All Rashied Davis has needed is an opportunity. You suspect if the Bears just give him one now, a legitimate chance to make the roster, they'll be delighted with the results.
Yes, that's exactly what they need. A 30-year old wide receiver coming off a season where he put up career numbers and was still the weakest link in a receiving corp that was god-awful.
You remember Davis. He's the cornerback-turned-receiver who helped the Bears get to the Super Bowl, catching a game-winning touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3 of the 2006 season and making a clutch third-down conversion to set up Robbie Gould's game-winning field goal in overtime against the Seattle Seahawks in the playoffs.
Yeah, and I remember Rex Grossman was the guy that made those throws ... where's he nowadays?
He's the guy who didn't play high school football but wound up using a junior-college stop to earn his way to San Jose State. He's the guy who put in four bloody years with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League to get a shot with the Bears. He's the guy who took a leave of absence from a job at Best Buy so he'd have employment to fall back on when he first joined the Bears in 2005.
I hear Best Buy is hiring!
Davis also is the guy with the most experience among Bears receivers -- yet he isn't one of the seven who has caught a pass from Jay Cutler this preseason.
74 catches in 4 seasons, how will the Bears EVAR replace that?!?
The greatest NFL fairy tale remains the inspirational story of Kurt Warner going from stock boy at the Hy-Vee grocery store to Super Bowl MVP.
I thought it was when Warner drew a picture of Jesus ...
But Davis has a unique history, too. He is a 5-9, 187-pound former bouncer who proved tough enough to control rowdy crowds while subsidizing his time as an Arena Football player.
Which is great if Capt. Neckbeard was still stumbling around with his bottle of Jack but Rashied's services are no longer needed.
All of which makes his lack of playing time this preseason difficult to figure.
If you're a mouth-breathing fucktard like Mully.
Will this be the week he gets a chance to play with Cutler and thereby an opportunity to keep his job?
Will this be the week that Mully finds his first clue? Will Hanley beat him with a tac hammer after he reads this?
''Would I like more reps? Yes, I would. That's all I have to say,'' Davis said, begrudgingly completing an interview after the Bears' 17-3 victory over the New York Giants on Saturday.
Like my dad says, "shit in one hand and wish in the other and see which gets filled the fastest." Actually this may be the most apt metaphor for what I think of Rashied Davis's hands.
Davis caught one pass from backup quarterback Caleb Hanie in the Giants game after catching two the week before at Buffalo. It's not the production he would have hoped for, but typically he made the best of his opportunity by standing out on special teams.
So a 30-year old, 74 catch receiver who can "stand out" on special teams. I mean, that is a rare fucking quality! Jesus, why haven't we signed this guy to Elicha Manning fucking money?!?
Still, it has to be unsettling to Davis that he's being judged on previous work instead of being given a chance to build a chemistry with Cutler, especially considering the Bears are in a numbers crunch at receiver.
Yes, because judging him on his previous work to get to the NFL should outweigh his shitty 4 seasons with the Bears. Mully should be a fucking AIG fund manager ... Hey this guy worked really hard to get here but he totally sucks HOWEVER the government just gave us a bunch of free money so let's see what he can do with it and completely ignore his previous body of work!
Tall receivers Brandon Rideau and Devin Aromashodu have been Cutler's favorite targets during spots in training camp. Aromashodu made a spectacular diving catch Saturday to set up a touchdown pass to Desmond Clark. That will help him a ton, but it also begs the question of whether Davis, Rideau, Iglesias or Knox would have made the same play if given the chance.
Who knows? You know what you answered your own fucking question. Cutler likes tall receivers. Davis is short. It's so unfair!!!
Davis hasn't lost repetitions only to the taller guys. In some formations in practice, Hester and tight end Greg Olsen have been split wide with Bennett in the slot -- a natural position for Davis.
Yeah because God knows that putting Bennett in the slot while creating mismatches outside is a fucking crime against football. Jesus, a sportswriter\talk-jock cannot be that fucking dumb ... oh wait HE FUCKING IS!
All he needs is a chance, and frankly, he deserves one.
Clearly based upon your article that told us: he's not been very good in the past, the franchise QB likes tall receivers, and Davis hasn't done much even against 2's and 3's in the preseason. If that's not cause for "DESERVING" a chance I don't know what is.
Can someone cockpunch this idiot the next time he does a remote? Anyone? Please?
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