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in comparison, another NFL team has these guys as their top 4 WRs: Tyrell Williams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Quintez Cephus and Kalif Raymond

Horsted looked great, going to be a tough cut. He has clearly beat out Holtz and Holtz was primarily a blocking TE. I would rather have James anyway. I like our TE room, Kmet/Graham/James/Horsted is an extremely solid group. Foles is O-Line dependent, given time, he is one of the best QBs in the league, without it, one of the worst. I have really liked both Adams and Tonga as well. How about James and Ogletree making the 53-man roster, not playing in the final preseason game, and were late FA adds. Those are some solid depth moves that don't get a lot of notice. In some cases I almost prefer Ogletree over Trevathan. Peters will be fine, he just needs some more conditioning. He has a few weeks to get there. Ifedi is also coming back from injury, so I didn't expect much from him either. I expect they will add someone once Jenkins is put on IR. He has to be on the 53-man roster first. Otherwise, Simmons will take that spot.

Mooney put up 61-631 as a rookie with no preseason, which is pretty amazing. I figure he will be closer to 75-800 this year. If Byrd does close to what he did last year with NE, 47-604, that will be very solid numbers from a WR3/4. Goodwin really stretches the field, his career Y/R is 16.6, which is sort of what you want out of your other WR3/4. Remember those two are replacing Miller/Wims. If they combine for 60 receptions, they will exceed the production of Miller/Wims/Ridley combined. 60 receptions from those two doesn't seem like too much to ask. In regards to Byrd, they have Harry and Meyers and signed Agholor and Bourne. Bourne is a better run blocker than Byrd, so that makes sense.

Horsted with 3 TDs, two highlight reel style. Fields had the throw of the game threading the needle on the run to Horsted in the end zone. Roberson with pick 6. Will be interesting to see who makes the final roster.

Fields gets the start with the starting O-Line. We will see how they hold up and will get to see how Peters looks at full speed. Mostly backend roster and bubble players tonight. I would like to see better tackling and better special teams play overall. Go Bears!

Every year is a new season. Right now, name a better top 4 from top to bottom with ARob, Mooney, Byrd, and Goodwin. Byrd was WR1 in NE, and Goodwin was a solid WR2 in SF 2 years ago. Ultimately you are replacing Miller and Wims with Byrd and Goodwin, that is a huge upgrade IMO.

Preseason is such a weird period. I want to see improvement and success but nowadays it seems like it is more for conditioning the vets and evaluating the roster competitions. They also don't want to give any tape that can be used against them, so you are not going to see much besides basic routes and vanilla coverages. There is zero correlation between preseason and regular season success. I believe the 0-16 Lions went 4-0 in the preseason. So it is probably best to take both the highs and lows with a grain of salt.

Good question. I don't think not playing him was due to a trade. They have a week to get this resolved.

So no ARob, no Mooney, no Kmet, Goodwin, or Monty. That is likely your top 5 skill position players. So it does make sense that the offense was bad. By the time Fields came out, he was playing with the 3rd-4th string skill position players. I am now more concerned about the defense. They allowed 31 pts in the first half, and then the defense pitched a shutout in the second half. The depth played better than the starters. Our Special Teams coverage units are a mess. If McManis is still available, I would be reaching out immediately. My concerns going into our last preseason game: 1. Defense Overall 2. Tackles 3. Coverage Units 4. Secondary 5. Quinn/Goldman

First Half Summary: Defense sucks. If they don't get better, we may not win a single game. Soft coverage and missed tackles. There was zero resistance against a Mitch Trubisky led offense. Scary. Dalton is terrible. I get that ARob and Monty are out, but man, the O-Line played OK, but he couldn't do anything once there was pressure. I hate that he got an entire half to look like shit. He had one big pass and that was all Adams catching the ball off the DBs helmet.

WELP, our defense sucks balls, WTH. They couldn't stop anything. What an embarrassment. 3 TDs in 19 minutes against Mitch Trubisky?

First drive, with Dalton, another 3 and out. He couldn't get the ball over the DLineman on a check down to Williams. Then stays in the pocket too long on 3rd Down and has to throw it away. It is hard to see Dalton being better than Foles from last year. Defense looks terrible on the first drive. They let Trubisky walk down the field with quick slants and never jumped the routes. That was odd, I don't know why they are not taking that away as that is all Trubisky can hit. Then on the TD run, Quinn and Jackson whiff on tackles. Not a good start by either unit.

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Trubisky revenge game. Watch him go off and throw 3 TDs in the first half. That would suck lol. Guys I am watching besides Fields: Our Tackles, Herbert, Johnson (WR), Gipson (Edge), Attaochu, Blackson, Vildor Some interesting battles for the last few WR slots and CB2. Hopefully Mack doesn't kill Trubisky. GO BEARS Bears 27-17 Fields leads another win!

I am sure we will add another body. I think Okung and Wagner are still available.

No pads, that man is massive.

Yeah this sucks for a 2nd rounder you traded up for. Now you use a year and he essentially becomes a rookie in 2022. I just hope this is not a long term issue.

Just put him on the PUP. He is taking up a roster spot for no reason. Injuries happen. If it can be corrected without surgery, let's go that route. I don't think this will be a Kevin White situation.

To me it seemed like Special Teams is going to be an issue. They need to bring back McManis. Fields started slow, but penalties and a drop didn't help. After that, Fields had 3 scoring drives. I like Ogletree, especially with how new he is. Tonga was visible, and Johnson finished strong.

He made the game slower which is impressive. He never got rattled with pressure. He made some mistakes early but you could tell he made adjustments in the game and then looked legit. Compared to the other rookie QBs, Lance had one huge play on some bad defense, but did nothing otherwise. Fields QB'd 3x scoring drives. Wilson was ok and Lawrence was ok. If you compared those 4, Fields was clearly the best and most poised. It will be hard for Dalton to hold him off.

It's about time. An under-average Peters is still a quality OT. He will also be a good influence on the younger OLs. Maybe that is what Pederson was doing at the practice. Still odd that Jenkins is not on the PUP list.

Thanks, we will need everyone's scheduling conflicts.

1-2, 10 yds. Throws to first read into triple coverage on completion. Lucky it wasn't intercepted and the receiver almost got blown up. Instead of letting him air it out, they protect him and run more than pass while Trubisky was in. That was embarrassing, and against the Lions no less.

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