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For sure that’s a factor, especially on the quick “numbers advantage” WR screens. For the rest I think it’s the detailed blocking and timing as directed and choreographed by Ben Johnson.

Edwards is not on IR if that was the question. If the question was about Monangai he’s not on IR either. Both statements are based of the team’s website which might not be updated.

Tue is film study day since that’s when most of the pundits post on Youtube. After watching film of Luke Newman I realized playing next to him was our rookie Logan Jones. On the outside Ozzy Trapilo. Now I’m thinking Ben was toying with Atlanta. We were on the road (albeit with a strong Bear fan presence). Ben loses his starting RG. No problem, we’ll sub in the backup and still keep the rookie center out there. While we’re at it, for fun let’s also play the guy still working his way back from a serious knee injury who hasn’t played all year. Again on the road, protecting a QB still recovering from a hamstring injury. No problem, we got this. Now if it turned out poorly Bear kingdom (aka us) would have been all over this mid-game. Instead the offense just kept trucking along like nothing changed and I didn’t even pickup Logan Jones next to Newman during the game. Most of my life has been spent not wanting to see some of our starting Oline on the field, much less backups. Have we ever had a coach who just tossed Olinemen out there for a series or two mid-game like that? Wouldn’t the safe play, or at least conventional wisdom, be to put the starting OC back in the game once Jonah went out? I’m still hoping to see Jones start at OC sooner than later. Bradbury still gets walked back into the QBs lap too often. I’ll see what happens tomorrow night if Jones gets a couple more series.

Tush push stuff does not bother me. I love the scrums and seeing our Oline rally behind guys like Swift, Burden and Monangai in recent games gets the whole offense fired up. When the defense stops one it’s the same effect. On the 4th and short it doesn’t happen often but it does happen and we’ve done it. I loved the fumble Nashon took from Hurts last year on a tush push.

No. I watched him for a bit against KC and while he still hustled to the ball he didn’t look like anything special. My trade target would be a young sticky CB.

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I watched Atlanta game against Baltimore last week. You can’t come away from that game without knowing we have the better team in all phases. Baltimore did well to contain Bijan but they gave up a lot more in the passing game than we did. Dennis Allen continues to show he can get the most out of the talent he has on the field. Caleb and Ben make 31 pts feel like we left a lot on the field.

Lot’s of good news. While I have no issue with them cutting Woods it does make me wonder if that also means that Bryant is getting close to entering his practice window. Initially they said 4 to 6 months so from the injury date of 3 Aug the shortest timeline there puts him back at the end of Nov. Then you see players like Trapilo and Williams returning ahead of schedule from significant injuries and I wonder if Bryant might also be a couple weeks ahead of schedule.

For a player to lose over $1m per game the NFL would have to hear an appeal very quickly or there is risk of liability. Then when/if a player wins an appeal clubs won’t like coming back and paying someone for games not played. It’s not just paychecks lost it can also be games lost which affects playoffs. It’s hard to see how anyone would setup a process like that since the league office works for the owners. That’s why I think it’s most likely the appeal’s process is already done.

I’ve been off Roschon bandwagon since last year. The most likely explanation for Xavier Scott, 6’1” 220lbs, being activated over Ahmed, 5’11" 196lbs, is that he’s better on special teams. I’ve seen it said that Xavier Scott is also good at pass pro as well but cannot vouch for that. He spent some time last year as the 3rd RB for the Vikings catching a few passes. They’ve activated Scott again this week and given how poorly Roschon ran last week I’m wondering if they have them switch roles moving Roschon back to special teams and letting Scott handle some running plays. It’s a pretty low bar: Roschon Johnson rushed five times for six yards and caught five passes for 34 yards in the Bears' Week 5 loss to the Packers.

Penix says he’s good to play.

Asked about Kyler Gordon’s status Ben simply said the plan is the same…we want to see him practice for 21 days before making a decision. No trust there. Ben also said we have guys on the roster who haven’t played yet. On that list are Jayden Loving and Jamree Kromah. The fact it’s critical we stop the run against Atlanta I’m going to guess we go bigger bodies on the Dline and this week we see Jayden Loving get the call. I expect they’ll have Lynch play more snaps at DE, he’s already taken some snaps there this season and if needed Daniel Hardy takes some snaps at DE as well. Hardy gets the nod over Jamree because of special teams. I still like Loving’s potential.

A who’s who list of who dat at DT.

Could be worse. Look at the Rams and they have Pro Bowl players all over their roster Dexter is absolutely not playing like a pro Bowl player. I’ve watched two Falcons games. Why I don’t really know. In both games I almost never heard his name called and I was trying to find him on the field. Nether could my sons who watched the last game with me. He seems to be a situational player or just part of a rotation. He makes a play he every now and then like he did in Chicago but I see nothing that says his contract will age well. Penix loves to throw to London. Baltimore tried to cover him with a zone and failed. Bijan is incredible. Every time he was on the field Baltimore just run blitzed and shut him down. We would do well to follow that. Atlanta’s second and third level run defense is shaky. Get past the Dline and you can often get good gains even some chunk plays.

Shemar Turner took his roster spot. Hopefully he’s ready to play.