Ricky Manning's Gone (As well as Marriotti)

Its official, the Bears have cut Ricky Manning, Jr. In case you get Ricky and Danieal Manning confused, Ricky Manning is the one that can play nickel corner, and Danieal Manning is the one who can't play corner, nickel or safety.

The Bears cut (not traded like normal people) their best nickel corner and substituted him with one of their worst cover corners. The obsession of Lovie Smith with players like Danieal points to his inability to lead and coach a football team. If you remember, Danieal Manning was the safety that got burned in the Super bowl game by Reggie Wayne leading to an easy long- touchdown pass from Peyton Manning(a lot of Mannings in this post). If Danieal is famous for anything, its his unique ability to get burned.

But the Bears and Mr. Smith somehow believe that the former safety, who couldn't play safety, could somehow turn around and play nickel. Funny I thought it was the other way around, corner-backs who couldn't cover were switched to safety.

To make matters worse, the Bears got zero value out of Ricky. Instead of playing Ricky and hyping him up in the hopes of trading him, the Bears downgraded the veteran, rarely letting him see the field (excluding his play with the 6th stringers), and openly conveyed their dislike of the player. And somehow they're amazed that no other team wanted to trade for him. They could have gotten as high as 5th rounder if they played their cards right. Instead, management made him the perfect addition for another, better managed and coached team.

Oh yeah, and if Danieal doesn't work out, its okay b/c Trumain McBride can step in. Agh. Alright enough of that.

In better news, Jay Marriotti is leaving the Sun-Times. Lets hope he takes his tabloid, US weekly writing with him out of town to somewhere far, far away. Jay "one thought" Marriotti, I think there's an opening at the Onion. Your stories would be a perfect match for their parody sports section.