If you go to the ESPN NFL Rumors page you'll find something peculiar as a Bears fan. Maybe it shouldn't be all that surprising, given the fact that Chicago made the biggest off-season splash last year when they traded for Jay Cutler, but to see the Bears as rumored suitors for so many players made me scratch my head.

For example, the Bears are listed as the destination, albeit not the only one, for players like: Julius Peppers, Aaron Kampman, LaDainian Tomlinson, Chester Taylor, Antrel Rolle and even Larry Johnson.

Many will argue that the likeyhood of the Bears signing someone like Peppers is slim at best, but again you must turn to the Cutler trade as a sign that maybe things have changed, even if just slightly at Halas Hall. Both Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith are in do-or-die situations when it comes to the 2010 season. No playoffs will likely mean their dismissals, so bringing in a guy like Peppers would give them what Lovie has always coveted, a pure pass rusher. Peppers has recorded 10 or more sacks in eight of his 10 seasons in the NFL.

In their quest for another running back, LT's name has been dropped as a possible option, though methinks a lot of this is shot in the dark speculation and something to attract more hits to the page. I in no way see how LT is a fit for the Bears. A) He wants to go to a contender, understandably so, and the Bears as they are currently constructed are not contenders. B) In the Mike Martz offense, LT is a fit, if we are talking about the Tomlinson from 2006 or 2007. I don't know where is best suited to go, but I know Chicago is not the place.

That goes for LJ too.

Antrel Rolle would be a great signing in my opinion, but he will be expensive. Rolle can tackle, read a QB, and has a knack for finding the ball and the endzone, making him a perfect fit in Lovie's defense.

The Bears are going to have to build through free-agency, and the men making the decisions are on thin ice. If ever there was a time to spend the money, it is now.