Lovie Smith and the Bears management is nothing if not consistent. 2008 marks the third time in the past four seasons the Bears begin a season employing 6 white starters and just 13 whites on their 53 man roster. (In 2006 it was 5 and 12.)
Smith is consistent in other ways. He said Brock Forsey, one of the best college tailbacks of the past two decades, looked like a waterboy more than a football player and cut him, even after Forsey had done very well in an emergency starting stint (is there any other kind when it comes to white running backs?).
The Bears have wretched receivers, but never played Mike Hass, the 2005 Biletnikoff Award winner, never letting him play during a regular season game in 2007 and then cutting him this summer at the end of training camp. Of the past ten Biletnikoff Award winners, nine were drafted in the first or second round of the NFL Draft and were given years to prove themselves as starters. One was drafted in the sixth round and in three seasons has yet to play in a regular season game much less plugged in as a starter. Guess which one of the ten is white?
Also long gone are WRs Derek Abney and Eddie Berlin, two other receivers who didn't fit in with the Bears' sacred code of employing only terrible blacks at the position.
Kyle Orton opens the season as the starting quarterback. Orton must have strong masochistic tendencies, as white Bears fans seem to despise the white quarterbacks and defensive backs on the team (and also Hunter Hillenmeyer). Only future Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher seems to be immune to the self-loathing and misdirected anger that emanates from white sports fans in Chicago (and all over the country).
Orton is very smart and played at Purdue, two things he shares in common with Drew Brees, another quarterback who was written off before blooming into a superstar. Whether Orton can be anywhere near as successful as Brees remains to be seen, but it wouldn't be surprising if he does better than the very low expectations just about everyone seems to have for him.
Rex Grossman, who must have the thickest skin in the United States, remains with the Bears as Orton's backup. Wonder how Vince Young would take it if he was subjected to one-tenth of the fan abuse Grossman has received.
Caleb Hanie, the rookie out of Colorado State who looked poised during the preseason, is the third quarterback.
The o-line once again resembles a mini-United Nations. RT John Tait, now in his tenth season out of BYU, is the lone white starter, though veteran All-Pro center Olin Kreutz is of mixed white and native Hawaiian descent.
Backup guard Dan Buenning is the only other white o-lineman on the roster.
Mediocre Desmond Clark is still listed as the starting tight end, but we're giving even Lovie Smith the benefit of the doubt here and giving the honor to second year man Greg Olsen, who is 6-5 255 pounds and as fast as many starting wide receivers in the NFL. However, his big play potential has been very underutilized to this point and it's doubtful whether he'll ever reach his potential playing for the Bears.
The defensive side isn't quite as woeful, given the presence of Urlacher and Hillenmeyer. Hillenmeyer was originally a 5th round draft pick by the Packers before being cut and signed to the Bears practice squad and eventually becoming a starter. Urlacher has battled back problems the past year but still is playing at the highest level at his position.
Dusty Dvoracek is the starter at one of the tackle spots. The 3rd round draft pick out of Oklahoma is strong as a bull but missed almost all of his first two seasons with Chicago due to injury problems.
Rookie free safety Craig Steltz was drafted in the 4th round after making several All-American teams in his senior season with national champs LSU. Despite being all over the field and playing against mostly SEC teams, Steltz is stereotypically derided as lacking the "speed" and "athleticism" to play in the NFL. Whites not only are totally shut out at cornerback, they can't even play safety according to the drunk white fans.
What's amazing is that many of these fans are old enough to remember the NFL of the 1960s and '70s, which was thoroughly integrated and which featured many high caliber white players at all the positions which they are forbidden to play today. Just shows how easily Americans can be duped and re-trained in their thinking by a mass media that never deviates from its ludicrous propaganda line that blacks are vastly superior athletes to whites.
NUMBER OF WHITE STARTERS: 6
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF WHITE PLAYERS ON 53 MAN ROSTER: 13
GRADE: F+
Smith is consistent in other ways. He said Brock Forsey, one of the best college tailbacks of the past two decades, looked like a waterboy more than a football player and cut him, even after Forsey had done very well in an emergency starting stint (is there any other kind when it comes to white running backs?).
The Bears have wretched receivers, but never played Mike Hass, the 2005 Biletnikoff Award winner, never letting him play during a regular season game in 2007 and then cutting him this summer at the end of training camp. Of the past ten Biletnikoff Award winners, nine were drafted in the first or second round of the NFL Draft and were given years to prove themselves as starters. One was drafted in the sixth round and in three seasons has yet to play in a regular season game much less plugged in as a starter. Guess which one of the ten is white?
Also long gone are WRs Derek Abney and Eddie Berlin, two other receivers who didn't fit in with the Bears' sacred code of employing only terrible blacks at the position.
Kyle Orton opens the season as the starting quarterback. Orton must have strong masochistic tendencies, as white Bears fans seem to despise the white quarterbacks and defensive backs on the team (and also Hunter Hillenmeyer). Only future Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher seems to be immune to the self-loathing and misdirected anger that emanates from white sports fans in Chicago (and all over the country).
Orton is very smart and played at Purdue, two things he shares in common with Drew Brees, another quarterback who was written off before blooming into a superstar. Whether Orton can be anywhere near as successful as Brees remains to be seen, but it wouldn't be surprising if he does better than the very low expectations just about everyone seems to have for him.
Rex Grossman, who must have the thickest skin in the United States, remains with the Bears as Orton's backup. Wonder how Vince Young would take it if he was subjected to one-tenth of the fan abuse Grossman has received.
Caleb Hanie, the rookie out of Colorado State who looked poised during the preseason, is the third quarterback.
The o-line once again resembles a mini-United Nations. RT John Tait, now in his tenth season out of BYU, is the lone white starter, though veteran All-Pro center Olin Kreutz is of mixed white and native Hawaiian descent.
Backup guard Dan Buenning is the only other white o-lineman on the roster.
Mediocre Desmond Clark is still listed as the starting tight end, but we're giving even Lovie Smith the benefit of the doubt here and giving the honor to second year man Greg Olsen, who is 6-5 255 pounds and as fast as many starting wide receivers in the NFL. However, his big play potential has been very underutilized to this point and it's doubtful whether he'll ever reach his potential playing for the Bears.
The defensive side isn't quite as woeful, given the presence of Urlacher and Hillenmeyer. Hillenmeyer was originally a 5th round draft pick by the Packers before being cut and signed to the Bears practice squad and eventually becoming a starter. Urlacher has battled back problems the past year but still is playing at the highest level at his position.
Dusty Dvoracek is the starter at one of the tackle spots. The 3rd round draft pick out of Oklahoma is strong as a bull but missed almost all of his first two seasons with Chicago due to injury problems.
Rookie free safety Craig Steltz was drafted in the 4th round after making several All-American teams in his senior season with national champs LSU. Despite being all over the field and playing against mostly SEC teams, Steltz is stereotypically derided as lacking the "speed" and "athleticism" to play in the NFL. Whites not only are totally shut out at cornerback, they can't even play safety according to the drunk white fans.
What's amazing is that many of these fans are old enough to remember the NFL of the 1960s and '70s, which was thoroughly integrated and which featured many high caliber white players at all the positions which they are forbidden to play today. Just shows how easily Americans can be duped and re-trained in their thinking by a mass media that never deviates from its ludicrous propaganda line that blacks are vastly superior athletes to whites.
NUMBER OF WHITE STARTERS: 6
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF WHITE PLAYERS ON 53 MAN ROSTER: 13
GRADE: F+
