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This is good for competition and to be quite honest,if Cruz is healthy,who on this roster has more production than him? The key will be what's guaranteed.

I believe that Trubisky will get starts next year and I hope for a scenario similar to what happened for the Eagles and Glennon getting traded for a 1st rounder. I've watched this sport for too many years to believe a guy you had this much conviction in, you feel he can't be ready? That doesn't make sense to me. They went up 1 pick and used 3 picks as well as a cloak of secrecy so much so that even the guy picked had no clue you were going to pick him and there are strong indications even the coach may not have known until it happened and we should believe that, he won't be ready to start this season? I'm not buying that. Just like Glennon is saying the right things so is Pace and Fox( Who never is straight forward with answers). Glennon indicating that he will be a good teammate to Trubisky is a no choice situation for him with this guy being the number 2 pick in the draft and he actually worked with the offensive staff before Glennon did.What else are you supposed to say Steve DeBerg 2017?

Eli Manning didn't. Kurt Warner was the starter day 1.

If Sitton is on that side and allegedly you want to move Long to that side then you can't be happy with Sitton's play there.

I'm probably the only one that thinks this may turn out like Russell Wilson and Matt Flynn or Kurt Warner and Eli Manning.

This!

I still think ifTrubisky had gone back to UNC he would be ranked among those guys, so we got one of those prospects a year early.

IMO I consider the term"Franchise QB" to mean an organization considers the quarterback a foundation to build a team around. So I would consider a few more guys on that list to fit my understanding of the term.

The real intriguing prospect is Franko House listed as a TE but, when looking for his stats all I found was basketball stats. At 6/6 248 I believe this is the latest attempt to find Antonio Gates.

It turned out that he helped SMC do something that caused the league to legislate a rule to be changed on Field Goal attempts.

The same guy that drafted Peanut Tillman drafted Roosevelt Williams also.

With his age, I'm thinking one of the other veterans since Jones is younger and core special teams player like Acho.

With the amount of OCs Cutler played under during his career, his knowledge of how a team wants to/should attack a defense should be over the top. The way he presents it will be how his success in the booth is determined. If he can break down plays for the not so sophisticated fan without coming off being arrogant will be the key. Most former QBs in the booth and panel shows come off as arrogant imo.

You-Love ! You continue to hit fans in our minds and hearts! Thank You My Bear Brother!

Very strong and heart warming post by you all! My first memories of this team are from 1966 as a 6 year old with a father and 2 older brothers shaping my fandom. My dad(RIP) was an avid Gayle Sayers fan so who do I hold in the highest regard in Bears' lore? Gayle Sayer! My oldest brother was a real big fan of all sports including college football and since my dad would bring home Street and Smith's Pro Football Guides as well as Who's Who baseball guides. Then my oldest brother taught me about the draft and how it works. Right then and we are talking late 60's I decided to dedicate myself to helping Sayers and Butkus get surrounded by players to help the team be better. When they traded a1st rd. pick for Howard Mudd an All Pro lineman from 49ers was the first time I reacted angrily to a Bears draft pick or lack thereof. Mike Hull, Lloyd Phillips, Lionel Antwoine,Bobby Douglass, Joe Morrison are all draft picks or trades from the desert of my early fandom of my team! Then they draft Payton and he became my football Messiah! That segment of my fandom ended extremely well... Fast forward to now and the same 6 year old is still in me and sometime you all my surrogate Bear family may need to every once in a while talk me off the ledge! Hi I'm Lemon I'm A Bear Fan!

I for the most recent years would get pissed when I would see Forte and other backs in the league take themselves out of games after a long gain when earlier in my life while watching games the backs finished the deal, Howard is like these newer backs and when you watched them try and throw him a screen pass , it was not pretty. True he was not asked to do much in college but in most cases a back is what he is coming out of college, see Adrian Petersen. Are we truly satisfied with Howard's backups? Carey hasn't shown much and Langford regressed last year and I still like the idea of trying to convert him to a WR. I had my eyes on 2 backs for the Bears in this draft Alvin Kamara Tenn. and Kareem Hunt Toledo. Cohen is the same type of back just shorter. For those who are projecting him to the return game, he says he never did it but practiced it everyday. That doesn't sound like he has a leg up on Carey or Langford in that regard and what else is a FBS player supposed to say? Ilike what this pick says to 1 or both of the other 2 backs! You're on notice, bring it!

He could have done what Russell Wilson did and transferred to another school(Wisconsin) when he got beat out at NC St. by Glennon.

Adam thumbs up you continue to keep it real!

Great Post! My earlier comments were mine and I had to own them. I've come around to the thinking that Pace doesn't care what anyone thinks and I like that.

When it comes to taking a defensive player we all would have been much more comfortable about that player being developed because of Fox and Fangio plus Donatell who all have respected track records in the league. The same cannot be said for Loggins and Ragone on offense.

Exactly all the 2014 1st rounders had today as a dead line to pick up that 5th year.

I'm confused because I thought we traded up last year for Floyd which now shows a pattern that Pace will go get his guy.

Agree. Switching positions after playing a year or two always makes me nervous.

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The media speculation is mostly fueled by the thought that Fox at his current age needs to win now. The other things that help them are the fact that locally the SCORE employs Mike Mulligan, Hub Arkush and Brad Biggs all with ties to the Bears whether current or former. As for the Bears the national clips with Fox asking Pace if he called Trubisky and Fox saying Pace said no he's going to the stage and then Trubisky saying that he was surprised because he had little contact with the Bears since earlier in the process raises an eyebrow. The big wow statement came via the 9ers allegedly saying they thought the Bears were moving up for Thomas and some director of kissing Lynch's butt asked why did they pay Glennon? This is why there is so much media speculation because no one including local beat writers and talking heads had a clue what Pace was going to do. Kudos to Brad Biggs who had Trubisky going number 2 just to the wrong team.