Chicago Bears

Reported: February 12th, 2007

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Offense
	OG	- Ruben Brown, while very servicable, is now going to be 35 and he's an unrestricted free agent. Look for the Bears to target a free agent like Eric Steinbach from the Bengals to come in a play guard and then the Bears could possibly sign Brown to be a backup.

	TE	- Desmond Clark had a pretty solid year but he's not going to light the world on fire. We would like to see the Bears bring in a tight end and have him take a year to learn the ropes. Clark will turn 30 in April and the Bears need to plan for the future.



Defense
	LB	- It's going to be difficult for the Bears to resign Lance Briggs. He's been held out of the spotlight because of the attention that Urlacher gets and now's his chance to cash in. If they do lose Briggs then the linebacker spot becomes the biggest offseason need and we expect them to fill this spot through the draft.

	S	- Not really a weak spot, there aren't many on the Bears defense, but they could use an upgrade. Mike Brown has battled injuries and Todd Johnson is below average in our opinion. Expect the Bears to use a second or third round pick on a safety.

Bears 2007 Free Agents

Player	Position	Type
Boone, Alfonso	DT	UFA
Briggs, Lance	LB	UFA
Brown, Ruben	OG	UFA
Gage, Justin	WR	UFA
Johnson, Tank	DT	RFA
Johnson, Todd	S	RFA
Manning, Jr., Ricky	CB	UFA
Reid, Gabe	TE	UFA
Scott, Ian	DT	UFA
Wilson, Rod	LB	ERFA
Worrell, Cameron	S	RFA

Free Agency Definitions

Bears 2006 Season Ending Depth Chart

OFFENSE

WR 87 Muhsin Muhammad 81 Rashied Davis
LT 76 John Tait 78 John St. Clair
LG 74 Ruben Brown 60 Terrence Metcalf
C 57 Olin Kreutz 68 Anthony Oakley
RG 63 Roberto Garza 60 Terrence Metcalf
RT 69 Fred Miller 78 John St. Clair
TE 88 Desmond Clark 85 John Gilmore 82 Gabe Reid
WR 80 Bernard Berrian 16 Mark Bradley 12 Justin Gage
QB 8 Rex Grossman 14 Brian Griese 18 Kyle Orton
RB 20 Thomas Jones 32 Cedric Benson 29 Adrian Peterson
FB 37 Jason McKie 48 J.D. Runnels

DEFENSE

LE 93 Adewale Ogunleye 71 Israel Idonije
DT 70 Alfonso Boone 90 Antonio Garay
NT 99 Tank Johnson 95 Ian Scott 90 Antonio Garay
RE 96 Alex Brown 97 Mark Anderson
WLB 55 Lance Briggs 53 Leon Joe
MLB 54 Brian Urlacher 59 Rod Wilson
SLB 92 Hunter Hillenmeyer 94 Brendon Ayanbadejo 58 Darrell McClover
LCB 33 Charles Tillman 24 Ricky Manning, Jr.
RCB 31 Nathan Vasher 23 Devin Hester 21 Dante Wesley
SS 35 Todd Johnson 44 Cameron Worrell 22 Tyler Everett
FS 38 Danieal Manning 46 Chris Harris 27 Nick Turnbull

SPECIALISTS

FG 9 Robbie Gould
KO 9 Robbie Gould
P 4 Brad Maynard
H 4 Brad Maynard
LS 65 Pat Mannelly 88 Desmond Clark
KR 23 Devin Hester 81 Rashied Davis 80 Bernard Berrian
PR 23 Devin Hester 81 Rashied Davis 80 Bernard Berrian