Laugh of The Week: Deion Sanders Rapping

Today debuts a new segment on Bearsbacker.com called Laugh of The Week

This segment shows a video of former baseball player/football player Deion Sanders singing a song called "Must Be The Money."

This song is from 1994 and I couldn't stop laughing while watching it.

The dance moves in this song are pretty ridiculous, especially at 1:51 in the video.

Luckily Deion Sanders realized how bad this song was and made the right choice by continuing his NFL career.


Other Deion Sanders News:

If you saw Deion talking about the Jay Cutler trade on NFL Network last week, you would have noticed something funny near the end of his discussion.

Deion's Thoughts on Cutler Trade

Deion said he talked to Devin Hester right when the Cutler trade went down and he said Hester "sounded like Lil Jon."

Deion said to Hester "You know you got Jay Cutler" and Devin Hester responded by saying "Yea."

Did You Know? 4-10-09

Jay Cutler became the third player to change teams after throwing for at least 4,000 yards the previous season the others were Elvis Grbac, who, went from the Chiefs to the Ravens after throwing for 4,164 yards in 2000 and Brett Favre, who, went from the Packers to the Jets after having 4,155 passing yards in 2007.

Orlando Pace Wants Torry Holt on the Bears

According to the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Pace wants the Bears to sign his former Rams teammate.

Pace spoke today and this is what he said about Holt:

"I spoke to Torry, he's just out searching. I'm probably recruiting him in Chicago here. Hopefully it works out."


Pace also talked about why he chose Chicago over Baltimore, and this is what he had to say:

"For me, it was a comfort level," he said. "No disrespect to Baltimore. They did a great job in recruiting me. But just from knowing Lovie, I think it made the transition easy."

So in the last couple of days, we have seen Cutler trying to lure Burress to Chicago and now Pace is trying to lure Holt here.

Maybe the Bears can get big names.

all quotes from chicagotribune.com

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Free-Agent Wide Receivers Bears Should Look At

Today I will look at the Bears weakest position going into the 2009-2010 season, wide receiver.

First lets see what they currently have on their roster.

Besides Devin Hester and Rashied Davis the Bears have no receivers, who have ever caught a pass in the NFL.

Last years 3rd round pick Earl Bennett had great chemistry with new Bears QB Jay Cutler, but failed to learn the playbook, thus never getting in the starting lineup.

The other receiver is Brandon Rideau, he has spent the last three seasons on the Bears practice squad.

The tight ends are solid with former first round pick Greg Olsen, and veteran Desmond Clark.

But, they definitely need some help at the wide receiver position.

Here are some wide receivers the Bears should look at:

Torry Holt- soon to be 33 year old, had his worst season statistically last year since 1999, catching 64 passes, 796 yards receiving and only three touchdowns. Holt still has some years left in the tank, but might be signing with the Tennessee Titans pretty soon.

Amani Toomer- 35 years old, caught 48 passes, having 580 yards receiving, and four touchdowns. Might have one year left in the tank.

Drew Bennett- almost 31 years old, Bennett has struggled to stay healthy the last two seasons, catching only 34 passes, having 379 yards receiving and three touchdown passes. Before he came to St. Louis he had three big seasons with the Tennessee Titans. Maybe he can get back to his 2006 form, if he stays healthy.

Darrell Jackson- the 30 year old receiver only caught 12 passes for 190 yards and one touchdown last season with the Denver Broncos. The previous season he caught 46 passes for almost 500 yards and three touchdowns. Jackson might be on the wrong side of 30, but if he could play like he did in 2006, he could be a sweet addition.

Mike Furrey- almost 32 years old, Furrey failed to stay healthy last season but had two solid seasons from 2006-2007, catching 159 passes, having over 1700 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. Furrey could be a decent pickup.

D.J. Hackett- a fifth round pick in 2004, has played in only 15 games since 2007 and has only 45 catches, about 500 receiving yards and three touchdowns. His biggest season was 2006, when he caught 45 passes, 610 yards and four touchdowns in 14 games. Hackett is a big receiver, who still has a lot of seasons left in the NFL.

Ronald Curry- the 30 year old receiver caught only 19 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns last season. From 2006-2008, Curry caught over 110 passes, 1400 yards and five touchdown passes. Curry could be a nice player, if he stays away from the injury bug.

Joe Jurevicius- I wrote an article recently, about this soon to be 35 year old receiver, here. This will most likely be his last season, if he plays.

Is This Desmond Clark's Last Season As a Bear?

As we watched Desmond Clark's statistics dwindle last season, we asked ourselves will Desmond Clark be back next season with the Chicago Bears?

The same question comes to mind for this upcoming season.

The soon to be 32 year old TE, Desmond Clark, played more of a back-up role to up and coming star TE Greg Olsen.

Desmond caught41 passes for 367 yards and only one touchdown. Also, he only averaged nine yards per catch, which was his worst since his rookie season in 1999.

From 2006-2008 (2006-2007 season and 2007-2008 season), Desmond combined for almost 90 receptions, 1100 + yards and ten touchdowns.

You have to wonder if he can get back to that level or will he simply just be a backup TE for the rest of his career.

I hope to see a much improved Desmond Clark this season.

I know he can put up some big numbers and with the addition of franchise QB Jay Cutler, it can only help.

So with that in mind, I don't think this will be Desmond Clark's last season with the Bears.

I think the Bears will get the most out of Desmond this season and him and Greg Olsen will be the best tight end tandem in the NFC.

Bengals Sign Ex-Bear Tank Johnson

According to John Clayton of ESPN, the Cincinnati Bengals have signed former Bear and Cowboy Tank Johnson to a one-year deal.

The ex-Bear joins a former Bear, Cedric Benson and lawbreaker/WR Chris Henry.

Maybe they should add QB Michael Vick to the squad. While they're at it, sign Pacman Jones, too.

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They have both navy and white available, I'm sure soon they'll put up the Orange alternate jersey.

I can't wait to get my Cutler jersey, how about you?

Jay Cutler Out on the Field With his New Teammates

New Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler worked out with his new teammates inside the Walter Payton Center Monday as the Bears kicked off their voluntary off season program.

Ron Turner talked about Jay Cutler:

“That was good, it was important for him to be here. I’m glad we got [the trade] done when we did so that he could be here for the start of this.”

“I’m going to meet with him today and just start right from the beginning: the huddle, the cadence, base formations and lay the foundation, we’re not going to jump in and start talking concepts and all that yet. You’ve got to lay the foundation for what we’re doing offensively.”

all quotes from chicagobears.com

Quote of the Week

Jay Cutler had this to say after he was informed about the trade to his favorite team as a kid, the Chicago Bears:

"When [coach] called me he was like, 'We got you [and] we had to give up a little bit,' I was like, 'What's a little bit?' He told me [two first-round picks, a third-rounder and and I was like, that sounds like a lot to me. That tells me they have a lot of faith in me, they believe in me … and I'm not going to let them down."

Jay Cutler Wants Plaxico On the Bears

I was listening to 670 The Score in Chicago the other day and they said that Ex-Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been contacted by Bears QB Jay Cutler.

Plaxico Burress was at the Final Four on Saturday to watch his college team the Michigan State Spartans put a whooping on the Connecticut Huskies.

Zack Zaidman of 670 The Score saw Plaxico during the game and according Zaidman, Jay Cutler sent Ex-Giant Plaxico Burress a text message reading "they could use him in Chicago."

Plaxico sent a text back saying he liked the deep dish pizza in Chicago

I don't see the Bears going after Plaxico Burress, even though he was the saviour in Super Bowl 42.

He has made some horrible decisions lately, including the most known mistake, shooting himself in the foot.

Plaxico Burress needs to clear the felony weapons charge that he got himself into.

If Plaxico can make the charges into only a misdemeanor, he would probably only serve four months.

With all the negatives known about Plaxico, there are many positives.

The upside is Plax is a big receiver standing at 6-5 and having started 128 games, having 8,000 yards receiving, and 55 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers (5) and New York Giants (4).

Last season Plaxico had his worst season since his rookie year, by playing in only 10 games, catching 35 balls, having 454 yards receiving and catching four touchdowns.

Even with all the talent that comes with Plaxico, the Bears will most likely say no to Plaxico because of the legal problems he has gotten himself into.

I mean come on look at former 1st round bust Cedric Benson and DT Tank Johnson, they were both given second chances and finally saw there way out of Chicago after being stupid once again.