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me too - I want you to see it so we can compare notes.

Ok, so here's my swing at a 53 man roster right now. The ??????? slots will be filled either by guys currently on the roster (in parenthesis) or buy grabbing someone else's cast off. All this assuming no trades that take guys from our roster too. So lets talk - did I put anyone on that isnt gonna make the 53? Are any of the guys in parenthesis locks? Closest I see to that is Amagadje, but I left that one open in case anyone wants to promote someone else. 2025 Bears 53 Man Roster QB (2) Caleb WIlliams Tyson Bagent RB (4) D'Andre Swift Kyle Monongai Roschon Johnson ??????? (Brittain Brown, Royce Freeman, Travis Homer, Ian Wheeler) WR (6) Rome Odunze DJ Moore Olamide Zacchaeus Luther Burden Devin Duvernay ??????? (Maurice Alexander, JP Richardson, Samori Toure, Jahdae Walker) OL (10) Joe Thuney Drew Dalman Darnell Right Jonah Jackson Braxton Jones Theo Benedet Ozzy Trapilo Ryan Bates Luke Newman ??????? (Kiran Amagadje, Bill Murray, Jordan McFadden, Doug Kramer, Chris Glaser, Joshua Miles, Ricky Stromberg) TE (3) Colston Loveland Cole Kmet Durham Smythe DL (10) Montez Sweat Grady Jarrett Andrew Billings Dayo Odeyingbo Gervon Dexter Austin Booker Chris WIlliams Shemar Turner Dominique Robinson ??????? (Daniel Hardy, Zacch Pickens, Xavier Carlton, Jonathan Ford, Taroh Kpassagnon, Jamree Kromah) LB (5) Tremaine Edmunds TJ Edwards Noah Sewell ??????? ??????? (Ruben Hyppolite, Amen Ogbongbemiga, Swayze Bozeman, Power Echols, Carl Jones) S (4) Kevin Byard Jaquan Brisker ??????? ??????? (Elijah Hicks, Jonathan Owens, Alex Cook, Millard Bradford, Tysheem Johnson, Mark Perry, CB (6) Jaylon Johnson Kyler Gordon Tyrique Stevenson Nashon Wright Josh Blackwell ??????? (Tre Flowers, Zah Frazier, Mekhi Garner, Kaleb Hayes, Nick McCloud, Jeremiah Walker) ST (3) Cairo Santos Tory Taylor Scott Daly Some Practice Squad guesses, many of which could make the 53: Kiran Amagadje JP Richardson Jordan McFadden Ruben Hyppolite Zah Frasier Austin Reed

I'm just hoping it's televised in my area...

too bad, but i guess in-game is preferred for the last preseason game. At least we get to see it for ourselves against 1st stringers.

Micah Parsons scrubbed his social media of all mention of the Cowboys today. Having both available in this late market will drive the price of each down.

No. They had closed practices at Halas Hall.

Did we have a scrimmage with the Chiefs yesterday? I havent seen anything about it so i assume we didnt but i wonder why.

I know he got dinged up a little, but if Austin Booker is half as effective as he has been in the preseason, the pass rush rotation is going to be really solid.

I hope he sticks around, but the contract now makes him more appealing to other teams because he is locked in at the lower price for a few years. Kind of wild that Trubisky hasn't gotten another chance to start, but teams like New Orleans are ok going with Shough, Haener, and Rattler?

I set the league draft for 7pm on Sunday, August 31st. We will need to identify keepers by the 30th.

From what I've read, he's taking reps at guard for depth.

I think a lot of us wanted him at center.

This is a great move and really happy for Bagent and it’s a smart move by Bagent too. He knows Johnson is legit and if at some point he plays and excels - all of a sudden he’s getting traded for to start all while learning and working with a good coaching staff while securing some real earnings over next few years. And for Bears - they basically have locked in a lot of cap flexibility to be spent on other positions over the next 2 years.

You also have to pay him 35M. If he was 3 year younger - yes - but at his age with the Bears where they are at - not interested.

Typical practice squad QB.

does anyone remember Jackson Powers-Johnson, a 2nd round C from Oregon? The Raiders has moved him to compete at RG, he is being beat out by an UNFA Jordon Meredith . I actually wanted us to take him.

he was always good. Im shocked he didnt get drafted. He has NCAA all time records that would stand at any level, but he played at a AA school or something like that.

I agree it probably wont happen.

What do you think of Austin Reed? Has a similar background like Bagent.

This is just a healthy discussion because its not going to happen. Teams like Cleveland make trades like this, not a team that added assets on the DL. It would make more sense for a all pro type LT, but like Monga stated once, no star pass rusher has gotten their team to a SB. Parsons, Garrett, Hendirckson, TJ Watt, or Crosby. The only one that actually got to a SB in the recent past was Nick Bosa.

It depends what you get back int he trade, not trying to get rid of him. But if you get enough, its always worth it.

I would trade Kmet straight up for Hendrickson - I assume anyone would. Doesnt mean Kmet is bad. But GMs do not get fired for signing guys who have 17 1/2 sacks each of the last two years. They get praise for that. And we can always find the cap room for a star like that - especially with the QB on a rookie deal. Remember the cap always goes up. The down side is that Hendrickson is 30. If he was 26, like Parsons, it'd be a no brainer.

Bagent deserves it, from UDFA to contract extension is a huge accomplishment.

I understand but a hard sell on a NFL conspiracy would be tough to execute. I get they may like the results. It sure does look that way some times?

Yes we acquired assets in the DL and Booker-Dexter will get better. Lets see what we got. We had 40 sacks last year and added an aggressive D coach. Adding a 31 yr old (Dec 5) pass rusher doesn't make a lot of sense. Parsons is at least young, what is Trey going to give you ? One maybe 2 good yrs for a 4 yr 40+ contract. That is how GMs get fired doing that.