Davis finally catching on with Bears' passing game

Da Bears Blog found this 8/23/2008 on www.dailyherald.com [flag]

Rashied Davis knew there would be a void to fill in the Bears' passing game this year with the departure of Bernard Berrian and Muhsin Muhammad. Knowing the team's top two pass catchers in 2006 and '07 would be playing elsewhere provided Davis with more motivation to step up his own game. "With everything being more wide open, and knowing that somebody would have to step in and make plays and ... [link]

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Weekend Notes
Published 8/23/2008 at Da Bears Blog
... finest performance he ever delivered in the laundry. Don't sit there now and pretend you knew. It insults reporters and it insults the fans. Maybe you don't think this way but I do. Here are the backup quarterbacks in the NFC North: Bears (Rex Grossman), Packers (Brian Brohm), Vikings (Gus Frerotte), Lions (Drew Henson). I don't understand. Are there really not sixty-four great athletes in this country that can play quarterback? Max really like Rash Davis. You should too. Michael Silver over at Yahoo! Sports writes an indictment of the ...

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Published 8/25/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
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