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I just read that BJ stated Booker's absence is due to a groin injury and his status is "week-to-week!" What is it with the Bears and groin injuries? Someone needs to take a good look at how our strength and conditioning staff is handling them.

I'm also concerned about Booker, who has been absent from practices the past few days without any explanation from the Bears.

Burden and Wright are both at practice, good vibes for a change.

Simple. I already explained why your initial post about the 22 film subscription might seem arrogant to many posters. You took it personally. Mongo tried to explain why your opinion that chip blocks cannot help when the blocker is being pushed back, losing his anchor, was incorrect. (BTW, he was correct.) You took it personally. You seem to take any response to your posts that is not in full agreement personally. You then go on the offensive. Posters respond. The fighting begins. You were banned once, not for simply saying someone's opinion was stupid. It was for repeatedly flaming other posters who disagreed with you. When I tried to "moderate" you, you attacked me. I banned you. Several posters who weren't involved in the flame wars, but were tired of reading all the nonsense, sent me private messages thanking me for banning you. I actually received advice from another admin on the forums when I gave you such a short ban. Actually, it was in the form of a question. I was asked why I didn't issue a permanent ban. So the solution is simple. Stop taking offense when someone disagrees with you. Accept the fact that we all have a right to our own opinion without having to defend it. And most importantly. If you don't like being insulted, don't insult other posters and expect them to accept your flaming response without reciprocation. Or I will indeed moderate, as you requested.

So you call him a troll or a dumbass, and when he responds that you should change your tampon, you complain, acting as if he was unprovoked? Seriously?

Dexter for a starting-quality safety or Left OT would be nice. If draft capital, I wouldn't let him go cheap (day 2 pick +). If the Bears weren't planning to sign him next year (I'm sure he will want big $$$), then trade him if the compensation makes us a better team. That could give VDB a chance to start.

Today was Keeper Declaration Day. Being a newbie, I have to ask what might be silly questions. Do we post them in this thread, or is there a way to do so on the Team Yahoo pages? I assume that once all declarations are made, rosters are cleared except for keepers? Player pool adjusted? For what it is worth, I have decided not to keep any players from last year's roster. I will start with a clean slate.

Horse collar on Loveland was not called. Some things don't change. Then, Pass Interference on Rome. ;-(

If we finish the game with no new injuries, I will be happy. That is my main concern. Our depth is not what it needs to be.

Every year it seems we have a training camp hero who never, despite my thinking he was a lock, made the final cut for the 53-man team. I hope we can somehow keep Kaden, but history says he may not make it. This is a cut-and-paste from Sports Illustrated (si.com). I was amazed when I saw the list of players who led the Bears in preseason but failed to make the cut. You have to go back to the 2017 season to find one wide receiver who survived The Turk.

Once again, we have a misunderstanding. Actually, several. First, I am not angry at you. I'm upset at the NFL's marketing efforts to extort money to watch games on TV through exclusive deals with streaming and pay-per-view services. Second, I do not dislike you. I may not always agree with you, but I certainly do not dislike you. Third, if all of us watched a specific ALL-22 tape, I assure you that it would not guarantee that we would all come to a unanimous assessment. Be it because of personal bias, past history as a player, coach, or referee, or our own knowledge base from watching football for decades, your belief that it'd put us all in the same boat doesn't float. We would still evaluate the film and, more than likely, have disagreements.

TV Broadcasts, film clips from practice, videos on YouTube, and your preferred All 22 film breakdowns are ALL subject to personal interpretation. So, the answer is no. If we all forked over $ 80 to the NFL, it would make them and you happy, but we would still disagree on our evaluations. The NFL and its creative scheduling to try to force die-hard fans to pay for streaming services they aren't subscribed to in order to view all games is nothing short of extortion. They can shove the $ 80 membership fee up their wazoo, as far as I'm concerned.

Just read that Thomas and Woods were participating in practice today, but now Bagent is nursing a hammy. Great to hear Woods and Thomas are back. Saw a video of Braxton and Ozzy practicing together. Nice to get some good news for a change.

This makes the announcement about Ozzy returning to practice to ramp up for the season even more impressive. If I remember correctly (and I have already proven my memory is not so great), Turner went down early in the season, whereas Ozzy went down in the postseason? I wouldn't get so worked up if they would give us actual updates on his progress.

Have they said what Turner's injury is? Another "soft tissue" problem? Groin? Pec? Calf? ???? I had high expectations for the guy. I'm as disappointed in his constant no-shows as I am in Gordon's.

My bad, I guess I wasn't paying full attention. I just read that Woods, who we just signed to help at Safety because of injuries, left the game with a groin injury! What is going on with all of the groin injuries?

Nice stop by Bush; TFL caused CLE to go 3-and-out. Good play by our new LB.

We might find this to be a huge signing for the Bears. Wills in 2020, coming out of Alabama, was considered by many a blue-chip OLT. His injury set him back, even though he tried to play before he was fully recovered. Now, with the OL coaches we have, could he live up to his original expectations? Did we just sign a top-10, first-round OLT on the cheap, only to find he is the real deal?

Every day, we read about players who have stood out from others on and off the field. Caleb, Rome, Burden, Loveland, Kmet, Davis, Thomas, Wright, Booker, ... the list goes on and on. You would think half of our roster is made up of Pro Bowlers. Of course, we know preseason hype means nothing. What worries me is that over a dozen players are getting so much hype, yet, with the exception of a few comments solicited from players when asked, little is said about Thieneman. He has never been singled out in press reports as someone who was a top performer in one of the practice sessions. I know he is a rookie, learning the defense, but it seems we should be hearing more positive feedback on his performance than we have. It worries me.

I thought I heard we had $ 7-8M next year before roster adjustments were made. They had to do some creative accounting to give Wright this contract. I hope I'm wrong. I like your figure better.

You beat me to it, LOL. They definitely went all in. bearswire.usatoday had an article giving all of the details. WOW! I'm curious how it breaks down as far as cap hits. We have an even bigger contract to negotiate with Caleb after this year.

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

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

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 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.