It's just too hard to find a quarterback. When you think you've got one, if there was any ray of hope, we were going to play the string out. |
It's like standing on top of the John Hancock (building). Compared to where it's been, this is the best we've been. ... Rex has got to stay healthy. Brian's got to continue to play at his level. And Kyle has to continue to develop as well. It's a good situation. We like it. |
It's like standing on top of the John Hancock. This is the best we've been. |
It's not an indictment on the tight ends we have, the same guys we had last year. We want to create more competition at all positions. We just weren't able to get that done (drafting). |
It's really the toughest pick because this is the calling card. This is the message we're sending to our locker room, the type of player we want, not only in talent but in personality and character. |
It's the next step on the rung. It's an important one. We're real excited about being in a position to do it, but we've got to go out there and take it. |
It's unfortunate that we've been busy there. |
Maybe he'll be brand new; we don't know yet. The No. 1 thing is we want to make sure, as he does, that he's healthy and can go on leading a normal life after football. That is first and foremost with his agent, with Jerry and obviously with us. |
Maybe what it all says is that with colleges throwing the ball so much, the running back position has become less important. There's some truth to that, and maybe we're seeing the effects of it in the draft. |
Mike Brown has been such a catalyst for us emotionally as a leader, anytime you take an emotional leader off the field it impacts you. |
never, ever in doubt. Eugene assured us throughout the process that Cedric wanted to be a Bear. And I wanted to make sure that when Cedric came in with his adviser, we made that clear as well. |
Orton's got to take another step. He needs to take the experience that he gained as a rookie and take another step. There are areas of his game that he has to improve before I feel really comfortable with him. |
Probably the most impressive guy who I've interviewed. |
That's a lot of money, but that's a unique offense. A receiver in that offense is obviously of more value than, maybe, a running back is. That's what each team has to do. They have to evaluate the positions. |
The Chicago Bears have always placed a premium on having our players in camp on time. |