Nothing About BB Screams Franchise

70 catches, 948 yards, 5 tds. A very solid 2007 campaign for Bernard Berrian. Does that put him in the class of Steve Smith, Randy Moss, T.O., Marvin Harrison or TJ Whosyourmomma? Most definitely not. But if the Bears would of placed the Franchise Tag on Berrian for the '08 season he would of been paid nearly 8 million dollars taking up about 13% of the Bears cap space. I commend the Bears front office for not slapping the tag on a receiver that doesn't catch passes across the middle and seems to lack focus from time to time. BB is an explosive receiver who's a threat to take it to paydirt whenever he gets his hands on the ball, and the Bears offense would suffer without him. The reality is the Bears will make him a very fair offer (maybe lower because Angelo loves to lowball players) but will be outbid by a team willing to overpay for a receiver who in my opinion has yet to really prove himself to be more than a number 2 option on the outside. With the departure of Moose and possibly BB, it leaves the Bears receiving core thin. Devin Hester needs to be on the field every offensive snap because of the threat we all know he is and these moves clears the path for him to develop into a number 1 receiver. I'm excited to see Mark Bradley develop further into the playmaker the Bears envisioned when he was selected in the second round of the '05 draft. Bradley has shown flashes of ability to be a playmaker in the league but his development has been stunted due to injuries earlier in his career. A fully healthy Bradley will give the Bears a possession type receiver with playmaking ability that will nicely compliment Hester. Rasheed Davis has a knack for making the big catches over the middle in crunch time and will once again occupy the slot when the Bears go 3 wide. I anticipate Ron Turner to find more ways to get Greg Olsen the ball. Lining him up in the slot would give Olsen a free release and better show off his freakish athletic ability. Its no secret the more the Bears get their TE's involved, the better this offense looks, especially when Grossman is in the game. Mental Midget Grossman doesn't have to make a difficult read when hes looking directly into the middle of the field where the TE's occupy. Overall I believe the Bears have a talented group of pass catchers but experience is the question mark. Oh that and the shitty O-Line, lets not forget about that.