Today Sean Jensen of the Sun-Times writes a very thorough piece, quoting a league source that says the McCaskey family has given Jerry Angelo the OK to spend up to $25 million on free agents.  If this happens, so much for Ted Phillips’ statement that the Bears would not go “hog wild”. Jensen also says [...]

I’m seeing more and more articles indicating that the Bears will be serious players for Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers.  This is surprising to me after team president Ted Phillips announced that the Bears would not go “hog wild” for new players. The team that lands Peppers will most certainly have to go hog wild.  [...]