Comments on: Bears Taking Many Flyers

By: Roy Taylor

Roy Taylor — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:05:22 +0000

In 1996 the Bears signed Ed Cunningham to replace Jerry Fontenot, then Fontenot ended up coming back under a one-year deal. I will have to hope there is a chance of this with Kreutz, but unfortunately it doesn’t sound like it. I agree his play has been slipping, but I agree with JDM that this is not the right time to lose him.

By: andy

andy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:00:13 +0000

It is the Bears own fault that they are in this situation because they never bothered to draft or develop someone to take over for Kreutz. I guess project DL were more important to the front office. I think they need to (over)pay Kreutz this time. He is way past his prime, but the alternative is C. Williams or Garza at center…no thanks. I also wonder if any other team will be willing to pay more than the $4M the bears offered for an aging player who is on the downside of his career. I think there is still a decent chance of Kreutz returning. Reminds me somewhat of the Lance Briggs situation a few years ago – agent said he would never play for the Bears again, went on the open market, and ended up coming back to the Bears.

By: jdm

jdm — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:18:57 +0000

Of course, the biggest difference with Hilgy is that they had a better replacement already on the roster with Jerry Fontenot, who had a solid career. The Bears don’t quite have that. The thing is, I agree with Angelo. They have been over paying Kreutz. I’ve been wanting a change the last three seasons. But, this is not the type of off season to be doing this. I also want to think if SF’s offer was that great, Kreutz would’ve bolted already.