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Defenses have RPOs figured out these days. It's still something to have in the arsenal if you have a mobile QB but with Foles? We need to get back to basics of running the ball and that will help either QB on the field immensely.

100% this is a problem for our opponents. Against our 5-man front their options are to try to take advantage of the OLBs who are not good in coverage and a get a pass out into space quickly. IF, and it's a big IF at the moment, we can find the right safety to pair up with BoJack then that's less of an issue. Plus we have Roquan and Trevathan right behind the Dline and both have the speed, play recognition, and coverage skills to get to the outside and cover up the gap. The safety we get doesn't have to be someone who is really good at coverage down field just someone who is good in the box area, who can recognize the play and can close quickly. I don't see teams getting 3-4sec to throw a pass downfield, at least not consistently enough to be confident when they call that play. QBs are going to be thinking about the pass rush as soon as they have to come off their first read.

LOL, I was bored doing some of the same last night. What I'd like to see at 43 First if I'm Pace I hold onto this spot waiting to see who falls to us. We have a chance to get a talent on par with late first rd picks in other drafts. For that reason don't trade back unless the offer is too good to pass up...and it should be given the talent pool in this draft. Grant Delpit S LSU Paired up with Eddie Jackson we'd have the best safety tandem in the NFL for years. He brings not only coverage skills but he's a football player who fits what we want as a Bear defender. Zach Baun OLB Wisc You can't have too many pass rushers and in a rotation with Mack and Quinn OTs would never get a break. Plus his versatility as an open field defender compliments what we're losing with Quinn and Mack at OLB. Jalen Reagor WR TCU speed (don't care about combine #s except for the fact it will help him fall to us), elite quickness at speed in the open field. Some of his kick returns remind me of Hester. He's got easy hands What I'd like to see at 50 is an OT. Josh Jones, the new Prince, Austin Jackson so I don't have to feel like our entire season depends on Leno. Depending on what we do at 43 other options to consider, and this is harder to predict because the rankings really split up in this range. Depending on which board you like players on my list below are anywhere from 40 to 70. Okwara OLB AJ Terrell CB Damon Arnette CB Kyle Dugger S Jeremy Chinn S Denzel Mims WR deep speed....and the size and hands to convert it to TDs.

I'll say we grab a RB in the 4th or 5th Rd. yes that means with a pick obtained via an earlier trade down.

I'm listening to his press conference. He said his knee feels the best it has felt in 4 years. I can only say this, when I watch his highlights it still seems like he is dragging his left leg a bit. His knee injury was to his right leg. He's not nearly as agile as he used to be of course but in a straight line he did show more speed than he had in his last years in Seattle. He's still good enough to win with his size, smarts, and hopefully with Nagy by taking advantage of his chances when the scheme gets him open to give us some big plays. I don't see any jump-ball receptions but at his height you can still throw him open above a DB. If we were paying him half of what we are paying him I don't think anyone would have an issue at all with this signing. At least I wouldn't. He gives us a floor in production at the position that is much higher than anything we saw last year. Why is Ryan Pace hanging onto Shaheen? We need cap space. We usually are respectful of allowing players to test the market in early in FA once we decide we no longer want them around. What's are we gaining by keeping him on the roster? I feel like he's waiting to see if he can make some draft day deals. He's not going to trade him outright so the only thing I can think of is that Shaheen packaged along with a Day 3 pick we might be able to move up higher in a given round. Even that's questionable.

I have no idea what Pace offered him but I suspect it's a shot to start at RG. Long term if he makes it there but still has enough to be emergency backup OT on game day that's a win.

Ifedi vs. Mack https://twitter.com/i/status/1041854874936328192

We moved off Roquan right quick.

I don't want someone like Bridgewater who wants the job handed to him either.

"Tryout" is pretty low risk but he's definitely not a system QB like they need. Yet one of the reasons Bill B. wins is he will adapt to the players on his roster. I could even see him running a 2 QB system with different style QBs.

However cheap a QB who can't throw can be. For all the complaints about Mitch's inaccuracy Newton was far worse last year. He never adapted to that new throwing motion that was required after his shoulder surgery and there's no reason to be confident he ever will.

There would be more confidence in Bars if he had beaten out Coward for the spot last year. That was a pretty low bar since Coward had never played at OG since his conversion from Dline. At this point in FA I have to agree that this was clearly not Pace's biggest concern so there must be some confidence in Bars.

At one point someone asked if you could weld metal to plastic. Better question is can we weld Foles' head onto Trubisky's body?

Meh but he's good on special teams. I hope he has competition for a roster spot.

Unless something or someone very opportunistic (and cheap) happens I think we're done here: Nichols, Goldman, Hicks with RRH, Abdullah, and now Urban as backups

She's his PR agent as well. It's a good depth signing.

Like Floyd he has enough athleticism to catch someone if they flush him his way.

Reading around the web it appears Mingo will be a core special teams player..something we didn't get anything from Lynch so that's a plus.

Yes soon we will be in that lull before the draft where teams wait to see who they draft before filling out the roster on min-type deals. As a player you don't want to fall into that gap, at least I wouldn't because sometimes you get left on the outside looking in. IIRC it was about this time last year we signed HHCD.

Excellent summary. It feels like we will find one decent vet OG soon or right after the draft. I'd still like a good SS if we can squeeze that in, but it appears it will be either a decent SS or OG because I don't think we can do both. I saw one mock that had us taking S Grant Delpit at #43. That's a 1st Rd talent if he drops and he would make our secondary really good.

I believe there is a discount or reduced hit against the cap but they still count. Not sure if that was revised in the new CBA.

Wow. In many ways , he's an equal to Leonard Floyd. I don't know what happened to him last year but the two years prior, a little less on the sacks. 2017: 47 tackles, 35 solo 2 sacks 2018: 48 tackles, 37 solo 1 sacks Floyd: 2018: 47 tackles, 34 solo 4 sacks 2019: 40 tackles, 27 solo 3 sacks And a whole lot cheaper. This has to be close to a vet min deal but he's not a bad 3rd wheel considering what we lived with last year in Lynch. It let's Quinn and Mack do the real hunting when it's needed most. Now we can add one more in the draft and there are some decent OLB prospects even down into Day 3.

From what I've read he's a career backup S, and a decent one at that but also good on special teams. I'd say we have our depth at Safety now with Bush and Lucas but we need a starting partner for BoJack. I'd love to see Vonn Bell on this defense but I don't see anyway we can afford him. He's another player in the mold of Trevathan not real flashy but smart and in the right position to do his job.

We'll be drafting a RB. The kid from Memphis Antonio Gibson or later AJ Dillon are my targets on day 3. We have to draft someone from Memphis don't we?

Never felt he had the athletic tools to do much. He's only good in a straight line, doesn't really have the size or strength to do much head on either. He's not that much different from Irving.