Stinger226

I agree with you. We had 562 attempts last year with bad play calling and junk OL. This year we have Johnson and more targets and an improved OL.

I think the stars are alinging for a SB this year.

bingo

There is no changing your mind on anything. i just respond to posts. I asked your opinion on grading the draft and then you're all over the place and didnt even answer the question.

Today 5 rookies signed contracts. Loveland 26.6 mil, 14 mil bonus Kyle Momongai----Newman---Frazier---Hippolite Who was the contract guy that left that was quick with signing players? He must have come back.

You keep making comments like( Poles could have drafted Stroud), you say Poles was lucky with the trade, you keep defering to giving him credit . I rated the draft a B and your first statement is calm down I only expect A+ grades for everybody. I gave him a B and listed his fails. I asked for your 2022 grade and look what you wrote. I just respond to some of your opinions just like you do to mine. But for some reason, mine are all ridiclous and yours comes from the FOOTBALL BIBLE. If I was on here hammering Caleb for not being good his first year, holding the ball to long, not seeing open players, rarely hitting his outlet throws instead of taking sacks. You would be all over me with your opinions but when I talk up Poles, Im overdoing it. This is a fan board giving opinions, no reason to get excited every time I disagree with you.

I posted tape 9 entries ago on this post. I dont think any team in the league has blue chip players at very position on their teams. I agree he is a good player and not great. Out of his 47 catches he had 8 contested catches. He is wide open on 80% of his catches. Had the highest catch rate with TEs in the league 2 yrs in a row. The bottom line is how long will the bears keep him? I say he plays out his contract. Which teams we played last yr played mostly man against us?

How do you grade his first draft? 2022 Blue player Kyler Gordon, starters Brisker, Jones. 3 yr starters Trent Gill, Jack Sandborn . quaility backups Elijah Hicks and Josh Blackwell. Roster players Robinson and Kramer.

I dont think its ever fair to look back after one year. You can go thru and take the best rookies and say we should have drafted them. Odunze has a high upside and shouldnt be judged on a team with Allen, DJ, and Kmet and have high expectations. Nabors and Bowers were the main target in their bad teams. Nabors had 170 targets, Bowers 153, Brian Thomas 133 Odunze 101. We had a bad offense with a rookie QB.

When Poles was hired he was handed the coach by the committee they had. He was new and wasnt going to rock the boat. Fields was there so any GM is going to give a first round pick a chance to prove himself. I think both V Jones and Claypool were reaches to try to give Fields a better WR corp. He was getting hammered in the press for not having weapons. I also think he wanted to interveiw Harbaugh but Warren nixxed that interview. I think he has did an excelllent job managing the Cap. I think he is learning on the job. Truthfully his first draft in 2022 is the only one you can measure logically. We didnt have a first round pick. We had 11 total up from 7 to begin with. 7 are still on the roster. Gill was our punter for 3 yrs, Sanborn and Blackwell were UDFAs with Blackwell still on the roster.. Gordon, Prisker, Braxton, Hicks , Sanborn, (now gone) and Blackwell would have be considered successful players. Kramer and Robinison will probably be gone this yr with a upgraded roster but are still here. V Jones was a bust, other later rounds picks lasted awhile but are gone. Looking back I would give this a B grade.

Its always strange the narritive media pushes with teams and players. One is a negative for a team and he goes somewhere else, SB contenders. Pickens is talented and the most respected coaches in the league didint want him. Some players are head cases. He handled Antonio Brown for many yrs but couldnt put up with Pickens.

Even with an improved OL, the most important adjustment to sacks will be the play callings. Ben has the QB get throws out quickly. Now if Caleb still holds the ball to long that will affect the total but I dont think Ben lets him do that. Last year the Lions gave up 31 sacks. They have the best line in the league but watch some tape, most of the pass game gets the ball out quick.

He hasnt proved himself? 2023) 73 of 90 719 yds 6 TDs. He was ranked 9th in the league. He had the best catch rate among TEs in the league 81.2% In 2024 again had the best catch rate in the league for TEs. 85.5% . His downturn in performance was because he only got 55 targets. He had a better catch rate than all WRs. There was a handful of RBs that had better catch rates. I atways thought that catching the ball was important. I think you need to look at his tape again, I think you missed something.

Here's a good video, its short. Smart guy