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I was feeling better about the news since Dr Odunze said he would be okay, but 8 weeks or so is gonna hurt. No wonder why Kyler is watching from the sidelines.

Thanks, Paid. Now to get ready for the draft.

Week 5 against the Packers is 9 weeks 6 days away, with recovery and ramp up, I assume that is another 2 weeks. So if he is on the low side of 8 weeks, he has a chance to play in Week 5. If it is the high end, more like Week 7 against the Patriots. Either way, if there was ever a stretch to miss, this is probably it: Panthers, Vikings, Eagles (no AJ Brown), Jets, Packers, Falcons, Patriots (now have AJ Brown). It would be sweet to get him back for the Packers game as that is the only one where I would be concerned about the defense up until that game.

I think Lewis will back-up but they got to try and pickup a vet or go to the trade well. Or do we see Stevenson or someone else swing to safety?

Went out of practice on a non-contact injury doing 1:1 with Kmet. Out 8-10 weeks (so will likely miss 1st 5 games of the season (maybe more). Hyer-extended knee, bruise and small bone break. Lucky this wasn't worse but still a huge loss. Get better soon Coby!

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Hicks is still out, so it was Lewis today. We need to pick up a FA safety. Need better depth.

Adam Schefter said it will be two months, hyperextension knee, bone bruise and bone fracture. probably the pup for the first 6 weeks and then hopefully he's back. Who is his backup? Cam Lewis or Elijah Hicks?

bearswire.usatoday said he was extremely upset, slamming his helmet to the ground, when he was unable to walk off the field and had to be carted off. Odunze and Loveland claimed, when asked, that he'd be okay, but that is what you'd expect.

I dont understand how with only one good game played last year they have elevated Golden to elite status.

I just heard Coby Bryant went down with a knee injury. Hopefully its not long term.

I can understand why DET is being projected to win the division in a lot of places. The easiest schedule alone will give them a few more wins. However, I have no clue why some projections have GB in 2nd. Everyone seems to be inflating players that have never achieved heights they are expecting. First, there is Watson, somehow, he is being anointed as a sure-fire WR1, yet he has never topped 41 receptions and 620 Receiving Yards but is magically going to hit 80-1000 this season in Year 5? He has also never played more than 15 games. To me, Watson is who he is. An explosive WR, when healthy, but more boom or bust than consistent WR1. I don't see him doubling his career high in receptions. Then there is Golden, their 2025 1st Round pick (picked ahead of Burden). He is a 2nd Year WR that only put up 29 receptions and 361 Receiving Yards and no TDs, and is also going to magically put up 80-1000 this season too? Will he have a better season, sure, but he is not tripling his receptions and receiving yards in one offseason. Especially if they expect Watson to as well. Then you have Kraft. People are treating him like an All-Pro. This is a TE who maxed out at 50 receptions, 707 Receiving Yards, is now an All-Pro coming off an ACL injury. These career numbers are on par with Kmet's career numbers. Another super weird projection. I can see him putting up 50-700 again, but that's it. Their O-Line, which was bottom-10 last year, who arguably got worse in the offseason, is magically going to be better this year? Again, does the GB coaching staff have magic fairy dust? I think they will be bottom-10 again. Their defense, which was a top 10 unit in 2025 will also be better with their star Edge coming off an ACL injury and operating in an entirely new defense. Did people forget how good Hafley was as a DC? If anything they will regress. I feel much better when you compare what the Bears have and why their projections are what they are. Odunze is an 1100 Yard WR if he didn't get hurt. Burden's and Loveland's usage completely changed in the 2nd half of the season. Loveland had 5 receptions thru 5 games, then had 53 in the remaining 12. So he almost averaged 5 per game the rest of the way. Projected for a full season, +100 receptions, +1200 Yards. Burden? While Loveland went up 5x, Burden basically went up 4x. Now when you add Moore being gone, all 3 of those guys will see a target increase. All 3 were also more efficient pass catchers than Moore. So Williams numbers should benefit.

I will be open to any day/time within that window. Please let me know how to pay my dues. I'd like to ante up.

There is an expected drop off in takeaways with the top 4 guys (Byard 7, Wright 5, Edmunds 4, and CJGJ 2) all off the roster. With Brisker's 1, that is 19 INTs off the roster. However, in place of that, we get Bryant who had 4, Thieneman good for 2, a healthy Jaylon Johnson good for 3, Bush had 3, and whoever replaces CJGJ's snaps gets 1. That is 13 without being extremely optimistic. Also, the consensus was the 2025 players would not produce those numbers in 2026 anyway. So those 19 could easily be down to 13 or 14. In line with the new player projections.

Braxton has bulked up in a good way at least in his upper body. He’s never looked like that. In his press conference he talked openly about his struggles handling power. I’d assume the same effort went into fixing his lower body. We find out this week if it pays off.

Braxton, Kiran and Jedrick are literally playing for their future careers...

The Bears may not have an elite LT, but the guys they have won"t hold them back. 3 guys now fighting to win and Ozzy coming back to possibly take his seat back will keep all of them on their toes knowing they can easily be replaced. The competition should keep the position solid.

Of course. And to monitor work load.

They will rotate them since it is an open competition for the job. Id think a week or two after they go full pads they will narrow it down.

Jedrick Wills took first team reps at LT today. Braxton did the first few days.

I didn't clarify enough, I mean the window between Thursday night, September 3rd at 7pm Central <----------->and Sunday Night, September 6th at 9pm Central. Your Tuesday Night is clear.

With pads coming on this week there will be lots of things to watch for. One guy I’m curious about is Jayden Loving. He’s a UDFA who could easily wash out and be gone before the season starts. If he shows potential then most likely he makes the practice squad. The top 3 DTs are locks to make the roster: Jarrett, Dexter, Gallimore. Behind them it’s a crap shoot. I’m high on Vandenberg’s potential but he had just as many lowlights as highlights in college. Kentavious Street? DT4 and DT5 (expecting one guy to be on PS) is wide open. I’m hoping there’s a legit 3-man competition for those last two spots. Whoever wins those jobs are they going to be someone we can count on in games? Google Search is dead, AI scours the internet for you and provides a tidy summary: The Bears fit Jayden Loving because they’ve been trying to upgrade the interior defensive line with players who can do two things: hold up against the run and add more pass-rush juice from the middle. Loving’s profile lines up with that in a very “Bears defense-building” way. He’s a run-stopping DT archetype: Reports on his film/grades out of Wake point to him being especiallyeffective versus the run—exactly the type of interior presence Chicago wants to improve at.Sports Illustrated Athletic interior leverage (good “move-for-size” upside): The Bears have emphasized adding rawathleticism up front this offseason, and Loving checks that box—short/stout body, but with real burst andmovement ability for his size. Sports Illustrated1 He gives them rotational depth that can grow: Chicago also added multiple DT/DT-type pieces (via freeagency and the draft), and Loving fits as an upside option who can compete for early rotation snaps whilelearning the NFL game.

One thing becoming apparent both from a production standpoint and comments in press conferences is that our safety play is definitely improved. The obvious INTs from Bryant lead the way but offensive players like Kmet have talked about how you can feel these guys hanging on your hip as you run your route. Or how quickly they are closing down on running plays. One reporter mentioned seeing Zavion break free on a short route and heading upfield. Normally you’d think that’d go for a TD but Thieneman closed it down from center field. Bryant is taking on a leadership role for the entire secondary, Thieneman is quickly ramping up following his lead. Over many decades the Bears have had a history of good safeties but it’s usually been one good safety. We have to see it play out but we might be seeing the start of something really good with Bryant and Thieneman for years.

True, it is something personal or the team who have announced some type of injury. Considering how bought in Kyle is in the team, it cant be anything small.

When people are looking at how bad or good the D will be, they also have to consider, as you have stated, how good the offense will be . More points puts teams behind and will have to abandon the run quicker and more rest for the D when a time consuming offense.