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Interesting. We do need a dominant situational pass rusher. Im just thinking about Mack returning to his old team, and I'm thinking how grateful I am that we have Ben Johnson now. Matt Nagy. Matt Eberflus. And a whole long list going back decades. These are the good times.

yes, he will be a better blocker, and a better receiver than Kmet WAS but i have to admit, Johnson has unlocked Kmet, and he is a much better player than i thought he could be. That said, I still think he could be trade bait just based on the cap number, but he's definitely an addition to this team. And if we keep him, Im fine with it too.

Roush has had his rookie mistakes, but I still believe in his future for us.

amen

I really only watch the Bears games, and dont follow the rest of the league that closely. Does anyone know how much gas Mack has left in the tank?

good point!

great stuff. Johnson really is a genius. I just wish he'd know when to kick the ball lol

Ugh. Benedet getting shredded. Braxton paying Ok today. And Thuney? What a freakin stud. He saves that play picking up the blitz across two gaps.

yikes. and for sure, Roush bears a lot of the responsibility for that too (and other things) but the snaps have been consistently high both weeks for Gardner. And yes, they are both rookies. Roush will get his chance to grow, but I dunno where Gardner ends up.

Well after a bunch of just awful special teams snaps, one of which in part lost us a field goal that would have the game tied at the end instead of a loss, the Bears cut/waived Rookie UDFA long snapper Beau Gardner, and brought back our long time long snapper Scott Daly, activating him to the 53 man roster today. Well deserved. Gardner is not ready for prime time. I do not know if they will resign him to the practice squad and keep developing him or not, but he might just as likely be just gone. I mean, they probably keep and develop him, but he is in no way ready to be an NFL long snapper. He's been awful both weeks.

Bradbury had a particularly bad game too.

yeah thats very good news.

Yeah he had a really bad game. But hes young, and his tape is great, so i think it's one of those give it a little time things. But you can bet the coaches are ALL over him this week, and rightfully so.

yes thank God. I hope he comes back soon, and strong.

I'll wait until I hear it for certain, but if I had to bet, I'd bet it's his Achilles. freak.

I knew that he couldnt practice with the team yet, but he could still work out with Bears trainers.

This is some high level foolishness on Kyler Gordon's part. You cant even figure he wants to be on another team, since we are primed to make a run AND they just paid him. If he's trying to BS everyone and just not play again and keep the money, then Ok thats despicable but it MIGHT make sense. But anything else points to Gordon being a real dummy. Like a moron of epic proportions. His only chance is to rejoin the team and play SO well that they decide they love him anyway. And Im not sure Ben Johnson can overlook something like this. For example DJ Moore was a much smaller problem, and much more productive on the field, and HE'S in Buffalo. So Kyler - leave this phony, come back to the team. Tell them youre stupid and this guy fooled you. Tell them youll never ignore their advice again. And then go dominate on the field. You might STILL not be a Bear for long, but at least then SOMEONE would take you. What a moron.

this sounds right!

exactly, and maybe this week or next week Trapilo will get some possessions too.

So I guess Swift was mic'd up for the Panthers game - this is a fun watch. Good to see how he is with his teammates and Caleb too. But the thing that impressed me maybe the most was his pass protection blocking. You can tell he is 100% selling himself out to get that block. The hard running is great, and the hands, but I believe this tenacious blocking really helped the Bears get to the place where they felt good extending him. And this was AFTER he got paid. Lets go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq8ZeEfNuVo Kyler Gordon, you watching?

Agree. And while Braxton Jones did get walked back into the QB a few times from a bull rush, he was more effective in the run game than I had seen from him before. So, good for both of them Id say.

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If you're driving to any of them, you can drive by Soldier Field too. They're all pretty near each other.

well i dunno if ANYTHING is cooler than the Museum of Science and Industry! The working coal mine you go down into - it's pretty freakin' cool. The dinosaurs are at the Field Museum of Natural History. LOTS of great Museums in Chicago. I gotta say I lived right in the middle of NYC for 35 years (I used to be BearFanNYC) and I went to the museums there too. Everyone says NYC Museums are the best, but I didnt think so at all. NYC likes to brag about itself. I'm from the Chicago burbs, so still say please and thank you and it just confuses the NYers. Anyway rambling to say, Chicago has some pretty damned good museums. Much better than NYC in my opinion.

it took Ben quite a feww weeks before he put Burden out there last year, so I figure Zavion will have to earn trust in practice, and learn the playbook etc, and become a contributor later in the season. Im intrigued like you are Bears4Ever_34, but Im guessing we will have to wait a few weeks?