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Wright is gonna end up in the Hall Of Fame. You can see it on film. He's not just an impressive specimen, he's a hell of a football player.

right. hes not in our long term plans, but he can give enough that the secondary can grow this year.

He might even play in 2 TE sets, especially on running plays (or play action)

We probably have a top 3 LB group. Maybe even #1. Billings and Dexter should be really good in the middle. It isnt so important that Ngakoue get sacks, he just needs to eliminate plays where the QB has 5 seconds of unmolested time. Given a shorter passing clock, the coverage should show what they can do, and I think they are a top 10 unit, especially with Edmunds roving the deep middle. Give 'em time to grow into NFL players, and add a few more names in next years draft and this is a very solid roster for the foreseeable future. We should see flashes of it this year. If they grow by December, who knows who they'll be, but before that, we will see spurts and mistakes - just like Kyler Gordon during the first half of last years' season. There is a lot to be optimistic about.

Interesting @ every down player. I do think this will make a big difference in wins, and especially in evaluating the coverage. I still think we are a 7 to 10 win team.

hes top 5 of the remaining free agents. not of the entire offseason. he can help us, but he's probably not a 3 down starter

nice

I'm reading this to mean that some other trade option didnt materialize. Which makes sense. Anyone worth trading for, is probably not worth the price right now. It looks like we got a decent price, for a one year fill-in. He will be good in situational pass rushing. He will probably be, as a missing piece, worth a couple of wins for us this season. He will give the coverage guys the opportunity to show what theyve got and build chemistry. And I agree with what Mongo says right above me too.

ha! good point!

Good ones AZ

Insurance against a BIllings injury, or Dexter looks so good at 3T that we need a rotational player at NT.

Hell yeah. There are specimens, and then there are football players. We got a GM who understands that. This team is going to be fun to watch going forward, hopefully for many year. We may have stronger years and in-between years, but we should be the kind of team that always gives you a fight.

exactly right

Right, they both measure really well, but it's important to remember that every player is a person, and uses their measurables in different ways, and with differing levels of talent. For a long time we've suffered through the drafting of physical specimens who werent football players. So we all have seen the difference. Finally, thankfully, we do have an organization that prioritizes not only physical traits, but human football players - the kind of thing that's invisible to PFF for example. It goes beyond the stats, and beyond the understanding of sportswriters during draft time who write looking only at stats; how long someone's forearms are for example, instead of who they destroyed repeatedly on tape. So we do clearly see that Poles definitely has a physical type he looks for on the OL. In drafting Wright, and keeping Jenkins. And both are nasty blockers too, so they have HITS attitudes. But they're not really the same level of player. Jenkins could well be a dominating guard, maybe a top 5, but Wright has a ceiling to be a Hall Of Fame Tackle. He is all kinds of special. You see it on tape, not in numbers. Jenkins at his most promising was the 39th overall pick. Wright went 9th. Anyway none of this to take away from Jenkins' ceiling. I believe he could become a very important piece of a dominating offensive line. He could be All Pro. I cant wait to see him blow people up and move them out of the way. But - and I realize it's early - I don't think people really realize yet what we have in Wright. This guy is gonna be a legend.

21 is not bad at all after the season he had last year. 21 is the sort of position that could increase to 15 or 10.

lol exactly

PFF is worse than stupid. It's a bunch of formulas that dont work, as evidenced by the output they create. And you cant argue with the guys from PFF because they can only tell you what their formulas say.| If I say 2+2=5, you can tell me Im wrong, and show me. If I have an algorithm that says 2+2=5, and you tell me Im wrong, I can say "no its true, thats what the algorithm says" PFF is worse than wrong, it's misleading and ridiculous.

Youre right about Ngokoue. And Houston can fill in, but he's getting old. I still think we might end u0 with one of these two as a one year band aid, but i wonder if Poles isn't hoping for a better fit. Maybe a trade for someone we arent talking about, or maybe just a cheaper deal for one of those two. But I totally agree with you, neither one is putting us in Super Bowl contention this year, and neither will be a significant part of the 2024 team, so maybe Poles is in no hurry to fill this gap with a piece that isn't really part of the build. Maybe he'd rather develop the guys he has now and see what the extra snaps will do for them. It's easy to want to be good this year, but i think Poles only wants to improve in ways that stick, so while I keep checking this page a few times a day to see if we signed anyone, it might not be in our best long term interest, and if it costs us a couple wins this year, maybe thats not so bad. I have a feeling Poles is more disciplined than any of us when it comes to this stuff. Thats a new feeling from Halas Hall - competence!

yup and he fell down too

me too. I hope we're wrong, but yeah.

for sure. but Harrison and Moore is a pretty scary combination too

I think the right side of the OL is gonna be nasty.

Yeah, it's time to put last year away. This is a very new roster with lots of new faces. They will make their own mark, and be judged by their performance going forward. Baby Bears! (who will soon grow to be ferocious!)

Cunningham will be a great GM for someone.

I dont think we will ever know what the one day PUP was about. And I dont think it matters much. whatever it was, he has to prove it now. we can guess whether he will or wont (Im more negative on it) but it will unfold on the field, and I would love to be wrong.