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Long was big nasty beast but I don't think he was ever the most technically sound blocker. I'd love for him to stick around as well or at least keep some association with the team and city. I think that will happen.

I watched the game with my Trubisky glasses on where we criticize every minor mistake. Watson only made plays running and kept hitting a lot of underneath stuff. He had poor pocket awareness often backing out of the pocket too early when he could have easily stepped up. Every time I watch him he's the QB I expected him to be, which is not bad but is not elite either. How many times did McFarland criticize him for missed reads and not throwing to open receivers? Given his game experience over Trubisky you'd expect him to be better but I see them pretty similar. Can Trubisky get his head on straight and step up to the next level?

We need pass rush help. This kid has the right moves to get to the QB but... https://thedraftnetwork.com/prospect-rankings "...CONS: Career production doesn’t match his talent. Run defense is not his strong suit. Can get bullied at the point of attack... doesn’t have ideal play strength. Often gets solo blocked by tight ends. Could use added muscle or bulk to his frame to be a reliable three-down player. At this point, he’s just a pass rush specialist only."

Agreed. Give me the guy who can rush the passer and not so good defending the run. The ones who can do both will be gone in Rd 1.

Looks like a Trey Burton clone. A bit undersized but has good speed and can work all areas of the field.

This Terrell Lewis looks worse than Floyd... it's just one game but his lack of hustle on plays away from him is really concerning. He just looks like he's going through the motions and doesn't play with any passion. We have to start a thread for Edge defenders.

100% with you here. Great move on Pace's part to get ahead of the market. Jamal Adams will soon set a new high. I have read elsewhere but have not seen the data that Pretty Far Fetched (aka PFF) ranked BoJacks coverage ranked really high among safeties. Tackling eh not so much. This is the hardest piece to find among safeties, an elite center field type who can cover both sidelines. Finding a legit SS to handle the underneath stuff is a definite need in this draft. I think we're likely to go elsewhere in Rd 2 but safety just behind the other needs IMO. If a RD 1 graded safety who fits the need drops to us just take BPA.

I liked Hooper for us back when he was in the draft.

Yes, Alex Smith was a pretty good runner very similar to Trubisky coming out of college. One of the criticisms he had early in his NFL career was that he left the pocket too quickly. Of course later he was benched by Jim Harbaugh for Kapaernick because Kap was a better runner. All that has slowly evolved into the read-option stuff we see a lot of today across the league. I had similar thoughts about Rivera struggling with Snyder's meddling ownership. I wonder how their conversation about Haskins went.

This is interesting and while it's PFF it's still telling that Daniels improved quite a bit back at his natural spot. Whitehair too is a better OG. Maybe instead of focusing on drafting a RG early we should be looking to draft OC and move Whitehair to RG? https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-offensive-line-rankings-following-2019-regular-season A silver lining for the group came from James Daniels after he switched over to left guard. Daniels’ 73.9 overall grade at left guard ranked fifth among all qualifiers at the position. With that said....this guy has a little Quenton Nelson style in the way he blocks.

Doesn't that fit with our WR corps?

He might as well just say come and get me. Ebron has been a classic talent tease for most of his career but he was very productive in 2018 with Luck as his QB. He is just 26 too which is the age where most of us finally decided to give in and act like an adult. https://sportsmockery.com/2020/01/pro-bowl-te-sends-chicago-bears-cryptic-instagram-message/

I would love to see some plays like this in a Bears uniform next year.

I hate the cap hit but it's hard to disagree after watching his turnstile moves all year. Even a modest level of proficiency and consistency like only getting beat off the edge would help Trubisky.

What we really want to know is does he have a Walter Payton jersey?

I agree but that only makes me feel worse about our future.

This seems like a lot of speculation right now because Smith is still learning how to run again. He may never be the running QB he once was and we have to consider how he can adapt when that part of his game is missing. If healthy and for a cheap price I'd take him over Daniel but the contract is a big sticking point. Nobody knows what Rivera thinks of him and Haskins either. Right now he has a $32mil dead money but could free up $10mil in cap space for them if they cut him. We're not going to trade for him and eat up $21mil in cap space to watch him learn how to play again. I'm just not sure how this happens unless he is flat out cut and the Redskins give Rivera free rein over choosing his QB.

Is this the guy who hired Shurmer and now fired him just 2 year later? He's also the guy who drafted Daniel Jones 6 overall? This seems like a GM who is casting stones in other people's direction to distract from his own dumpster fire. Trubisky has a lot of deficiencies but this whole thing about passes deep left is not always true. I'm more worried about his mental state in games as he isn't good in big games. https://twitter.com/kfishbain/status/1188839261874855937/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1188839261874855937&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fdoad2c%3Fresponsive%3Dtrue%26is_nightmode%3Dfalse

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2019/1/1/18164486/buffalo-bills-fire-offensive-line-coach-juan-castillo-per-report-lesean-mccoy Reads a lot like us firing Hiestand. However his background also has a lot of success in it and having worked with Nagy before they know each other. That could help if Castillo uses that relationship to keep Nagy's head on straight when calling plays. I still would have preferred to have our new OC in place first with hopes he builds the running game to his liking. I'm not sure what this means for the OC hiring. Either we have already got someone on the hook and we're waiting to announce it, or Nagy just doesn't care.

With all the changes we are going through on the offensive side of the ball I'm glad we're not the dumpster fire that is the Cleveland Browns. That teams also came into 2019 with playoff and even Superbowl hype and just fell apart. Even though some here are calling for a full house cleaning as Cleveland did I'm of the opinion that minor course corrections will serve the organization better. I'm glad we're not the failure that is the Dallas Cowboys. However bad we were their failures with their talent level was worse. Who among Bears fans wouldn't trade our Oline for the Cowboys? RB? How about their division opponents? Oddly Jerry Jones still hasn't made a decision on firing the HC. KC's offense is still performing at a high level but they have elite NFL talent at TE/WR but not like last year. The Eagles and Bears struggled quite a bit at times this season. Has the league caught up to what we are trying to do? Read option were a big thing in 2018 but this year it seems every team if fully prepared for it. Meanwhile in Baltimore they don't have a good passing QB but they just went back to the old school formations with 3 TEs and go run first. We can't even get one TE over 100yds receiving. I give Jim Harbaugh credit for adapting to his QBs strengths. https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/11/15/20965903/baltimore-ravens-offense-lamar-jackson "Utilizing tight ends Mark Andrews, Hayden Hurst, and Nick Boyle (plus fullback Patrick Ricard), Baltimore leans on “heavy” personnel sets to blow defenders off the ball in the run game and open up lanes for the team’s runners. But along with the explosive Brown on the outside, Baltimore’s run-blocking tight ends are also dynamic in the passing game. The Ravens are lapping the field this season in pass-catching production from the tight end position, with that group combining to catch league highs in receptions (83) and yards (949) through 10 weeks." ------- When we run WR screens why do our players always run to the wrong side of the WR block? The play might be designed to get outside but if the defender already has outside leverage on the WR block then take it upfield inside the block. It doesn't matter if it's Cohen, Miller, ARob we just run right into the defender. This is stuff that kids figure out in back yard football.

(Pace on Nagy)

We did use Patterson on some jet sweeps. It's just that when there is no inside running game there is nobody to fool and they were easily defended.

Floyd is a league average player, just not as a pass rusher. I think he's actually above average on run defense and pass coverage. Ironically his run defense was supposed to be his huge weakness during the draft. It's the only thing he does well with his length to gain leverage. Pay him for first and second down and go find someone for 3rd downs.

He learned that from Nagy. It's great to see his emotion coming out there.

I like this idea.