I have been looking at video on each rostered player and Cam Lewis has some good tape on him. He is a sure tackler and plays well close to the line of scrimmage. He will backup both Dillion and Kyle Gordon at NB. https://youtu.be/ll7lL_uqLD8?si=0f2NpuVIDnAS2yPH

I've looked at a lot of GB content on grading the draft. They have Bears Derangement Syndrome. The idiot had the Logan Jones pick as a D, saying that they had many other Cs rated higher. The Jager Burton pick (153) the Packers had was rated higher. He said he will eventual be a low end starter in the NFL. Also gave a F to the Zavion Thomas that he had rated as an UDFA. He liked the Dillion, Muhammad, and Elliott picks. Loved the Lions draft, rated GB as just average and poh pohed the Vikings draft.

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I watched that last night. I can only say he runs the ball with better vision and more toughness than I expected. Ben Johnson has his RB for 3rd and long situations.

I see him getting more reps than expected as a 4.28 running the ball.

4 hours ago, AZ54 said:

I watched that last night. I can only say he runs the ball with better vision and more toughness than I expected. Ben Johnson has his RB for 3rd and long situations.

LSU motioned him a lot, I see Ben moving him as much or more. I'm excited to see year 2 of the BJ era.

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I couldn't load it, but if you have Instagram, look up the Bears tax. It's a crazy stat...

8 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

Seeing the potential with this class. Hope they all turn out to be great. When a team has grown as much as the Bears, they can narrow their search for the types of players the need/want. Next draft they will need to repeat nailing 5 positions and then the rest getting next man up at OL, TE/WR.

I have 2 DT, 1 DE, 1 RB, 1 S

Watching the video, I was surprised by the highlights for TE Roush. All the hype was that he was the best blocking TE in this year's draft class. What I saw was a big target with good hands. Great pickup for 3 TE Sets, valuable backup for Kmet & Loveland, and a (reported) strong blocker for pass pro and run plays. I feel a lot better about this pick by RP/BJ after watching the video.

1 hour ago, Pixote said:

Watching the video, I was surprised by the highlights for TE Roush. All the hype was that he was the best blocking TE in this year's draft class. What I saw was a big target with good hands. Great pickup for 3 TE Sets, valuable backup for Kmet & Loveland, and a (reported) strong blocker for pass pro and run plays. I feel a lot better about this pick by RP/BJ after watching the video.

yeah and he has the 8th highest RAS score for any TE drafted since the 1990s or something like that. Pretty good for an inline guy.

I do think the writing is on the wall for Kmet, maybe not this year, but when we identified Kmet, DJ Moore and Swift as trade or cut bait at this time last year, it i slowly coming true.

The bar has been lifted. ALl of those players are GOOD players, but not as good as they need to be, and over the years Johnson is going to build a hell of a roster - that much is clear now.

We still need a LT and a DE tho LOL

2 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Seeing the potential with this class. Hope they all turn out to be great. When a team has grown as much as the Bears, they can narrow their search for the types of players the need/want. Next draft they will need to repeat nailing 5 positions and then the rest getting next man up at OL, TE/WR.

I have 2 DT, 1 DE, 1 RB, 1 S

no doubt the roster they are building is full of actual football players. its kind of incredible how bad weve been at this for so long, now that we see what doing it right looks like.

1 hour ago, BearFan PHX said:

no doubt the roster they are building is full of actual football players. its kind of incredible how bad weve been at this for so long, now that we see what doing it right looks like.

Ive see at least 2-3 DEs that would Allen's fits next draft. I can see that with Sweat, Dayo, Booker, and Turner that the edge room has investment in it, more competition would have been nice, so I'll give them a year. DT, they decided 3 FAs and a 6th rd is good, we will see. Those have to be addressed soon with higher ceiling talent.

2 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Ive see at least 2-3 DEs that would Allen's fits next draft. I can see that with Sweat, Dayo, Booker, and Turner that the edge room has investment in it, more competition would have been nice, so I'll give them a year. DT, they decided 3 FAs and a 6th rd is good, we will see. Those have to be addressed soon with higher ceiling talent.

well I cant even imagine how they can escape addressing the DE position next year, and they will have the cap flexibility to do it, so you HAVE to be right!

But at the same time, Its crazy we havent acquired one (or several) in the draft in such a LONG time.

I think the window for Caleb is NOW and strategically putting off a pass rush until next year is a poor decision. I have hope there is still a free agent signing coming, but I dunno.

It's crazy to put DE last, but they HAVE been building an excellent roster everywhere else, and I m sure youre right, in time we will have a pass rush, but if we had one this year, we'd be Superbowl bound. Maybe we still are, but we'd be heavily in the mix this year if we had one.

1 hour ago, BearFan PHX said:

well I cant even imagine how they can escape addressing the DE position next year, and they will have the cap flexibility to do it, so you HAVE to be right!

But at the same time, Its crazy we havent acquired one (or several) in the draft in such a LONG time.

I think the window for Caleb is NOW and strategically putting off a pass rush until next year is a poor decision. I have hope there is still a free agent signing coming, but I dunno.

It's crazy to put DE last, but they HAVE been building an excellent roster everywhere else, and I m sure youre right, in time we will have a pass rush, but if we had one this year, we'd be Superbowl bound. Maybe we still are, but we'd be heavily in the mix this year if we had one.

I think they believe they added to the DE with drafting Booker, signing Dayo, and then drafting Turner. Booker has shown flashes, Turner hasnt had much opportunity, and according to Dennis Allen, Dayo was starting to come along when he got hurt.

But first round prospect, no. They should've taken Verse instead of Odunze bc they wont be in position to get a top 10 prospect for a while.

11 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

I think they believe they added to the DE with drafting Booker, signing Dayo, and then drafting Turner. Booker has shown flashes, Turner hasnt had much opportunity, and according to Dennis Allen, Dayo was starting to come along when he got hurt.

But first round prospect, no. They should've taken Verse instead of Odunze bc they wont be in position to get a top 10 prospect for a while.

Turner was drafted as a DT tho.

In the 5 years Poles has been GM, we have drafted only TWO DEs; Booker and Dominique Robinson - both in the FIFTH round. In that same time he has drafted two punters, one in the fourth round.

Crazy!

36 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

Turner was drafted as a DT tho.

In the 5 years Poles has been GM, we have drafted only TWO DEs; Booker and Dominique Robinson - both in the FIFTH round. In that same time he has drafted two punters, one in the fourth round.

Crazy!

Turner was announced by the bears after the draft as being versatile defensive lineman for playing across the line. Id rather see him as a 3T for his size, but they played him outside when shorthanded and thats were they need him now...since they didnt add any.

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46 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Turner was announced by the bears after the draft as being versatile defensive lineman for playing across the line. Id rather see him as a 3T for his size, but they played him outside when shorthanded and thats were they need him now...since they didnt add any.

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and I believe due to need he may well play outside this year, but Poles still hasnt really drafted DEs and I think its a problem, and so much of a problem that I think we agree that its a likely spot for our #1 pick next year? or a veteran yet to be added this year?

18 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Turner was announced by the bears after the draft as being versatile defensive lineman for playing across the line. Id rather see him as a 3T for his size, but they played him outside when shorthanded and thats were they need him now...since they didnt add any.

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I think Turner was mainly a DE and his last year, they had him put on 15 lbs to play DT. They are going to see what they got and if need be , bring someone in. Last year's Seahawks had two of their top sacker were LBers. One DE and one DT.