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Rome played 5 games with a stress fracture in his foot. Then tried to come back early for the Packers game.

Early on this season he said pass rush doesn’t come from the edge it comes up the middle. I’ll assume bigger DEs that can do both run support and compress the pocket so there is no QB escape path.

His concussion injury was nearly as serious as they come. It took an immense amount of courage for him to get back on the field. It has impacted how he plays the game. I think even the rest of the league will look at him as a one year FA. however it shakes out this defense needs one more really good downhill player among the back 7. Kyle Gordon can be that guy on one side. Can add an impact LB or S will help to generate more negative plays.

I think the writing has been on the wall since training camp when they took routes off DJ and started having him take handoffs.

I expect the team will keep his prognosis quiet until after the draft. It’s the biggest leverage we have to keep teams guessing.

Maybe but there is not as much room to trade back and still get similar value when you start at 25.

He’s not very good against speed. Verse is a pure power rusher so that’s why they made that move.

He wasn’t very good against the Packers. I wish he had played like he did today all year long. It’s time for younger players.

Billings so he can make tackles 8 yards off the LOS? No we don't need that. If there is a stud safety there in Rd 2 I'm ok taking him there but logic says go DT/DE early.

Great year, far exceeded expectations.

Thanks for the prayers, she's doing great these days.

You ain't ready. 40 years ago on a Sun morning my friend called me and said he had an extra ticket for the Bears vs. Rams playoff game. To this day I don't know why that ticket became available last minute but I'm pretty sure it's because it was very cold. I was cold the entire game but there were still two dudes behind us with no shirt on. Last May we visited the city and north shore lakefront. I have a photo of my entire family with my wife in full length winter jacket, hood up, while Chicagoans walked around us in shorts and a t-shirt. Then there's the football aspect because everything is different with a football when it's that cold. That can play against us too so we'll see but there is no doubt our player are more prepared for it.

Maybe but Brisker should have put him down hard instead he hit him with his purse.

I had no idea this was a thing around the NFL. Brings back fond memories of Da Coach on roller skates. I wanted a leader of men and we’ve got one. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bears/2026/01/16/bears-ben-johnson-painted-villain-matt-lafleur-sean-mcvay/88216707007/

Looking at the above video and reflecting back on the entire season: from the start Ben said he was putting it all on Caleb’s plate and it showed up in that playoff game. It’s amazing how much information Caleb has had to process. It’s also easy to see why he struggled so much early on in the season. Also why at times he just went into Caleb mode.