My first thought in making our beloved Bears better comes in regards to the coaching staff, offensive coordinator Ron Turner is really bad at play calling, the reason we have so many 3 and long situations is because of the plays called on 1st and 2nd down.  Hence I recommend that Ron be let go and all effort put into bringing in former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, not only did the Broncos have year after year of 1,000 plus yard rushers but Jay Culter had some big stats for him, I think it would not be out of the question to make Mike the highest paid offensive coordinator in all of the NFL, it is also not out of the question to have expectations that Jay and running back Matt Forte to have year after year of solid production under his offense.  Next comes the defensive coordinator position and that should be handled by Lovie Smith himself and all reason for this is found in the way the defense played(poorly versus Cincy, outstanding versus Cleveland) and it should be noted Lovie started taking a hands on approach to the defense late in the Cincy game.

Now on to personal.  lets start with the secondary.  Charles Tillman, Bowman, Vasher, Graham, Daniel Manning, Afalava and Steltz make for a workable safety and corner rotation when all are healthy, do note that Kevin Payne is not on that list, because if it were up to me I would cut him, today.  If any upgrade is warranted it would be to pick up any potential free agent safeties that could start over Al Afalava, but if no true starter is on the free agent market it is no big loss, Al is still young(rookie) and could develop into a serviceable starter, since we won't have a draft pick tell 2050.

At linebacker Briggs and Urlacher are our corner stones and two very good players with the combo of Pisa Tisamoa(name i can not spell), Hunter Hillenmeyer, Nick Roach who came up big in the Browns game with two forced fumbles and Jamaar Williams we have the bodies at that position and yes I would resign Tisa for another year.

on the defensive line we again have all the parts we need, Tommie Harris, who does need to have a fire kept lit under him however, Alex Brown, Ogunlye, Mark Anderson, Adams and Adams, Idonije needs more playing time, Harrison and Gilbert we have all the tools we need to put pressure on the opposing offense.

The Offensive line is were we need to invest draft picks and free agent money.  Orlando Pace is no spring chicken, Williams should work out well as an NFL right tackle but will struggle on the left side.  Olin is a rock solid center however he and long snapper Mannley are up there in age.  Garza, Beekman, and that other guy whose name I will not try to spell are ok at guard but we really to upgrade and look into finding some true maulers if any are to be found.

Wideout, running back, tight end, kicker, punter i would make no changes and do everything to keep the guys we have, with one exception.  With Garret Wolfe seeing more touches as my only additional thought and he would get those extra touches because I would not bring back Kevin Jones.

Jay Culter is our quarterback, but in the unlikely case we need to go to the second stringer, we need at true veteran not an untested young pup like we have now, so i would look into signing Kerry Collins(unlikely he would sign), Shaun Hill(if he doesn't stay in San Fran) or Byron Leftwhich(much more of a project to work with).

DA BEARS!

sorry for butchering the spelling of anyone's name