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I only voted to put Grasu at C, Whitehair slides to RG, and Long to RT. That's only IF we have to make a change which is likely due to injury but after his lengthy recovery from the ankle surgery I would rather not put him back outside. My preference is that we have our absolute best interior group which should be Sitton/Whitehair/Long. If we really need max protection just keep Shaheen and/or Sims next to the OTs. Both are good enough to adjust on the fly and run routes depending on what the defense does (i.e. rush 3).

He's apparently very optimistic about Leonard Floyd this year. http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bigger-...n-be-in-year-2/ ‘‘I feel good about him,’’ Fangio said. That's about as positive as you can get from Vic but with Floyd weighing 250lbs he should be a much different player around the LOS.

Always like listening to Fangio's press conferences. This time around we know there are a couple players he's really looking forward to getting back on the field: Goldman and Trevathan.

That would be awful. Harbaugh has become an arrogant selfish individual and I want nothing to do with him. I was the first one on this board to talk about the Bears grabbing him to become the HC way back when he was in his 2nd and 3rd years at Stanford. He knows football but his act wears thin quickly. I keep seeing the same things about Fox being a bad HC then in the next sentence people praise his former OCs (Gase, McCoy) and both were his promotions into the OC role, or praise the elite Defense he built in Denver. On the other hand they'll ignore that he ran the best offense in the NFL for a couple years with Peyton, or praise his current DC Fangio (I'm on board). Harbaugh gets praise for the D he built with Fangio but Fox can't get credit if he does the same here? At some point people gotta look back and say he has a really good record building coaching staffs and a winning program. We'll get to see how successful the 49ers are with Matt Barkley and Brian Hoyer as their starting QBs because they have a great offensive coach and that changes everything.

With his first practice out of the way we can now settle down for the long haul with Trubisky. Of note from Moon Mullin are these comments from some scouts around the league: ---------------------------- http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-bears/ju...-mitch-trubisky Two AFC scouts revealed that they had the highest grade on Trubisky that they’d had on any quarterback over the past six years. That means: higher than Jameis Winston; higher than Marcus Mariota; higher than Cam Newton; higher than Russell Wilson; higher than Andrew Luck; higher than Derek Carr; higher than Carson Wentz. The evaluation of one NFC regional scouting team was that “Trubisky is an almost perfect quarterback prospect” and that 'the Bears should count their lucky stars he only started 13 games because if he was a two-year starter, he goes 1/1 [overall No. 1] without hesitation.” ---------------------------- Other than that we only know that Trubisky was able to at least handle getting rookies in/out of the huddle reasonably well for his first day. That ain't much but it's far better than Goff last year.

Add in that franchise QBs aren't always playing elite football (see Andrew Luck). You do need a decent/good QB to win but the elite franchise QB is not necessary and spending a ton of effort (picks) year after year in search of one can kill the team (see NYJ, Cleveland). That's really where your GM has to hit it right: Just find a good starting QB and there is usually one in every draft. If we have our good QB in the fold then from here on out it's about building the winning defense while giving Trubisky enough weapons to be productive on offense.

Glad to see these cuts. I don't know what Victor Cruz can offer any team these days.

Tarik Cohen makes the list of rookies he thinks will have an impact this year. http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap30000008...timpact-rookies

We are taking requests today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcUtQpG-UY

If it's physical WRs you prefer I think you'll like how Gentry plays the game.

House looks too slow, at least in what little I could find of him running drills. I'll be surprised if he makes the practice squad. The UDFA prospects I like the best are Mitchell Kirsch OT and WR Jhajuan Seales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-jJXH-Xd-s

I don't think Gentry has the quickness needed to ever become a starter in the NFL but he's a much better receiver (hands) than Bellamy. That's the roster spot I think he challenges for if he's good on special teams. I watched an interview he did with the media at his school, he's just a kid who came out of nowhere and worked hard to become a good player. In that sense he's like Braverman, although they are different styles of WR.

One big difference between the self-made Shaheen and Davis is their work ethic.. "Davis lacks great quickness off the snap and hasn't shown the willingness to work hard to improve his route-running and blocking." "Davis hasn't demonstrated the work ethic to improve and his 2006 arrest for an off-field fight will scare off some clubs. Still, a team will fall in love with his potential and draft him higher than his production and past work ethic warrants."

Excellent depth signing and he knows the system so he can step in day one and be productive. http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-r...4f-1a35f8bb4bd0

There's a lot of crap out there about this pick. Fox was all smiles the day Trubisky arrived at Halas Hall. He certainly didn't look like a head coach who was handed a death sentence now that the plan is to have Trubisky sit for a year. If Fox or his coaching staff didn't like that plan they could have easily leaked out more tidbits about how much the Bears liked Trubisky. It wouldn't have taken much to convince Cleveland they had to trade up to #2 before the draft. If they had an idea the Bears were taking Trubisky on draft day they could have easily out-bid the Bears' offer with SF. Instead Pace had Cleveland on one phone talking trade down, and SF on the other completing the trade up deal.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/02/nfl-chi...-2017-nfl-draft

I believe it was already announced RRH will be moving to DE this year. He might find some spot duty in the 3-man front and also play some DE in a 4-man front. It'll be interesting to see how they use him during the preseason.

I'm actually very surprised to see him in this role. Both because I never thought he'd want to be there and because I never thought a broadcaster would want him there. It will be interesting to hear his analysis. "What you're really looking for here is the guy who is in blanket coverage between the FS and CB." http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/former-...oins-the-media/

... as seen on that Twitter feed: Can the Bears defensive front be referred to as HGH (Howard/Goldman/Hicks)? Anyway, I like this signing. It is hard to say how he failed KC's physical but passed ours two weeks later. That concern will stay with me until we see him in the preseason.

When SF was on the clock Pace had Cleveland on one phone trying to negotiate a trade for our #3 pick meanwhile on the other line he negotiated a trade with SF #2 pick. He had every reason to think that if we declined the trade with Cleveland that they would immediately call SF to trade up to #2 because the only logical conclusion Cleveland could make is that we wanted Trubisky.

I searched and couldn't find anything from you around draft day regarding Wentz. But yes, time offers perspective in terms of the quality of the pick.

I was on board saying we needed to draft a RB for months. Cohen is not what I had in mind. I figured we'd look for someone who could share the load better with Howard simply because Langford didn't impress me last year. If the new RB could also handle some PR/KR that would be great too. Although his skill set is a good fit for it, Cohen hasn't done the PR/KR stuff so that's an unknown. At this point he's strictly a change of pace back who can't stay in the to block. He's a very good WR so my hope is that he can learn to take some snaps as a slot WR. When we get down to the end of the roster having someone like Cohen versus either Carey (4.7 forty and can't catch well), or Daniel Braverman, then Cohen offers a lot more in the open field than either. In the past there was often the question of do we keep 4 RBs or the extra 6th WR. Cohen might be one of both which frees up a roster spot for another position group.

If I dig further on your comments regarding Wentz here is your thoughts about mining a good player from D2: Posted on: Sep 12 2016, 06:01 PM To be honest, it looks like Connor Shaw might be worth holding onto and seeing what he could offer. Kid looked pretty solid in the preseason. After relative no-names Wentz and Goff go 1-2 this year I'm fairly confident our team can mine a good player maybe even from D2. And don't get me started on our passing on Dak Prescott. (Scarily, this is something it sounds like Jason and I oddly agree on).

I actually was doing a search last night for my posts regarding Wentz and of course couldn't find the one I was looking for. I did see a comment from you regarding this but it wasn't last year. I'm just pointing out how quickly things change, even among our own perspectives. Posted on: Feb 18 2017, 09:14 PM Key back up ******* Group: Super Fans Posts: 3,903 Joined: December 12, 2007 From: Alaska Member No.: 2,639 One thing to consider is that neither Wentz or Prescott were rated very high going this late into the offseason last year. Yet Prescott proved he was probably rated higher than the 4th round he was picked in. And although not earth shattering, Wentz looked legit as the #2 overall. Just goes to show that you might not be able to nail down where these guys rate overall. For the record, I'm still a Watson guy. He's got more to offer than just field performance. Intangibles I believe they call 'em.