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He’s going to need to show legit 4.3 speed to really stand out in this RB class. I don’t think he’s got it. I expect his time to be close to Hampton which I think was 4.45. If I’m wrong the hype machine will be off the rails before the draft. If he is that fast I also won’t mind drafting him. That kind of speed with his vision and contact balance is lethal to a defense. Especially in the 2nd half. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/ashton-jeanty/32004a45-4142-7291-3a65-da29eaedce27

One thing not brought up to this point is that the Bears are now becoming a desired destination. Players know how good Been Johnson was. You have to believe the Chiefs asked Thuney his input on the trade. They may have even accepted less value in exchange much as we did with Fields when e sent him to Pitt. In years past we had to way over pay to get FAs here or they just ignored our offer and accepted less to play somewhere else. Now if we go after Dalman it’ll be would you like to work with Thuney and Jackson outside you while snapping to Caleb Williams to run Ben Johnson’s play’s? I don’t think we’ll have to pay above and beyond, just be competitive.

All hat and no cattle.

Sometimes you don't cut the player until he passes his physical. It's the offseason no way to get that done. I'd be very surprised, and disappointed, if we banked on having a rookie at Center this year even if that was for later in the season. First off that means we're gambling because we don't know who will be available. Or we reach way too early giving up value at another need position. With a new offense for everyone to learn I don't want a C who has to learn how to read the D and learn what the play is. I'd rather have a vet there even the lower level FAs like Shelton or Brown. That doesn't mean don't draft a future center as I'd be on board with that. Just don't expect he'll be the answer this year. In the event of an injury I wouldn't even be surprised to see them move Jackson over and put a youngster at OG.

Never liked him. That hasn't changed as he's gotten older, slower, and more expensive.

We still have $50mil in cap space with 49 players rostered and we haven't cut Ryan Bates ... but we will and that frees up $4mil. We could also negotiate a new deal with Thuney and perhaps free up another $3-5mil. Keeping it at $54mil... Rookie pool appears to be $13mil. So we've got ~$40mil to spend If we want Dalman we'll get him. Worst case I figure we can spend $15mil on Dalman, which is way too much, and $15mil on a DE. Leaves us $10mil We will likely do a contract extension with Kyler Gordon but they can use the current year to spread out the impact. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/chicago-bears

At least that much. His PFF grades were on par with Trey Smith which is exactly what you'll see the fans of the team that signs him saying. The injury history of course will knock his salary down. I still like Tev and wasn't opposed to re-signing him on a decent short term deal. I wish him well. Nonetheless, I'll take the upgrade!

I find that hard to see as well. I also think it takes OG out of the 1st rd pick options. Unless they really think Will Campbell is going to be the LT of the future. Feels like we'd be grabbing IOL in Rd 2, a center prospect? edit: Membou in Rd 1 for LT?

Or Jackson goes to RG and we sign Dalman. IOL upgrade done on first day of FA? This is very surprising.

IMH wanna-be-GM opinion Booker will be very good in the right scheme. I don't think he's the guy you want to pull and get out in front for a wide zone run. You can watch his entire workout but if you don't see it with the context of what other players did in those same drills it's kinda meaningless. Compared to Will Campbell he looked like he's in slow motion. 17th in athleticism score sums it up. I've got no clue what scheme we'll be running. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/tyler-booker/3200424f-4f05-3216-dcbe-0b23974f3ac7

The kid from Alabama who could barely run at the combine?

Simmons is still recovering from his knee injury but he’s the best OT in this draft. We could have re signed Tev to a short term deal and had the same result but that would likely have had a higher cap hit. When Jackson gets injured we have Simmons ready to take his place. A rookie season to learn the ropes at LG then LT next year. Losing the 6th rd pick is not ideal but we gain about 4 to 5 mil in cap space vs Teven that helps us sign another FA. I don’t think there were any ideal solutions at LG in FA. Everyone here seemingly is committed to fixing it via the draft. We can do that but without the need to rely on it. Really need to see what we do with that extra money to evaluate this deal.

I feel like this opens the door for us to draft Josh Simmons.

After all that now I have to go figure out who Tyler Booker is.

I gotta say after watching the combine and his highlights against Alabama I think Armand Membou should be on our radar at 10. Against Alabama I can clearly see he has some technical things to clean up but when he gets it right he's pretty good. He handles power pretty well but what surprised me the most was when they tried to work around him with speed. He mirrors very well. He only has 33 1/2" arms but that might be enough with his movement skills to handle LT. He gets sloppy at times. A little bit of catching rushers like we occasionally see with Darnell Wright and that gets him moved around in pass pro. He also gets caught leaning too much on some plays. He needs a coach to bring the best out him but he's still pretty young turning 21 just before the draft. If the Bears stuck him at LG for a year with the intent to try him at LT in 2026 in competition with Kiran I'd be ok with that (assumption here is that Kiran improves a lot in year 2). Or he stays at LG where he should have Pro Bowl potential and can backup LT if needed. Will Campbell moved well and everything on the testing field matches what we see in games. I believe he'll also have Pro Bowl potential at LG and could provide backup snaps at LT if needed. Where Membou might have a shot at playing outside, I think Campbell definitely should stay inside as his primary position. I feel better about our options if we have to stay at 10. Sometimes you don't need to look the gift horse in the mouth and worry too much about draft position/value trends. If both are there I take Campbell because he has the higher floor.