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That is a lot of waiver wire pickups. I'm most surprised by the undersized DE which is a spot we seem to be set. How much time does the team have to sort out the 53 with these pickups?

I think this deserves it's own thread. So far we have Chase Allen TE and Isaiah Coulter WR.

That's impressive in part because we've seen these late Rd or UDFA players look like they belong on the field. I still think some will get shuffled off to the practice squad. Eberflus seemed pretty clear that they are looking for help at CB.

People (media) are definitely watching now. Here is Kurt Warner's assessment of Fields performance against Cleveland. It's very interesting to compare his thoughts vs. J.T. O'Sullivan's. Warner does a great job highlighting the room for growth. IMO at this point in a brand new scheme us Bears fans see how far he's come in a short time, even just over the preseason games. After listening to Getsy's press conference this week where he said there was a lot of room for Fields (and the entire offense) to improve I suspect Getsy is seeing things in a similar fashion as to what Warner says. We can see the improved mechanics, which I wasn't sure Fields would maintain under pressure but he has. His mind is just a half second behind on some plays. Given how much new information he's digesting at NFL game speed I get it. If Getsy can help him close that gap we're going to see something at the QB position we've never seen in Chicago.

There is a lot to like about what Jenkins can do at RG. I believe he'll become the leader on the line. I know Mustipher gets a lot of criticism but right now Borom looks like the weak link. That's because I think Mustipher has improved quite a bit over last year. I still prefer to see Patrick at C but with Jenkins in place I think the floor for the line's performance has moved up quite a bit. These guys are all young and in a new scheme with what appear to be good coaches. It should only get better from here.

They are protecting the young linemen. Lots of pieces on the bottom will change as players get shuffled off to the practice squad or IR. It's hard to see where Tonges fits in.

It looks like they are letting some veterans go early so they have a better chance of signing with another team. I don't know how the chess match is played here. Maybe you let Schofield go early and hope he gets picked up by someone like SF so that if later you cut Carter or Thomas they have a better shot at landing on our practice squad.

Just saw that. It's pretty surprising, not that he played that great, but they've either got someone else in mind or more likely we're going with at least one of the rookies.

I’m a little surprised to see Mario Edwards and Trevon Coley both cut. That’s less about losing them as much as I’m curious as to who earned a spot ahead of them.

No interest whatsoever.

I don't see that either, reply header for default is black text in gray background. Everything looks crisp and easy to read.

Kittle worries me more than Deebo but you don't want either running free downfield. If they are struggling with blocking that could neutralize some of the dual threat Deebo poses. We'll need early pressure on Lance to get his eyes down, or to keep him throwing short, but I'm not that high on our DTs.

Correct Jenkins didn't put it to rest but he also didn't say he wanted a trade. As I heard him, he basically said that is outside his control, he wasn't aware of anything ongoing, and he was just focused on earning the starting job at RG.

I appreciate anyone that takes the time to build those videos, it's a lot of work. It's the slow-mo that I like because of the ability to see how the blocking unfolds.

The media spends about 30s preparing for any Bears reports. Fields played great against Cleveland and yet there was nothing on NFL.com news section regarding the game. Plenty of other games got at least a brief mention. It clear in the broadcast of the Seattle game that they've just written this team off for the season.

In the post-game press conference Flus didn't seem concerned about any injuries. Sometimes a day later things are different for the worse but we won't likely know until Wed.

Oline issues continue for the 49ers and they are seeking trades to fix the interior. From the sound of it, all 3 interior spots and their backup RT aren't playing well. I'm not saying our rookies are any better than what SF has but if Poles is high on any of them this is something he'll have to consider in trying to get them to the practice squad. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/08/49ers-looking-into-o-line-trades

I'm curious to see the full complement of speed: Pringle, Jones, and Ebner. We got a small sample tonight of what happens when Fields gets time to throw. The Oline isn't good enough for that happen every week but I think they are good enough now to see that against some below average Dlines. Opening up against SF and then GB who both have good Dlines will tell us a lot. I think Patrick will provide a more stable performance at C than Mustipher but I'm not sure he's a big upgrade. At his lighter weight Mustipher is playing better this year. Both talents are closer to career backups than to starters but maybe Patrick will surprise us.

I have no idea how much input Fields has on receivers but I just watched his press conference where he said Pettis is one of the best route runners, if not the best, on the team. Of course we have injuries but Pettis has to be in the bubble discussion or he wouldn't have gotten as many reps with the starters.

Since we don't have a game thread I'll just use this one. First off, the stream that I found had some glitches so there were a few plays I missed especially the first series which I caught the end of and was a 3 and out. Also I had the feed from Cleveland. They had no clue on the Bears players and while they kept talking about how starters were out for Cleveland they had no clue which backups were in for the Bears. Which was their excuse for some of the poor play. Fields looked really good when he had time. He was finding players all over the field. There were some pressures and and it wasn't all good news but he avoided the big mistake. We know there are talent gaps on the roster but if this is a sign of things to come when we close the talent gap we're in good hands. Since I was stuck watching on the computer I couldn't really focus on the Oline play. Overall I felt their play was positive but there were missteps. Unfortunately we didn't get reps against their top DEs. Some of the play calling I really liked such as the delay screen to the RB on the right side. Maybe it wasn't even a screen pass per se just a delayed flat route by the RB but regardless it was well executed and the kind of play we haven't seen for years. WRs were ok but again Cleveland didn't have their top CBs in. Kmet is going to cause defenses problems this year. His TD while Fields was out of the pocket is a sign of trouble for DBs when Fields extends plays outside the pocket. On defense quite a few times we dropped a DT into a zone coverage and rushed 3. I'm not sure how often we'll see that but it was clearly something they wanted to practice. Kyler Gordon got a lot of snap, other starters much less. These coaches definitely believe in getting enough game action to get ready for the season.

I have to say between our two teams I expected this headline for Chicago. Oh, and look who has Oline issues... https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-qb-trey-lance-not-going-to-make-too-big-of-a-deal-of-ugly-preseason-outin

I don't really worry about people feeling the need to call him a #1 WR. Fact is he's a proven 1000 yard receiver. I'd like to see his targets go down and catch% go up. He is not the biggest WR so we need to keep him healthy. The real issue is that nobody knows if we have anyone else capable of being a WR2. There's plenty of 3's, 4's, and 5s on the roster will anyone step up? I like what Adam said about Montgomery's targets increasing but I also think that extends to Ebner. His talent as a receiver will offset some of the production gap from the WRs. All things combined it's hard to see us getting 300 receiving yards in any game unless there is at least one big play, a very big play.