Mongo3451

Cliff Stein

Kmet is a classic 3 down TE. It makes him a little more versatile than a pure inline TE. I agree that his value isn't in the eight figure range, but he's close. I also don't believe he's trade bait. He's not the type of player teams trade for. Teams will simply draft or sign one in free agency. His greatest value is with us.

Anything over 40 is a failure.

They do the show after Waddle and Silvey. Neither one of them are football guys, so all they do is speculate. I refuse to buy any Kmet trade talk. We've all been saying we needed a move TE to go with him. As soon as we get the complimentary piece, he's expendable? Cole is still a very valuable piece of the team and a top ten player at his position. Loveland and Kmet will actually compliment each others strengths and help free up the other.

It's all about Caleb. After that, I believe we are going to see a physicality that we haven't under the Flus years. In listening to Jurko talk about going to one of the Bears "full contact" practices today, I was completely dumbfounded. He reported that it was the least physical, full contact, practice he had ever witnessed and it wasn't even close. You can replay him on the app to hear how adamant he was. Thayer has mentioned the same and had also commented on poor weight room work habits. Johnson has all but guaranteed, that shit ain't happening. Guys are gonna get physical or get out. My expectation from day one is that we are gonna see that in the first pre-season game. Will this make the OL better? Hell yes it will. Same with DL. This year is not about additions and subtractions, it's all about a new mindset. Back to Caleb. We'll know by week 4 if the light is bright. If bright, we win ten games and are playoff bound. If the light is mid, we win eight. A ten win season puts us in the window for 2026. An eight win season gets us looking for a QB again.

Agreed. The rest of our division plays it the same. Rumor has it that we are in the best division...

She's the best out there...

It's true about Braxton getting dog walked. More weight, better coaching and effort in the weight room can clean it up. There was a lot of talk about the last staff not holding players accountable in the weight room. The bigs sometimes need a little kick in the pants, especially when it comes to working out.

I'm not sure why you think a three year starter isn't good enough to start. Braxton hasn't entered his prime being only 26. With adding weight and getting better coaching, he may hold up better against the bull rush. Kiran is a third round pick with prototypical measurables. He would have been drafted higher if it wasn't for injury. We don't what we have due him never having a training camp. Next, we are as far away from a cluster F since the 85 SB team on OL. We literally have four "plus" on our OL. How many teams can say that? Add to that Braxton was average. Lastly, Braxton should be ready by training camp. I broke my tibial plateau last year and was full go on six months. That was at 58. Aiden Hutchinson almost came back much faster than that. IMO - the only thing this OL has to do is gel. This OL has finally achieved solid status. Next year = deep. I'm not concerned at all.

I highly doubt it. Moore and Burden may get 15 each on average. We also also have Duvernay that should get a few. As a reference Sam Laporta has one career rushing attempt, so Loveland is probably out.

I'm glad they are leaving Wright alone. It's hard enough gelling an OL the way it is. It's such a luxury to have Thuney next to whoever plays LT. Another boost to the trenches is that they just hired Mark Philippi to the strength and conditioning team. He's a former, seven time, World's Strongest Man competitor. The fatties have someone to push the right buttons in the weight room.

Same. Hopefully he exceeds his projection at tackle. Braxton is clearly on the hot seat. My expectation is that Braxton won't go down without a fight. These are good times...

I'm guessing, 9 outta 10 times, the coach gets a, "what do you think" before the trigger gets pulled. After that, everybody goes back to their Hollywood stage marks for the hype film.

This has definitely been a beast of an off season. We are champions for the three peat. Jokes aside, I love what Poles and company have done. Getting the staff in place exceeded my expectations. The five trench players acquired before the draft are all upgraded starters. The draft fell awkwardly to us, but Poles found several future starters and special teamers. We became much stronger in the trenches and faster at the skills. And we are still in solid cap space. Very solid job. We talked about blue chip players in the past. If Caleb, Rome and Coleston emerge, I believe the team will be at 13 and rising.

Yup! Good catch. Less mileage. Faster, taller and better in and out of cuts. Lastly, better RAC. I'll give Warren the size and physicality.