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Facts we know Johnson has a great offensive mind Caleb has top 5 potential The OL is better The offensive weapons are plentiful We question the running game but we have a better play caller, improved OL, no more 8 in a box Monangai will remind you of David Montgomery May not be day one but this offense will score points, control the ball and keep the defense off the field

Screwed that up.

This guy will surprise you.

Interesting tidbit: Darnell Weight played left tackle for his entire Junior year at Tennessee. He had like 13 starts there. And Trapilo played about the same number of games at left tackle in college too. Im not a fan in general of moving a guy out of a position hes playing well in, so I would be happiest if Trapilo shows promise at LT right away. But if we get into it, and it's not working, moving Wright is definitely an option. And if it works, it could be great for the future.

I dont really have any limits on Burden in mind, but i think we are underrating Odunze's ceiling. They each can be major stars. Odunze is going to look a lot better this year.

No one has inside information before the draft. She interviewed Jeff King (Bears director of Player Personel) and has some sources in Halas Hall that gave her insight to what happened in our draft room AFTER the draft was over. She was direct and did not condition what she said with any "I think" or similar as she does when shes predicting. She simply said, as fact, that the Bears wanted Jeanty, then the two OTs, and that Loveland was 4th on their draft list. Obviously the price to trade up was too high, and they liked Loveland. And it's easy to see why too, now that we know they were looking at TEs. I did predict a few months ago that Kmet was not as safe as he seemed. But that was based on him vs another player. I had not considered that Laporta is a totally different KIND of TE than Kmet and Johnson would want that kind to make his offense work. In fact he kind of threw us all off on that by declaring he wasnt going to run the same offense as Detriot. I took that to mean that he might use a slot receiver to do the things he used LaPorta to do. Thats why I was talking about McMillan before the draft. Now we got both. Loveland to play LaPorta, and Burden to play int he slot with a skill set similar to DJ Moores. I dont think that means they are redundant, I thinkj it means the defense is going to have its work cut out for trying to cover both, AND Odunze with Loveland running across the middle.

Chubb is a free agent

To get Chubb you have to trade a draft pick, Williams will just be money.

Whoever plays LT will have help from Thuney and they can scheme TEs or WRs to help chip block the DE. Also Ben will have Caleb getting the ball out quicker so I think the concerns with the position will be minimized.

Burden has a lot to learn, but if he's down for it, the sky's the limit. He has the skill set to become the Bears best WR. He could be this years Malik Nabers. I hope this puts Odunze on notice and he rises to the challenge. All of this hinges in Caleb being able to be accurate and not holding the ball too long.

Actually Poles said things would start off with Trapilo at LT, and the three of them would compete. He didnt rule out moving Wright, but i think we all hope that someone emerges from the three to start at LT and Wright doesnt have to move!

Poles said that Wright was not moving and would stick to RT and Trapilo would stick to the left, which implied that he would be competing with others for that spot.

Agreed. The rest of our division plays it the same. Rumor has it that we are in the best division...

With the talent we have and the coach, we have to have a winning record or it's a failed year. Probably means Caleb didn't get better.

They are checking out what's available but I don't think they sign anybody until they get a feel of what they have. They could give Williams a vet contact with no guaranteed money. Just to play it safe but they are at their limit of 90 , they would have to cut someone.

What approach? I've been traveling, what did I miss. I watched a ESPN video interviewing Poles and it sounded like he dismissed moving Wright to LT.

Burden has a bigger upside than Rome Odunze does. I think both are going to be very good. Adam posted some stats that seem realistic but Burden will have more TDs.

Another hot take, Burden will have a better career at WR than Travis Hunter.

I am glad they are taking this approach with Wright. This also should light a fire under Braxton's ass and if not, he gone. Trapilo has a real shot at this as long as the learning curve isn't too much for him.

I mentioned him in another thread as making a lot of sense considering his time with Johnson AND Swift.

I'd take Williams, he had 17 tds with Johnson in 2022. He is a big back, 6-1 225. We have sonic and need a real boom.

Nothing final. Between him and Chubb who would you prefer? I doubt either will break the bank. Not sure we need either but depth at the position will keep everyone fresher throughout the season.

I didn't know where to put this so I put it here. The bears met with Jamal Williams that played for Johnson when Swift was there. I haven't seen if they signed him, I've been traveling the last few days.

The bears had Jeanty in for a 30 visit so it was obvious they were interested in him. He was rated one of the top 3 players in the draft. That's not inside information. They could like him more than both OTs because they weren't true LTs. This is a moot point because Jeanty was taken and they didn't move up to draft him and they picked Loveland. So no inside information. Show me an example of something she reported before anyone else which would indicate inside information. I can't find anything.

Stromberg was a good prospect when he was drafted. Injuries have slowed his progress but he could be the next OC once Dalman leaves.