Captain Obvious returns to Chicago today and notices that he* was beaten to a story by a web site. I don’t know why he* was so upset about this or felt the need to weigh in with his* limited thoughts. After all, he* has been beaten to stories by dyslexic grandmothers who don’t speak English. Why should this story upset him* so?

Here’s the crux of the story; last week a web site posted a blog that stated the Bears had lied to fans and media and that they knew that Chris Williams was injured. Local sports radio jumped on the story and, eventually, Jerry Angelo held a press conference to discuss it. This is where the weird turned pro. As it turns out, the Bears knew about Williams’ back injury, just not the one that needed surgery. Angelo’s press conference sounded more like the ravings of a demented 9 year old rather than a professional General Manager in the NFL. And then Jay came back to town.

Hooray.

What we have here is the perfect confluence of events for Jay. A story that has already played out, a GM who (stupidly) sent him a memo stating that he was not a fan of our diminutive diva and a team that looks like it might be blessed with a 3-13 record if everything goes right.

Before we go on, I need to point out that I am not a fan of Mr. Angelo either. While his defensive picks in the drafts have been solid, I am convinced he has a 13 year old girl and a Ouija Board picking the offense. Even so, Chris Williams’ injury was no secret to any NFL team and several had him pegged to go high in the draft. Why? Because the injury he has has been played through by NFL lineman for years. It is something they would need to deal with, but it was not a deal breaker.

Okay, enough of that, let’s clear our reality goggles and look at things from Jay’s perfect 20/20 hindsight perspective (that still manages to get some facts wrong);

Never mind that he is the one who drafted left tackle Chris Williams in the first round while knowing the player had a herniated disc in his back, not the kind of injury risk worth taking when: (a) the Bears have an offensive line constructed from dental floss and marshmallow treats; and (b) Angelo has a woeful record of drafting during his seven years in power.

That would be wrong. As noted above, Jerry has been pretty solid on defense. Lance Briggs (drafted in 2003), Tommie Harris (2004) and Nathan Vasher (2004) are just a few of the defensive players that Jerry has drafted and, pretty much, any NFL team would gladly add them to their roster in a heartbeat. Although they might insist that Briggs get a driver. As to the Offensive Line, the fact that they are so porous is what made Williams worth the risk. But, that’s that silly reality again, so let’s move on.

In some attempt at fairness, the Bears have made the playoffs in 2002, 2006 and 2007 since Jerry has been GM. That’s not phenomenal, but it doesn’t suck either. To count the team’s previous 3, non-Angelo, playoff experiences you would have to all the way back to 1989.

Now, we turn our heads and cough and become enlightened by Jay’s medical knowledge;

But where Angelo blew it is when he shrugged off those three examinations as if they were frivolous when, in fact, the necessity of three exams only screamed potential trouble.

No, the three exams mean they knew there was a potential problem, checked it every which way including Sunday and were reassured by experts that the kid would be okay with this injury. See my note above as to why.

Anyway, Jay wouldn’t be Jay if he couldn’t toss a cute quote against the wall without offering anything intelligent to back it up, so we get this closer;

“I would do it again based on the information that we ascertained leading up to the decision, OK. I would do it again,” Angelo said of the Williams pick. `”We saw a concern, but it wasn’t acute. We didn’t see anything acute.’”

I see a bigger concern. And it is acute.

Yep, drivel.

Since Jerry has had a crap week, and I can sympathize right now, I am going to send him a JTJ T-shirt from my personal stash. Meanwhile, there is a thread rocking in the forum, so CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE FUN!