Things Are Bad All Over?

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I said it before early in the year but it's worth saying again. The Bears built their team exactly the same way as the Redskins, yet somehow ended up in the NFC Championship. I guess part of that is they matched their big name QB acquisition with the right coach but other then that we're pretty damn similar. Big contract to a defensive lineman, draftpicks for someone elses QB, top notch MLB, porus OL, big name coach, Beat the Packers, etc.

Maybe the Bears have done a better job at making sure their priced free agents actually work out. We don't have a good track record of doing that. Also, the Bears did draft a number of their key players like Kreutz (I know their o-line is porous, but he's been a Pro Bowl center for the past couple seasons), Urlacher, Briggs, Tommie Harris, etc. etc. Also they've done a pretty decent job in recent drafts (Hester, Forte, Knox).