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Heard there was video out there and there was some contact, which is a no no. But I am happy he is looking smooth and we get the best LT out of the 3 we have competing.

Players were just wearing shorts and t-shirts but based on what Clay Harbor and a couple others have said about rookie minicamp Trapilo surprised them with how good his pass pro form was at LT, smooth and quick in his sets. That's it, that's about all you can get out of a rookie minicamp with no contact and no playbook. Concerns that he won't look natural at LT after playing at RT seem to be gone. Next we'll add in Kiran during the OTAs and see how he's doing but this battle looks to be off to a good start.

And fast forward through the commercials. I think it is also dumb. Games only on stream (Prime/Peacock) are dumb also.

In this picture, Loveland looks like a WR. Zak Frazier is big and Ozzy is huge. I can see where Kyle would be hard to tackle with such a low center of gravity.

Totally agree. Nothing waters the experience down like whoring it out...

NFL only cares about money. Although they dont schedule Sat games until college schedule is done. Any fan will just watch a replay after they go to local HS game.

Friday NFL games are stupid. Let Friday Night Lights be about High School.

Ryan Fowler just posted we are playing the vikings on Chirstmas day in Minny.

Our roster is set except for a possible edge after other teams cut players. LT will be between Ozzy, Braxton and Kiran, WRIGHT is not getting moved. DA will move around the DL to hide weaknesses at RDE. Hyppotile was a DA pick. He wont start but will see a lot of snaps. Edmunds will be used differently and looked like the player we paid big money to. In Buffalo he was better used. Our RBs are Swift-Johnson-Momongai-Homer. The only way we bring another RB will be due to injury. Swift and RJ will look better with an upgraded OL and OC. Some pundit rated WR duos and had Moore and Rome rated 9th? How will they rate WR group with Burden? With all our off season moves the most important player is still Caleb and how much better he plays?

They rotate divisions but part of the problem is we have the strongest division in the league. I welcome a strong schedule , playing weak sisters doesnt grow your team.

He is not going to be playing the inline TE role, Smythe will get those targets. He didnt get drafted for him to block. Johnson will adapt to the roster to design his offense but the first two picks mirror players he had in Detriot , Loveland and Burden. He has 2 TEs that can catch passes, he will use both in his offensive scheme. In Detriot the 2nd TE had 16 targets, that wont happen here.

Maybe they had an offensive play caller that didnt design plays for him? Maybe you had a rookie QB that targeted certain WRs and ignored throwing to him. If you watch game tape, many times he was open and the rookie QB throws into a crowd to someone else. We can both make points but it all comes down to what the Bears do with him in an offensive that will be player friendly that spreads the ball around. You point to him not being talented because we drafted a rookie that hasnt had a NFL snap yet? That his lack of targets is because he isnt very good? Last year with 55 targets he had a 85.5% catch rate. In 2023 with with 90 targets caught 73 passes with 81.4% catch rate. Led TEs both years in catch % What would he had done last year if he got 153 targets. He would have better stats than Bowers. Last year Bowers had a 153 targets.(71.1 % catch rate) Is he talented, absoutely but Raiders had lousy WRs and they focused on throwing him the ball. You need to look at roster contruction when you judge targets. You say how bad the coaching staff was, OL was but then dont figure that into the performance of everyone except Caleb.

OK, but youre saying he had a high catch rate, and was usually wide open when he was targeted, but had a low target rate. COuldnt that mean he didnt get open unless it was a blown coverage or a hole in a zone? ANd then he caught the ball well when he was wide open. But does that indicate that he won battles? Got open when someone was on him? The tape, to my eyes, looks like hes too stuff to shake off defenders. That would account fot his low targets, and his wide open status on the smaller number of targets?

BJ wont necessarily run the same offense as he did in Detroit. I do agree Loveland's receiving stats could be similar, but Loveland CAN block too!

I think teams with weak schedules who get the playoffs usually dont do very well. I kinda like a tough schedule, because if you succeed, you know what youve got?

It's crazy how we get one of the hardest schedules on an annual basis. Gotta plow through...💪

I dont know where this Loveland is a great blocker comes from. He needs to develop this part of his game, hes a hard worker so he should. He is called a TE, but really a big WR. I added some draftbuzz scouting reports. Imagine Kmets stats if he had a QB other than Fields who did find him more or a rookie QB who had too much on his plate and struggled most games until the 4th Qtr. DJ Moore had better stats in Carolina. So is the problem the players or the Bears (coaching)

the best schedule for the Bears would be playing Sunday afternoons, but with BJ and Caleb Im afraid we will be popular with prime time games. 2 games released- 2 prime time games.

Loveland is playing the LaPorta role in the Ben Johnson offense. Last year LaPorta had 551 snaps with 452 routes. Sam was rarely asked to block. Loveland will rarely be put in as inline blocker role of the TE. He will line up out, the Y and Z positions and at the slot WR role. If you look at any of his draft reviews he has the traits to be a good blocker but was rarely asked to block in college. He was not brought here to fill the inline TE role. He is not replacing Kmet, he is pass catching TE more liken to a WR. As AZ argues , will Kmet be used enough to justify his pay. We will get to see how the O scheme developes.

? If you look at all his catches from last year he is open 90% of the time. He cant break away from LBers? Team leaders are not just star players. He was one of the announced captains last year. He may be that again. Once again I will say he had the best catch rate in the league last year for TEs. He can play the inline TE2 and catch the ball, not just an inline TE. Nothing wrong to say you dont think he is worth his salary but the Bears appear to not agree with you, they are the ones that gave him the new contract in 2024. He was the 9th rated TE going into last year and we had a dysfuncional offense with a rookie QB. He went from 90 targets to 55 last year. His problem was a lack of targets not a lack of talent.

This is the best statement I have seen on the realistic view of the TE position. Johnson will fit both into game planning, its not one or the other. The roster is one edge player away from being complete. Maybe that other edge is already here and havent recognized it yet. The Cap is not a problem.