Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
More photos » by Dave Martin - AP Browse more photos » After thinking this morning about the three not-so-savvy free agent OL acquisitions ( Orlando Pace , Frank Omiyale , and Kevin Shaffer ) Jerry Angelo brought to Chicago this past offseason, I started wondering about how he has addressed the OL through the draft. Angelo is, of course, known as a "build through the draft" GM,...
Blue Skunk Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I was, to say the least, surprised by the reaction caused by Joyce Valenza and my School Library Journal article, Things that keep us up at night , published earlier this month. The article itself was more or less a distillation of observations, predictions and warnings that Joyce and I have been making for some time - not really covering a lot of new, radical ground. So why the reaction? Joyce, on...
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune: The Bears made a few roster moves today, re-signing linebacker Darrell McClover and waiving tight end Fontel Mines and guard Tyler Reed, both of whom suffered season-ending knee injuries in the preseason. McClover appeared in 28 career contest with the Bears from 2006-08 but became a free agent following the '08 season. He did not catch on with another team. McClover,...
POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Are we witnessing the shape of books to come? Quillr is an online platform that allows authors to use a combination of multimedia with text in their book. We talked last week about Thomas Pynchon’s novel and it’s soundtrack of 1960’s music as accompaniment. Well, Quillr maybe the next step in the future of the novel. http://www.quillr.com/ Nicola Furlong has used Quillr in her novel,...
Bears Gab (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
The Sun Times reports that guard Tyler Reed is done for the year: Bears Veteran guard Tyler Reed, who has been on the practice squad the last three seasons, is out after undergoing knee surgery. Reed had been bothered by a cartilage issue for some time. He fought through it during training camp and didn’t [...]
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
As before, I'm following: Brad Biggs , Jeff Dickerson , Greg Olsen , Matt Forte , Jay Cutler , Vaughn McClure , David Haugh , Fontel Mines , Dez Clark , Tommie Harris and ChicagoBears.com . All links *should* open in a new window! Be advised: the Cutler link may or may not be legit. Time will tell at this point! I tried to put them in a chronological order... but it may not be perfect! Enjoy a feisty...
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Reading that we were going to be at the 80 man roster limit once we finish getting our rookies signed really made me start looking at who we have on the roster now, and at what positions. Are we on our way to being a well-oiled machine, or do we have severe pruning to be done early? Here goes my attempt at a very simplified breakdown of positions and possible cuts, and then I'd like to see everyone...
From the Couch (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
Last week David made a last minute dash to the airport so he could catch an interview with Mobile web man Tyler Reed. At the tender age of 21 he has probably achieved more than we will in a life time. Anyway, today he is on the (Spur) couch and talks about his new mobile web company 'Tiny Impact'. You can follow him on twitter at twitter.com/tylerreed. Enjoy.
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 03/15/2009
Here's a look at the roster status through 2013 & depth chart based on players currently signed. I'm working on calculating the cap hit/savings for players cut. Signed to Future/Reserve Contract: Cody Balogh T John Broussard WR Rudy Burgess WR Joe Clermond DE Fontel Mines TE Tyler Reed G Signed through 2013 Lance Briggs Robbie Gould Devin Hester Charles Tillman Signed through 2012 Tommie Harris...
Bears Backer (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
The Bears signed seven players to reserve/future contracts Monday. The players are the following; tackle Cody Balogh, receivers Rudy Burgess and John Broussard, end Joe Clermond, tight end Fontel Mines, guard Tyler Reed and linebacker Marcus Riley.
adii (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
I'd been planning to write a little post about this for a while now, but my spur-of-the-moment redesign took up some unexpected time, which means I'm only getting around to this now. Last week, Tyler Reed and his dev team launched a brand-new plugin for WordPress, called MobilePress . The plugin (which looks really promising) basically renders different stylesheets when your WP-powered site is browsed...
Bears Backer (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The Bears signed punter Zac Atterberry to the practice squad this morning to replace guard Tyler Reed, who was released Atterberry was on the team through the summer and averaged 41.5 yards in the preseason with a net of 39.5. He has had four workouts since, including one in Green Bay on Monday. ''All I can tell you is they're bringing him in and they're going to put him through a fire drill,'' said...
Bears Backer (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Five players the Bears waived during final cuts Saturday were signed to Chicago’s practice squad Sunday: Defensive end Ervin Baldwin, offensive tackle Cody Balogh, linebacker Joey LaRocque (right), tight end Fontel Mines and guard Tyler Reed. Mines and Reed spent last season on the Bears’ practice squad, while Baldwin and LaRocque were both selected by Chicago in the seventh round of this...
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Mandatory roster limits will have teams getting rid of people over the next 2 days working to get their rosters down to 53 for the start of the regular season. The Bears have released offensive linemen Tyler Reed,Cody Balogh and Ryan Poles. Given the current state of the offensive line I was a bit surprised about Tyler Reed going. I had read there were still those that thought he was good enough to...
ConverStations (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Dig this presentation from Tyler Reed at Younique Engaging Youth Through Social & Mobile Media View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: marketing facebook) Missing one component on slide # 6, but he catches it on # 17. Can...
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