The NFL Draft is over and that means two things: The world, again, becomes sunless for Todd McShay and it’s time for our NFL Draft recap! Do we think alike? Tell us in the comments, below. (more…)

Wow, what crawled up Rick Morrissey’s ass? In his column today Morrissey paints a gloomy picture for the Bears upcoming season. He boldly states that having Cutler at QB is good for one more win and maybe a Wild Card birth. Not only that but he warns of Matt Forte hitting a sophomore slump a la Geovany Soto up north (snicker). I’m not going to be like Sports Illustrated and pick us to go to the Super Bowl, but what is wrong with a little optimism??? (more…)

National Football Post‘s Michael Lombardi is getting all Nick-Nolte-and-Shaq-movie on us, and putting his finger on who, in his view, are the “blue-chip” players for every NFL team. What exactly is a “blue-chip” player, you ask? Well, Matt Forte is one, so apparently it’s another way of saying really, really good. (more…)

• Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU via ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr.
  
• Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland via NFL Draft Countdown’s Scott Wright.
• Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri via Sports Illustrated’s Don Banks.
• Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech via Walter Football.
• Percy Harvin, WR, Florida via FF Toolbox’s Raul Colon.
• Mark Sanchez, QB, USC via About.com’s James Alder.
• Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU via Draft King’s Lou Pickney.
• D.J. Moore, CB, Vanderbilt via NBC Sports’ Steve Silverman. Remember him?
• Brian Cushing, LB, USC via NE Patriot’s Draft.
• Duke Robinson, G, Oklahoma via Doc Sports’ Robert Ferringo.
• Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri via FF Jungle’s Austin Ducharme.
• Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina via Football Jabber.
• Mark Sanchez, QB, USC via NFL Draft Scout’s Rob Rang. (more…)

Well, okay. No, not really. As a matter of fact, in Tuesday’s Sun-Times, recently resigned columnist Jay Mariotti writes of a note Bears general manager Jerry Angelo left for him divulging quite the opposite.

Mariotti says the note emphasizes Angelo is not one of his biggest fans, but isn’t clear if the note actually said that. It most likely did, though. In Chicago, you can buy pre-addressed notes to Jay Mariotti that read “I’m not one of your biggest fans. From (blank)” at just about any cornerstore or 7-eleven.

The unfriendly gesture by Angelo leaves me to wonder why everybody hates Mariotti. So what if he looks like the 17th president of a shitty country you’ve never heard of. The man put in some odd amount of years at a well-established newspaper playing the role of the adorable Mr. GrumpyPants. Doesn’t that count for something?

Angelo would do well to make up with Mariotti, anyhow. When his tenure as GM is over, “Jay & Jerry” is going to make one hell of a buddy sitcom.

Jay exits stage left.