Mathews & Minor getting some love from the Bears..
In the Sun Times today, it seems Greg Mathews had the best catch of the day yesterday.
Under "Greg Mathews impressing"...
http://www.ffmastermind.com/teambits.php?team=CHI
Also, under "Diamonds in the rough".....
In summary, it looks like both Greg Mathews and Brandon Minor are exptected to get signed by the Bears!
EDIT: less 4 T's, sorry Greg.
I'm pulling for him.
Great to hear about Mathews as well, although his "best catch" will always be '09 against Notre Dame.
There's only one "T" in Mathews. I feel Greg's pain on this one.
" They've got a name for people like you H.I. That name is called "recidivism."
" Repeat offender!
btw, it looks like you might have the same cross to bear...
I always wondered.
Jerry Angelo was stupid. I'm a bears fan, but they f-ed up big time with the whole Cedric Benson situation. I don't know why they felt the need to draft a back, who then held out, who then had issues with the law, and has now found new life in cinci. It appears that after A-Train won OROY that his "sophomore slump" scared somebody and ushered in the Thomas Jones/Cedric Benson era... both of whom were eventually shipped out, and both of whom had great runs with other teams recently.
I chalk it up to stupid front office management
While this is probably true, I also gathered that Thomas's up-front running style and lack of elite speed started to catch up with him. He could always get 3-4 yards, but he had trouble running away from guys and it seemed like he took some hellacious hits over the years. I know that when I saw him in Dallas a couple of years later, he seemed broken down. But still, a great player while here at UM.
i chalk it up to being pretty much michigan's only running back for 4 straight years of big ten play. its just gotta wear your body down. same with chris perry.
And Mike Hart. Carrying 40+ times a game, game after game, seems destined to destroy a running back at some point...
2001: Not a single injury on the OL + Consistant play at QB = ROY
Stats: 1183/7, Team = 13-3
2002: OL has 8 starters (3 as rookies) + QB goes down for 1/2 the season = Slump.
Stats: 721/6, Team = 4-12
2003 : OL was pretty healthy + 3 different QBs (K.Stewart era) = Ok season
Stats: 1024/6, Team = 7-9
2004: Bears sign T.Jones to help the struggling offense. A.Thomas starts 2 games.
When the offense was healthy all around and the QB was marginally talented, as was the case with Jim Miller, he did well. Management got scared of his poor avg yds/att and brought in T.Jones for very cheap and that spelled the end of the A-Train in Chicago. Still one of my favorite Bears in my lifetime.
Liked him too. My recollection of the Bears in that era is that they seemed determined to rid themselves of any young talent. Thanks for all the info guys.
The second article is from april
Holy hell, it is weird to see Minor in a Bears uniform.
double the 4s = double the RAGE!!!!!
He's also worn 39, so don't get your hopes up
and awesome at the same time.
"Greg Mathews made a terrific one-handed catch of a pass from Caleb Hanie. "
Nice job Caleb -- he has further established himself as a late-rounder in my practice squad FF roster.
I'm seriously pulling for Minor in particular, dude had a rough career here, and he's a frickin beast.