and dressed up, but then they see these masculine guys and they want to be them. It's a weird convergence of all these trends."
Call it bromance or bromosexuality, call it what you will, but there's no doubt that come Sunday night, many straight men will be glued to Super Bowl XLII, watching the game, the halftime ads and, in particular, a sweaty, stubble-faced Tom Brady. Some of those men will get googly-eyed and wish they and No. 12 could be best buds.
Crushes will blossom. And there won't be a darn thing wrong with that.
#2 JB said . . .haha, pretty sweet.
Enjoy the Super Bowl today Jeff.February 3, 2008
#3 JM said . . .So true, so true. I've declared my desire to be brady for a day....
have fun watching the game today. i'm excited to get it over with so we can get to the offseason.
February 3, 2008
#4 Jay said . . .I'm ready for the draft already!! BRING ON THE COMBINE!!!
February 3, 2008
#5 dino martin peters said . . .Get this game over with, close the coffin on 2007, and bring on free agency and the draft!! Go Bears.
February 3, 2008
#6 dino martin peters said . . .Hey pallie, thanks so much for rememberin' the days of our Dino...never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool....oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth!
February 3, 2008
#7 dino martin peters said . . .hey pallie, thanks for rememberin' our Dino...never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool...oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth!
February 3, 2008
#8 jeff said . . .hey pallie, thanks for rememberin' our Dino...never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool...oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth!
February 3, 2008
#9 HewDown said . . .i dont even believe whats happening in the super bowl
February 4, 2008
#10 Z said . . .You guys are all a bunch of fuckin' retards. Boo yah!
February 4, 2008
#11 Max said . . .Did the Packers and now Patriots somehow miraculously not winning the SB make any other Bears fans dismal season just a little brighter? I do not believe what I just saw. Sweet. Bring on free agency and the draft. We need some help.
Go Bears!!
February 4, 2008
#12 Max said . . .YEAH!!! PATS LOST!!!! . . . and the freakin Giants won. . . damn it
February 4, 2008
#13 Patriot Killer said . . .YEAH!!! PATS LOST!!!! . . . and the freakin Giants won. . . damn it
February 4, 2008
#14 Patriot Killer said . . .you guys did not llisten when I made the prediction yesterday..Put the whole Pats team, staff, and ownership on suicide watch ASAP!!
February 4, 2008
#15 RandomName said . . .Everybody including you losers were on the Pats jock strap...sounds familiar Jeff......"HERE'S WHAT I THINK"....BIGGEST UPSET IN SUPERBOWL HISTORY!!!!!!
February 4, 2008
#16 Mike said . . .Crush on Brady? that 18-1 guy?
lol
well i thought Patriots would win, But i'm glad the Giants won.
Go bears 2008.
February 4, 2008
#17 Beardown1982 said . . .Congratulations Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning and the entire New York Giants. The Giants had an outstanding game strategy and played their hearts out to beat a supposed "superior" football team. Their Super Bowl accomplishment is all the more amazing when you consider that they were a wild card team that had to beat Tampa Bay, Dallas and Green Bay all on the road to get to the big game.
I couldn't be happier for Eli Manning and the entire Manning family.
February 4, 2008
#18 Megan said . . .Wow....gotta give to the Giants. They got pressure on Brady ALL GAME...never saw that coming, even with their great D-Line. What a great game...tonight was the best example of football at its best. Can't help but wish it was the Bears pulling off the upset tonight, but hey, that's sports.
February 4, 2008
#19 AfroCelt said . . .The G-men played their asses off and deserve that win. Strahan, Manning, Lock, and that other guy who's name I can't spell. I am sorry Jeff, that you will be, along with other people living in NY that aren't Giants fans, will be hearing about this to no end. But, they played on hell of a game, and finally, a super bowl worth watching!!! It was a good game.
Here' to '08-'09!
BEAR DOWN!
February 4, 2008
#20 JB said . . .Goddamn that was the best game I've seen in a long time that didn't sport the burnt orange and navy.
February 4, 2008
#21 Pissed Off said . . .I made some money off the game because I figured it'd be a tight game... I cannot however claim that I was convinced the gmen would win it outright....not until plax caught that ball. I've actually found myself cheering for the gmen the last 3 games against the pack and the boys.... which was pretty weird. Aight, season closed, let's put this one behind us and mark it up to just a wacky weird wild season and get onto FA.
February 4, 2008
#22 Pissed Off said . . .Regarding the super bowl:
Ba da ba ba ba....I'm lovin it.
February 4, 2008
#23 Phil from SATX said . . .This is great, Bellichick is an arrogant bastard. I like how he left the field before the game was even over, what a sore loser.
This is what they get for being arrogant and cheaters.
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February 4, 2008
#24 mikebdot said . . .So many great things about last night's game - itself the epitome of why we watch sports. Also the reason I never bet! But the greatest thing was after the game, when the talking heads were discussing where this puts the 2007/8 Pats. Greatest team ever? THEY THINK NOT!
Their discussion can be paraphrased thusly:
There were two teams that went 18-1 - the 1984 49'ers and the 1985 Bears. Both those teams stormed through the playoffs and won their Super Bowls convincingly [obviously an understatement when it comes to Superbowl XX]. This 18-1 team limped through the playoffs and LOST the Super Bowl. So [their conclusion which we already knew], the Patriots are NOT AS GOOD AS THE '85 BEARS.
Here's another great thing about the game. It gives all of the NFC hope, including us. It was looking pretty bleak, given the conclusion of last year and throughout this year. Many times during this traumatic season we took some small solace in the fact that all of us in the NFC were just playing for the right to be embarrassed in the Super Bowl by the Pats. Hats off to the mighty and resilient Giants who had more gumption than we did, who believed that just because it was the New England Patriots (best team ever, you know) didn't mean they shouldn't go out there and take the damn thing.
Kudos to the coaching staff of the Giants, and especially Steve Spagnuolo, who devised the only game plan that could work against Patriots, and kudos to the Giants D, who executed it nearly flawlessly. Had we devised such a game plan against the Colts we might have been the reigning Super Bowl champions this year.
Here's more good news for the Bears - didn't we play these same Giants in Week 13, and didn't we nearly beat this team? And this was the Bears in 2007, with a decimated interior D line, decimated secondary, worst offensive line in the league, Adrian Peterson as starting running back, virtually no D. Hester on offense, and Ron Turner calling the plays.
Is hope alive, Bear fans! You bet yer ass it is!
Way to go Giants! Thanks for lifting all of our spirits! We'll see you next year in the playoffs!
February 4, 2008
#25 CAK said . . .This is why if we had Tommie Harris and Mike Brown in the Super Bowl last season we probably would have won that game.
Also, if Samuel (or Harrison a few plays later) intercepts Eli and returns it for a TD, guess who would have become the scapegoat for this Super Bowl? Those were two awful throws, then the TD pass wasn't even that good of a pass as Hobbs got fooled in single coverage. Manning and co. got pretty lucky (on O at least, their D played fucking amazing). Anyhow, I would have been happy either way, to see "history in the making" or a spirited effort by the underdog.
Anyone else take a perverse joy out of watching Shockey up in the press box being unneeded?
February 4, 2008
#26 Phil from SATX said . . .Wow.
February 4, 2008
#27 Bill said . . .Yeah, Shockey looked like he was up there slamming drinks. What ever happened to injured players staying on the sidelines and rooting on their teammates?
You couldn't help but make some direct comparisons. When I see Bradshaw I think Garrett Wolfe. When I see David Tyree I think Rashied Davis (especially Davis in 2006). When I see Boss I think Greg Olsen. When I see the Giants D, I think the Bears D (Bears when healthy should be better than this Giants D, as good as they were).
How about how they're different? Amani Toomer plus Plax are way better than our starting two, at least this year. But Plax had a terrible game, and they still won. Rex vs. Eli, well most people would have a field day with this comparison, but I still say Rex could have been equally effective in that game, maybe even better. Does this sound nuts? With the Giants defensive line AND their RB's ability to pick up blitzes (these guys are ACES at that), Eli didn't have to do too much on his own to make his plays. Sure, notable exceptions, including the play of the year - Manning to Tyree with 1:06 left - but overall he had time to do what he wanted. How important is it to have RB's who block? VERY IMPORTANT, and the BT better consider that when they're making their offseason moves.
Finally, maybe biggest difference between our two squads, unfortunately, comes down to coaching. This thing was a coaching masterpiece, on both sides of the ball. Spagnuolo and Gilbride, both masterful. Coughlin as a motivator is apparently pretty great too - was there any game this year from the Bears where you saw the kind of 60 minute effort you got from the Giants in each of their playoff games? I hope all of our Bears were watching, and I hope fires were being lit in their bellies. Cause that win was far from easy for the Giants - they had to give it their all on EVERY SINGLE PLAY, and never quit. The one series where the D let up yielded 7 points and a lead late in the game. But the effort these guys showed was just spectacular.
We are capable of that kind of game, I'm sure of it.
February 4, 2008
#28 Phil from SATX said . . .I wanted the PAtriots to win in order to shut up the Dolphins. I have seen several articles though the last couple weeks claiming the '85 Bears to be the best team ever. So I guess I shoudl have been rooting for the Giants all along. I'm certainly not sorry to see them win - it was a great game. It looks like we have another very good QB in the league that is not a Chicago Bear. Yet the way football goes, the G-men may not even be in the playoffs next year.
February 4, 2008
#29 jeff said . . .Sorry, I meant Giants offensive line, not defensive. Hopefully you knew what I meant. But whether it's Rex or someone else who starts for us next year, we better get some people in the backfield who are skilled at recognizing and picking up blitzes. Don't think we have anyone in the squad right now who fits in that category.
February 4, 2008
#30 willie from chicago said . . .this was a classic superbowl of bounces. if eli doesn't survive two SURE interceptions and doesn't complete a desperation hail mary which somehow tyree grabs off his helmet, they lose. but the ball bounced the giants way. this win, however, should prove to the world that everybody is half a step away from winning it all. this was a giants team that was downright awful for most of the season with a quarterback who had the two worst games played by a quarterback all season.
February 4, 2008
#31 Al in WI said . . .WOW!!!
I have never ever seen a super bowl as good as this.
I was the ONLY person on this blog to pick the giants to win, AND i also picked them to win by 3! I said 21-24 but still, I was really close lol.
I think we all just watched Eli grow up and lead a team to victory gentleman.
Ill tell you guys what, ill always remember this game, Even though i dont like either team very much.
February 4, 2008
#32 Phil from SATX said . . .Right on Jeff, I can't believe that the Pats dropped those sure ints. They had a few others last night that were right to them as well.
Don't get me wrong I'm happy NE lost as much as anything. I just want to puke however with all the Eli is now "the greatest of all time talk," on espn. I even heard him compared to Joe Namath.February 4, 2008
#33 Mike said . . .I noticed that, Willie, kudos to you. And I also noticed Mike, in his inimitable bombastic style
Right this down in ink. The human feces better known as Randy Moss will have 150 yards receiving and win the Super Bowl MVP.
Mike, I wrote it down in ink, now what do I do with it?
But who's talking, I was sure the Patriots would win too.
And Al, I don't think the world is talking about Eli as the greatest ever or anything. In fact I think it was pretty clear to everyone (and verified by relatively mediocre QB ratings) that Eli was good enough, not great except for a few plays and he had much help on those plays from other players rising up.
If it were me assigning MVP, I would give it to the entire Giants D, who were the real reason they won yesterday. But I guess they don't do that.
February 4, 2008
#34 AfroCelt said . . .Eli Manning had his coming out party in these playoffs. He has made the official ascension to being a true franchise QB. It was his destiny, and that destiny has now been fulfilled.
Oh how I wish the Bears could have a QB even as remotely good as Eli Manning.
February 4, 2008
#35 p said . . .Eli is the leasttalented Manning brother of the three...everyone knew it coming out of college and they still know it today.
He's still better than 80% of the starting QBs though >
February 4, 2008
#36 Polygonhell said . . .Correction Willie...I made my prediction uFebruary 2, 2008
#7 Patriot Killer said . . .
All of you are going to eat these words. It will be the biggest upset in Superbowl history come Sunday. Remember I told you so!! GIANTS 37 PUNKS A.K.A PATS 34The actual points scored were obviously off but the 3 points was dead on the money
February 5, 2008
#37 jdawg said . . .I thought it was interesting how Ely Manning was heralded as "coming of age" and awarded the MVP.
Had the ball bounced a little differently on a couple of plays he'd have been blamed for the loss. I still don't know how he recovered the fumble on the scramble...
Still a great game, I was rooting for the Giants, but I was predicting a 20 point Pat win.
February 5, 2008
#38 Rancid said . . .it was like watching Brady with our O-line.
February 5, 2008
#39 Pissed Off said . . .Nice jdawg. One of the funnier comments I've read on here in a while. Yet it still annoys me because I know it's true. How in the hell did our line go from above average to nursing home bound in one offseason?
February 5, 2008
#40 Phil from SATX said . . .Eli played good enough to win. There's no question that the MVP was the Giants defense, mainly the d-line including Tuck, Umenioyra, and Strahan, but they couldnt give it to just one of those guys and the super bowl MVP is always a single player. ELI WON THE MVP BY DEFAULT. He played a game good enough to win and hit Burress who was wide open for a TD.....thats about it. Some great catches by his WRs contributed to his stats. I'm not taking anything away from Eli cuz he won but he is not the primary reason.
Anyway I'm more happy the Pats lost than I am for the Giants for winning. Either way the outcome I wanted came true.
February 5, 2008
#41 Rancid said . . .I want to reveal an obsession I have right now - perhaps some of you have it as well. I am obsessed by searching mock draft boards. I am particularly interested in those few mocks that go into rounds past the first. I get excited about all the players I read about, especially when they go along with my preferences.
There are some fan sites out there that compile mock draft database info on their teams. Steelers and Broncos both have one. Do we have one? Most of you know that the majority of mocks have us picking Andre Woodson at 14. I personally hope this doesn't happen. I like the mocks that have us picking either Phillips (less than half the mocks have him dropping as far as us) or an OT - Clady or Sam Baker or Jeff Otah. I am also intrigued by the concept of taking a RB, maybe Felix Jones. But more likely we'll take an RB with one of the two 3rd round picks - one has us with Mike Hart out of Michigan. There looks to be a high number of RBs out there, which may give us value - one has us taking Jamaal Charles with the 2nd pick (another UT RB? yikes).
I also like one which has us taking Marcus Griffin, safety out of UT and Michael Griffin's brother. If there's one thing you can get consistently out of UT, it's secondary, both corners and safeties. Quentin Jammer, Nathan Vasher, Aaron Ross, Michael Griffin - they just pump them out.
Plenty of WRs out there too - they have us taking WRs from Malcolm Kelly to Lavelle Hawkins from Cal to Andre Caldwell of Florida to Jordy Nelson of K State.
A surprising number of mocks have us taking Chad Henne with our 2nd rounder. The stupidest one I saw had us taking Aqib Talib with our 1st rounder - a cornerback! - the only thing I can be sure of is no cornerbacks and no tight ends with the first pick - maybe no LBs or DEs either. Everything else is probably up for discussion.
Anyone else share this obsession? Any thoughts from mocks you've been perusing?
February 5, 2008
#42 Phil from SATX said . . .Phil I hit the mocks pretty hard myself. I get angry when I see Woodson on mock after mock but these guys are in a tough spot. There's no way they can watch all teams and have a clear picture of each team. We stereotypically suck at QB so thats what they pick for us.
Also, our draft will be almost entirely decided by what happens in FA, despite Mike's fearless predictions. Our biggest needs are Oline and Safety. If O line is solved via FA and Kenny Phillips is gone by 14, I actually hope we trade the pick. Basically I guess I'm saying that if I made a mock today I would have no idea who to put for us.
February 5, 2008
#43 JB said . . .I'm with you on that Rancid, I think without taking Phillips or one of the Olinemen that grade out that high, it would be much better to get another 2nd plus 3rd or whatever you get for giving up the #14 pick. Maybe a 2nd and 4th? We have so many needs that we really need the multiple picks. Think if we were able to get a 2nd and 3rd for the 1st - we'd have two 2nds and three 3rds - that would be incredible and we wouldn't be spending the 1st round money.
It's fun to think about, isn't it - can't wait for the offseason moves to begin.
February 5, 2008
#44 Pissed Off said . . .PO'd et al; a little super bowl mvp trivia:
super bowl XII had two MVP's...Randy White and Harvey Martin for the Cowboys. I don't see why they couldn't have awarded it to two defenders in this super bowl.
Plus, super bowl V saw chuck howley, also of the cowboys, win the mvp with his team losing the game. I don't think that should happen, but whatever.
only 8 of 43 mvp's have been on defense (including dent). 22 quarterbacks (17 different) have won the honor including Brady (2), Montana (3), Starr (2), and Bradshaw (2). I think they've missed the correct MVP the last two years but it's tough to argue with name recognition.
February 5, 2008
#45 Mock this said . . .Thanks for the trivia JB, I was unaware of the stats. I knew that in recent years the MVP was always a single player.
Jeff we need a new discussion topic, you got anything or should we just talk about the QB.
February 5, 2008
#46 Pissed Off said . . .The probability of the Bears taking one of the Offensive Tackles at # 14 is very strong. If you want to dabble in the mock drafts (and don't we all) then figure out which OT Jerry Angelo will select. The drama of this draft for the Bears will come in what they do in the 2nd and 3rd round with their 3 picks.
February 5, 2008
#47 Pissed Off said . . .Did anyone watch the 2008 10th annual college football all star challenge on ESPN on Saturday? I wathced some of the running back competitions which Mike Hart won two of. (I've been championing him for a while) and Colt Brennan actually WON the overall QB challenge (events included distance, accuracy, mobility etc.) Flacco won the distance portion by throwing a ball 74 yards, he thought he could do 80 but it wasnt a tight spiral. I have like Brennan a lot more than others here and its funny how he won the oveall QB challenge and Mike Hart, my other guy I've been loving up won some RB competitions. BTW Brennan killed on the accuracy thing. I think the contestants for QB were Booty, Flacco, Brennan, Henne and Ryan and the RBs were Choice, Mendenhall, Hart, Charles and some other guy, maybe the guy from Oregon?
I havent been able to find all the results online yet or else I'd post em. Please if one of you finds them post ALL the results for us to see.
February 5, 2008
#48 Al in WI said . . .Johnathon Stewart of Oregon was the other RB. Anyway Mike Hart won two events, so his showing was the best overall of the RBs and Brennan won the QB challenge overall mainly becuase he blew everyone away in the accuracy challenge. Flacco won the mobility challenge and the distance.
February 5, 2008
#49 JB said . . .JB, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they change the format in the last couple years from having writers vote on the mvp to allowing a fan vote component? I believe they did and I'm not impressed.
Last year the MVP or co-mvps should have been the two running backs of the colts and not Manning. And this year the entire defensive line or some combination of defensive lineman should have taken the award if it was decided by merit.
As far as mock drafts, I don't but a lot of stock into them until right before the actual draft. How can you determine who a team will draft until you know what happens in free agency?February 5, 2008
#50 said . . .al, must be, the general population...well, they're mostly full of sheep. i agree...colts mvp should have been the running game...maybe the o line.
February 5, 2008
#51 AfroCelt said . . .I don't like Hart as an NFL running back. Despite a few notable exceptions, these small guys rarely work out. And even if they do work out, how is he different in style than Wolfe? I'd like to see something like a Giant bruising back (fullback?) over a smaller guy.
The more I watch the more I realize how the o-line makes or breaks a RB. Look at what the broncos have done the last 10 years.
February 5, 2008
#52 Roger Federer said . . .that was me above
February 5, 2008
#53 Mike said . . .Hewitt will win another Grand Slam. Most likely beating me in the final.
February 6, 2008
#54 Martina Navritilnova said . . .Mike Hart? I don't think he will do much at this level. I sure wouldn't take him on day one of the draft.
Colt Brennan? Guys who put on sexy exhibitions like Brennan come and go every winter. He is a mildly intriguing project, but I wouldn't take him before the 4th round if I were an NFL GM.
February 6, 2008
#55 mikebdot said . . .I'm going to come out of retirement and smoke your ass Roger.
February 6, 2008
#56 Pissed Off said . . .You'd think Hewdown would be able to at least spell her name right. Jeesh.
I don't like Mike Hart. Anyone can run like that behind Jake Long, especially at the college level against the crap teams Michigan plays against. That's not to say he isn't a vocal guy, but so was Tiki Barber, and fuck him. People continuously rag on Benson for not talking enough, and that's honestly one of the things I like about the guy. But then again, I would be perfectly happy being a hermit.
February 6, 2008
#57 Phil from SATX said . . .Wolfe is smaller than Hart so that comparison fails. And regarding the big bruising back.....uh Benson, he's worked out real well huh? I dont know much about Hart and he did get to run behind Long but he has skills. I dont know how he'll turn out but I like him as about the third RB in this draft. He can be more of a bruiser than you think, he's got weight/muscle and a low center of gravity. He's like a Maurice Jones Drew, bowling ball thats hard to tackle unlike Wolfe who goes down at first contact. BTW I dont hate Wolfe, I actually like what he may be able to do just using the comparison.
Thats what this board is for, speculation and debate, I like Hart, some of you dont. Brennan is a little bit of a different story, I actually like him too but not in the first two rounds. If he gets protection, he can be a damn accurate passer thats all. Granted that can be said about anyone but I'll admit he is intriguing.February 6, 2008
#58 mikebdot said . . .MikeB - you mean, as long as you had your laptop and high speed internet. Cause it wouldn't be much fun being a hermit if you couldn't get on Da Bears Blog.
I love the concept of the big bruiser. What if we switched gears and got a great fullback instead of a RB, paired him with Benson and Wolfe? How about Owen Schmitt (somebody had mentioned him earlier) - he might be gotten in the 3rd round.
February 6, 2008
#59 Phil from SATX said . . .PO'd: I think he could be an ok back, but I don't think he is anything like Jones-Drew. I think he's much more comparable to our AP.
February 6, 2008
#60 Phil from SATX said . . .Speaking of little backs who bring it, how about little Bradshaw in the Super Bowl? Did you see him dragging that big dude?
Just because you're small doesn't mean you can't be powerful, I think that's what PO'd's talking about. Clearly Wolfe isn't that guy.
February 6, 2008
#61 Phil from SATX said . . .1) Darren McFadden
2) Rashard Mendenhall
3) Jonathon Stewart
4) Felix Jones
5) Steve Slaton
6) Kevin Smith
7) Chris Johnson
8) Jamaal Charles
9) Ray Rice
10) Mike HartThis is one list of best running backs in the draft in order. I think the first 9 are projected to go in the first two rounds by most.
February 6, 2008
One thing about Jamaal Charles - he's biggish (6'1, 205) AND he has true breakaway speed. I'd love to get someone with true breakaway speed. For one more year at least, Benson is going to be okay at slugging away for the 3-7 yard gains, especially with our new and improved line. A faster guy (but bigger than the wee Wolfie) who can take it to the house at any time to pair with Benson would be ideal.
February 6, 2008
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