The last training camp practice just wrapped up. Now we head into the final preseason game where several backup spots are in play.

Bring on a lunch break and my phone i’m not in a position to do a full 53 But I want to get the conversation started

Oline. I think we keep 10 but could just as easily see 9 if Ozzy is close to returning. I’ll need to see the game to make a decision on Wills vs Benedet. 10 would be the team hedging their bets and buying time on the LT competition with both Wills and Benedet.

Kaden Davis makes it as the 6th WR.

Dline 9. Grady, Dexter, VDB, Gallimore, and Lynch. Booker, Sweat, Dayo, Kromah. Lynch is place holder until Turner is ready to go and he has lined up at DE at times. I listed Kromah but he still needs to earn it in this game.

Definitely Kaden Davis gets on the roster.

Only IF they did trade Dexter, Street is the next one up that can flex between DT and DE. It seems like Turner will be on the initial pup list that lasts 4 weeks. (I think)

Im interested in what they do with Hyppolite. He is starting to show some game. You cant teach his speed for a LB . 4.39 BUSH-JACKSON-EDWARDS-SANBORN-ELLIOTT-?

2 hours ago, AZ54 said:

The last training camp practice just wrapped up. Now we head into the final preseason game where several backup spots are in play.

Bring on a lunch break and my phone i’m not in a position to do a full 53 But I want to get the conversation started

Oline. I think we keep 10 but could just as easily see 9 if Ozzy is close to returning. I’ll need to see the game to make a decision on Wills vs Benedet. 10 would be the team hedging their bets and buying time on the LT competition with both Wills and Benedet.

Kaden Davis makes it as the 6th WR.

Dline 9. Grady, Dexter, VDB, Gallimore, and Lynch. Booker, Sweat, Dayo, Kromah. Lynch is place holder until Turner is ready to go and he has lined up at DE at times. I listed Kromah but he still needs to earn it in this game.

I'm 95% Kromah makes the 53.

DB Terrell Smith has been waived.

I thought he played pretty good yesterday and had hopes that he would have a shot this year being healthy.

WR- Scotty Miller also waived.

Wills was cut. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the practice squad. More importantly this tells me the team has confidence in Ozzy return.

2 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

Wills was cut. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the practice squad. More importantly this tells me the team has confidence in Ozzy return.

How much do the Bears save on his 1.2 million contract?

Kiram Armagadje has been released.

Cade Barnett (vanilla gorilla) waived. Hope they can get him to practice squad.

1 hour ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

How much do the Bears save on his 1.2 million contract?

More or less all of it although Overthecap just shows his cap hit as 1.075mil, there was no guaranteed money. Contract was listed as $1.2mil value so my guess is there was some type of bonus in there that he didn't achieve.

Bears 53

1. QB Caleb Williams

2. QB Tyson Bagent

3. QB Case Keenum

4. RB D'Andre Swift

5. RB Kyle Monangai

6. RB Roschon Johnson

7. WR Rome Odunze

8. WR Luther Burden III

9. WR Kalif Raymond

10. WR Zavion Thomas

11. WR Jahdae Walker

12. TE Colston Loveland

13. TE Cole Kmet

14. TE Sam Roush

15. TE Hayden Large

16. OL Joe Thuney

17. OL Darnell Wright

18. OL Jonah Jackson

19. OL Garrett Bradbury

20. OL Ozzy Trapilo

21. OL Braxton Jones

22. OL Logan Jones

23. OL Jordan McFadden

24. OL Luke Newman

25. OL Theo Benedet

26. DL Montez Sweat

27. DL Grady Jarrett

28. DL Austin Booker

29. DL Dayo Odeyingbo

30. DL Jordan van den Berg

31. DL Neville Gallimore

32. DL Kentavius Street

33. DL Jayden Loving

34. DL Daniel Hardy

35. DL Jamree Kromah

36. LB T.J. Edwards

37. LB Devin Bush

38. LB D'Marco Jackson

39. LB Keyshaun Elliott

40. CB Jaylon Johnson

41. CB Tyrique Stevenson

42. CB Malik Muhammad

43. CB Clark Phillips III

44. CB Josh Blackwell

45. S Coby Bryant

46. S Dillon Thieneman

47. S Xavier Woods

48. S Cam Lewis

49. S Elijah Hicks

50. S Skyler Thomas

51. K Cairo Santos

52. P Tory Taylor

53. LS Beau Gardner

I presume we will see a few guys move to IR and then a couple guys picked up. LB looks thin. DB they went light but have a ton of safeties - Lewis can obviously play both. A 4th TE surprises me as well.

I'm surprised about Terrell Smith. One question I have is, why is Coby Bryant on the 53 instead of IR or PUP? I admittedly don't pay much attention to those rules and regulations...

Yeah tomorrow there will be some movement.

Coby Bryant has to go to the IR too, dont know why he hasnt already, not sure the advantage.

Roschon is still not safe, we will see who goes on waivers. I expect we'll pick up a 6th WR too.

But for today, here's the depth chart. Green players are new this year, so you can see all the turnover.

Oh and Im not saying JVDB is a "starter" its just how I put it on the sheet. Call it a 53 man roster and a rough depth chart.

Just now, Mongo3451 said:

I'm surprised about Terrell Smith. One question I have is, why is Coby Bryant on the 53 instead of IR or PUP? I admittedly don't pay much attention to those rules and regulations...

On Monday I think Smith and the TE large will both get put on IR opening up two spots.

Hypolite was over drafted and may be out of the league a year later. Can’t stay on field - I’m curious if he is on practice squad - believe he was waived with an injury designation.

2 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

I'm surprised about Terrell Smith. One question I have is, why is Coby Bryant on the 53 instead of IR or PUP? I admittedly don't pay much attention to those rules and regulations...

I like Smith - seems like a good cover corner depth piece. I get he has had some serious injuries - but they seemed like that - serious injuries vs a fluke.

Kromah and Loving played well and earned the job. 4 TEs also, surprised but like that Strange kid.

Practice squad will be interesting to see wants to remain a Bear

1 minute ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Kromah and Loving played well and earned the job. 4 TEs also, surprised but like that Strange kid.

Practice squad will be interesting to see wants to remain a Bear

If we plan on using a relatively high number of 3 TE sets, having a 4th TE might not be a luxury, but a need in case of injuries.

The next 24 hours should be interesting. Besides Bryant, Large & Ozzy could all 3 wind up on PUP. I also agree with others that our RB room still may see a change at #3. LB is thin, as is CB (even with some of the Safeties being able to fill in at Corner).

We have a lot of changes coming.

The initial version of the 53 has some interesting situations. Just 4 LBs kept with Elliot as #4, Sanborn and Hyppolite both cut. I expect one or both back on the 53 or practice squad. Could we also be planning on signing another LB who was cut?

5 Safeties kept around. That doesn’t seem like a long term situation either.

5 CBs…with the new guy on the 53. I’m ok with that. I’d expect Beanie Bishop to get added to the PS while he serves out his suspension and we see what we have with the new guy.

5 DTs: Grady, Jordan VDB, Gallimore (wasn’t real impressed by him in preseason), Loving, and Street. I was critical of Grady’s play last year and not sure what to expect this year, but I’ll admit having him mentor two young and talented players in VDB and Loving is an ideal situation.

5 DEs: Davenport cut likely goes to PS. That’s odd for the former 1st Rd star, but nice you can do that with these veterans now. Congratulations to Kromah for making the 53. Daniel Hardy rounds it out but seems like once he’s primarily special teams focused especially if Davenport is on the PS.

5 WRs: Kaden Davis is likely a PS player.

10 Oline: Ozzy is on the list so that’s great news. I’m less enthused about Benedet as a backup OT this year but I can see him easily being the 6th Oline Ben uses on those rare plays when he goes heavy.

4 TEs: Keeping Hayden Large around surprises me.

57 minutes ago, Pixote said:

If we plan on using a relatively high number of 3 TE sets, having a 4th TE might not be a luxury, but a need in case of injuries.

Sure but that player won’t likely be on the game day active list. You can always bring up a player from your PS when needed. Or has Hayden Large been some special teams standout we haven’t noticed?

We won our division last year and now we have 11 rookies on our 53. Four are UDFAs. 20% of the team has no NFL experience. It’s what you might expect during the first year of a rebuild.