The Ben Johnson Effect

[Mongo3451]

12 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

The Bears will invest in the D/Dline through the draft, but dont expect them to be huge contributors year one. Rookies D-linemen take longer to become first string rotation since there is a huge jump from college to pros in strength and knowledge to overcome. If the Bears can shed some cap as another post was started by Mongo, i believe, they might try to add a legit pass rusher via trade.  I would rather build thru the draft, but if we a knocking on NFC div leaders door, the time is now. 

For the dline, Dexter will probably be asked to beef up a little more and become the full time 1T.  He simply isn't a 3T.  He still doesn't have a get off on the snap.  On passing downs, Sweat, Turner, Dayo and Booker would be a possibility.  I don't like Turner and Dayo right now, due to their injury status. 

I expect a heavy investment on defense in the draft, with the only offensive players being OL and RB.  I don't believe we make a big trade OR signing for a stud EDGE player. (The only way I see that occurring is if we also trade away some of our assets).  It could happen.  It's unfortunate that Jarrett, Dayo, Dexter and Turner were busts this year.

[AZ54]

3 hours ago, Mongo3451 said:

For the dline, Dexter will probably be asked to beef up a little more and become the full time 1T.  He simply isn't a 3T.  He still doesn't have a get off on the snap.  On passing downs, Sweat, Turner, Dayo and Booker would be a possibility.  I don't like Turner and Dayo right now, due to their injury status. 

I expect a heavy investment on defense in the draft, with the only offensive players being OL and RB.  I don't believe we make a big trade OR signing for a stud EDGE player. (The only way I see that occurring is if we also trade away some of our assets).  It could happen.  It's unfortunate that Jarrett, Dayo, Dexter and Turner were busts this year.

I think Dexter and Jarrett are playing well.  They’re just not elite players.  I feel the same about Sweat.   Somewhere on the Dline we need a dude.  If not two.  

[Mongo3451]

1 hour ago, AZ54 said:

I think Dexter and Jarrett are playing well.  They’re just not elite players.  I feel the same about Sweat.   Somewhere on the Dline we need a dude.  If not two.  

I agree they are playing well, but Dexter is not up to his draft status and Jarrett is below his contract.  Both seem like good team mates.

[BearFan PHX]

I agree. we need at least two new dogs on the D line.

It's incredible the rest of the team has carried us here without a pass rush. Watching Jordan Love sit comfortably in a clean pocket for 5 seconds at a time was brutal.

And when we try to create pressure blitzing, we get burned.

The simple answer is we need a real pass rush from the front four. Add that to this team, and you can see where we are headed.