Are the Bears Hibernating Through Free Agency?
“,”body”:”The Chicago Bears are off to a rather slow start in free agency. Given their history under Jerry Angelo, this is hardly a surprise.\r\n \r\nUnder the current leadership, the Bears philosophy has revolved around building through the draft and maintaining the status quo by re-signing their own rising talent.\r\n \r\nIn recent years, they have spent large sums of money on defensive stars, such as Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Tommie Harris, Nathan Vasher, and Charles Tillman, among others. However, big-name free agents have been rare additions in Chicago.\r\n \r\nJohn Tait was a success, but Muhsin Muhammad? Not so much.\r\n \r\nThe time has come for the Bears to rethink their game plan and take another chance in free agency. They can no longer stand by and watch their division rivals improve while their own product grows older and slower with each passing year.\r\n \r\nBrian Urlacher and Mike Brown were hardly recognizable a year ago, and the latter is no longer with the club a
