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I don't put much weight in the preseason game outcomes, but I would be slightly concerned if the Bears were getting blown out in every preseason game. Especially the score at halftime. If you are already getting blown out at halftime where you would've had at least your primary backups in, that would be concerning.

Here is on there, all the way to the right, 7th Safety right now.

Jordan Addison is suspended for the first 3 weeks of the season. So the Bears will get the Vikings in Week 1 without their WR2, which is a pretty big deal because their next best WR is Nailor, which will scare nobody. Jefferson is also currently hurt with a hamstring injury, but has a month to heal. Stop the run and shade to Jefferson's side should make for a very winnable game for the Bears in Week 1.

I don't think so because he was signed so late. I believe the free agency period before the draft are the only signings that count towards the formula.

The one I posted was from the Bears. I don't know where Ourlads gets theirs from.

Work travel, limited access to internet while on site. I am back now until early September.

Might mean nothing, but here are some interesting developments: 1. Loveland and Kmet both as "starters" 2. Jones over Trapilo at starting LT 3. Monangai as RB6, Homer still RB3 4. Duvernay as WR4, Burden WR5 5. Bagent as QB2, Keenum QB3 6. 3x DTs listed as starters (Jarret, Dexter, Billings) 7. Sewell over Hyppolite at LB 8. Stevenson as CB2 over Smith and Wright

McLaurin and now Parsons want to be traded. So nice not to have major issues like this going on.

Burden seems to be having a day, which is great to see. We have seen Odunze, DJ, Loveland, and now Burden have big days in camp. That is really promising for the offense.

This seems noteworthy: They seem really high on Nahshon Wright.

Ugh, looks like Shemar Turner is out for at least a month with an ankle sprain.

Another possibility is that she just set such a high bar that there really is nowhere to go but down for her.

and Scott followed Velus. The Bears are basically down a 2nd rounder, 3rd rounder, and 4th rounder on the roster because early Poles has been terrible beyond the 2nd round. Hopefully he starts hitting on a few. You can probably add Pickens to that list as a 3rd rounder. Pickens is probably worse than Scott because he was picked 64th overall.

Your last statement is what makes things more baffling, because to me, she was asking the most relevant questions, and would let the other meatballs ask the off the wall questions. Lately, she has just asked things that seem out of character for her. Burden was in H.S. during COVID. There is no gap in his stats, he was a FR in 22, So in 23, and Ju in 24. If you hear the question to Jarrett, she just asked about the importance of locker placement. If she wanted more specifics about his leadership and mentoring, ask about those directly. Those are only two, but there have been more and really have only started recently. I wonder if she has a new research team or someone else is creating the questions for her?

and that is a huge issue for Jones as anchoring was his weakness. So if he is technically "weaker", that will be a problem. Trapilo has the size, strength, etc, but is not super athletic, due to his size. Kiran has both athleticism and strength, but is not as polished of a blocker. With Thuney on that side, I almost feel like they will lean towards Trapilo because he can't train his size, and Thuney can assist on the inside to cover any lack of lateral speed. If Kiran is still learning technique, that is harder to assist with.

Not that he matters at this point, but has anyone heard or seen anything about Tyler Scott? I can see him as an easy cut candidate. Wasted draft pick, could've been Puka or Demario Douglas, or even Chase Brown (hopefully Roschon shows out so it wouldn't matter).

There have been a few. She asked Burden if he should've left school after his sophomore year (he would not have been NFL eligible). She recently asked Grady Jarrett about locker placement and who sits next to him. Of all the questions you could ask Grady Jarrett, she felt that one needed to be answered? I don't know what has gotten into her lately (no pun intended), but she really has been asking some oddball questions.

The Bears Beat Reporters have almost become a cult. They are so self-focused. They tried to make a story out of nothing a lot, like the Caleb book excerpt thing even though every fan said "we don't care". The latest one was repeating that Johnson called the 1s off the field as a punishment when it was a timed thing and their time was up. Courtney Cronin, who used to be good, has consistently fallen into this category lately.

Yeah, and the Bears first real game is September 8th, 44 days, or 6+ weeks of constant work. Everything up to this point was light work, or on paper. We should have 6 weeks of incremental improvement.

For the first time in a long time that I can remember, it seems that the coaches are making it harder on the players than they normally would be at this point in the offseason. Up downs on defense, applying max pressure on offense to start off practice. From previous camps, they were used to easy practices, which led to mixed results on game day. I like this new approach a lot.

The Jets extended both Wilson and Gardner. Wilson is getting paid as a top 5 WR and Gardner is now the highest paid DB. Gardner is funny, 1 INT in his last 39 games. In comparison, Jaylon Johnson has 6 INTs in his last 2 seasons. Jaylon is now the 13th highest paid CB. Gardner basically makes as much as JJ and Gordon combined. So Wilson and Gardner or Moore, Odunze, Johnson, and Gordon. Total AAV within 2M.

I also see a lot of detractors bringing up the Bears record with Poles, and they are not wrong that his record is bad, but I think his biggest mistake was keeping Flus an extra year. Flus cost the team at least 7 games over the last 2 years. There were probably more, but that's why we should expect a quicker turn around. This is not a 5-win team, and they just added the best coaching staff possible. I think his true eval starts now, because if Johnson flames out as the HC, or Caleb is a bust, then that is the nail in the coffin for Poles career as an NFL GM.

It's rabbit holes. I look something up really quick, and it leads me to something else. Good for trivia, because it makes me remember stuff. Kevin Carter is now forever ingrained in my head as the last Sack Leader to win a Super Bowl.

Garrett Wilson just signed an extension paying him $32.5M AAV, so basically the same as Moore+Odunze combined, making him the 5th highest WR in the NFL. Crazy.

Also, it's a team game with individual stats. So there are numerous ways to measure success. If you just look at raw stat leaders, the only player that finished 1st in a standard category that played in the Super Bowl was Saquon, who led the NFL in carries and rushing yards. Top Passing stats: Burrow and Jackson. Top Receivers: Chase, St. Brown, and Jefferson. Most INTs: Joseph and McKinney. Most tackles: Franklin and Baker. How about most sacks? Hendrickson (9-8 team) and Garrett (3-14 team). Interestingly enough, of the top 4 teams, the ones that played in the AFC and NFC Championship games (BUF, KC, WAS, PHI), not a single one had a player in the top 10 in sacks. Fowler-WAS had 10.5, Sweat-PHI had 8.0, Karlaftis-KC had 8.0, and Rousseau-BUF also had 8.0. So one team, had one player with double-digit sacks and finished tied for 12th in the NFL. To extend this sack thought further, in the last 35 seasons (1990-2024), there have only been 3 players to lead the league in sacks and play in the SB. So 3/70 (4.2%), and only one player won the Super Bowl (Kevin Carter) - 1.4%. So that is so bad that you would actually prefer not to have the league leader in sacks on your team if you want to go to or win the Super Bowl.