Rashied Davis

reward him with a new contract in due time.

•    AND a Post-Script: Rashied Davis signed a three-year deal with Chicago through the 2010 season. The former Arena Leaguer saw his production dwindle last season with the (ahem) expanded role of Hester, but Davis does have a knack for big plays: he caught a 24-yard TD pass from Grossman in the closing minutes of a Week 3 game at Minnesota in ’06 to give us the W; and he also set up Gould’s game-winning FG with a 30-yard catch in the divisional round against Seattle on the subsequent Super Bowl run. He may not be consistent, but if he could provide us with a handful of clutch, big plays over the year, he’ll be worth every penny. Did someone say David Tyree?

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The Bears gave Brandon Lloyd a one-year contract last week, reeling in a cast-off from the Redskins who’s been plagued by injuries and questionable locker room chemistry the past two seasons. Lloyd’s production will be a complete gamble, but there are some good reasons to like this deal. First off, he’s coming incredibly cheap, dime-store, like we just snatched him up off the shelf at that seedy bodega down the street. There’s basically nothing to lose, am I wrong? Anybody is an upgrade at this point. I remember a time when Lloyd impressed me mildly – two 40+ catch seasons in San Fran, great hands, good burst off the line, strong vertical leap, mediocre blocking, a propensity for SportsCenter Top-10 one-handed catches. When I read about him being traded to Washington, I pictured him working the middle of the field, Santana Moss putting some double-moves on the outside and burning the safety with an inside post pattern, Antwaan Randle El drawing up in a hitch – the near-mechanized cogs of Al Saunders’ vaunted offense in perfect syncronization. Well, we all know how that turned out (Did he really think every one of those players could digest a 700-page playbook? Didn’t he check their Wonderlic scores?).

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