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Wasn’t sure where else to put this so I started one. Probably means we’ll see more of Sanborn(?). Think they’ll add anyone else, anywhere?

Open forum for projecting fixes for whatever we need to fix. TEs: under control Burton Shaheen Braunnecker Horsted Saubert Holtz Raymond. Since the position was a disaster this year but have cap restrictions. I see Pace redoing the room. I think Burton ( if healthy) is listed #1 , Braunnecker gets cut, Shaheen comes back but will get cut before the regular season. Holtz and Horsted showed enough to be 3 and 4. The big Question is can Raymond play. Idk. In the draft there is no clear star but 8 prospects that might be good. In GBND report ( I like evaluation of players) Kmet/ ND is the only one that is e…

So watching Foles play yesterday almost makes me miss him but then I realized he was playing against 3rd and 4th stringers who mostly won’t have a job by the end of the week. But man did he look good running that offense. How about Horstead? Might need to make a spot for him to stay? Probably drop JP Holtz to make room. My two fave players coming out of camp have to be Rodney Adams and Khyris Tonga. Have to believe both make it. After yesterday’s game I’m a bit concerned about Peters and Ifedi starting. Both got schooled pretty badly early on. Yes I know it’s preseason but man. Hopefully somebody cuts a solid OLT in the next few days.

Wasn't sure where to stick this, so here we are. The Bears announced they are releasing All Quad in Muhammad. He never produced and Poles left an out. 1/2 mil dead money and we add almost 4 mil to the cap. We are going to see roster moves as Poles evaluates the roster.

-- CAUTION LONG THREAD -- I took a look at the Bears cap situation for the next few years. I keep seeing things about the Bears being in cap hell next year, and that really is not the case. The Bears don't have to pay Trubisky big bucks until his 6th year in the league, so it looks like we can keep virtually the same roster for the next 3 years without too much trouble or turnover. The media paints it like we are in dire straits after this season. With a few key guys resigned each year, we should only expect to lose 2-3 starters per year in this next 3-year window. Similar to how we lost Howard and Amos this year and replaced with Montgomery and HHCD. With that…

Thru 13 games it is clear that the roster is too weak to compete. At a minimum, they need a new LT, C, and RG. My assumption is they will keep Jenkins and Wright. I don't think Allen comes back, so they will need a new WR3, which is a need, but more like tier 2. TE2 is also in this group. On defense, they need a true Edge2, DT, CB2, and probably S. That is 9 starters or key contributors. For upgrades, they need to look at RB, LB, and rotational DT. That is 12 new bodies and we would be going into Year 4 of a rebuild. That is unacceptable in my opinion.

Well, the Giants now have nothing to play for Sunday in Minnesota. Last year, Coughlin played the starters even after clinching a spot but they were also 100% last year. Jacobs is definitley not 100%. Then again, if Ward runs like this again, who knows. Yet, we must take care of business tomorrow.

Some pretty good assessments. I posted a little from each player, but there is more at the link. http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features/...=29927&pg=2

Quarterbacks: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features/...articleid=29968 1. Anderson 2. Leftwich 3. Culpepper 4. Grossman (Prediction: Bears - $6 million guaranteed) 5. Volek Runningbacks: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features/...articleid=29957 1. Barber 2. Turner 3. Lewis 4. Jones (Prediction: Bears - $6 million guaranteed) 5. Ward Wide Receivers: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features/...articleid=29977 1. Hackett 2. Berrian (Prediction: Raiders, $14 million guaranteed) 3. Porter 4. Stallworth 5. Johnson (Prediction: Bears - $8 million guaranteed) Linebackers: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features…

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/4307...ion-groups?pg=2 Looks about right. I think I'd have Washington lower on that list though just because RGIII is out.

Got this idea off another board and thought it would be interesting to see your thoughts. What one player would you like to see the Bears draft and why. Try to include some player information/draft profile. (Please keep to players that are reasonable at 18 and with no trades.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Oher OT 6-6 322 Ole Miss [RT] (Even though this scenerio is very unlikely, some mocks have had Oher sliding lately and the Bears have talked to him.) Oher would be a steal at 18, even though he is better suited to play the LT which the …

Now that we're done with Rd 1 we need to setup our board for Rd 2. We will have our pick of course: Jon Bostic To start off with the board I'll list some of the more prominent names who were chosen after our 2nd Rd pick, and excluding positions we don't need like RB: David Amerson (CB) Arthur Brown (LB) Margus Hunt (DT) Jamar Taylor (CB) Aaron Dobson (WR) Robert Alford (CB) Larry Warford (OG) went 3rd Rd. Any other to put on the list? Any of the above we should remove from our list? Remember I want to target 5-7 for the vote. Again, if it's undecided we'll do a runoff vote.

Round 2 - in order of preference and in tiers: *Stephon Tuitt DT, *Ra'Shede Hageman DT, *Tim Jernigan DT *Kony Ealy DE, *Louis Nix DT *denotes first round grade Terrence Brooks S, Carlos Hyde RB,Troy Niklas TE, Austin Seferian Jenkins TE Kevin Van Noy LB, Chris Borland LB, Will Sutton DT, Lamarcus Joyner S/CB Round 3 Pierre Desir CB, Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB, Kelcy Quarles DT, DaQuan Jones DT Round 4 Anthony Johnson DT, Walt Aikens CB, Yamin Smallwood LB, Marqueston Huff S

Understand the pick but felt that was a little early. Feels like they could've gotten him at the next 2nd rounder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmKeobyAsw

This is a big pick since we have no 5th rounder and you don't expect much from your 6th & 7th round guys. It's important we get a guy who sticks here.

Who I will be looking at to draft is in bold in these last rouds Name Pos Ht Wt College Allen, Roger OG 6'3" 326 Missouri Western Bell, Joel OT 6'7" 315 Furman Boone, Alex OT 6'7" 328 Ohio State Brewster, Robert OT 6'4" 325 Ball State Caldwell, Antoine OG 6'3" 309 Alabama Canfield, Trevor OG 6'5" 307 Cincinnati Cooper, Jon C 6'2" 291 Oklahoma Davis, C.J. OG 6'2" 308 Pittsburgh Dockery, Cedric OG 6'3" 314 Texas Durand, Ryan OG 6'5" 307 Syracuse Fanaika, Paul OG 6'5" 327 Arizona State Felix, Robby C 6'3" 302 Texas-El Paso Fletcher, Alex C 6'2" 297 Stanford Fulton, Xav…

On the Bears website is a 3-part discussion with Pace about the upcoming season. I think it's worth listening to as he gives his insights on shaping the roster. A couple things caught my attention: http://www.chicagobears.com/multimedia/vid...da-806eb0d2fc1b 1) He wants to see physical players on this team. You better not shy away from contact if you want to make this roster and he expects to see that on display in camp. I've never been to a training camp practice but it soundsl like there will be more contact than we've seen in years past with Trestman. 2) He knows this roster has some significant gaps and he's still looking for players to add. …

Well it was fun while it lasted but all the Youtube training camp videos "Roy" had posted havebeen taken down. Apparently some journalists were complaining that he wasn't following the audio and video rules that they themselves have to follow and it resulted in his plug being pulled.

I'm still optimistic he's going to turn out to be a good player for us. I don't think that happens this year as he learns a new position. If he can still run well, and the offseason workout videos seem to show that he can, then special teams coverage could be his ticket to making the 53. Best case is he challenges Bullard for significant backup reps at DE. Or maybe that's the worst case because it means Bullard hasn't progressed as we hoped. If he sticks around, down the road I can see RRH in the LDE role when we are in a 4-man front. IMO converting RRH to this role has better odds of success than when we converted Cornelius Washington to 3-4 DE. That worked…