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Are there any concerns for Foles' contract? Still valued in the $5-6 Million range(?) Would Indy have to take that on and would they be willing after paying a pretty penny for Wentz? I saw some rumblings about Trubisky being discussed for Indy too. Although I think that's really unlikely...but intriguing.

I’m personally excited about this. He seems like a diamond in the rough to me. Only downside I saw is his size, or lack thereof. Of course Tim Jennings wasn’t all that big and he did pretty good for the Bears.

Some more vid of training camp. See that Dazz Newsome is back; that’s a good thing. And Robert Quinn congratulating his sister who won Gold in the 100 meter hurdles while at the Olympics. Good vibes all around.

Hindsight being what it is, me too! Could you imagine where we'd all be had it turned out differently? Have to say I'm much happier with Fields and Dalton.

Been hearing good things from camp about Dalton. Some are saying his ‘veteran’ status is showing. But they’re also saying as the days progress so does Fields. This video shows some good and one ‘bad’ caused by Dalton (oops). Also good to see Quinn out there twisting and turning despite his back bothering him.

Rodgers insisted on getting Randall Cobb back on the team as part of his ‘make nice’ with the Packers. So… https://www.profootballnetwork.com/randall-cobb-traded-to-packers-reunited-with-aaron-rodgers/

Some more on this. Jackson has a hamstring issue. Jenkins ‘back tightness’. And Robert Quinn…back issues (again). Ugh…

Looks like Jackson was “injured” while not on the job. Ifedi has a hip flexor issue - which could translate into a long term problem. And Newsome broke his collar bone back during the rookie training camp(?) and must not be back to fill form yet. Cohen is ‘slow healing’ from his torn ACL he got at the beginning of last season. Think that one surprised many here when it was announced a few weeks ago. There are smarter ones here that can address these in more detail but here’s where I got some of the updates. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/28/chicago-bears-news-eddie-jackson-nfi-germain-ifedi-pup-training-camp/

And now he’s retired. That was quick. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/28/chicago-bears-tight-end-jake-butt-retires/

They may be waiting to see what shakes loose once the camps start whittling down their numbers. I still think they need one more body for ILB.

In related news, with the loss of Miller we gain Falcon castaway WR Justin Hardy. More a camp body and someone to look at for ST than anything I suppose.

Damn…

He’s got a lot of miles on him “played every game since 2016 season”. Although he’s not played as long as Graham ha played. That’s good I suppose. He’s reliable and watching him makes me think of the current version of Jason Witten.

No big loss. Good luck in Houston.

Agreed. We can’t go to sleep on Minny. They drafted Kellen Mond this year who many of us liked. He could be a QB in waiting for them once they’ve had enough of Cousins. I personally see a lot of good battles between he and Fields in the years to come. Not too worried about Goff and the “knee biting” approach of the new coach in Detroit. But they might just be stubborn enough to make GB miserable for a few years too.

I saw this story some weeks ago. Makes sense now. https://www.nfl.com/news/davante-adams-derek-carr-it-would-be-a-dream-packers-raiders

Fields certainly has a way about him that makes you want to love him if for nothing else as a decent human being. I read a story a few days ago where he’s looking forward to playing in Chicago and really appreciates the fan base. In the story below, he paid a visit to a fan who was recently wounded by gunfire. https://wgntv.com/sports/bears-quarterback-justin-fields-visits-gunshot-victim-he-helped-inspire-to-stay-alive/

I did see a story about Cutler saying he’d be willing to come back to play for the Bears again. Can’t seem to be able to second source it so it’s probably not legit…but we could talk about it. ? https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/jay-cutler-would-gladly-play-for-bears-again-if-given-2nd-chance/

Word.

Disclaimer: I wrote some of my comments while maintaining a buzz so there's that... Anyhow, the point I was attempting to make was that no matter how good a QB they are, college QBs have a larger learning curve because of all the things they have to consider. Most notably pre-snap reads of the defense. The one huge advantage Fields has is his dedication to his craft. He's someone who spends a lot of his own time continuing to learn and run plays. This article speaks on how he's known to come early and leave late when it comes to learning and practicing and that his work ethic goes back as far as his high school days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/29/justin-fields-nfl-draft-process/ If there has been a knock on him, it was what some took as his inability to read the field. But in this article, the author does a pretty good job in dispelling that "rumor". In it there are points made that he has some rough edges to his learning but nothing that will cause long term concerns and certainly that he can't practice to get better at. https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/justin-fields-progressions-first-read-analysis

He’ll struggle no doubt for the first year at least. If I’m not mistaken the one thing he says is a big difference for him will be calling plays from the huddle. Don’t know that he’s had a lot of experience reading defenses because of it. Once he’s able to recognize defensive sets that may necessitate him calling an audible, we’ll know more about how he’ll succeed.

Wouldn’t disagree. But at this point what’s going on from us and the media is all speculative. As someone else pointed out, Trevathan said he talked to him and he’s committed to playing. I’ll go with that for now.

Unless he comes out and decides to retire we won't know much until training camp starts in a few weeks. This article brings up some good points and discusses the effect of COVID on everyone. I believe part of why Goldman opted out last year was due to he and his significant other having a child. A lot of things are possible to include him not having the fire to play anymore. Andrew Luck did the same thing a few years ag;, it happens from time to time. https://ontapsportsnet.com/2021/07/07/chicago-bears-eddie-goldman-threatening-retirement-or-bludding/

FWIW I understood what you were getting at and I agree that there were some eerie coincidences. The move that SF made this year for Lance seemed like Trubkisky 2.0. I'm not sure that SF was as intrigued with Trubisky as they seem to be with Lance but instead duped Pace into thinking they were. Maybe they were trying again this time and Pace got wise?

I’m not sure about Miller (WR). He still seems too liability-ish to make the team. They tried unsuccessfully to trade him so that’s somewhat telling. Newsome is going in (presumably) off an injury. Would prefer someone like Ridley on the roster. The ILB depth seems weak. Like Jones there a lot but with Danny T getting older it would be better to see another competent/proven backup than either Iggy or Woods as the options.