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whatever it was it happened before we drafted him, but we didnt know about it. Its not like we knew and said "hes a 5th rounder so who cares?" It could have been our first rounder just as easily. Somehow, there was something major that we didnt uncover. That's not a good look for a multi billion dollar business with all the tools they have at their disposal. Ben Johnson is showing us that accountability is the key to building a culture - its the only way you know whats broken and the only way to fix it. We dont have to worry about Poles' feelings. We can praise him for some moves and criticize him for others. We dont need to rationalize his failures, in fact thats the opposite of accountability. We should notice the good stuff and notice the bad stuff, and be willing to move on from the bad stuff. I remember we were discussing that we should keep Tevin Jenkins just a few months ago. Now, aren't you glad we didn't? Isn't it better for the Bears to move on from players who arent studs, and replace them with studs or people who are still developing who might become studs? I want the team to be great, I am willing to trade or cut anyone if it helps us get better.

no kidding, and then he gives PRAISE to his staff for finally figuring out what was wrong?

So here's the depth chart as it currently stands. We'll see who the MLB actually is in a couple weeks, and some of you guys might wanna suggest corrections. One thing that's really amazing is that green players are guys we got this year. We did a lot.

Here it is as of today. Notably, we only have 3 HBs. We let Brittain Brown go, and didnt trade for Robinson when he was available for a 6th round pick. That tells me we are looking to pick someone up on waivers or even make a trade. I like to think we will make a move on the D line too, but i have no evidence for it other than the poor play.

I guess just be clearer next time.

he looks big and bulky to me, like you said, no bend, he might be able to set the edge, but i dont see him getting around anyone on a pass rush. This is a real problem.

LOL yup we have definitely addressed the OL this offseason! We still need to look at LT, and Im sure we will look again at OL next year too, but it's good that we are finally taking it seriously. We should be able to run the ball this year. Now if we could only get a pass rush...

right, and theyve got McFadden on the trade block now.

They are talking about McFadden, not Newman.

I see that now, thank you So we still need the two things that I (and most of us) said were the most important things, LT and Edge. So what I said about the draft isnt looking so out there anymore. Its nice we have Loveland and Burden, they both look great, but we could have had Mykell Williams and Aireontae Ersery instead. The cute idea of dropping down for Trapilo and thinking he'd become your starting LT is clearly not working out here in reality. I like the player, I like his skills, I like his attitude, but he wasnt able to crack the job at LT. Maybe he will at the bye?

I wasnt trolling I was saying 2 things. 1) your lie about not responding to Mongo's specific statement falls apart when we see you quoted the statement you were responding to 2) I was actually legitimately trying to be helpful because you keep using parenthesis when you mean quotation marks. Sometimes the smartest football people have horrible grammar, so i wasnt trying to diminish you with that. Grammar means nothing on this site, football knowledge is what its about. I was just telling you so you can do it right next time.

right, because you quoted him before your response. now you claim you were answering a different earlier point to weasel out of what you said, but that doesnt fly because the comment you were replying to was quoted by you ahead of your response. Also, I think you mean to use quotation marks around the word "but" and not parenthesis?

they get paid to help the Chiefs all season long, so they have to practice it in preseason LOL

you seriously dont think we need an edge player?

but you yourself quoted the comment you were responding to...

I agree. I didnt mean it was a clean play, I was just marveling at the effort.

Also, damn, look at this stud taking our entire D line out. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=wwXIfr&v=616661141286670

did you mean to post a link? I havent seen any all 22 yet from that game. Id love to

Amen Amen Amen - ive been saying since before (and right after) the draft that we needed LT and Edge The three most important positions on the football field are: 1) QB 2) Edge rusher (tackles the QB) 3) LT (blocks the edge rusher so he cant tackle the QB) This is the holy trinity of any football team. You can add coach to the list. As optimistically as possible, you can say we have the coach and QB set. halfway there.

I think Caleb and the offense are going to be all right. I dont know how many weeks that is going to take. It might be a bit though. I do worry about the LT and the Pass Rush a lot though. I hope they come through.

he was talking about McCarthy, Williams isnt making his first career start.

LOL I get it. Drives me nuts.

Without having looked at each play multiple times, just by eye on a single viewing, this is what i saw too. Totally agree. I am concerned about the pass rush. Without one, it's not easy to win games, especially against good QBs.

do you think Zah might go on the practice squad first? And after last night Walker has made a good case for himself for sure

Ugh. I know guys were out and we werent scheming, and maybe players didnt care enough about a game that doesnt matter, but our pass rush was atrocious. Braxton looked scary to me at times too. I'm glad Johnson left Caleb in until that last touchdown in the first half. Also great time management at the very end of the game. Johnson knows his situational football. First guy we've had that did in a long time. There is a lot to yell at the players about over the next couple weeks until Minnesota. That's when it matters, and everyone will be in and we will see for real. But man tonight was anything but crisp, and Im telling you, if thats our pass rush, we are screwed this year. Dayo looks like a nose tackle out there. He isnt gonna get pressure.