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I think the Bears record will be another factor. The Bears will have 8 games in the books before the trade deadline (NOV 5th). If they are 6-2 (which is very possible), I think they will acquire either a DT or Edge to help with the playoff push, even if Booker and Dexter are holding their own. TEN, IND, CAR, WAS, and ARZ should be wins. Then it's HOU, LAR, and JAX in the other 3. LAR and JAX are at home. Win one of those three and the Bears are 6-2. Interestingly enough, the Bears are favored in 5 games currently, and dogs in 3 (HOU, IND, and JAX). IND and JAX are by 1 pt and HOU by 3.5.

I think a top 10 defense for the entire year would still be a massive jump from last year. Yes they were top 5 for a good chunk of the season, but depending on what metric you use, they were not even a top 15 defense for the entire season.

The Bears would have to go 7-10 or worse for Flus to be fired. At that point, something else went horribly wrong, not necessarily something to do with his coaching.

Those regional scouts get a ton of games in as well. From what I have heard, most go to multiple games a day and weekend.

Yeah, it is definitely an odd situation to be in, and a place we have not been in, in a long time.

I had 33-10, so we are not that far off. I may have missed a defensive TD in my prediction

Toure is a sneaky pickup. Obviously, Tonyan or Patrick didn't divulge much about the GB offense. Hopefully Toure does lol.

Carter ended up on the Carolina PS, so the Bears actually could sign him back as long as it is to the 53-man. The same thing goes for Bates in NY. Those teams would have to elevate them to retain them.

Here are my game predictions beyond the score: First Reception: Moore First TD: Everett First Sack: Sweat First INT: Byard (Byard Revenge Game)

Real football starts in 6 days and GB gets abused in Brazil in a week. Then we cap it off with a huge Bears win on Sunday at Soldier Field! We made it!

That is impressive. Taylor was always going to be a stud. Booker was a question mark, but early on, you could tell that his motor was going to give him an edge (no pun intended). I do find it funny that Bucky includes 2nd rounders on the list. I don't remember many 2nd rounders being "overlooked". I know he states outside of the 1st round but Nubin was the first Safety taken, so I don't know why he would not expect Nubin to look good or better than others, when as the first Safety, and top-50 pick, you would hope he would.

Current 53-man Roster: QB - Williams, Bagent RB - Swift, Herbert, Johnson, Homer, Blasingame TE - Kmet, Everett, Lewis WR - Moore, Allen, Odunze, Scott, Jones Jr, Carter OL - Jones, Wright, Shelton, Jenkins, Davis, Murray, Bates, Pryor, Amegadjie, Kramer DL - Sweat, Taylor, Walker, Hardy, Booker, Dexter, Billings, Williams, Pickens, Robinson LB - Edmunds, Edwards, Sanborn, Sewell, Ogbongbemiga CB - Johnson, Stevenson, Gordon, Smith, Jones, Blackwell S - Brisker, Byard, Hicks, Owens ST - Santos, Taylor, (Daly - will be elevated from PS on Week 1) Blasingame was added in place of Scales, so I assume Kramer (to PS), Bates (injury), or Pickens (injury) will have to be dropped off the 53-man to elevate Daly. 16-player practice squad: QB Austin Reed TE Stephen Carlson WR Collin Johnson WR Samori Toure (GB, 7th Round) OL Theo Benedet OL Jake Curhan OL Chris Glase (NYJ, UDFA) DL Sam Roberts (NE, 6th Round) DL Byron Cowart DL Jamree Kromah LB Micah Baskerville LB Carl Jones Jr. DB Reddy Steward DB Tarvarius Moore DB Ro Torrence LS Scott Daly (DET, UDFA)

Welcome to the board! I agree, there has been so much pain, but CW has the best shot to turn this around. Very few rookie QBs have come into a better situation, and very QBs have the pedigree coming in like Caleb has. I don't know if those two have ever happened in the same year like this year. Also, every team that ended the preseason with a +60 point differential has made the playoffs. So we have to keep that going too.

Stinger, Keepers need to be locked in by tomorrow, at the latest (I have to lock them in the day before the draft). So if your guys have any keepers, please let me know in here or have them lock them in, in the app.

OK no problem. It looks like they all paid, only PapaBear is left.

With 16 slots, it will be interesting to see how many outside players they sign. The Bears didn't claim anyone on the waiver wire, so all the external signings will technically be free agents.

Looks like they didn't pickup anyone outside of adding a LS to replace Scales until he is back after surgery. Bates did get picked up by the Jets. Interesting choice for Poles to keep a 40yr old TE over Bates. I know it's probably only 10 to 15 snaps but Bates also played ST, as far as I am tracking, Lewis does not.

This one surprises me because I thought he was a lock. I guess with the Borom injury they need someone who can play OT as well, that seems to be Bill Murray.

Ugh on Wheeler. Tough to come back from an ACL and fight for a roster spot next year.

Yeah he definitely goes to celebrate, then realizes it's a live play, then goes to block. Super funny.

I saw the replay of the play and to me, it seems like he was running out to celebrate the INT because it looked like the defender who caught it was down. So he thinks they are running to the end zone to celebrate, and then he realizes it's a live play. If you look at it again, he runs straight to the ball carrier, not ahead to block.

and I will still need Keepers by the 30th if you have any

No worries, it is moved to the 1st. I am good with the 1st, with you 3 and I know Brad said he was good, so that is 5.

Exactly, and Jenkins needs to stay healthy if he wants an extension. So it looks like it will be 2-3 players left on the Bears roster for draft picks from 21 and older.

2 years or 1 year? Flus last coached in IND in 2021, and Williams was there in 21 and 22, so I think it was only one year of overlap. PFF had him grading out pretty solid in the preseason so far (FWIW). An overall grade of 80.1 and PRush of 81.6. To put that into perspective, he would be 7th on the Bears overall defensive score, just ahead of Booker, Sanborn, and Owens. His PRush grade would be 2nd on the team. This one feels more like a "jump the waiver wire priority" kind of move compared to the Taylor trade.