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When I look at anything Bears, I am always optimistic. The more I read about Muhammad, the more I think he could threaten Stevenson for the #2 CB spot. Probably not at the start of the season but he has a lot of good tape.

Its a record guarantee for a UDFA for the Bears. Not referring to NFL money in general.

there is no possible way a superbowl contending team can build their roster like this by ignoring key positions on your team for cap reasons in the future. not unless you just want to be under the cap continuously and screw winning like we have done for 40 years. it's a great way for owners to milk a team for money and worry about winning as a distant second. if you have a contender you can pick up free agents or even sign your own who want the rings at a discount price. plus the cap rises every year to blunt the higher salaries.

Lot of cash for a UDFA.

Yeah. Luther burden was upset where he was drafted and that worked out well for us.

Makes sense

Too funny. Squirrel can at least catch.

Jordan made 6 mil Bosa made 12 mil Von Miller 6 mil Dante Fowler 6 mil A J Esprenza 6 mil Clowney only making 3.5 mil would be fine with me, I was thinking more likely Cam Jordan.

Squirrel White took over for the infamous Velus Jones Jr. Velus at least has a ring. Wonder what kind of DMs Velus sent the Squirrel

That's a great idea, fans buy anything that's cool.

Whoever the 6th WR may be. Rome-Burden-Raymond-Walker-Thomas and ? They kept 6 last year. I said they may have a chance, probably the PS. They gave cash to all three, not your normal UDFA. Bennett was a record amount for the bears. 300,000.

Someone needs to make an AI /ChatGPT cartoon of the Vanilla Gorilla and Super Squirrel White. I see T-shirt sales

I think he might make the practice squad but was more pointing to he has speed. This year he run a 4.63 of which you pointed out he was coming off and injury. He has run a 4.28 previously. You are right, he doesnt have wiggle but if any coach can find some plays for a 4.28 guy, its BJ. I cant wait to see a play with Loveland, Raymond, Rome, Burden with Thomas at RB. That will cause a DC a heart attack. . 4.70-4.34-4.45-4.42-4.28

I've watched his highlights 3 times now. There is no zig zag to his game, he's a linear athlete and a little one at that, and doesn't appear to have good vision in traffic. That's not the kind of guy you want as a kick returner. He also goes down very easily. I think without much lateral quickness he's going to struggle getting off the LOS or even just when DBs or LBs body up on him at the 5yd mark and they will reroute him. Years ago, before I started watching players closely, I used to think fast guys will find a way to be successful. Nowadays, after many years of scouting feedback here on this board, then watching which players ultimately succeed in the NFL (i.e. I was wrong), I value quickness in/out of cuts and open field agility far more than speed. There's a reason Jaxon Smith Njigba just got big money and it wasn't because of a 4.3 forty. Antonio Brown ran a 4.6 forty but nobody could cover him in his prime. By the way I've come to learn that agility matters equally as much for the trenches. See Gervon Dexter struggle to get off blocks because he can't flip his hips. Don't misconstrue me because obviously this is not the only trait to make a player successful. It definitely makes a difference in what you see on the field.

This is last years rookie sack leaders. Only James Pearce had an impact. Jalon Walker (DT) was second with 5.5. Pearce was drafted 26th, 4 others were 1st round picks. 5 second round and 5 3rd round. Fans want to chase Dexter out of town and he had 6 sacks last year. How would everyone like if we drafted Faulk and he got us 3 sacks? NAME SCK SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD 1 James Pearce Jr. 10.5 2025 ATL 17 17 9 26 94.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Jalon Walker 5.5 2025 ATL 15 24 12 36 44 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 Nic Scourton 5.0 2025 CAR 17 20 27 47 31.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Abdul Carter 4.0 2025 NYG 17 25 18 43 22.5 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 Tonka Hemingway 4.0 2025 LV 9 8 1 9 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Elijah Ponder 4.0 2025 NE 15 14 10 24 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 Mike Green 3.5 2025 BAL 17 17 24 41 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Darius Alexander 3.5 2025 NYG 16 9 11 20 26.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Derrick Harmon 3.0 2025 PIT 12 11 16 27 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Demetrius Knight Jr. 3.0 2025 CIN 17 58 48 106 14 2 39 0 1 0 0 11 Josaiah Stewart 3.0 2025 LAR 17 13 9 22 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 Carson Schwesinger 2.5 2025 CLE 16 67 89 156 25 2 16 0 0 0 0 13 Nick Emmanwori 2.5 2025 SEA 14 56 25 81 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Kenneth Grant 2.0 2025 MIA 17 15 18 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Walter Nolen III 2.0 2025 ARI 6 8 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 Donovan Ezeiruaku 2.0 2025 DAL 17 20 20 40 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Jacob Parrish 2.0 2025 TB 17 50 26 76 18 2 3 0 0 1 0 18 Elijah Roberts 2.0 2025 TB 17 10 4 14 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 B.J. Green II 2.0 2025 JAX 14 6 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 Ashton Gillotte 1.5 2025 KC 17 14 24 38 2 1 14 0 0 0 0 21 Princely Umanmielen 1.5 2025 CAR 16 13 11 24 12.5 0 0 0 Player Team Sacks Games Played Total Tackles James Pearce Jr. Atlanta Falcons 10.5 17 26 Jalon Walker Atlanta Falcons 5.5 15 36 Nic Scourton Carolina Panthers 5.0 17 47 Abdul Carter New York Giants 4.0 17 43 T. Hemingway Las Vegas Raiders 4.0 9 9 Elijah Ponder New England Patriots 4.0 15 24 Mike Green Baltimore Ravens 3.5 17 41 D. Alexander New York Giants 3.5 16 20 Player Team Sacks Games Played Total Tackles James Pearce Jr. Atlanta Falcons 10.5 17 26 Jalon Walker Atlanta Falcons 5.5 15 36 Nic Scourton Carolina Panthers 5.0 17 47 Abdul Carter New York Giants 4.0 17 43 T. Hemingway Las Vegas Raiders 4.0 9 9 Elijah Ponder New England Patriots 4.0 15 24 Mike Green Baltimore Ravens 3.5 17 41 D. Alexander New York Giants 3.5 16 20

See how they lined him up a time or two at the edge, hope we see that from him once in a while. I think with Bush and Elliott we have a future dual w speed. I think he needs some improvement at coverage, but he is something else attacking the run

Who do you see Squirrel White beating out for a roster spot? Zavion? Bigger, faster, more agile, and more versatile and most importantly does not always go down the first time someone touches him. Khalif Raymond who already knows Ben Johnson's offense? Who do you see Caden Bennett beating out? Newman? McFadden? Bradbury? Both played well when called upon last year and a year of experience in this offense is a big help for them. I don't see a rookie UDFA from a small school beating either out. Jayden Loving might have a shot since our DT depth after Gallimore is so weak. Street reportedly had some decent years under Dennis Allen but nobody here is counting on him. If Loving can show some positional versatility (i.e. line up some at DE) he might wiggle his way onto the 53. We have a lot of risk at DE until Dayo and Turner return from injury. Of course Van den Berg is also a pretty good athlete. If we don't sign a FA DE this is something to watch as we head into camp.

First time I watched highlights, this dude is a stud. Even if we dont get another pass rusher, our defense is going to be better just because of the speed.

He looks like he has speed to.

This is the Squirrel White, he doesnt look slow to me.

Part of this is due to NIL. There were fewer small school players drafted overall because with NIL, small school players or even good players at schools that aren’t traditionally as good, get noticed and snatched up by bigger/better schools. Even among our picks, Thieneman started at Purdue, Thomas started at Mississippi State, Elliott started at New Mexico State, and Van Den Berg was at Penn State. I think I read where there were fewer small school, lower level, and non power conference players drafted this year overall.

I do like that the Bears are finally getting with the program and understanding the college pipelines. They haven't been going with too many small school players. Zah Frazier was the only pick in the last few years from a "small" school. I would like a few more picks from top 5 schools but this is a solid group. Oregon - 13-2 (4th) Iowa - 9-4 (17th) Stanford 4-8 LSU 7-6 Texas 10-3 (12th) ASU 8-5 GT 9-4 (31st)

How many players will contribute or start from this class this year? I'd say 6 out of 7. Will they have the same impact as last years class, probably not as big but i see more players seeing action. This is what building your roster through the draft looks like. There are still some final pieces needed, but that list has shrank.

Bradbury is what? 31? If he goes down, who would take his place? Protecting Caleb has to be our #1 priority. So if they panicked and drafted who they thought was the best option at Center a bit early to avoid another team from grabbing him, so be it. We needed an option who could start day one if Bradbury got injured in preseason.

Has Dalman not retired, this looks a lot different. Not only the second but they gave up a 5 th for Bradbury. So in sure with the value of a center with a young QB, they double downed at center. They had no idea who would be available but grabbed the best center that could be all pro. IMO. People keep saying they didn't address their most important need, I disagree. They needed a starting S, they had some assets at DE plus 2 starters. Whether it's enough, we'll find out.