Stinger226

After such a good day from Nall, we go out and sign Knile Davis former chief.

I think we just have a long way to go yet for this to function like a well oiled machine. I agree the OL did not look good, but Gino Atkins is a beast and will make anyone look bad. The positives, Shaheen, Daniels, Coward, Nall and Nichols. The only preseason game that matters to me is when everyone will play in the 4th preseason game . The rest is just seeing positives from the younger players. I think Nall is competing against Burton for a spot, there is no way they keep 4 RBs and a FB with the strength of the TE spot.

I am going to a Cubs game on Labor day, so that would be a bad day for me for the draft.

The kind of contract would be detrimental at this time in the development of the team. You got this guy coming in with a huge contract , it would later affect every contract going forward for our core players. It would put everything out of wack. Mack is the type of player you take when you made the playoffs and need to take that final step to get to the super bowl. We are 2 years away from that . Smith is going to be a stud once he gets in here, and as good as Mack is we can still get a lot better without him.In the last two years Mack has had 10.5 and 11 sacks playing from the DE position in their defense. Will that translate in the OLB position in our defense?

I thought getting a stud player with good character and a hard worker would be no problem being into camp. I think the CAA put the on field hits into the contract and the Bears caved in to get him in to camp. Then CAA added other parameters into it because they saw a pushover in negotiations and this is where we are at. Smith has say so but not like he has ever did this before and is in a catch 22 situation. I see him being in camp within a week, pushing this to the limit doesn't bold well for either side. The extra practice time because of the HOF game puts this is more public place but one week will still be plenty of time to get acclimated to the NFL and start.

The best thing is it was the start of football. Nothing else really mattered. Notes: the defense had 8 sacks with shows we may be on the right track to have some kind of pass rush. Wims showed himself that maybe he can make the 53 man roster.

Ro Smith has pro bowl written all over him so no matter how well Kwiat looks, it won't last long. Reaching for a pass rusher at 7 doesn't passing by the best player on the board. It will prove out.

Everything I read all the the WRs look good. What if K. White turns into who he was drafted to be, we will have one of the better WR group in the NFL. Miller is a stud and will absolutely be on the field a lot. The only thing on O is the swing tackle position, do not hear much about it but could be huge if one of our average starting OTs get hurt.

Amos is not a play maker, a good S but the ones that get the big money get turnovers, one interception in 3 years is not quite there. No reason to extend him early. Let the year play out and if he improves, give him a contract. I doubt you have to have a FA battle with a bunch of other teams wanting him.

I think Lynch ends up not making the team, I do not remember if they gave him any guaranteed money or not. I think when R. Smith gets on the field he will be a regular blitzes. Also they will have some blitzes coming from the S position. So they will be creative with their sacks if they are limited to Floyd as the only true pass rusher from OLB.

This is Vict. Secrets, can I quit and rejoin and take Crushers team? I have a shitty team for a keeper. Besides that , I will keep Keenan Allen that I drafted in the fourth which means I lose the 3rd but I figure the 5th rated WR is worth a 3rd round pick.

This is stinger and I will be in this year, have been out of the country and lost track of time.

That's awesome, he has everything you need to succeed in football and life. Our next all pro LB on the horizon.

He is smarter than I am. I mainly stay on social media to connect with friends overseas, but it sometimes gets the best of me. Twitter is a good for quick information but get caught up in the trolling of people I do not agree with.

Everything seems to be going well. Kudos for a good dude that sacrificed his body.

I think they would rather take the upside of a younger player like Lynch, Irving and Fritts. I think when training camp is over and maybe a high paid vet gets released, they may still add a player, similar to the Sitton acquisition.

The addition of our offense mined coaches that will upgrade the contribution of all of our weapons, he could turn out to be a wonderful surprise. He's motivated, healthy(cross your fingers). Robinson Gabriel Miller Burton Shaheen Howard Cohen and White. this could be huge

If you do not like the fact I label you as negative, then why all the push back on my statements? It not like being tattooed N on your chest and being chastised all your life. It is just something I noticed as a theme for you since I have been butting heads with you. So lets let this go to bed. BUT one thing to remember we have disagreed on is the value of T. Cohen, I think he ends up being a play maker in the Nagy offense, and you do not think he is special. That will be proven over the year , one way or another.

I think the key is the desire to be better and is hard working. He will get to a at least average PC and this will never be mentioned again.

You are a negative person, and not everything that comes out of your mouth is negative, but overall, you are mostly critical and question everything. neg·a·tive ˈneɡədiv/ adjective (of a person, attitude, or situation) not desirable or optimistic. "the new tax was having a very negative effect on car sales" synonyms: pessimistic, defeatist, gloomy, cynical, fatalistic, dismissive, antipathetic, critical;More I never claim that all of my thoughts are all right and jump on you because we disagree. I have agreed with your points before. Adams post for the projection of this years team will compare to the Rams last year. Obviously it hasn't happened yet, so it remains to be seen if the comparison is accurate. Many articles written about the projection of this years team compares it to the Rams. So using established facts make it difficult to project this years team because of so many changes. For example , you can not compare what Burton did last year in Philly because he had limited targets. This year he is considered the #1 TE and will set double his targets in a more aggressive offense, so your established facts are not apples to apples. I also think Robinson will play well but not because we paid him a lot of money, but because of his talent. Your words ( I've got to believe with all the money paid, he's going to do well.) when talking about Robinson. but you didn't say that, UMMM your words(Yet I didn't say that at all) Now put this all together and realize that people can compare This years Bears to last years Rams because their is many similarities. Goff in his second year (Trubisky in his second year) New offensive minded coaching staff, UMM sounds familiar. Bringing in several new WRs , they did we did. New TE, we did. Has a top 10 RB, Gurley- Howard. Both have good defenses. If you read my posts, I criticize when it is deemed a mistake. (signing Glennon,) so I do not always wear rose colored glasses. Overall I am an optimist, but that does not mean I do not view things realistically . I criticize when necessary. I view this years team as a potentially good possible playoff team. here was your post: At the risk of being dubbed a 'Debbie downer' I'll go the DEVILS ADVOCATE route and CHALLENGE some of these options. For one they added Brandin Cooks to their arsenal this year. And whether he ends up being their #1 WR all he's managed to do is get 1173yds / 8 TDs two seasons ago and 1082 / 7TDs last year. Our guy; Robinson, hasn't had a complete season since 2015 where he got over 1000 yards. To be frank, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HE PANS OUT. I've got to believe with all the money paid, he's going to do well. Cooper Kupp (in his first year) got 869 yards and 5 TDs with the Rams last year. Similar to how Stinger thinks Cohen is immeasurable for us, who do we put against Kupp? The best we have is maybe Gabriel who only got 378 yds and 1 TD last year with ATL after going 579 yds the year before. (By the way, this was the same offense (ATL - Ryan) that made Hester look like a respectable receiver). Comparing our #1 TE's? I'm guessing theirs will be Everett (who was a 2nd round pick last year) who got 244 yds with 2 TDs. While with PHI last year, Burton put up 248 yds and 5TDs. Shaheen (himself a 2nd round pick last year) got 127 yds and 2 TDs. Isn't Miller pretty much done or is he still planning on making a comeback? Watkins went to KC on a mega-deal and Woods ended up with 781 yds and 5 TDS after his first year in LA. Our comp maybe is White....who is still TBD. Mostly because I'm still NOT A BELIEVER in Pace, I'm SKEPTICAL in how most of 'our' players will pan out. But because I like Nagy...I trust he'll get the best he can out of them. I pointed out your negative statements. You did a have a few positive things to say, but overall, your critical and pessimistic .

Actually Debbie downer is to much of a compliment for you. You have to go much deeper to figure out the depth of your negative attitude. Nothing is guaranteed but it is clear, you don't like Pace so you are looking for things that could go wrong to us for your argument. Adam was comparing 2018 Bears to 2017 Rams from their previous years and the first words out of your mouth is Brandon Cooks. Reading is a skill, you seem to need to work on that. Cooper Kupp will be compared to Anthony Miller this year which has not happened yet. Everett was their starter and you are comparing stats to Trey Burton last years stats, but will be our #1 TE in Nagy's offense. When the season is over THEN you can compare Burton to Everett. You seem to correlate value with money paid. Watkins got a big contract so he must be good. Robinson got a big contract so he must be good. AND last but not least, Cohen is going to be a Tyreek Hill type of player for this team. I would say over 400 rushing and over 60 receptions with 7 TDs. Also some special team play PR and KR. He had 4 TDs last year and had several called back for penalties and stepping out of bounds. The "nobody special" Cohen was 10th last year in all purpose yards with a conservative head coach and lousy OC. Last year PFF had on some stupid stat Cohen rated as the best RB breakaway threat last year. Do they have crows in Alaska? I can see you feasting on them by the end of the year.

My original statement was Trubisky is ahead of Goff in his development(in the NFL) at the same stage because he has played more games. They are comparable in stats but the breakout year Goff had in his second year is arguably with less talent on his offense. Gurley is clearly a better overall player than Howard but we have better TE talent and they had nothing like a player comparable to Cohen.I would argue our WRs are overall better talent than Goff's of last year. I think all of this puts him in a better position to have more success than Goff in his second year.

I think part of the reason he is ahead in development is because he played more games not necessarily that he has more yards, not apples to apples comparison.

That is part of my point he gained more experience in his first year than Goff did in his first year.

By the stats he had in his first year. Last year MT had 2193 yards- 7 tds-7 int. Ran for 248 yards and 2 tds. (in 2016 Jared Goff 1093 yards-5 tds-7 ints ran for 16 yards and 1 td)