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The NFL is a tough business. There are, dare I say, hundreds of thousands of kids out there playing football who dream of making it in the NFL. At the end of the day there are 32 NFL franchises each allowed to carry 53 players on their active roster. That's 1,696 professional football players who dress on game days.

It ain't for everyone.

I'd like to keep all the nice guys on the Bears team. But it's a numbers game. It's a business. A tough business. You've got to keep the talented guys, not the nice guys. The better your depth, the deeper your talent goes, the better your team is going to be at the end of the season. It's that simple.

Here are three guys I'd like to see pack up their stuff and move to another team.

1. Rashied Davis, WR

He's a great story. He started off in the arena league. He came into the NFL as a defensive back, and made the switch to wide receiver. He's scrappy and a pretty decent special teams player. But he has no outstanding attributes as a wide out. He's a little guy who isn't really that fast. He's had every opportunity to succeed, but he drops too many balls. Plain and simple. The Bears are going to keep five WRs this year. Look at how keeping Marty Booker and Brandon Lloyd last season stunted the growth of guys like Earl Benett and Brandon Rideau. This year we have Earl Benett and Devin Hester as locks to make it. We have at least two rookies I'd like to see make the team (Jauguin Iglesias and Johnny Knox). So that leaves Brandon Rideau, Devin Aromashodu, and Rashied Davis to fight for that last spot. I'd much rather see a guy like Aromashodu or Rideau take that last WR spot. They have way more upside.

2. Adrian Peterson, RB

Again, great story, great guy. He runs hard, he plays good special teams (although his play on special teams dropped off considerably the last season I thought). But the day you drafted Garrett Wolfe, Adrian Peterson should have been shown the door. How many undersized RBs can you keep on your roster? Are you really going to keep four tail backs, a full back, and three tight ends on your roster? Think about how many defensive lineman the Bears like to keep ... think about how many DBs and LBs. Do you have room for Adrian Peterson now that you have Kevin Jones who is clearly a superior running back in all phases of the game?

3. Dusty Dvoracek, DT (nose)

I really do believe Dusty Dvoracek has the skill to play well in this league. He's an aggressive nose tackle who's extremely stout against the run and who always manages to get some pressure upfield when he's in the game. But that's the rub: when he's in the game. Dvoracek has had horrendous luck with injuries. Everyone was rooting for him, but this last MCL injury, whether it's a tear or a strain (depending on which news story you read right now), is the last straw. You can't depend on Dvoracek to stay healthy. He's worse than Mike Brown was in that regard. You've got Marcus Harrison and Anthony Adams at nose. There are other guys you can rotate in for snaps there. You have a numbers game already on the D-Line. You can't depend on Dvoracek.

Let these guys go. Give other guys the opportunity to step up. You've got to know what you've got in the other guys. We'll be better off for it.