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Ryan Leaf feels like the Josh Allen that failed. There are so many different career arcs.

When is the last time you saw an active player attend a pro day?

I suspect they will be at the LSU and NC pro days as well. Oregon also has a bunch of other players that are draftable by the Bears.

Penix reminds me of a better version of Josh Dobbs. I think Penix will be more successful than Dobbs has been, but probably not an elite QB.

Yeah, the NFL or the Players Union need to do something. Technically a player can determine which teams he can play for just by withholding medicals. What about visits? Are they mandatory? Can Caleb Williams turn down a Top 30 visit? I am fine with players having freedom do to what they want for personal reasons (like I said before - player has an embarrassing medical condition unrelated to football performance and doesn't want it disclosed), but it should not impact league balancing and parity. Otherwise, bad teams will get screwed out of the best players who just bypass them in order to get selected by a better team.

Those are some odd shoes, I don't know if they are necessarily lift shoes or for a specific sport. Found them: https://www.cettire.com/products/givenchy-tk-mx-runner-sneakers-923724293/ Givenchy brand, some high end French company that makes all kinds of designer crap.

McCaffrey's brother and McConkey also fit that mold. Both WRs that could be available when the Bears select, especially if there is a trade down.

I believe it will be on NFL Network (if you have it) later today. There is a ton of it on social media. All around impressive. He wasn't nervous, seemed really loose, was having fun. Again unless something comes up from his camp about a hold out or something weird like that, it is hard for me to see the Bears taking anyone else at #1. It will be interesting to see what they do for the LSU and NC Pro Days coming up.

Not optimal. That is borderline too short.

Damn, under 6'1", game over: That is 6' 7/10"

Absolutely lol. He is definitely a Master Baiter.

This feels like the biggest pro day in terms of media interest since Andrew Luck. Even Lawrence didn't get this much attention.

RG3 is a clickbait master. He is the new Emmanuel Acho, who just posts random stuff to get it to go viral.

It is amazing how the media is handling MHJ literally skipping all public workouts but when Williams skipped working out at the combine, it was the biggest news for weeks. I bet this will be a growing trend and the norm in years to come. The top guy in each position group has more to lose than to gain by doing any of these workouts, and possibly get injured.

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The scarier comp for Fields (if he doesn't play) is actually Christian Ponder, who played 4 years in Minnesota, went to Denver for 2 games the following year, then one year in SF (never played), and was out of the league by his 6th season. Stats thru 4 years: Fields 38 GS, 578-958, 6,674 yds, 60.3%, 40 TD, 30 INT Ponder 36 GS, 632-1,057, 6,658 yds, 59.8%, 38 TD, 36 INT It sucks that Fields gets lumped in with guys like Gabbert and Ponder, but as a passer, that is who he is.

Oh I know, but it will look bad on Fields regardless. Which is unfortunate. The hope is he can turn it around somewhere else, however, the deck is stacked against him. I posted this awhile back during the season, but Fields has basically mirrored Blaine Gabbert's career arc and if Fields doesn't play in 2024 or only a few games, Fields will more than likely pass Gabbert in futility. At 48 starts, Gabbert had 9,063 passing yards. Fields in 38 has 6,674, so Fields would have to average 239 yards per game for his next 10 starts to pass Gabbert. That is a number Fields has only eclipsed 6 times in 38 starts. He would have to do it 10 straight times.

Not that it is a projection but it seems fairly sad that Williams can match Fields career win total in one season if he goes 10-7 or better.

If you believe there will be a trade, put it in. Minnesota and Arizona makes a lot of sense.

I stopped after the bad overthrow to the RB in the flat at 1:12. There may be some awesome plays after that, but in the first minute, I didn't see any NFL throws to be honest. Check downs, first reads, wide open uncovered receivers. Nothing special to me.

Sort of, they use stats and metrics and then weight the units by importance. I guess the weights can be adjusted. Eye ball test is definitely subjective, but this stuff is closer to being objective. I think it is accurate enough, and you can see how the teams are structured as of today. The Bears are lumped into a group with the Colts, Falcons, Seahawks, and Jaguars. Seems about right.

Anytime, just post the mock of the top 15 picks on how you see it playing out. You can use whatever simulator you want, or do it manually.

We used to do a mock draft where people were GMs of different teams and we drafted in order, day by day, leading up to the draft. We don't have enough members to do that properly, but an easy alternative is doing a top 15 Mock Draft. I can consolidate the selections and produce a TalkBears consensus mock draft. Thoughts?

The Bears have the T-15th best roster WITHOUT A QB, LMAO! ? If you add an average QB with a score of 2.0, the Bears would move to a top 8 team. Also, I think they are low balling the RBs and WRs. So Saquon on the Eagles is a 3.4, but Swift, Herbert, Roschon is only a 2.0 on the Bears? Also, Moore/Allen is only a 2.8, but the Eagles Brown/Smith is a 3.8? Their WR3 is DeVante Parker who is terrible now. If the Bears get an elite Edge or DT, that would bump those units up from 1.8 and 0.6 respectively. They believe our DTs are the 4th worst in the NFL. Only the Browns have a better LB-CB-S combo score. Bears are #2 there, which is impressive.

I voted for Caleb Williams. Unless some huge red flag comes up, it is hard to see the Bears passing on him. He does have some issues to resolve, but there are too many things he does that you can't teach and the few weaknesses are things that can be coached. The biggest complaints are he holds the ball too long and plays hero ball. When I watch some game replays, most of the time when he holds the ball too long, he is escaping the pass rush and looking downfield to pass. It's not like he is holding the ball too long in the pocket and not trying to pass. For the hero ball, at least this season, the team around him looked like the Panthers. He was trying to make something out of nothing a lot. The offense put a lot on him, and he had no running game. If they select him, he is coming into a situation that is better than he had in college. Allen and Moore are the best WRs he has ever thrown to. So there is a chance he is even better in the NFL, which is crazy to think.