Somehow, the offensive line gods have smiled on the Bears. Let’s see if the Bears are smart enough to smile back.
It turns out the Rams have cut Orlando Pace. Yippee, I say. Let’s sign him since, oh well, you know, John Tait is retiring and John St. Clair hasn’t been signed yet. Sure, we signed that backup from Carolina, but when you can’t remember the guy’s name, you probably have a problem.
The Bears, though, have more than one problem. Seeing as we missed out on T.O., we have no receivers, either.
Here’s the Bears’ approach: We aren’t going after veterans this off-season (or any off-season, it seems) to make our team better. So, good luck on draft day — let’s see if we get 1) receivers2) offensive and defensive lineman and 3) a quarterback. Oh, no worries on the QB situation. I predict we’ll go with someone between the fourth and sixth rounds to compete with our other fourth-rounder (Kyle Orton) and Caleb Hanie, who wasn’t even drafted.
Look, I have no idea what’s going on here. Clearly, the Bears have huge holes to fill, and the only thing they’ve done so far is — wait for it — sign Kevin Jones. I don’t get it. Pace, by the way, has been to seven Pro Bowls. I don’t care if he’s 33:50 percent of a seven-time Pro Bowler beats anything we have now.
Meanwhile, the Bulls stink.
I took my eye off of them, hoping they would be better without me watching them. Then I flip on the TV and watch them get blasted by the Orlando Magic. Fun. Real fun. The offense scored79 points. Excuse me? What is this? The Big Ten? In the NBA, you cobble together 79 points from your backups — which is all the Bulls have going for them anyway.
Speaking of backups, someone named Linton Johnson III played for the Bulls. That’s how bad it is. I’m sure they served tea and crumpets on the bench to welcome him.
