Business up front and a party in the back: A hearty welcome to Jared Allen and his magnificent mullet

The signing of Jared Allen makes the Bears a better team. And along with the signings of Lamarr Houston, Willie Young, and Ryan Mundy—and the re-signings of Peanut Tillman, Tim Jennings, and D.J. Williams—it makes me believe the Bears can win the NFC North.

That defense still needs some playmakers. We need another starting safety and another starting tackle. We need young depth at corner and linebacker where everyone that matters for the Bears is too old and everyone behind them too untalented. But if you can stop the run and get consistent pressure on the quarterback it can make all those problems seem like less of a problem. A defensive line that features Allen (Right End) Jerimiah Ratliff (Nose Tackle) Houston (Left End) with Willie Young coming in off the bench looks pretty good.

You take Pitt's Aaron Donald or even Florida State's Timmy Jernigan at #14 in the draft to play the other tackle spot and that line looks scary. That's a line that can bring it.

I don't hate Nate Collins at tackle. I just like him better coming off the bench.

A lot of people will want to take one of the safeties in the draft at 14. I could live with that. But I would rather have the lineman. If you're able to take care of your business upfront it almost doesn't matter what's going on back there.

Right, Jared Allen?