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How many teams will be willing to go single high safety when Loveland and Zavion are on the field?

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Get Kyler some vitamin D. Demonstrated to reduce soft tissue injuries Also been shown to reduce concussions and CTE I only posted this in case folks have family playing contact sports. Now back to football https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12962981/

I don’t read FB nor Twitter because most of that stuff is from bots. I look at the Twitter posts from humans of course with practice videos. Most people have no idea how easily they are being manipulated. So I stick to this little home grown community and I feel I’m far better informed.

I don’t think there will be an overhaul. We have our starting safeties. We will still have Jaylon Johnson. And I’ll guess one of Stevenson or Muhammed on the other side But it’s possible both If Stevenson grows up. I think somewhere amongst the current group we have our starting LBs for next year. If VDB continues his trajectory he’s a likely starter at DT next year. We need to add another starter. DE. Sweat will still be here. He’s good not great but we need to add not subtract. Booker will be here but could be anything from DE2 to DE4. Same with Turner. Again we need to add a starting caliber player. I expect one of the these needs to be addressed via FA. Big needs remaining LT and DE or DT. Ozzy could still end up a good LT. Not listed Kyler Gordon He’s ours if we want him.

The last training camp practice just wrapped up. Now we head into the final preseason game where several backup spots are in play. Bring on a lunch break and my phone i’m not in a position to do a full 53 But I want to get the conversation started Oline. I think we keep 10 but could just as easily see 9 if Ozzy is close to returning. I’ll need to see the game to make a decision on Wills vs Benedet. 10 would be the team hedging their bets and buying time on the LT competition with both Wills and Benedet. Kaden Davis makes it as the 6th WR. Dline 9. Grady, Dexter, VDB, Gallimore, and Lynch. Booker, Sweat, Dayo, Kromah. Lynch is place holder until Turner is ready to go and he has lined up at DE at times. I listed Kromah but he still needs to earn it in this game.

Josh Sweat would be a horrible trade for us. Just an average pass rusher with little run stopping. I don’t see him as a good fit especially for the contract he has. If Booker is involved then obviously the trade would have to be for a DE. I can’t see that happening and for which player.

That could be. Crosby? There would be a lot of quiet negotiations to sort out between contract and his health.

Mongo doesn’t need advice. Phx doesn’t need advice. What they need is to talk football.

Waiting for word on Darnell’s injury.

This is interesting. Last week Dennis Allen was clear when guys start playing well you want to see them against better competition. Gallimore hasn’t looked good in either game. I think VDB is already the clear DT3 and rising. DT4? We kept Hardy around last year for special teams. Kromah has outplayed him at DE.

Gone Amegadjie is from the OT competition. I’ll still be the sole outsider because I don’t think it’s over for OT3 either

It does. If the weakness is handling speed to power rushes then chip early and take the edge off the speed. If the OT, like Ozzy, is susceptible to speed around the edge then chip off the line forcing the DE to a narrower lane. Ben did a ton of that to help Ozzy last year. Sometimes it was even done by WRs. Add in play design with rollouts, jet sweeps to keep them guessing, screens, etc Lots of options within a play which is why the Internet panic over the LT situation is overblown IMO. We have two or three average meh options and maybe one good option in Ozzy when he returns. Now if we were trying to cover up two or three weaknesses on the line as in years past then yes, I’d be worried This is also why Darnell got so much money. He can handle his side all on his own.

Go watch the first or second play. See Wills at LT on a run play where he run blocks to the wrong side. Roush goes into the same gap to block his guy. Then it gets comical as Wills realizes his mistake and literally runs around the defender to get on the play side.

Seeing Theo get Bull rushed badly a couple times in the last game doesn’t give me confidence. I don’t really know what happened to him because last year it took him a bit but he eventually found his anchor. Skip to 8:40 I’ll admit the QB did him no favors by badly drifting out of the pocket but on this play everyone else has their block except him.

Help can come from 11 or 12 or even no TEs if you make that the RB priority. Braxton it’s better this year than last so I don’t see us as being in a worse position. Theo also has a lot more experience at LT. Ben has at his command one of the best TE groups , one of the best WR groups ( my opinion), a good duo at RB , and a strong Oline from LG to RT. One of the best mobile QBs is running the show. There’s one weakness and if he can’t figure out how to work around that then we hired the wrong coach. Every team has at least one weakness on their offensive roster.

I’d like to see that too.

Roush highlights but I’m watching 71 at RT, and a couple snaps with 79. Wills looks ok to me but I’ll let others evaluate.

Also I’d take Wills over Benedet for the swing tackle. I have no doubt Theo has him beat on the run blocking but last year that took the entire Oline 6 weeks into the season to get down. No reason to think Wills won’t benefit in the same way from more time. A couple folks are commenting that Wills looked good at RT. I think that gets decided in the next game. I can see a world where they keep Wills as primary backup out of the gate with Ozzy also on the 53 and focused on reps at LT. If nobody takes him Theo goes to practice squad.

I think I’m choosing Ahmed as RB3 over Roschon. He seemed to play with more quickness and burst this week. I don't know if he’s still getting into shape from his injury or if it was just my perception. Regardless he gets 3 to 5 yards more than Roschon on any given play. I’m sure Roschon will win in pass pro but if you want a back for 3rd and long it’s Ahmed.

Still watching with the clicker. Kiran is just always playing at 3/4 speed. I don’t see how that would ever survive inside where things happen quicker. Number 38 on defense is cut worthy as soon as he gets off the plane.

On further review. Jordan VFB looks like he’ll be the real deal. Lynch and Kromah returned to baseline anonymous status. I still like Loving. He’s quick and strong. at DE I agree that Dayo looked better but not special. Given the recovery from injury he might turn into a better player than the one we saw last year. Dexter definitely is if the line quicker. I like our new center Jones. I think he’s going to be very good for us. He’s very good on convo blocks peeling off quickly to his second target. Theo was just bad at LT. Braxton is just Braxton but that’s an upgrade over Theo.

Training camp. Long days with little rest in between. Team on the road. Now they get to do it again this week.

NFL Network won't broadcast the game until the replay at 6am AZ time. I'll get it recorded and watch tomorrow. Some tidbits I can glean from what appears to be an overall bad game. Kaden Davis was returning the first two kick offs from the Bengals. Combine that with the few first team snaps in practice in Cincy and it's clear the coaches are giving him a good look toward staying on the 53. Caleb looked good before the penalty then off afterward. He became Caleb of old with the big game hunting mentality trying to get it all back quickly. Don't like the fact he and Rome were off on the route read for the 3rd and 20 play. That's why they practice. Bears Wire called Jordan van den Berg one of the studs of the game and said he looked good garnering 3 tackles. I'll focus on him tomorrow. We need a good surprise on the Dline, or two.

My focus: First has anyone seen anything regarding starters playing? All of my usual sources have nothing on it. LT - I listened to Tom Thayer yesterday and he said he hasn't seen anyone really take hold of the starting job at LT. I'm guessing this story continues even into the season as Ozzy works his way back. The only thing I can glean from various comments from practice observers is that Kiran is likely done. Wills might work his way back into the competition but that likely depends on his play today. Other than that maybe they just stick with Braxton for the near term to start getting continuity on the line. If Theo is the floor for all this well then we'll get to see that today as well. DTs: Can the young guys in Loving and VDBerg continue to make progress? Those are the main storylines for me. Others: DEs: Can Marcus Davenport avoid injury? Adam Mason had a graphic with his injury history and it looks like an aspirational goal for Kyler Gordon. I don't think he's ever played a full season. DBs: Malik Muhammed appears to be in the catbird seat for playing the slot. Looking for steady improvement here and I think the Bears give him plenty of reps to help him settle in before week 1. WRs: Kaden Davis are you for real? Will we even know going against backups with backup QBs? RBs: Coleman Bennett scored a TD and then got cut. Are any of these backups really deserving of the RB3 rolel?