"As Mike Martz continues to familiarize himself with the Bears' offensive personnel, one player with whom he needs no introduction became available Thursday when the Jaguars released wide receiver Torry Holt.

Holt's name came up last offseason when he left the Rams and the Bears were discussing ways to improve at the position, a discussion that touched all the bases, including Plaxico Burress. The Bears passed on Holt then, and unless Martz makes an impassioned case for the former star in the Greatest Show on Turf, it's expected they will pass again.

The Bears decided to go with what they had at wide receiver in 2009 and it turned out to be the position that showed the most promise on offense. Martz must agree. He took the job raving about the players and already has offered a clue to the plan when he said he expects Devin Hester to become a slot receiver in the mold of Az-Zahir Hakim.

"This whole receiving group could end up being just a diamond," Martz said earlier this week on the Mully & Hanley Show on WSCR-670 AM. "We're going to let them define who they are, let them push the envelope to excel even more than they thought they could.""