So for the second consecutive off season the Bears have pulled off the largest free agent signing, this time defensive end Julius Peppers. Along with Jay Cutler and Brian Urlacher, that's a pretty good trio of famous NFL faces to put on the cover of your team's media guide.
I've got to say that Chicago teams have reversed their attitude from the stingy years of my youth. It used to be an issue that Chicago fans were so loyal that ownership didn't bother to spend big bucks on high-quality players - why bother when your financial statement's bottom line is golden? Now with the likes of $48 million given to platoon outfielder Kosuke Fukudome and $136 million to the dissolving Alfonso Soriano, more than $60 million Bulls salary to tweener spindly forward Luol Deng, and $72 million now by the Bears to a player in his thirties with a sometimes questionable work ethic, I find my teams finally spending the big bucks - just on unfortunate players.
Still, the word "potential" casts wild dreams in the preseason, and the Cubbies and Bears have the talent to go all the way!
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My father grew me up with that philosophy - enjoy the '85 Bears, because any Bears team that wins the Bowl after that did so by sheer dumb luck. Nobody will spend money so long as butts are in the seats.
All of this was a nice surprise, as a Bears fan.
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