So there have been some interesting developments lately involving key players for many different teams. Something’s have changed that really suck for certain fans, and some really be really great for other fans. Let’s go down the list shall we?

First, let’s start with my Bears.

1. From what I hear we dropped Muhsin, which could be a good thing in terms of his growing number of dropped passes. He had a good run, and I still like the guy. Now remember I only said I heard this, don’t quore me on it if it’s nowhere near truth.
2. We didn’t re-sign Bernard Berrian. This is going to hurt this team in the long run because he was our most consistent receiver, even though he too was plagued by drops and trying to do too much at times (anyone remember that one handed catch he tried to make and failed horribly at, I do). What’s going to suck more is that he’s going to the Vikes.
3. Lance “I hate the Bears more then my expensive sports car” Briggs decided to stick around and rack up some more tackles along side Brian Urlacher.

And in Packer land…

Brett Favre is retiring. Sad to see ya go, figured you’d play at least another year. Hope you’ve got a good HoF speech ready Brett ’cause you’re gonna need it real soon.

The Jet’s have made a boat load of moves, including giving a left tackle a boat load of cash. I guess that’s them trying to make sure Chad Pennington will have a bit more time to hook up with his receivers. And maybe get their running game going a bit better. Lord knows us Bear fans know how that goes.

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Every year there comes a special time in a persons life and usually that time is known as football season. It’s a time when that sport that’s as boring as watching paint dry, but not quite as boring as golf, starts coming to an end and people stop caring about fly outs and strikeouts. After a whole summer of nothing good on but repeats of classic shows like M.A.S.H. or Bewitched and flipping constantly between crap like NASCAR and C.S.I, it comes like rush of fresh air and feelings of joy and happiness.

We all suffer through those boring pre-season games where we get to see how our latest draft prospects look and debate amongst forums or water coolers on who will be a beast or a bust. Younger fans of the game get their mitts on Madden and let the online play and simming of their teams year consume them. It’s a good time had by all.

Until your team starts off losing. (More on next page…)

Here it is folks, what every football fan will have ingrained in their heads from now on. Bears games highlighted.

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sep. 6
New Orleans at Indianapolis 8:30 p.m. (all times Eastern)

Sunday, Sep. 9
Atlanta at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Carolina at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Denver at Buffalo 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston 1 p.m.
Miami at Washington 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Chicago at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 10
Baltimore at Cincinnati 7 p.m..
Arizona at San Francisco 10:15 p.m.

WEEK 2

Sunday, Sep. 16
Atlanta at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Green Bay at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.
Houston at Carolina 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Tennessee 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Dallas at Miami 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at Denver 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at New England 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 17
Washington at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 3

Sunday, Sep. 23
Arizona at Baltimore 1 p.m.
Buffalo at New England 1 p.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston 1 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City 1 p.m.
San Diego at Green Bay 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Seattle 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Denver 4:05 p.m.
Carolina at Atlanta 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 24
Tennessee at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 4

Sunday, Sep. 30
Baltimore at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo 1 p.m.
Oakland at Miami 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas 1 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina 4:05 p.m.
Denver at Indianapolis 4:15 p.m.
Kansas City at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 1
New England at Cincinnati 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Jacksonville, New Orleans, Tennessee, Washington

WEEK 5

Sunday, Oct. 7
Arizona at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tennessee 1 p.m.
Carolina at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Cleveland at New England 1 p.m.
Detroit at Washington 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Miami at Houston 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.
Seattle at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at Denver 4:15 p.m.
Chicago at Green Bay 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 8
Dallas at Buffalo 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia

WEEK 6

Sunday, Oct. 14
Cincinnati at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Miami at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Baltimore 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
Washington at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
New England at Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
New Orleans at Seattle 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 15
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Buffalo, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, San Francisco

WEEK 7

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington 1 p.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Buffalo 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas 1 p.m.
New England at Miami 1 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Houston 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Denver 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville 1 p.m.

Open date: Carolina, Cleveland, Green Bay, San Diego

WEEK 8

Sunday, Oct. 28
Cleveland at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Carolina 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Miami 1 p.m.
Oakland at Tennessee 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 4:05 p.m.
Houston at San Diego 4:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m.
New Orleans at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.
Washington at New England 4:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 29
Green Bay at Denver 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, Seattle

WEEK 9

Sunday, Nov. 4
Arizona at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
Carolina at Tennessee 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Buffalo 1 p.m.
Denver at Detroit 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at New Orleans 1 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Atlanta 1 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.
Seattle at Cleveland 4:05 p.m.
Houston at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
New England at Indianapolis 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 5
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Chicago, Miami, N.Y. Giants, St. Louis

WEEK 10

Sunday, Nov. 11
Atlanta at Carolina 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Miami 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tennessee 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington 1 p.m.
St. Louis at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Baltimore 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants 4:15 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at San Diego 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 12
San Francisco at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Houston, New England, N.Y. Jets, Tampa Bay

* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.

WEEK 11

Sunday, Nov. 18
Arizona at Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Carolina at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Indianapolis 1 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia 1 p.m.
New England at Buffalo 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston 1 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets 1 p.m.
San Diego at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1 p.m.
Washington at Dallas 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Detroit 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 19
Tennessee at Denver 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 22
Green Bay at Detroit 12:30 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at Atlanta 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 25
Buffalo at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Denver at Chicago 1 p.m.
Houston at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina 1 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Seattle at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at New England 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 26
Miami at Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 13

Thursday, Nov. 29
Green Bay at Dallas 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 2
Atlanta at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington 1 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Houston at Tennessee 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami 1 p.m.
San Diego at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Seattle at Philadelphia 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Carolina 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Denver at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Chicago 4:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 3
New England at Baltimore 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 14

Thursday, Dec. 6
Chicago at Washington 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 9
Carolina at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Dallas at Detroit 1 p.m.
Miami at Buffalo 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia 1 p.m.
Oakland at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New England 1 p.m.
San Diego at Tennessee 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston 1 p.m.
Arizona at Seattle 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m.
Kansas City at Denver 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at Baltimore 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 10
New Orleans at Atlanta 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 13
Denver at Houston 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 15
Cincinnati at San Francisco 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 16
Arizona at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Miami 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Green Bay at St. Louis 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at New England 1 p.m.
Seattle at Carolina 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Kansas City 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Giants 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 17
Chicago at Minnesota 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 16

Thursday, Dec. 20
Pittsburgh at St. Louis 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 22
Dallas at Carolina 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 23
Cleveland at Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago 1 p.m.
Houston at Indianapolis 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit 1 p.m.
Miami at New England 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Buffalo 1 p.m.
Oakland at Jacksonville 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Orleans 1 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee 4:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at San Francisco 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 24
Denver at San Diego 8:00 p.m.

WEEK 17

Saturday, Dec. 29
New England at N.Y. Giants 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 30
Buffalo at Philadelphia 1 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami 1 p.m.
Dallas at Washington 1 p.m.
Detroit at Green Bay 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Chicago 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1 p.m.
Seattle at Atlanta 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Cleveland 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
Kansas City at N.Y. Jets 8:15 p.m.

POSTSEASON

Wild-card weekend

Saturday, Jan. 5
AFC Wild Card Game (NBC)
NFC Wild Card Game (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 6
AFC Wild Card Game (CBS)
NFC Wild Card Game (FOX)

Divisional playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 12
AFC Divisional Playoff Game (CBS)
NFC Divisional Playoff Game (FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 13
AFC Divisional Playoff Game (CBS)
NFC Divisional Playoff Game (FOX)

Conference championships

Sunday, Jan. 20
AFC Championship Game (CBS)
NFC Championship Game (FOX)

Super Bowl XLII

Sunday, Feb. 3 — University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. (FOX)

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 10 — Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

After an amazing return year (well below sub par as CB) Devin Hester will be the first player with a perfect score in Madden ‘08. I shappose he deserves it.

ESPN reveals Devin Hester will have a speed rating of 100 in Madden NFL ‘08