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Dezmen Southward, Falcons 3rd round pick at safety (68th overall), is expected to be released. The Falcons converted him from safety to CB this off-season. Given our lack of depth in the secondary, wonder if Bears would take a look. Big physical safety who played 4 years at Wisconsin and appeared in 16 games in his rookie year. Below is some info about him. Remember, he was drafting by the previous regime in Atlanta and Atlanta invested a lot in this position in the off-season. http://www.atlantafalcons.com/team/roster/...b1-3c2fd47e09e6 http://www.thefalcoholic.com/2015/7/6/8888...-falcons-future

Just last year...hasn't played a snap yet in the NFL and is your protypical NT prospect. I think we'd be foolish not to give it a look (as long as the med's check out). See if a change of scenery does him good. If he does, you could pick up a pretty talented player who could turn into a building block. If he doesn't, oh well.

Texans cut Louis Nix today. He was in Bill O'Brien's doghouse. I wonder if Bears would take a look. Would seem to fit your prototypical NT mold, albeit he obviously hasn't lived up to his ND hype. He was a projected 1st / 2nd round pick when he fell to the 3rd round because of some concerns over his weight and work-ethic. Perhaps getting cut and coming back to the midwest would help? I would have to think we'd be potentially interested. Never played a game last year due to surgery on his knee during the preseason.

I thought it was you that knew him Lith. Haven't seen anything but given our need at safety (and the fact that I think safety is one of the positions where undrafted guys can play...people get too overhyped on measureables where intangibles such as ability to close / react / read d and of course simple things like ability to tackle and take the right angles get overlooked. I thought he actually was on the outside looking in at one of the final roster spots, but would presume he's a lock at the practice squad (as long as he isn't out for any significant time). Given we have a lot of garbage at safety, some of which is aging or Vereen (who the staff clearly doesn't like), I figured Jefferson would get his shot at some point this season (if he kept doing what he was doing). Hopefully minor injury.

Lets hope his injury wasn't serious. IIRC, a poster on here either knew him / he was a family friend. He has had a good preseason. Below is what Biggs had to say about him in his most recent piece.

I know a lot of people on here didn't like Lance, but Lance was a total stud for the Bears for a long time and was an all time fav of mine to watch. Wish he could have went out on his own terms but I'm glad he'll be covering the Bears!!! Lance, you are one of the all time great Bears and I thank you for playing the way you did on the field and for how you contributed to some extremely special defenses.

I don't know what happened in 2014 with Raiders but he was pretty productive prior to that (as a non #1 / #2). Would be a pretty solid upgrade, albeit, hard to just add a wideout at this point in the game and have them be effective (got to get them up to speed with the offense, build rapport, etc). Still, considering our injuries at the position, I don't know how you don't look at him.

The Redskins are turds. In his rookie season, prior to his injury, RGIII looked special. I don't know what happened the last two years, but bottom line, if was cut, I'd absolutely give it a whirl. #2 overall pick and would have been #1 in a normal draft. We are in a year where we are evaluating everyone. I have no problem evaluating RG III and Jay. If one of them actually looks solid, it would be huge in terms of speeding up the rebuild.

I presume this is more of a...we need to figure out who we have and lets play as many young players as we can. Would have been nicer if I thought we had some intriguing options, but we really don't. That said, obviously this is going to be a painful season so rip the bandaid and try to evaluate as many guys who might have a future as possible.

Wow...I'm shocked by all the news. Clearly Bears are going into a full fledge rebiuld. Lets hope Jay has a good season and drives either the value to stay or at least gets some trade value so we can get a pick for him.

"Marty, he’s going to be an opinionated guy," Cutler said in a peaceful tone. "It’s just kind of who he is. That’s not going to change anytime soon. Some of us agree with some of the stuff Marty says. Some of us don’t agree with some of the stuff Marty says. But Marty’s going to say it either way. "Marty came down to Nashville (earlier in the summer). We’ve worked really closely these last couple, three or four weeks just because he’s been gone (during the offseason). I talked to Marty today. I’ve got a good rapport with Marty, no matter what he says. "I think he was trying to say there’s different leaders in every company, and the Bears, we’re not excluded from that group. Coach (John) Fox is going to lead differently than I am, and Adam Gase is going to lead differently than I am, and Marty’s going to lead a different way from the way that I do. So it is what it is. I know he’s doing everything possible to help us out. I’m excited for him.”

Jay's response to the comments was absolutely classy.

I am glad Brady is taking the league to court on this. League should have set policy regarding things like this...1st offense x...2nd offense y. Then have exceptions depending on facts / circumstances or something. But to do this 2 plus years later just seems very odd.

Uh oh. Hopefully it is minor and not a ligament tear.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-nfl...sources-n412831 Very sad. I always remember how fun Kramer to Conway and Graham was. It didn't last long, but that was a rare aerial attack from the Bears. I hope he can over his depression. I also hadn't realized his 18 year old son had died from a drug overdose. Articles like this are why my kids will watch football, but never play (outside of flag).

It's preseason. Just don't get hurt. The nice thing is, I have full confidence in who we have in charge (head coach / OC / DC and GM).

I also think of all OC's, we finally have one who will leverage Jay's legs and athleticism, move the pocket, roll him out, and dare I say it, use the rushing attack and play action to our advantage. The big question that remains is can the oline be healthy and can it protect him and open up some holes for our backs.

He hasn't even been healthy. No one knows one way or the other, but reality is he's a guy coming off an injury, who is already hurt. That isn't a good thing.

Fabaluje's injury was asthma related. Ola's sounds serious.

From what I've read, Bears seem quite pleased with play of the rook, Ego, and Ratliff (plus Jenkins is here too) so I'm not sure whether we'd see them bring in McDaniel.

Hard for me to get down on Pace for White getting hurt. He didn't have an injury history. That said, despite Fox being very odd around any specifics of the injury, they still indicate he is day to day. That said, I would hope White is in camp by the end of the week. Will be critical for him to get as many reps as possible.

A lot of reports that foster has looked really good (as has Jones). I've seen more positives on those two then Shea, but it is training camp so who knows. Fox, Pace and Vangio have no bias on Shea so if they didn't see talent in him, he wouldn't be out their. We will see what happens.

Glad we have the staff that we do.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/70...-sherrod-martin Interesting. Surprised @ RB. Thomas is a physical back from what I recall.

Good post and I agree with you that I'd probably be a lot like Jay if I played in the league. He's loyal to his friends but given what he's gone through you can see why he's going to be a very reserved person.