Mongo3451

Back to Luther Burden. I've read several articles lately that talk about why he fell to the second round. One article claims that he was consistently last in line to take reps on practice. Another said that he is pouty and/or mopey and coaches and other players had to help get his head straight. I'm not sure if it's boredom, maturity or physiological. Here's to hoping that a pro environment eliminates all doubt.

Agreed, they have a beast of an OL. That's why I didn't include them.

Context is everything. My comments were strictly on his success or failure, based on what stinger said...

That makes no sense at all. If Braxton plays well, you pay him and trade away other dollars. Nothing more valuable to a quarterback than good OT's. There's no way to know if Ozzy and Kiran look good if Braxton doesn't let them on the field.

Who knows what they were constrained with. Cheapness is a curse with this franchise. This is the first year I've felt they are willing to pay for something lasting...

I like Wanny too. He was just so hamstrung by Mikey. I also liked Fox. Fox is the only experienced head coach they ever hired and he was at the end.

Don't forget Wanny and Fox.

I would never leave a franchise rookie QB watch ten seconds of film alone. Every play is an opportunity to learn and form a bond between coach and player. It actually pisses me off that they laid that burden on Caleb. I've seen video of Brady and Belichick where Bill showed Tom the difference of six inches. Football it's geometry. Tom took those lessons to the likes of Julian Edelman and made him a star. Anyone hear the phrase "third and Edelman"? The devil is in the details. Evidently Caleb had some camp and Waldren was involved; the dysfunction began there. I expect much more this year. And it ain't even close. We'll know everything by week four...

GMFB had a timeline and it was all off-season until combine. Caleb loved his talk with O'Connell and Josh McCown. You hear a lot about O'Connell, but McCown is widely known to be a dude that players gravitate to, so I can see Caleb saying, I wanna play for that dude. I'm not worried one bit about this being a distraction. One meeting with Ben Johnson changed everything. I'll bet the house on that...

Make of it what you will... http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/caleb-williams-tried-to-avoid-being-drafted-by-bears-in-2024-hoped-to-play-for-this-team-instead-per-report/

The only thing you can rely on is game tape of you are looking for situational play. You're correct in stating that the physical stuff is proven in pads. Guys in basic training look like all stars until the bullets start flying.

Nice ending! Totally agree. We have college film, combine results and pro days to know if we like a guy. Rookie camp is a chance to see the new fit and test what they can do and learn. Coaches also learn during this time. People have different learning styles, so they must adapt to be better teachers.

I can see him lined up everywhere, including inline. From inline, they won't expect him to handle any DL, but he can chip and release, release and go in motion. Johnson has a motto, "no block, no rock".

Totally agree. Nothing waters the experience down like whoring it out...

It's crazy how we get one of the hardest schedules on an annual basis. Gotta plow through...💪

For the sake of argument, how can we say that Kmet is not good and then say someone would trade for him? That's a contradiction I can't wrap my head around. Either he has value or not. Agreeing that we disagree on skills and value to team, explain spreading the field with a move TE and three receivers vs 2 and 2. 2 and 2 gives you the mismatches you want. It requires bigger defenders. With bigger, meaning slower, you now have the ability to mismatch Swift and Loveland with Kmet as a blocker or safety net. Can't do that as well with one TE. Twelve personnel is a matchup problem in the run and pass game. Lastly, Cole is a locker room leader, legacy player and native Chicagoan. My bet is he wants to stay and would sign a reasonable deal to do so. And if you are correct, he's simply not good enough, he's cut.

Bowers and Loveland are the same player. Kmet gives Loveland a compliment instead competition. They work different areas of the field to provide spacing and give more options. So, yes I disagree. Johnson called exactly 100 pass plays to his TE's last year. Our TE's are individually better than theirs, so I'm predicting a slight uptick in opportunity there. Johnson also is an extremely balanced play caller. He'll vary plays designed to the personnel he has, but I believe that same balance will exist. Still, it's all on Caleb...

You are correct in that you shouldn't pay top money to two TE's. Kmet also won't fetch anything in trade. Not because he has no value, but because he's what every team has. If it gets down to money, I expect him to restructure accordingly or be cut. Just not this year. Again, I can't see anyone trading for his salary...

Gronk is the unicorn in the room. He's the greatest inline TE of all time. Loveland can counter that due to him being more talented than Hernandez. It's still hard to offset the GOAT.

Not only that, he's "Major Burns"...🤣

I bet Swift hits his running lanes quicker this year...

I love this! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16GD6fRagx/

Kinda like CBS having Jayden Daniels as QB1 of the league...🤯