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Minnesota looks pretty tough out of the gate too. The good part is the Bears could scale back on offense and it would help imo. Get a run established, add some screens, then once that is going some deep shots to soften the d

It is unfortunate for the Raiders. If this was the plan all along, they should be granted compensation. It is good for the Bears as it helps us get value back in the Mack trade, but I would hate to see players use this tactic in the future. Wonder how long Gronkowski stays retired. This might have him thinking one more ring.

Glad I only have Brown in a free FF league as a WR1. Took AJ Green with a late pick, now I will hold two inactives on my bench. If the Bears do not turn around from Thursdays performance, the Raiders might have a high first round pick from us. Lord, please help Nagy, Trubisky, and the 5 OL find the vision and power to defeat the remaining opposition. Amen

I think we seen some woes of switching Daniel's to center. He had some troubles making the calls at the line. Let's hope this was the worst game the oline played and it is out of the way.

Did Trubisky check out of run plays due to GB daring him to pass? I didn't see any screens or the trip WR bubble screen. Nagy needs to get back to the basics and hold Trubisky a little tighter on check outs. Montgomery needs 15 to 20 carries, use Davis to spell him. A loss by 7 feels like we were pounded by 30. Hate to be down on the season already, so gonna give it another chance to see if progress is made.

I was on the Wims bandwagon when we took him. Seen him play big in 2017 and his play had my attention. He earned more opportunities and I think he will please.

I seen early reports of Mizzel over Vaughters. I couldn't understand why another RB was needed. If one gets hurt, RBs can be found on the street.

Glad to see Whitehair locked down. The old days of ignoring the oline seem to be gone. Pace needs to invest early in a OT next year as I am not big on counting on Cowerd to be that guy.

Hopefully we get a few players to the practice squad; like Duck, Denmark, Bunting, and maybe Franklin. Caldwell RB was released to I believe.

I like Horsteds effort, seems like a great kid. Put him in the Dane Sanzenbacher, Mike Hass, Daniel Braverman, Tanner Gentry club. One day one of these kids will make it, maybe it will be Horsted.

Hate to say it, but Shaheen will not be cut. Traded maybe, but the Bears will not give up on a player coming into year 3. Shaheen was raw and the Bears knew it would take him time to adjust. It takes 3 years for some guys to come around, look up Gabriel on google saying this. It should be archived from interviews on 670 the score. If he doesn't come around after the year, then they may cut the loss. Bullard was in the same boat, he might not make it this time if they feel a younger player has more upside. The Bears have so much versatility that playing a big double TE front with Montegomery will pay dividends once the run is established early on.

They also lost a future compensation pick with Kevin White being cut by Arizona. That pick may have been needed to fill a position that the Bears now have to sign/re-sign to fit in coming years.

Haven't seen the game, but by the sounds or tweets, we have seen enough of Montegomery to shelf him until the season. Some guys are saying La'veon Bell like. Give him a series a game and keep him healthy.

At least we are not reading reports that everyone is tearing it up and we are a lock to win the superbowl. I would be more worried about that. TC is the time to find problems and to correct them.

Wims keeps it up he could get to #3. Robinson, Miller, and Wims would be nice. Gabriel and Patterson for speed. Ridley and the Halls compete for the final 2. We might get lucky and be able to stash the UDFA Hall on the PS

Good pick. Just read he had the best off season showing in our competitive class of WRs. He will need to carry that into TC to get more playing time opportunity.

Great piece! Pace has done a pretty good job. If he wants to be great, he has to make the next jump on fitting the right pieces into place to replace departing veterans while 3 peating over the Patriots each time.

It all depends on who they sign and the best we would get is a late 3rd.

I believe Montegomery was brought in to be the guy, but also know he will be worked into that role and not have it handed over. Davis was also brought in to have a role and could grasp early playing time as Montegomery gets accumulated. This offense is known to put up great RB numbers. KC has had Jamal Charles, Spencer Ware, Kniles Davis, Chandrick West and Kareem Hunt who all shined when given the chance. I only hope the group we have now can start putting up similiar numbers. Looking at KCs RBs helps me realize how Howard didn't fit, no disrespect because a monster truck racing a nascar on a nascar track isn't a fair comparison. Put the nascar on a hilly truck track and the results are different. So I think Davis will shine early on then once Montegomery takes his place he will move to the 3rd option. Hopefully Davis puts up huge numbers and gets interest from other clubs so we can have the option to trade him. This cutting players has to stop, we need to keep them until FAs if we ever want to get compensation.

He is in a nearly perfect situation. His only possible drawback is Davis flourishes and takes snaps away. If that is the case, Run DMC will be a hit and the Bears offense will be a high powered threat meaning a long playoff run can happen. If we get that, I do not think fans or Montegomery would care about not being the top rookie RB. Even at 800 yds rushing, I think that is a success.

Fun video. I think the Club Dub will be bumping to some DMC this fall.

I remember hoping the Bears would draft him. He was raw coming out. Maybe HH can flip him into a commodity. From Walter Football: Summary: Early in the draft process, some prominent TV draft analysts projected Clemmings to be the top offensive tackle in the 2015 NFL Draft. In speaking with NFL teams, they never had Clemmings rated that high and view him much differently. They like Clemmings, but feel he is more of a developmental project. The need for Clemmings' development is understandable as 2014 was only his second season playing on the offensive line. Clemmings was a defensive end to start out his collegiate career and moved to right tackle as a junior. Clemmings started 13 games at right tackle in 2013. Clemmings played well in 2014 for Pittsburgh. He is a good athlete who can be a force as a run-blocker. Clemmings needs to improve his technique in pass protection as he can be slow to react to speed rushers. That issue became very apparent at the Senior Bowl when Clemmings really struggled in practice during the pass-rushing one-on-ones. Speed rushers were running by him, and that seemed to cause him to snowball and struggle in pass blocking against bull rushers he normally stops. In the ground game though, Clemmings blocked well and opened up holes. Entering the NFL, Clemmings strength is his run blocking. He can bulldoze defensive linemen out of their gap and open holes in the ground game. He shows real power to ride them down the field and sustain his blocks through the whistle. Clemmings also is a good athlete with quickness. That's were the left tackle projections come from, but he needs a lot of work before being ready for that. Clemmings is a good run-blocker, but needs a lot of work in pass protection. Some have talked about moving Clemmings to left tackle, but he should develop on the right side first. General managers with two teams told WalterFootball.com they graded Clemmings as a third-round pick, but believe a team that likes him enough to draft him would do it in Round 2. Another general manager said they have a second-day grade on Clemmings, while yet another GM said they have a fourth-round grade on Clemmings. On average, sources feel that Clemmings should develop as a guard or right tackle. In the 2015 NFL Draft, Clemmings looks most likely to be a second- or third-round pick.

Players take different times to breakout. It took Fuller nearly his full rookie contract to click. The key is how long can a team afford to wait to find out. The Bears went in knowing Shaheen will take time, does he click before his time is up. The team is loaded with players that have or should. Who is on deck whether they were a high pick or not: Floyd, Bullard, Nichols, RRH, Irving, Fitts, Iggy, Shelly. Trubisky, Davis, Montgomery, Burton, Shaheen, Nall, Miller, Gabriel, Ridley. Not many options, but to be way out there, I am going with Shelly on D, I think once he gets his foot in the door, he will shine and enjoy the spot light. On offense, Nall is my guy. I think he is the "secret weapon" Nagy let get accumulated on the PS to handle his multiple roles as the joker. He will shift from RB to FB to TE and even WR. His long speed and yards after contact will make him a nightmare to scheme.

This year has the makings to be special. The improvement in the running game with Mitch and WRs in year two of Nagys O will be fun. We get a lead will allow Pagano to do what he does best in attacking offenses. It is getting sick how deep we are at some positions like WR and RB. Guys like Nall, Hall, Wims that may not make the team.

I do not think any of these moves at TE mean anything in regards to Shaheen. The Bears will have at least 4 TEs on the roster. Burton, Shaheen, Braunecker are locks. Sowell and Raymond will compete. Burton mysteriously was unavailable for the Bears biggest game of last season. I think that burns Pace and Nagy more. If they keep Nall as a FB with his preseason leading 7 yds per carry, I think he can do what Burton can in a pinch if needed. Shaheen does have a lot to prove, but he looked the part early on in preseason until his injury. This is Shaheens make or break season, year 3 you have to produce.