[St. Clair comes in as the swing tackle and has also played guard.] We want guys who can come in here and play dual positions and have game experience under their belt, ... You can't minimize that. |
[Tillman] had some bad plays, but he had a lot of good plays, too. We will create competition at this position when we get into camp. Be assured of that. |
After missing all of training camp, we want to make it abundantly clear that the Chicago Bears have made their best and final offer to Cedric Benson . |
At the end of the day when you're making any decision, you wonder whether the rewards are worth the risk. And in this case, they certainly were. We got a quality quarterback that really fits into what we do offensively and makes us better. And that's our job. We feel good. Now time will tell. |
Do I see us doing something with the offensive line on the first day? No, because I like what we have, and for the most part they're all under contract as well for the next few years. |
Even though there's a guy out there that looks obvious to everybody here, it's not necessarily in his mind his best option. We have to be mindful of that, as well. |
Everybody else saw him as a role back. But we saw him as a featured back and our money stood behind that assessment. |
Everybody liked John, but everyone said he was too slow. But when Tim had a conviction on a player, you knew it, and you bought into it. |
Given Marc's situation he had a horrific (knee) injury for really a good 2½ years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic, there were doubts he would ever play again. So getting him back and going and then obviously having to do what we did (Tuesday) was very, very tough. |
Given Marc's situation-he had a horrific injury-for really a good two and a half years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic ... having to do what we did was very, very tough. |
He called us and said this is where I want to be. So right now we have some pretty good competition going on right there. We like his confidence. |
He gives us some flexibility there. |
He just didn't progress the way we thought he would. That's the short of it. I'm sure he's as disappointed as we are. |
He'll be fine. The information that we got, we feel very solid about. In the end, everything should work out well. |
He's going to learn another lesson the hard way, but we like Tank; he's a good kid. Wrong place, wrong time. At least he takes ownership for what he did. We respect that about him. |