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Rappaport reporting Burden is going to miss some time with a groin injury. He went down in yesterdays practice with no details - hopefully it is minor but missing some time makes me think more then a week. Hopefully minor and it isn’t something that impacts him this year.

Va Der Berg seems to be impressing the coaches - we know he has the tools so would be awesome to see him really emerge on the scene in the interior.

I like Harbor but I feel he is overly optimistic…but he does a nice job to your point when it comes to some of the details. I’ll have to look up Herb…not sure who that is.

Biggs said Thieman has been making plays all over the place at training camp. He is in my opinion the best reporter as his opinions are grounded and he is clear when they are opinions yet he also brings a lot of insights from coaches and scouts he talks to. He doesn’t play the hype Olympics or the hot take Olympics. Bears also signed safety Xavier Woods, has 100 plus starts his in career and started 10 games with Titans last year. He was best rated free agent safety left and a good move given Bryant’s injury.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49531184/sources-darnell-wright-agrees-4-year-116m-deal-bears Very deserving - now I hope we see Wright elevate his game to a whole new level and show that he is the best RT in the game!

I think Lewis will back-up but they got to try and pickup a vet or go to the trade well. Or do we see Stevenson or someone else swing to safety?

Went out of practice on a non-contact injury doing 1:1 with Kmet. Out 8-10 weeks (so will likely miss 1st 5 games of the season (maybe more). Hyer-extended knee, bruise and small bone break. Lucky this wasn't worse but still a huge loss. Get better soon Coby!

If you are talking about Kyler he played the final two games. If it is Edward’s he practiced with club earlier but had some minor injury I guess come up. But Ayo who ruptured his Achilles is not on the pup list which is a good sign.

Very disappointing regarding Kyler. He’s been hurt all offseason after being hurt all season. Not saying it is his fault - but availability is key and he just isn’t.

Rookies reporting today - vets on Tuesday. Guys on PUP list per Biggs Shemar Sewell Gordon (another soft tissue injury) Trapillo Keyshawn Elliot TJ Edward’s (non football injury)

He won’t sign for anything under 25 and he likely jumps into top 3. Probably 26-27 per.

Also great to see JJ participated in full and Kyler was there as well (albeit limited).

You guys are all way more optimistic than me. We have a lot of consistent 1st place type teams on the schedule. Meanwhile Lions have some real cupcakes on their schedule. I think we are taking a step back before we take our next step forward and think we are going to fall between 7-10 wins and my current guess is in that 8-9 win range. I hope I'm wrong and it is better than that, but I think there are plenty of flaws on this team...now if Caleb takes a huge step forward and his healthy all year and gets that completion percentage up to like 65% (while keeping that sack rate and turnover rate low)...than I see us being more of a 10 - 11 win type of team (held short by the defense).

I’m good going for a raw player newer to sport who is an elite athlete. And because he’s euro you can kind of stash him for developmental purposes.

I like what they did on 3rd day - took swings on guys that could turn into legit starters. They may not and some might be projects but you take enough swings like that and it will pay off.