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No mention of Inman. Where does he figure in? And why would we not be considering Ridley at #8? Given if one of the big targets FAs you mentioned are signed I could potentially see less need to draft an WR at #1 but I’m still curious. My guess is Nagy will use a variation of WCO (hopefully with some zone style mixed in) which normally calls for smaller framed WRs. But realistically you almost always have to have at least one big body WR in the lineup (see former Bear and SB champ A. Jeffrey). Yes I know White is big but I’m still not convinced he’ll manage to play a full year. Same for Meredith. He’s so far only had one decent year and will trying to come back from a pretty severe injury. Wright has just about as good shot, of not more, than the rest to make it. He proved he was a good add IMHO.

In this highlight I noticed he played outside corner for the CFL. One thing in his favor is that the CFL is a pass happy league, so he was tested often. He looks to have to a pretty decent vertical. Makes me think a lot of Tim Jennings who wasnt all that horrible and not all that tall himself at 5’8”.

Yes I know it was awhile ago. Haven’t been here in awhile and saw the talk of prospective CBs. But I thought it interesting that it was shortly after Nagy was hired and shortly before Fangio re-upped. Indicating at some level both (or at least one) coaches endorsed it. And for what it’s worth, although I can’t attest to the likeliness of Amerson being signed I agree mostly with what else you wrote below. Makes sense.

Gotta love your optimism... Pace a “beast” you say? Might be a bit early to call him that but if you do..you do. As Bowling says about karma I’d hope that whomever Indy hires (hear they are looking at Philly’s Reich) ends up with a better overall HC record than does McDaniels. And should McCaniels become the Pats HC, the Colts totally walk away (see humiliates) from them in their games.

Someone that snuck in under the radar is former Auburn alum and two year CFLer Jonathan Mincy. Interesting as he was brought in within days of Nagys arrival. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0110-story.html

Preach brother. One factor I like about Nagy is he’s not McDaniels. Had the Bears hired that a-hole i would’ve had a hard time staying interested in the Bears for awhile.

Excellent plan and I fully endorse.

With regards to WRs and maybe TEs, I’d suggest the Bears will be looking for cast offs or potential FAs from Philadelphia or KC. Maybe even any other ‘Reid coaching tree’ teams (Panthers, Bills, Jets or Ravens as ‘for examples’). But then again with Shurmer going back to being a HC there’ll be some competition for those type players. One name to think about might even be Deonte Thompson (last of the Bills). He’s a potential FA at less than $1 million and if some remember had a pretty good start with Trubisky. Was sort of surprised the team gave up on him.

Please don’t tell me you’re one of those ‘the Qb can do no wrong’ types. Trubisky’s completion rate was just 59.6% and in watching many of his games, he was clearly off a fair share of times. Sure the receivers he had were not the best but I’d disagree they were the worst we’ve ever seen. Yep, can only wait and see.

Trubisky was the 3rd QB? You mean to convince me they actually planned on playing Sanchez? The point about Meredith / Trubisky was more the continuity aspect. I’m as sure as you are that neither one interacted at any time last year. They held practices where I’m sure or at least certain they crossed paths at least once. Remember Trubisky was drafted to be the ‘future of the franchise’.

It seems a bit pretentious of you to guarantee anything. Return maybe, but play? Let alone a full season. Of the 4-5 receivers discussed in the last few paragraphs who has performed the most in the last two years? Meredith would have an edge (only slightly over Inman) for his 2016 performance, but he will be returning from a pretty significant knee injury. And White? Well....you said it.

Couple of thoughts. First thing, continuity. Yes there will be a new offensive scheme but Trubisky has been working with the current batch of WRs for most or part of last year. And of those, at least three (Meredith, Inman and Wright) have proven to be worthy receivers. IMHO Second thought is we had a soradic passing game last year. Partly due to our QB not having a heck of a lot of experience. Saying ALL our receivers are garbage probably isn’t completely true. I wouldn’t think a complete overhaul is needed. Draft one maybe two and pay one or two more through FA then let camp sort them out.

I’m still curious why our team wouldn’t/shouldn’t consider keeping Inman(?) Not knowing his contract obligations his numbers are comparable (some say better) to Meredith ... minus the recent knee injury.

Out of curiosity; why not keep Inman? In addition to or instead of Meredith?

Lol...that’s actually funny. Just like I think you’d be a great news editor! You just never know though right? Although I think they have the offense pretty well covered with Nagy and the guy from Oregon. And the retread oline coach from ND .

Touché! Although that wouldn’t be such a bad idea right? Lol You need a psychological evaluation. ?

I dunno. Maybe he wants to be an OC somewhere? It’s called levity... lighten up.

I should edit the thread title to: Donatell, will he stay or will he go? Lol!!! REOPEN THE THREAD!!!! Lol

Yep. Now that he has (and is) assembled a decent staff; let’s see how he does in getting more of the right playmaker pieces. Something he’s struggled with in the past.

Excellent news!

Yep traditionally that’s what the WCO is known for; flooding the D with multiple receivers. To include RBs catching out of the backfield. Which could be a problem for Howard as he stinks at it. Oh well, maybe just have him run a lot.

Here’s a story on that: https://247sports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/Bol...eport-113591557 Could it be Fangio feels jilted due to him being a ‘known’ in Chicago and still didn’t get the HC job? Maybe even more discouraged that a relative unknown up and comer got the job over him? No worries though, according to the above article (and confirming what others here have said) it sounds as though this Boettcher would be a good hire. Put together some pretty strout Ds. ... and he’s young... Sorta the theme with this current staff.

I suspect with this type of WC offense (quick strike), we’ll see more of the smaller framed quick twitch type wide receivers that are good with the crossing over the middle patterns. In that instance I could see Kendall Wright making it back. And maybe even Bellamy, considering how he seems to be slowly improving. Inman and Meredith are almost too big (IMHO) but could be used for skinny post, corner or fade routes. In watching some replays of both KC and Philly (since Pedersen is there) from this last week, I also was reminded they love to use their TEs. Kelce (KC) and Ertz (Phi) get a fair share of work in the short zone areas. Could Shaheen or even Sims be that guy? One element I hope they’ll continue using is somehow keep zone blocking as a staple; especially for the run game. Howard has really gotten good about reading his OLmen blocking in this scheme and even Cohen seemed to develop patience as the season wore on. With this type set up you can still run bootlegs, zone reads and play action to allow Trubisky to better draw on his skills.

^^^This^^^

Yeah, here’s a story about that very thing. https://247sports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/Bol...staff-113531733 I’m starting to believe Fangio isn’t coming back. Taking too long for him to decide. I saw something before where when Fox was hired, Fangio came in quickly afterward. Was similar when Harbaugh had him as DC. This doesn’t smell right.