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NFL+ has a free trial for the first month. Watched the entire game there, CLE broadcast though, very homer-ish.

That would be a great bet. The Bears allowed 33 pts and were a PAT away from tying it late before the defense laid an egg last year. The Bears didn't have Montgomery or Mack in that game. Vildor was starting at CB. Just by adding Brisker and Gordon, this defense will be better. Deebo was basically unstoppable, he had 6 receptions for 171 yards and Mitchell had 18 carries for 137 yards. Way too many chunk plays. I can't see them allowing 30+ pts again. Lance is the QB now. He has started 1 away game in his entire career (@ARZ - 15/29, 192 yds, 51.7% Comp, 6.6 Y/A, 0 TD, 1 INT, 2 sacks, 16/89 rushing, a 17-10 loss). On offense, the Bears scored 22 pts and Fields had 175 passing yards and 103 rushing yards. I feel like they will have more of a balanced attack this time under Getsy. Fields last home game (vs MIN - 26/39, 285 yds, 66.7% Comp, 7.3 Y/A, 1 TD, 0 INT, 7/35 rushing, 1 FL, 17-9 loss). I am thinking a close game within 3 pts of each other both scoring in the mid-20s. Bears at home, so I will give the edge to them 24-21.

I think it will come down to injuries, but if you are adding one more to offense, it would be Coulter-WR or Carter/Eiselen. On defense, I could see any one of Kamara-Edge, Gates-LB, Stroman-CB, and Hicks-S depending on what they need and/or injuries. Weird to think the offense is more set than the defense but it seems that way for the last few roster spots.

Fields 14-16, 156 yds, 9.8 Y/A, 3 TD, 146.9 QB Rating compare to other young QBs: Jones 9-13, 71 yds, 5.5 Y/A, 1 INT, 56.8 QB Rating Lance 7-11, 49 yds, 4.5 Y/A, 73.7 QB Rating Mills 6-10, 58 yds, 5.8 Y/A, 1 TD, 1 INT, 70.0 QB Rating Love 16-26, 148 yds, 5.7 Y/A, 1 INT, 61.1 QB Rating

I doubt it, in this short amount of time. Maybe if you had an entire off-season.

Biggs also reported this today:

Very cool.

Nice find. Good to see him doing some activity. We have 15 days left until Week 1 and that was 4 days ago. So 19 days to go from running the hill, to football stuff, to padded practice, to live game. 5 days per phase, he should be good to go.

For Week 1, I would rather face Lance than Jimmy G. Our defense has great edge rushers, speedy LBs, solid CBs, and Brisker and Jackson roaming. I think Smith is going to play angry. Lance is gonna have issues. The team that makes less mistakes wins.

Btw, if you haven't seen, the other young QBs have looked terrible for the most part. Lance did nothing, Love, Mills, and Jones threw picks, Wilson was bad and now hurt. Lawrence was ok, about the same as Fields so far.

The last update I saw it was an undetermined timetable but hopeful he would be back for the opener. Without any news, especially considering they are so big about a ramp up period, I can't see him playing in Week 1 if he is not at least at practice starting on Monday.

Last year, in a Matt Nagy offense, Mooney was 10th in targets, 18th in receptions, 17th in yards, and 19th in 1st Downs amongst WRs. He did that with 3 rotating QBs. If there are about 25+ WR1s in the league, I don't know what else he would need to do to qualify. What is funny is that a guy like Terry McLaurin is seen as a true #1, but check out how close their numbers are: Targets: 140v130 Mooney, Receptions: 81v77 Mooney, Yards: 1055v1053 Mooney, TDs 5v4 McLaurin Is he at the Kupp, Jefferson, Adams level? No, but those are All-Pro, Perennial Pro-Bowl WR1s. However, I think he comes in as a lower-tier WR1 with the likes of McLaurin, DJ Moore, Pittman, etc.

Just from a target share perspective, around 65% of the targets will go to your top 3 skill players, for the Bears probably WR1, TE1, RB1. At the end of the day, that 4th target will likely only see only 10-12% of the targets for a game/season. That amounts to 4-5 targets per game and 40-50 per season. Last year, in a terrible offense, Mooney was at 25.8%, 17.1% to Kmet, and 12.2% to ARob (who missed 5 games). I assume Mooney will be up to 29%, Kmet up to 21%, and Monty will take some of ARob's and jump to 12%. Monty had 9.4% last year. Goodwin averaged less than 3 targets a game, Byrd just over 2, and Graham under 2 per game. Those were targets 5, 6, and 7 who totaled 7 targets a game. So once you take Pringle and Jones, add someone like Griffin and Herbert, there are not many targets left for Sharpe, St. Brown, Harry, Ebner, etc.

They just need to replace guys at the bottom end of the roster if there are better players available. Normally that is associated with the last WR, DB, LB, DL, and OL positions.

I am rooting for the kid. He is saying all the right things. There is no shame in being an All-Pro Right Guard, just ask Quentin Nelson. Jenkins has barely played the position, so he will only get better from here. Same with Borom. Once Patrick is back, with Whitehair, and unbelievably, Jones, we can see the unit improve as a whole.

We are locked in, all payments received, all keepers submitted. All systems go for draft on the 1st!

He may stick or he may be replaced by another player not currently on the roster. I assume they will stash some of the 7th rounders on the PS.

After watching all of training camp and the preseason to date, I don't think I have ever seen so many draft picks have a chance to make the 53-man roster, especially considering most were 5th round picks or later. 2 39 KYLER GORDON CB WASHINGTON - Obviously a lock for the 53-man 2 48 JAQUAN BRISKER S PENN STATE - Obviously a lock for the 53-man 3 71 VELUS JONES JR. WR TENNESSEE - Obviously a lock for the 53-man 5 168 BRAXTON JONES OT SOUTHERN UTAH - Unbelievable pick if he starts Week 1 as LT and looks good. Pick of the draft maybe. 5 174 DOMINIQUE ROBINSON DE MIAMI (OH) - Another crazy 5th rounder. Might not start, but looks like he will be on the 53-man. 6 186 ZACHARY THOMAS OT SAN DIEGO STATE - Might slide in at the last OT spot depending on how many they keep, otherwise the PS. 6 203 TRESTAN EBNER RB BAYLOR - He is trending towards making the roster, his return ability is a huge plus. 6 207 DOUG KRAMER C ILLINOIS - Looked like he was going to make it before injury. 7 226 JA'TYRE CARTER OG SOUTHERN - Very similar to Thomas, may slide in or the PS for sure. 7 254 ELIJAH HICKS FS CAL - A 7th round Safety that might make the 53-man is shocking. This would be another "pick of the draft" 7 255 TRENTON GILL P NC STATE - Our starting punter who is putting a ton inside the 20. Just based on draft position alone, Jones, Robinson, and Hicks make this an insane draft. Then you add Brisker, Gordon, Jones, and Ebner. This will be a quick rebuild if this draft holds up like this.

Other teams early cuts of note: Joe Schobert - LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe - LB Andy Janovich - FB Albert Wilson - WR The quality of players being cut is sure to go up in the next round of cuts.

I figured Newsome would be gone after the last game. So far, projection looks good.

Waiting on one last GM to confirm. If I don't get a response by the 25th we will need a replacement GM.

Very inconsistent player, seemed like an obvious cut.

Sweet, I was going to ask about that because I kept getting the upgrade banner at the top.

His sack vs the Chiefs was impressive. He just straight up beat the OT with speed and bend.