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Bears sign Safety Duron Harmon. He’s had no less than 2 interceptions every season since 2017 and has started full seasons each of the last three despite being on three different teams each of those years. Oh, and he’s won three SBs with his original team New England. Something tells me we won’t be seeing Jackson around anytime soon.

Jeff Saturday’s hiring last year comes to mind. ??‍♂️

If the mods could clean up this sh*t show I just posted. I'm not sure what happened but I posted the same thing four times. Apologies...

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You may have seen my side by side comparison of Fields and Purdy (0-14 and 14-0 respectively in the same span). Goes to show you what the “experts” know. To me and assuming Williams decides to enter the draft after this season, it’ll come down to how he does against some of the remaining opponents on this years’ schedule (#10 Notre Dame, #7 Washington and #8 Oregon among them). And if USC makes it into the playoffs who they play and how they fare against them.

Was watching some iso-video on Darnell Wright (embedded in the link below) and he looked pretty good. In fact he’s slowly working his way up to notable play. One other player I’d like to throw an honorable mention to is Khari Blasingame. During the few plays he was in he threw some key blocks and about halfway through the video you’ll see him do one in open space on a rushing defender. Wonder if he shouldn’t be used more in short yardage? https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/dont-look-now-but-darnell-wright-quietly-ranks-among-nfls-best/

Simple fix to test your hypothesis, let Getsy walk .

I could live with this. And really it’s a win win.

How long before he starts playing? And how long after that before he’s injured again? ??‍♂️

I was thinking he reminded me more of a Chris Conte who liked to lay wood but would be injured all the time because of it. Being a SS I thought Brisker would be better at run stopping than he has been. I didn't think he'd been going soft...maybe he has.

After looking up "Sam Howell" I learned he broke Trubisky records while at NC. Who knew? I see he was drafted by Wash in a more fitting place in the 5th round. You think they were hoping to find their next Kirk Cousins?

I would argue consistently mediocre. Edwards was/is the #2 overall tackler in the NFL (at least yesterday he was). Of course he's also on the field a lot...so there's that. And in another post someone mentioned that the much maligned Sam Mustipher was recently the 2nd ranked Center(?). Of course it was PFF. So maybe he's doing better because of better coaching? ?‍♂️ And to add to your thought, to me Ngakoue has been the biggest disappointment. He's nowhere near the advertised '8 sacks per season' pace. I get that Edmunds has been busy juggling a new scheme and playcalling so there is that 'excuse' for him to come along slower, but I mean Yannick's specialty is rushing the QB. And it ain't happen' much so far.

FWIW my wife likes watching Cole because he looks like Ashton Kutcher, but with more muscles. ? She would agree that he shouldn't be doing the sneaks either.

So the Bienemy transfer thing isn't working out so well for him?

I’d like to throw out an honorable mention to ESB too for his performance yesterday. He made a pretty sweet sideline catch and was out there doing his part on blocking. And as Adam pointed out, all on his bday. Much better production than Claypool.

He did well yesterday against one of the best cover defenders out there. Props to Justin too FWIW.

At the risk of digging on Justin, this goes to show you how the supposed draft “experts” are more inaccurate than they are spot on. They’re paid good money to hypothesize. Most of us could do their job as good if not better.

While the Bears prepare for Thursday night, it appears Claypool will not be with them.

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He’s having quite the game against KC. Currently tied up 20-20.

In other news, Browns TE David Ngokue suffered burns to his face recently and still managed to show up to play today. Claypool…you listening? https://x.com/camijustice/status/1708504677283676229?s=46&t=KrpJmhSTc4DI1sACtjisOQ

My rant was a heat of the moment lapse. I edited the “quitter” part out and apologize for going off. This loss stung as much or more than the Parkey double doink to me. I still have confidence in Fields’ ability and think the coaches really muffed it. Yes I get your slow read concerns but he wasn’t doing that for a majority of the game. It wasn't until he fumbled the ball did the wheels start to wobble. And as Matt Ryan kept pointing out Getsy needed to scheme less of having Justin with his back to the line because that fumble was a result of doing that very thing. For now I rescind my total flush comment. I’d definitely be ok with them flushing Getsy and Flus and installing an interim right now. Maybe that will spark some better play calls on both sides of the ball and better efficiency from the players? I say stick to eight games to see how Fields does then let Bagent run the rest of the season. Even with an interim and assuming it continues to go the way it is, you’re still on target with getting Williams next year.

The Bears are this generation of Browns. Will have a team full of 1st round talent searching indefinitely for its “franchise QB”.